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Company snapshot — Agilent Technologies Inc

A in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Agilent makes instruments and services for laboratories in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemistry, split across three business lines. It sells chromatography and mass spectrometry systems, genomics and diagnostics tools, and a services arm called CrossLab that keeps that equipment running. It also builds software for lab data and workflow management, and gas chromatography and spectroscopy tools for applied markets. It is based in Santa Clara and has been listed since 1999.
Where it sits in the stack
Agilent has no seat in our Rubin index; it sits in the healthcare sector, within diagnostics and research, a sleeve the diary tracks separately from the AI build-out stack.
Who it is priced against
Our universe groups it by sector and industry rather than a named peer set; the comparison the market draws most often is with Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Why Closelook tracks it
Agilent holds a seat in the S&P 500 but does not currently carry a Closelook score, and the diary has not yet quoted it.
What the diary watches
Whether demand from genomics, diagnostics and pharma labs for new instruments and consumables holds up or slows as budgets tighten.

Agilent Technologies Inc (A) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for A, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Agilent quarterly filing, 2026-09-02

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for A from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Agilent quarterly filing — target 155 Target set to $155 (+2.3% to spot) 2026-09-02
  • Price target Wells Fargo — target 180 from 160 Target raised to $180 from $160 (+14.1% to spot) 2026-08-27

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Diagnostics & Research · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Diagnostics & Research · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against A on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.65%, quarterly · last 0.26 USD on 2026-06-30

Dividends and capital return

What A pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.01 USD per share · a 0.65% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +3.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.98 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.26 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-30
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.46 USD (partial) · 2024: 0.96 USD · 2025: 0.74 USD · 2026: 0.77 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-02

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Agilent Technologies Inc (A)?

Agilent Technologies Inc trades as A on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is A in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Agilent Technologies Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does A trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +7.8% vs the 50-day and +19% vs the 200-day average, 4.5% below the 52-week high and +44.3% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 35 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Agilent Technologies Inc do?

Agilent makes instruments and services for laboratories in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemistry, split across three business lines. It sells chromatography and mass spectrometry systems, genomics and diagnostics tools, and a services arm called CrossLab that keeps that equipment running. It also builds software for lab data and workflow management, and gas chromatography and spectroscopy tools for applied markets. Our universe groups it by sector and industry rather than a named peer set; the comparison the market draws most often is with Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Where does Agilent Technologies Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Agilent has no seat in our Rubin index; it sits in the healthcare sector, within diagnostics and research, a sleeve the diary tracks separately from the AI build-out stack. Agilent holds a seat in the S&P 500 but does not currently carry a Closelook score, and the diary has not yet quoted it.

Does Agilent Technologies Inc pay a dividend?

Agilent Technologies Inc has paid 1.01 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.65% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.26 USD on 2026-06-30. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Agilent Technologies Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Agilent Technologies Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Agilent quarterly filing on 2026-09-02 (target 155). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for A, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Diagnostics & Research. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.