Agilent Technologies, Inc. $A Shares Bought by Sitrin Capital Management LLC

Sitrin Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:AFree Report) by 34.3% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 47,356 shares of the medical research company’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,097 shares during the period. Agilent Technologies comprises 2.9% of Sitrin Capital Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 19th largest holding. Sitrin Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Agilent Technologies were worth $5,588,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Dohj LLC boosted its stake in Agilent Technologies by 12.6% in the second quarter. Dohj LLC now owns 6,581 shares of the medical research company’s stock valued at $777,000 after acquiring an additional 738 shares in the last quarter. Shell Asset Management Co. boosted its stake in Agilent Technologies by 6.5% in the second quarter. Shell Asset Management Co. now owns 20,772 shares of the medical research company’s stock valued at $2,451,000 after acquiring an additional 1,271 shares in the last quarter. Godsey & Gibb Inc. boosted its stake in Agilent Technologies by 19.8% in the second quarter. Godsey & Gibb Inc. now owns 166,664 shares of the medical research company’s stock valued at $19,668,000 after acquiring an additional 27,520 shares in the last quarter. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS boosted its stake in Agilent Technologies by 1.8% in the second quarter. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS now owns 103,849 shares of the medical research company’s stock valued at $12,255,000 after acquiring an additional 1,800 shares in the last quarter. Finally, KPP Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in Agilent Technologies by 11.5% in the second quarter. KPP Advisory Services LLC now owns 3,741 shares of the medical research company’s stock valued at $442,000 after acquiring an additional 385 shares in the last quarter.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently commented on A. Barclays upped their target price on shares of Agilent Technologies from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. Evercore ISI upped their target price on shares of Agilent Technologies from $128.00 to $140.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a report on Tuesday. Rothschild & Co Redburn began coverage on shares of Agilent Technologies in a report on Wednesday. They issued a “buy” rating and a $165.00 target price for the company. UBS Group raised shares of Agilent Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the company from $130.00 to $170.00 in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Agilent Technologies in a report on Wednesday. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $147.92.

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Agilent Technologies Trading Up 1.6%

NYSE A opened at $140.81 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $39.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.05, a P/E/G ratio of 4.52 and a beta of 1.26. Agilent Technologies, Inc. has a 52-week low of $96.43 and a 52-week high of $153.84. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $124.07 and a 200 day moving average price of $116.81. The company has a quick ratio of 1.71, a current ratio of 2.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53.

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

Agilent Technologies Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared 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. This represents a $0.99 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 30th. Agilent Technologies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 23.24%.

About Agilent Technologies

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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.

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