Agilent Technologies Inc (A): Today's Featured Technology Winner
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) pushed the Technology sector higher today making it today's featured technology winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, Agilent Technologies rose $0.60 (1.3%) to $46.80 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1,833,226 shares of Agilent Technologies exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,491,500 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $46.10-$46.85 after having opened the day at $46.23 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $46.20. Other companies within the Technology sector that increased today were:
Alaska Communications Systems Group
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), up 31.1%,
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), up 30.4%,
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), up 24.1% and
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), up 15.0%.
Agilent Technologies, Inc. provides bio-analytical and electronic measurement solutions and services to the life sciences, chemical analysis, diagnostics and genomics, communications, and electronics industries worldwide. Agilent Technologies has a market cap of $15.8 billion and is part of the health services industry. Shares are up 12.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate Agilent Technologies a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Agilent Technologies
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, reasonable valuation levels, expanding profit margins, increase in stock price during the past year and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full Agilent Technologies Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 11.8%,
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), down 10.0%,
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), down 6.8% and
Dynasil Corporation of America
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), down 6.7% , were all laggards within the technology sector with
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) being today's technology sector laggard.
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