Agilent Technologies
AMarket price data through September 11, 2026.
Performance
Sep 2021 – Sep 2026
Track record
How this pick has done since Benson first called it.
- Benson Return
- +9%
- How much this stock is up since Benson first picked it — measured from the price at the time of that first pick, not from today.
- First pick price
- ~$134
- Roughly what one share cost when Benson first picked this stock. This is the starting line for the Benson Return.
- Tracking since
- July 2026
- The month this stock first became a Benson pick.
- Tracking duration
- 2 months
- How long Benson has been tracking this pick.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent makes the instruments scientists use to figure out exactly what something is made of. If a drug company needs to prove a pill is pure, a hospital lab needs to spot cancer in a tissue sample, or a chip factory needs to check for contamination, they reach for an Agilent machine. Think of them as selling the pickaxes in a gold rush, except the gold here is scientific discovery.
The case for and against
Both sides of the story, in plain English.
- Firing Everywhere
All three parts of Agilent grew last quarter. The lab and diagnostics side brought in 732 million dollars, up 12 percent. The chemicals and services side did 759 million dollars. And the smallest piece, which serves chip makers and food and energy labs, jumped 14 percent to 344 million dollars. When every division is up, the demand is real.
- Profits Popping
Revenue grew 10 percent last quarter to 1.83 billion dollars, but profit grew far faster. Net income hit 339 million dollars, up from 215 million a year ago, and earnings per share jumped 60 percent. Management then raised its full-year outlook for revenue, margins, and earnings all at once, now guiding to as much as 7.49 billion dollars for the year.
- Slow Underneath
Strip out currency swings and recent acquisitions and the real growth rate is only 6.3 percent, and management expects that to cool to somewhere between 4.4 and 5.9 percent next quarter. The headline 10 percent looks better than the engine underneath. This is a steady business, not a rocket ship.
- Tariff Turbulence
Agilent builds physical machines and ships them worldwide, so trade rules and tariffs hit it directly, and the company names them as a live risk. Currency moves matter too, adding almost 4 points to this quarter's growth, which can just as easily reverse. Plus the stock trades at a rich price for a business growing revenue about 6.7 percent a year.
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This automated research summary uses Financial Modeling Prep market data through 2026-09-11. Model signals, scores, and risk labels can change and may be incomplete or wrong.
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