Company Analysis

Agilent Technologies Inc. (A)

NYSE: A · Laboratory Analytical Instruments · Santa Clara, CA · filing with the SEC since 1999
Grade6.2
◀ Past 6.8● Present 6.0▶ Future 5.7

The grade of Agilent Technologies Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.2/10
◀ Past6.830% of the headline
● Present6.040% of the headline
▶ Future5.730% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Agilent Technologies Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 6.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Agilent Technologies Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $4.2 billion in fiscal 2016 to $6.9 billion in fiscal 2025, up 5.7% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 5% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 6 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.7%bottom 33% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 45% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 10% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak4.9%top 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.7% a year. 58% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 6 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 69th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-10-31, Agilent Technologies Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 58% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 6 sales (2 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 21% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 19%: 19¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 47%: owes 47¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-10-31, Agilent Technologies Inc. earned about 19 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 29 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 47 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 39% of its family
  • return on equitytop 12% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 36% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 29% of 21 in its family; net margin 18.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 71st percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Agilent Technologies Inc.'s standing among 21 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $6.9 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 2% by size; a net margin of 18.8% ranks in the top 21%; revenue growth of 0.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 38% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$6.95Btop 2% of its family
  • net margin18.8%top 21% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth0.5%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
2.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 28% of 21 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 28th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Agilent Technologies Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Mcdonnell, Padraig (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-05-21, 2.5 years (bottom 29% of its family); the 22 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2.6 years (bottom 17%); 15 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 22 people in charge now (bottom 39%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge15 in three years among 22 peoplebottom 39% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2.6 yearsbottom 17% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.5 yearsbottom 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 45% of 21 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Agilent Technologies Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.8 billion against debt of $3.0 billion leaves -9.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 25% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 16.6% of revenue (top 26%); a gross margin of 52.4% (top 31%); research spending of 6.5% of revenue (bottom 13%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-9.9%bottom 25% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue16.6%top 26% of its family
  • gross margin52.4%top 31% of its family
  • research spending against revenue6.5%bottom 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 35% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Agilent Technologies Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 0.5% a year over the last three filed years against 5.7% over all 10, slowing (top 47% of its family); the newest year grew 6.7% (top 26%); research spending grew -0.9% a year (bottom 48%); capital spending grew 11.8% a year (top 12%) (its annual reports). Agilent Technologies Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Agilent Cross Lab at $2.9 billion (42%), Life Sciences and Diagnostics Markets at $2.7 billion (39%), Applied Markets at $1.3 billion (19%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-5.3 points a yeartop 47% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.7%top 26% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-0.9%bottom 48% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending11.8%top 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 32% of 20 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 68th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Agilent Technologies Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $6.9 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 9.5% above the $6.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 12% of its family); net income of $1.3 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.3 billion (top 42%); a net margin of 18.8% against 18.8% before (top 42%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace9.5%top 12% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+3%top 42% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.0 pointstop 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton A · research, not advice