Agilent is a wide-moat, high-quality diagnostics and research business with strong margins and a 9/9 Piotroski score, but the stock is trading above the analyst target with weak momentum and negative reward-to-risk, limiting near-term upside.
Thesis pillars
- Wide Moat Quality Compounder→Stable
- Modest Growth Fair Valuation→Stable
- Analyst Target Reached Limited Upside↓Deteriorating
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Nov 1, 2026, based on the 10-K filed Dec 22, 2025
Agilent Technologies, Inc. (A) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup · Temporary headwind edge
Healthcare · Diagnostics & Research
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $177.17, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (3.2% away).
Agilent Technologies makes instruments, software, services, and consumables for life sciences, diagnostics, and applied market laboratory workflows through three segments: Life Sciences and Diagnostics Markets, Agilent CrossLab, and Applied Markets. With approximately 18,100... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $177.17, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (3.2% away). Chart setup: RSI 52 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 4/7 gates (clean insider activity, earnings proximity 18d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
About Agilent Technologies, Inc.
About Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Agilent Technologies offers instruments, software, services, and consumables spanning the full laboratory workflow across three segments: Life Sciences and Diagnostics Markets, Agilent CrossLab, and Applied Markets. Approximately 18,100 employees as of October 31, 2025 serve over 22,200 customers in the Life Sciences segment, with primary manufacturing sites in nine countries. International operations represent the majority of total revenue.
Agilent earns revenue through capital instrument sales, consumables, and recurring service contracts. The CrossLab segment spans the entire lab with vendor-neutral consumables — chromatography columns, sample preparation products, custom chemistries — plus repairs, maintenance, compliance support, and software-as-a-service subscriptions that generate recurring revenues complementary to one-time capital purchases. The Life Sciences and Diagnostics Markets segment includes a specialty CDMO business (BIOVECTRA) that manufactures nucleic acid-based active pharmaceutical ingredients under pharmaceutical GMP conditions, serving customers advancing oligonucleotide therapies from clinical to commercial scale. Named competitors include AB Sciex (a Danaher division), Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bruker, and Waters Corporation. Products are sold primarily through direct sales, with resellers, distributors, and e-commerce supplementing coverage.
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Agilent's companion diagnostic portfolio and FDA-registered manufacturing sites in California, Colorado, Texas, Vermont, Canada, Denmark, and Germany expose the Life Sciences segment to dual regulatory risk: companion diagnostic approvals are tied to partner pharmaceutical programs, meaning a clinical trial failure at a pharma partner could eliminate expected diagnostic revenue. Tariffs on goods from China and retaliatory measures by China on U.S. goods may weigh on instrument sales and supply chains, and inadequate federal agency funding could reduce demand from government research customers that rely on federal appropriations.
See also: Healthcare · Diagnostics & Research
From Agilent Technologies, Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 9, 2026.
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updated Oct 28, 2026Recent Developments — Agilent Technologies, Inc.
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- NEWS What to Expect From Agilent Technologies’ Next Quarterly Earnings Report - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance Oct 28, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Agilent (A) Stock Looks Near Fair Value Following Its 76% Run - Simply Wall St — Simply Wall St Oct 28, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Agilent (A) Stock Looks Near Fair Value Following Its 76% Run - Simply Wall Street — Simply Wall Street Oct 28, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Agilent Technologies - Forbes — Forbes Oct 27, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Agilent Technologies Inc. stock underperforms Wednesday when compared to competitors - MarketWatch — MarketWatch Sep 30, 2026 negative
Latest item Oct 28, 2026 · Generated 2026-11-05T11:59:09Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMGeographicinternational operations10-K Item 1A: 'revenue from international operations will continue to represent a majority of our total revenue'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-04-06Item 5.02MEDIUMAgilent filed 8-K/A correcting EDGAR header of March 31, 2026 filing. Bret DiMarco (SVP, CLO, Secretary) entered transition agreement; will resign upon start of new CLO or by September 30, 2026. No immediate successor named at time of agreement.SEC filing →
- 2026-05-04Item 5.02MEDIUMMichael Buckner appointed as Chief Legal Officer of Agilent Technologies effective May 4, 2026. Bret DiMarco resigned as SVP, CLO, and Secretary; will remain as Special Advisor through December 1, 2026.SEC filing →
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $177.17, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (3.2% away). Chart setup: RSI 52 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Analyst target $163.85 reached (−7.5%), stop $166.03 (−6.7%), A.R:R -1.0:1. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Analyst target $163.85 reached (−7.5% from $177.17); no take-profit level is published. Analyst target $163.85 reached (−7.5%), stop $166.03 (−6.7%), A.R:R -1.0:1. Stop-loss: $166.03.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (3.2% away); Negative momentum.
Agilent Technologies, Inc. trades at a P/E of 34.9 (forward 26.3). TrendMatrix value score: 4.0/10. Verdict: Hold.
30 analysts rate A, with a consensus score of 4.0/5. 20 analysts publish price targets averaging $182.
What does Agilent Technologies, Inc. do?Agilent Technologies makes instruments, software, services, and consumables for life sciences, diagnostics, and applied...
Agilent Technologies makes instruments, software, services, and consumables for life sciences, diagnostics, and applied market laboratory workflows through three segments: Life Sciences and Diagnostics Markets, Agilent CrossLab, and Applied Markets. With approximately 18,100 employees, the company sells to pharmaceutical, clinical, academic, and industrial customers worldwide, with international operations representing the majority of total revenue.