Market Update: Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A) – Agilent Technologies Names Michael Tang Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

[Business Wire] – Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced the promotion of Michael Tang to senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, effective immediately. Read more on this. Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) , with a current value of $13.53B, started trading this morning at $40.24. Looking at the equity, the company’s one day range is $40.05 to $40.99 with the price of the stock fluctuating between $33.12 to $43.59 over the last 52 weeks. A shares are currently priced at 21.34x this year’s forecasted earnings, which makes them relatively expensive compared to the industry’s 14.34x earnings multiple. And for passive income investors, the company pays shareholders $0.46 per share annually in dividends, yielding 1.10%. In a review of the consensus earnings estimate this quarter, 15 sell-side analysts are looking at $0.43 per share, which would be $0.02 better than the year-ago quarter and a $0.04 sequential decrease. Investors should also note that the full-year EPS estimate of $1.90 is a $0.16 improvement when compared to the previous 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, UBS Initiated A at Neutral (Mar 10, 2015). Previously, Robert W. Baird downgraded A from Outperform to Neutral. When considering if perhaps the stock is under or overvalued, the average price target is $45.12, which is 12.13% above where the stock opened this morning. See more in (NYSE:A) Similar Articles: Company Update: Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A) – Agilent Technologies Enhances Curriculum with Anywhere, Anytime Courses for Improved Laboratory Operations Market Update: Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A) – Agilent Technologies Collaborating With Weill Cornell Medical College to Advance Research in ALS Market Update: Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A) – Agilent Technologies Presents Thought Leader Award to Renowned Systems Pharmacologist Lawrence Lesko