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

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 16th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 6th will be paid a dividend of 0.255 per share by the medical research company on Wednesday, October 28th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, October 6th.

Agilent Technologies has increased its dividend by an average of 0.1%annually 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 analysts expect Agilent Technologies to earn $6.77 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 15.1%.

Agilent Technologies Price Performance

Shares of Agilent Technologies stock opened at $153.46 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50. The stock has a market capitalization of $43.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.29 and a beta of 1.24. Agilent Technologies has a twelve month low of $108.35 and a twelve month high of $163.75. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $144.90 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $129.22.

Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The medical research company reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $1.88 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.84 billion. Agilent Technologies had a net margin of 19.53% and a return on equity of 24.45%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 8.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.37 earnings per share. Agilent Technologies has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.710-1.740 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 6.180-6.210 EPS. Analysts forecast that Agilent Technologies will post 6.2 EPS for the current year.

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies, Inc is a global provider of analytical instruments, laboratory software, consumables and services used by organizations in the life sciences, diagnostics, pharmaceutical, chemical, environmental and food industries. Its solutions help customers analyze the composition and quality of substances, develop and manufacture products, and conduct research and testing.

The company’s offerings include liquid and gas chromatography systems, mass spectrometry instruments, spectroscopy and atomic analysis equipment, automated electrophoresis systems, laboratory informatics software, columns and other consumables.