Agilent Technologies (A)
Key Statistics
EV/EBIT = 26.4x
ROE = 24.66%
Debt/Equity = 50%
FCF Yield = 3.5%
Dividend Yield = .68%
Market Cap = $39.3 billion
The Company
Agilent Technologies (A) provides tools and solutions for laboratories in fields such as life sciences, diagnostics, and chemical analysis. The company offers a wide range of products, including instruments, software, services, and consumable supplies.
Agilent Technologies is known for producing key scientific instruments used across various fields.
For instance, in life sciences, their mass spectrometers (devices that measure the mass of molecules by separating them based on their weight) are used for protein analysis and drug discovery, while their liquid chromatography systems separate complex molecules for pharmaceutical and food safety research.
Agilent Technologies was created in 1999 when Hewlett-Packard merged its Test & Measurement and Medical Electronics Divisions and spun it off. The goal was to form a company focused on providing scientific instruments and solutions seperate from their more well-known computer & printer business.