Louisiana State Employees Retirement System Sells 300 Shares of Agilent Technologies, Inc. $A

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System lowered its stake in shares of Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) by 2.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 15,000 shares of the medical research company’s stock after selling 300 shares during the quarter. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System’s holdings in Agilent Technologies were worth $1,770,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Stone House Investment Management LLC bought a new position in Agilent Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at $30,000. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Agilent Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at $31,000. Ransom Advisory Ltd bought a new position in Agilent Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at $32,000. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division bought a new position in Agilent Technologies in the 2nd quarter valued at $33,000. Finally, Zions Bancorporation National Association UT bought a new position in Agilent Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at $38,000.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have issued reports on A shares. Barclays upped their price objective on Agilent Technologies from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 2nd. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on Agilent Technologies from $128.00 to $140.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 7th. Rothschild Redb upgraded Agilent Technologies to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Agilent Technologies from $155.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Agilent Technologies from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, September 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have issued a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Agilent Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $148.69.

Agilent Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of A opened at $136.62 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $125.04 and its 200 day simple moving average is $117.03. The stock has a market capitalization of $38.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.46 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 1.71 and a current ratio of 2.25. Agilent Technologies, Inc. has a 52-week low of $96.43 and a 52-week high of $153.84.

Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The medical research company reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.37. The business had revenue of $1.74 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.67 billion. Agilent Technologies had a return on equity of 25.51% and a net margin of 17.97%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.32 EPS. Agilent Technologies has set its FY 2025 guidance at 5.560-5.590 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 1.570-1.600 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Agilent Technologies, Inc. will post 5.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Agilent Technologies Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 22nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be issued a dividend of $0.248 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $0.99 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. Agilent Technologies’s dividend payout ratio is 23.24%.

Agilent Technologies Profile

Agilent Technologies, Inc provides application focused solutions to the life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Life Sciences and Applied Markets, Diagnostics and Genomics, and Agilent CrossLab. The Life Sciences and Applied Markets segment offers liquid chromatography systems and components; liquid chromatography mass spectrometry systems; gas chromatography systems and components; gas chromatography mass spectrometry systems; inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry instruments; atomic absorption instruments; microwave plasma-atomic emission spectrometry instruments; inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry instruments; raman spectroscopy; cell analysis plate based assays; flow cytometer; real-time cell analyzer; cell imaging systems; microplate reader; laboratory software; information management and analytics; laboratory automation and robotic systems; dissolution testing; and vacuum pumps, and measurement technologies.