Dakota Wealth Management Has $765,000 Position in Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A)

Dakota Wealth Management lessened its position in shares of Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) by 10.6% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 5,696 shares of the medical research company’s stock after selling 673 shares during the period. Dakota Wealth Management’s holdings in Agilent Technologies were worth $765,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in A. Livelsberger Financial Advisory bought a new position in shares of Agilent Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at $28,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC bought a new position in Agilent Technologies in the third quarter valued at about $31,000. Fortitude Family Office LLC grew its position in Agilent Technologies by 68.3% in the third quarter. Fortitude Family Office LLC now owns 234 shares of the medical research company’s stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 95 shares during the last quarter. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC acquired a new position in Agilent Technologies during the third quarter worth about $38,000. Finally, Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Agilent Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $46,000.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Evercore ISI increased their price objective on shares of Agilent Technologies from $135.00 to $145.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 1st. Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their price target on Agilent Technologies from $140.00 to $135.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on Agilent Technologies from $165.00 to $160.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. Barclays dropped their target price on Agilent Technologies from $145.00 to $135.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded Agilent Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $143.62.

Agilent Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of Agilent Technologies stock opened at $151.24 on Friday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $137.95 and a 200 day simple moving average of $137.89. The firm has a market capitalization of $43.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.22, a PEG ratio of 4.12 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.57, a current ratio of 2.09 and a quick ratio of 1.58. Agilent Technologies, Inc. has a one year low of $124.16 and a one year high of $155.35.

Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) last issued its earnings results on Monday, November 25th. The medical research company reported $1.46 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.41 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $1.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.67 billion. Agilent Technologies had a return on equity of 25.43% and a net margin of 19.80%. Agilent Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.38 earnings per share. On average, research analysts anticipate that Agilent Technologies, Inc. will post 5.56 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Agilent Technologies Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 22nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.248 dividend. This represents a $0.99 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.66%. This is a boost from Agilent Technologies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.24. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. Agilent Technologies’s payout ratio is presently 22.40%.

Insider Activity

In other Agilent Technologies news, CEO Padraig Mcdonnell sold 1,911 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $150.00, for a total transaction of $286,650.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 39,652 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,947,800. This represents a 4.60 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link.

Agilent Technologies Company Profile

Agilent Technologies, Inc provides application focused solutions to the life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Life Sciences and Applied Markets, Diagnostics and Genomics, and Agilent CrossLab. The Life Sciences and Applied Markets segment offers liquid chromatography systems and components; liquid chromatography mass spectrometry systems; gas chromatography systems and components; gas chromatography mass spectrometry systems; inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry instruments; atomic absorption instruments; microwave plasma-atomic emission spectrometry instruments; inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry instruments; raman spectroscopy; cell analysis plate based assays; flow cytometer; real-time cell analyzer; cell imaging systems; microplate reader; laboratory software; information management and analytics; laboratory automation and robotic systems; dissolution testing; and vacuum pumps, and measurement technologies.