Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.26

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 11th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of 0.255 per share by the medical research company on Wednesday, April 22nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 31st.

Agilent Technologies has raised its dividend payment by an average of 0.1%per year over the last three years and has raised its dividend annually for the last 9 consecutive years. Agilent Technologies has a payout ratio of 16.9% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities research analysts expect Agilent Technologies to earn $6.08 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.02 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 16.8%.

Agilent Technologies Stock Down 2.5%

A opened at $125.61 on Thursday. Agilent Technologies has a 12 month low of $96.43 and a 12 month high of $160.27. The business has a 50-day moving average of $138.70 and a two-hundred day moving average of $135.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 1.96 and a quick ratio of 1.52. The stock has a market capitalization of $35.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.74 and a beta of 1.30.

Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) last released its earnings results on Monday, November 24th. The medical research company reported $1.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.58 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $1.86 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.83 billion. Agilent Technologies had a net margin of 18.75% and a return on equity of 25.20%. Agilent Technologies’s revenue was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.46 earnings per share. Agilent Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.350-1.380 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 5.860-6.000 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Agilent Technologies will post 5.58 earnings per share for the current year.

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies is a global provider of scientific instrumentation, consumables, software and services for laboratories across the life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets. The company’s product portfolio includes analytical instruments such as liquid and gas chromatographs, mass spectrometers, spectroscopy systems, and laboratory automation solutions, together with reagents, supplies and informatics tools that support measurement, testing and data analysis workflows. Agilent also offers instrument maintenance, qualification and laboratory services designed to help customers improve productivity and comply with regulatory requirements.

Founded as a corporate spin-off from Hewlett‑Packard in 1999, Agilent has evolved through a combination of strategic restructuring and acquisitions to concentrate on life sciences, diagnostics and applied laboratories.