Company Update (NYSE:A): Agilent Technologies Wins Award for Innovation in Liquid Chromatography

[Business Wire] – Agilent Technologies Inc. has been honored with an innovation award from The Analytical Scientist. The magazine recognized Agilent for its exclusive dual-needle technology, a breakthrough in the way samples are injected into the company’s liquid chromatographs, which separate the samples into their individual parts. Read more on this. Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) , with a current value of $12.23B, started trading this morning at $37.39. Looking at the stock, its one day range is $37.28 to $37.92 with a trailing 52-week range being $33.12 to $43.59. Priced at 19.99x this year’s forecasted earnings, A shares are relatively expensive compared to the industry ’s 13.27x forward p/e ratio. And for passive income investors, the company pays shareholders $0.46 per share annually in dividends, yielding 1.21%. Consensus earnings for the current quarter by the 16 sell-side analysts covering the stock is an estimate of $0.43 per share, which would be $0.02 better than the year-ago quarter and a $0.04 sequential decrease. Furthermore, our analysis shows the full-year EPS estimate to be $1.90, which would be a $0.16 better when compared to the last year’s annual results. The quarterly earnings estimate is predicated on a consensus revenue forecast of $1.02 Billion. If reported, that would be a 0.97% decrease over the year-ago quarter. More recently, Deutsche Bank Initiated A at Hold (Jan 7, 2016). Previously, UBS Initiated A at to Neutral. The average price target for A shares is $46.04, which is 23.13% above where the stock opened this morning. See more in (NYSE:A) Similar Articles: Market Update: Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A) – Dako, an Agilent Technologies Company, Announces Expanded FDA Approval of Complementary Diagnostic Test to Include Melanoma Market Update: Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A) – Agilent Technologies Names Michael Tang Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Company Update: Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A) – Agilent Technologies Enhances Curriculum with Anywhere, Anytime Courses for Improved Laboratory Operations