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Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE: A) closed the day trading at $117.33 down -2.10% from the previous closing price of $119.85. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.10 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.59 million shares were traded. A stock price reached its highest trading level at $120.08 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $117.17.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of A, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 22.80 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 25.50. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.66 and its Current Ratio is at 2.20. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.56 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.56.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Barclays on February 10, 2025, Upgraded its rating to Equal Weight and sets its target price to $145 from $135 previously.
On August 28, 2024, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $157.
Citigroup Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on July 10, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $135 to $150.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 06 ’25 when Rataj Sue H. sold 6,971 shares for $126.38 per share. The transaction valued at 881,009 led to the insider holds 19,640 shares of the business.
Rataj Sue H. bought 6,971 shares of A for $881,005 on Mar 06 ’25. On Jan 21 ’25, another insider, MCDONNELL PADRAIG, who serves as the President and CEO of the company, sold 1,911 shares for $150.00 each. As a result, the insider received 286,650 and left with 39,652 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, A now has a Market Capitalization of 33451137024 and an Enterprise Value of 35524100096. As of this moment, Agilent’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 26.96, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 19.23. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.28. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.12 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.55. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.438 whereas that against EBITDA is 19.714.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for A is 1.18, which has changed by -0.20443451 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07903516 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, A has reached a high of $155.35, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $119.08. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -15.10%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -14.34%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, A traded about 1.78M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, A traded about 2327510 shares per day. A total of 285.23M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 283.80M. Insiders hold about 0.46% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 89.90% stake in the company. Shares short for A as of 1740700800 were 3424858 with a Short Ratio of 1.92, compared to 1738281600 on 3249651. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3424858 and a Short% of Float of 1.3599999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
A’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.96, up from 0.956 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.007976637The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.65. The current Payout Ratio is 21.31% for A, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-12-31 with an ex-dividend date of 1743465600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2014-11-03 when the company split stock in a 1398:1000 ratio.
