On Friday, Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE: A) opened higher 0.99% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $133.19. Price fluctuations for A have ranged from $124.16 to $155.35 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Healthcare Sector giant was 5.04%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 5.15% at the time writing. With a float of $286.10 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $287.33 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 17900 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 54.38%, operating margin of 23.1%, and the pretax margin is 23.36%.
Agilent Technologies Inc (A) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Diagnostics & Research industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Agilent Technologies Inc is 0.43%, while institutional ownership is 90.55%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 27 ’24, was worth 7,050. In this transaction President and CEO of this company sold 47 shares at a rate of $150.00, taking the stock ownership to the 24,071 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 26 ’24, when Company’s Senior Vice President sold 9,990 for $145.00, making the entire transaction worth $1,448,550. This insider now owns 40,011 shares in total.
Agilent Technologies Inc (A) Recent Fiscal highlights
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.31 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 5.15% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.00% during the next five years compared to 5.63% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE: A) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Agilent Technologies Inc (A). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.58. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 6.00. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 28.43.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.43, a number that is poised to hit 1.27 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.11 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Agilent Technologies Inc (A)
Looking closely at Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE: A), its last 5-days average volume was 2.46 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 1.74 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 11.47%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.32.
During the past 100 days, Agilent Technologies Inc’s (A) raw stochastic average was set at 38.19%, which indicates a significant increase from 21.76% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 21.32% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 24.57% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $135.97, while its 200-day Moving Average is $138.66. However, in the short run, Agilent Technologies Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $135.62. Second resistance stands at $136.72. The third major resistance level sits at $137.92. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $133.32, it is likely to go to the next support level at $132.12. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $131.02.
Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE: A) Key Stats
There are currently 287,328K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 39.03 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 6,510 M according to its annual income of 1,289 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 1,701 M and its income totaled 351,000 K.
