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Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Data period: Annual Quarterly
NYSE · Healthcare
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
A · Diagnostics & Research
$127.06
▲ 2.73 (2.2%)
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Overall Grade
C
Defensive
B
Enterprising
Profitability
A
Gross Profit Margin 52.4%
Operating Margin 21.3%
Net Income Margin 18.8%
Fin. Health
C
Years to Pay Off Debt 2.6 yrs
Working Capital vs Long-Term Debt -$803M
Working Capital $2.2B
Valuation
F
Margin of Safety 0.0%
Price-to-Book 5.32x
Cash Flow
B
Free Cash Flow $1.2B
CapEx % of Net Income 31.2%
Owner Earnings $2.0B
About Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Agilent Technologies, Inc. provides application focused solutions to the life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Life Sciences and Diagnostics Markets, Agilent CrossLab, and Applied Markets. The Life Sciences and Diagnostics Markets segment offers liquid chromatography systems and components; and liquid chromatography mass spectrometry systems. This segment is also involved in the genomics, contract development and manufacturing organization, pathology, companion diagnostics, and biomolecular analysis businesses. The Agilent CrossLab segment provides various services, including repairs, parts, maintenance, installations, training, compliance support, software as a service, asset management, consulting, and other custom services. This segment also offers consumables, including gas chromatography and liquid chromatography columns, sample preparation products, custom chemistries, and various laboratory supplies; software and informatics solutions comprising software for instrument control, data acquisition, data analysis, secure storage of results, and laboratory information and workflow management; and OpenLab laboratory software, an open software platform that enables customers to capture, analyze, and share scientific data throughout the lab and across the enterprise. In addition, it provides automated sample preparation solutions, such as liquid handling, plate management, consumables, and scheduling software. The Applied Markets segment offers products in the areas of gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, spectroscopy, vacuum technology, and remarketed instruments. It markets its products through direct sales, distributors, resellers, manufacturer's representatives, and electronic commerce. Agilent Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Metric Explanations
What each dimension measures and where the thresholds come from.
Gross Profit Margin
Revenue minus cost of goods sold. Graham's ≥40% threshold identifies businesses with durable pricing power. Note: software and financial companies naturally exceed this; retailers and manufacturers rarely reach it due to their cost structures.
Operating Margin
Profit after operating costs before interest and taxes. A consistent ≥15% operating margin signals a business with real competitive advantages. Capital-intensive industries (airlines, auto, commodities) rarely hit this threshold due to their structural cost base — compare within industry for context.
Net Income Margin
Bottom-line profit as a percentage of revenue. The ≥20% target reflects Buffett's preference for highly profitable businesses. Financial engineering (buybacks, tax optimisation) can inflate this temporarily — look for consistency across multiple years rather than a single strong result.
Years to Pay Off Debt
Total Debt ÷ Net Income. Lower = stronger balance sheet. Important caveat: utilities, telecoms, REITs, and infrastructure companies carry large structural debt by design — their bond-like cash flows service it comfortably at ratios that would alarm Graham. Compare within sector.
Working Capital vs Long-Term Debt
Working Capital minus Long-Term Debt. Negative results are common and expected in capital-return-focused businesses like Apple, Domino's, and McDonald's — where aggressive buybacks and dividends intentionally reduce book equity. This does not indicate financial distress in high-FCF businesses.
Working Capital
Current Assets minus Current Liabilities. Negative working capital can be a deliberate efficiency strategy in businesses that collect cash before paying suppliers (retailers, fast food franchises, subscription businesses). Assess alongside free cash flow generation for full context.
Margin of Safety
How far below the Graham Number the stock trades. Graham required a 33% discount as a buffer against analytical error. However, the Graham Number itself assumes 1960s-era P/E and P/B norms — for modern asset-light businesses it often understates true intrinsic value, making 0% MoS appear misleadingly bad.
Price-to-Book
Market price vs book value per share. Rarely below 1.5x for quality businesses today. Intangible assets (brand, software, patents) don't appear on the balance sheet under accounting rules, making P/B artificially high for asset-light companies like software and consumer brands.
Free Cash Flow
Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures. Buffett's most important metric — cash a business actually generates for its owners after maintaining and growing its asset base. Consistently positive FCF is one of the strongest indicators of a durable, well-run business regardless of accounting profits.
CapEx % of Net Income
Capital expenditure as a share of net income. Low CapEx signals a capital-light business that doesn't need heavy reinvestment to sustain earnings — Buffett's ideal. High CapEx is structurally necessary in manufacturing, airlines, telecoms, and semiconductors. For these industries, a high reading reflects the business model, not poor management.
Owner Earnings
Net Income + Depreciation & Amortisation − Capital Expenditures. Buffett's preferred measure of a company's true annual earning power — what could theoretically be distributed to owners without impairing the business. More reliable than reported EPS because it accounts for the capital cost of maintaining the business.
Market Cap $35.9B
Enterprise Value $38.0B
P/E (TTM) 25.51
Dividend Yield 0.81%
Exchange NYSE
Gross Profit 52.4%
Operating Margin 21.3%
Net Margin 18.8%
Sector Healthcare
Industry Diagnostics & Research
Employees 18000
Country United States
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Full Graham Analysis

Mr. Market is currently offering Agilent Technologies, Inc. at $127.06.

The business passes only 3 of 7 of Graham's defensive criteria — well below his required standard.

At $127.06, the stock trades at a 156% premium to its Graham Number of $49.54. Graham would consider this price speculative.

There is no margin of safety at the current price. Graham would advise patience and waiting for a better entry point.

Negative NCAV — liabilities exceed current assets. Common in capital-return businesses (buybacks, debt-funded dividends) and capital-intensive industries. Not automatically a warning sign..

Conclusion: By Graham's standards, this stock is speculative at its current price. The intelligent investor would look elsewhere or wait.

Showing Key Metrics
Income Highlights
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022
Gross Profit % 52.4% 54.3% 50.7% 54.4%
Operating Margin % 21.3% 22.9% 19.8% 23.6%
Net Income % 18.8% 19.8% 18.1% 18.3%
Diluted EPS 4.57 4.43 4.19 4.18
Balance Sheet Highlights
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Total Assets $12.7B $11.8B $10.8B $10.5B N/A
Total Debt $3.4B $3.4B $2.7B $2.8B N/A
Working Capital $2.2B $2.1B $2.6B $1.9B N/A
Years to Pay Debt 2.57 2.63 2.21 2.21 N/A
Cash Flow Highlights
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Free Cash Flow $1.2B $1.4B $1.5B $1.0B N/A
Owner Earnings $2.0B $1.9B $1.8B $1.9B N/A
CapEx % of Net Income 31.2% 29.3% 24.0% 23.2% N/A
3/7
Graham Score
Speculative Investor
Fails most of Graham's safety criteria. Treat with caution.
Graham's Fair Value
$49.54
Margin of Safety
0%
Market Cap / Net Assets
5.3x
Net Assets: $6.7B
Warren's Owner Earnings
$2.0B
Latest fiscal year
Graham's 7 Criteria
Defensive Investor Checklist
3/7 — Speculative Investor
Adequate Size
Graham required companies large enough to withstand economic downturns. This threshold ($1.5B) is inflation-adjusted from Graham's original $100M — virtually all S&P 500 companies pass this today.
$6.9B
vs > $1.5B revenue
Strong Financial Condition
Current assets must be at least twice current liabilities. Note: highly profitable companies (Apple, Domino's) often run negative or low working capital deliberately — they collect cash fast and stretch payables. A failing score here is not always a warning sign.
1.96x
vs Current Ratio > 2.0x
Earnings Stability
Graham required uninterrupted positive earnings. Any loss year is a red flag for defensive investors. Growth companies and cyclicals may show occasional losses during investment cycles or downturns without being fundamentally unsound.
No loss years (4 yrs data)
vs No negative EPS years
Dividend Record
Graham valued dividends as evidence of financial discipline and shareholder alignment. Many excellent modern businesses (Alphabet, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway) pay no dividend, preferring to reinvest cash at high rates of return. Failing this criterion does not indicate a poor business — it may indicate a high-growth one.
0.81%
vs Uninterrupted dividends
Earnings Growth
EPS grew from $4.18 to $4.57 over 3 years. Graham's 33% threshold was set over a 10-year period. Measured over fewer years (as here), the bar is proportionally lower. Share buybacks can also inflate EPS growth without reflecting underlying business improvement.
+9.3% EPS growth
vs > 33% EPS growth
Moderate P/E Ratio
Graham's 15x P/E threshold was calibrated to 1960s market averages when interest rates were higher. Today's lower rate environment structurally supports higher multiples — the S&P 500 long-run average P/E is now closer to 20–25x. A stock trading at 20x is not automatically speculative in the modern context.
25.5x
vs P/E ≤ 15.0x
Moderate Price-to-Book
Graham's 1.5x P/B threshold made sense when most company value was tangible. Today, intangible assets — brand, software, patents, network effects — rarely appear on the balance sheet. A high P/B in tech, pharma, or consumer brands often reflects intangible value, not overvaluation. P/FCF or EV/EBITDA are more reliable for asset-light businesses.
5.32x P/B (P/E×P/B: 135.8)
vs P/B ≤ 1.5x | P/E × P/B ≤ 22.5
Graham's 7 Criteria — Explained
What each criterion measures and why it matters.
✅ Adequate Size — $6.9B vs > $1.5B revenue
Graham required companies large enough to withstand economic downturns. This threshold ($1.5B) is inflation-adjusted from Graham's original $100M — virtually all S&P 500 companies pass this today.
"The minimum size of an enterprise should be not less than $100 million of annual sales."
❌ Strong Financial Condition — 1.96x vs Current Ratio > 2.0x
Current assets must be at least twice current liabilities. Note: highly profitable companies (Apple, Domino's) often run negative or low working capital deliberately — they collect cash fast and stretch payables. A failing score here is not always a warning sign.
"For industrial companies, current assets should be at least twice current liabilities."
✅ Earnings Stability — No loss years (4 yrs data) vs No negative EPS years
Graham required uninterrupted positive earnings. Any loss year is a red flag for defensive investors. Growth companies and cyclicals may show occasional losses during investment cycles or downturns without being fundamentally unsound.
"The company should have shown no deficit in the past ten years."
✅ Dividend Record — 0.81% vs Uninterrupted dividends
Graham valued dividends as evidence of financial discipline and shareholder alignment. Many excellent modern businesses (Alphabet, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway) pay no dividend, preferring to reinvest cash at high rates of return. Failing this criterion does not indicate a poor business — it may indicate a high-growth one.
"Some current dividend payments — for at least the past 20 years."
❌ Earnings Growth — +9.3% EPS growth vs > 33% EPS growth
EPS grew from $4.18 to $4.57 over 3 years. Graham's 33% threshold was set over a 10-year period. Measured over fewer years (as here), the bar is proportionally lower. Share buybacks can also inflate EPS growth without reflecting underlying business improvement.
"A minimum increase of at least one-third in per-share earnings over ten years."
❌ Moderate P/E Ratio — 25.5x vs P/E ≤ 15.0x
Graham's 15x P/E threshold was calibrated to 1960s market averages when interest rates were higher. Today's lower rate environment structurally supports higher multiples — the S&P 500 long-run average P/E is now closer to 20–25x. A stock trading at 20x is not automatically speculative in the modern context.
"The price-earnings ratio should be no more than 15 times average earnings."
❌ Moderate Price-to-Book — 5.32x P/B (P/E×P/B: 135.8) vs P/B ≤ 1.5x | P/E × P/B ≤ 22.5
Graham's 1.5x P/B threshold made sense when most company value was tangible. Today, intangible assets — brand, software, patents, network effects — rarely appear on the balance sheet. A high P/B in tech, pharma, or consumer brands often reflects intangible value, not overvaluation. P/FCF or EV/EBITDA are more reliable for asset-light businesses.
"The price should not be more than 1½ times book value. P/E × P/B ≤ 22.5."
These metrics estimate what Agilent Technologies, Inc. is worth based on fundamentals — independent of what the market prices it at. Graham's Fair Value and NCAV are conservative floors. EPV assumes zero growth. These are reference points, not price targets.
Net Current Asset Value
$-4.93
Negative NCAV — liabilities exceed current assets. Common in capital-return businesses (buybacks, debt-funded dividends) and capital-intensive industries. Not automatically a warning sign.
"Buy at two-thirds of net current assets." — Graham
Earnings Power Value
$58.19
Per share, no-growth floor. Compare to current price.
ROIC — Return on Invested Capital
11.3%
Return on Invested Capital — Buffett's preferred measure for asset-light businesses. ROIC > 15% consistently signals a durable competitive advantage (moat). More meaningful than P/B for software, pharma, and consumer brand companies where most value is intangible and off-balance-sheet.
Cash Flow Analysis
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Capital Expenditure % of Net Income 31.2% 29.3% 24.0% 23.2% N/A
Repurchase of Capital Stock -$425M -$1.1B -$575M -$1.1B N/A
Free Cash Flow $1.2B $1.4B $1.5B $1.0B N/A
Warren's Owner Earnings $2.0B $1.9B $1.8B $1.9B N/A
Peers & Industry
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"The management of a business is its most important single factor — more important than market position, patents, or financial structure."
— Benjamin Graham
Capital Allocation & Alignment
Insider Ownership
0.19%
Low — management has little skin in the game
Return on Equity (ROE)
19.3%
Excellent — management generates strong returns on equity
Return on Assets (ROA)
10.2%
Strong — management uses assets efficiently
Share Buybacks (Latest Year)
$425M
Management is returning capital to shareholders via buybacks
Debt Trend YoY
-1.1% YoY
Debt is declining — management is deleveraging
Leadership Team
Padraig McDonnell
CEO, President & Director
Age 53
Pay: $2,639,627
0.203% of net income
Angelica Riemann
Senior VP & President of Agilent CrossLab Group
Age 54
Pay: $1,124,756
0.086% of net income
Simon May
Senior VP and President of Life Sciences & Diagnostics Markets Group
Age 52
Pay: $1,625,186
0.125% of net income
Adam Elinoff
Senior VP, CFO & Principal Financial Officer
Age 47
Tejas Rajeev Savant
Vice President of Investor Relations
Top Institutional Holders
Institution % Owned Shares
Blackrock Inc. 9.17% 25,902,662
Vanguard Capital Management LLC 6.51% 18,381,030
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC 5.08% 14,352,682
State Street Corporation 4.52% 12,764,632
Massachusetts Financial Services Co. 4.47% 12,624,090
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 3.18% 8,992,649
Geode Capital Management, LLC 2.66% 7,522,028
Wellington Management Group, LLP 2.57% 7,256,433
Risk Analysis
Beta (Market Risk)
1.26
Moderate volatility — moves slightly more than market
Short Interest
2.1% of float
Low short interest — market is not heavily bearish
Debt-to-Equity
0.50x
Conservative balance sheet — low financial risk
Current Ratio
2.10x
Strong liquidity — Graham approved
52-Week Price Range
Low: $108.35 Current: $127.06 High: $160.27
Currently at 36% of 52-week range

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (A) fundamental analysis — Overall grade C based on profitability, financial health, valuation and cash flow. Graham's Fair Value: $49.54. Margin of safety: 0%. Gross profit margin: 52.4%. Operating margin: 21.3%. Net margin: 18.8%. Market cap: $35.9B. Sector: Healthcare. Industry: Diagnostics & Research. Analysis powered by 360investing — free fundamental stock analysis based on Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett principles.

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