Aug 26, 2016

Tweet Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) Director Boon Hwee Koh sold 5,298 shares of Agilent Technologies stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $47.66, for a total value of $252,502.68. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website . Agilent Technologies Inc. ( NYSE:A ) traded up 0.13% during trading on Friday, reaching $47.32. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,581,245 shares. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $47.10 and its 200 day moving average price is $42.88. The company has a market cap of $15.33 billion and a P/E ratio of 32.82. Agilent Technologies Inc. has a 52 week low of $33.12 and a 52 week high of $48.63. Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 17th. The company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.02. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.44 EPS. The business had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.05 billion. The business’s revenue was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Agilent Technologies Inc. will post $1.91 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. This story is the sole property of American Banking News and it was originally published by American Banking News. If you are reading this story on another website, that means this article was illegally copied and re-published to this website in violation of U.S. and International copyright law. The original version of this article is available at http://www.americanbankingnews.com/2016/08/26/agilent-technologies-inc-a-director-boon-hwee-koh-sells-5298-shares/ A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Zacks Investment Research cut Agilent Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 4th. Deutsche Bank AG assumed coverage on Agilent Technologies in a report on Wednesday, June 1st. They issued a “hold” rating on the stock. Morgan Stanley restated a “hold” rating and issued a $47.00 target price (up from $44.00) on shares of Agilent Technologies in a report on Tuesday, May 17th. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and issued a $50.00 target price on shares of Agilent Technologies in a report on Sunday, May 29th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Co. restated a “hold” rating and issued a $44.50 target price (up from $43.50) on shares of Agilent Technologies in a report on Tuesday, May 17th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. The company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $48.11. Agilent Technologies, Inc provides application focused solutions that include instruments, software, services and consumables for the entire laboratory workflow. The Company serves the life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets. It has three business segments: life sciences and applied markets business, diagnostics and genomics business, and Agilent CrossLab business. Receive News & Ratings for Agilent Technologies Inc. Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Agilent Technologies Inc. and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter . Leave a Reply