Agilent Technologies, Inc. (A)

00100 (96.85) Submitted: 11/12/2009 3:56:39 PM : Start Price: $27.97 A Score: -3.06

Downthumb. High valuation. Nominal cash flow. Negative 5 year sales growth. Busy merging with Varian. Will likely impact net growth per share.

memoandstitch (35.35) Submitted: 8/4/2009 10:27:57 PM : Start Price: $24.23 A Score: -10.01

fool

PlainandSimple1 (< 20) Submitted: 4/25/2008 4:45:50 AM : Start Price: $31.54 A Score: -10.12

As of today the S&P 500 is down about 100 points and I expect it to rebound in the near future.

invmycfm (< 20) Submitted: 2/17/2008 3:07:01 PM : Start Price: $30.94 A Score: -9.87

Executive leadership seems focused on cost control/cash not growth. Couple the two and Agilent would outperform.

bobbob12345 (< 20) Submitted: 2/7/2008 5:55:30 PM : Start Price: $32.19 A Score: -3.97

not what im looking for

wwaggoner (< 20) Submitted: 1/27/2008 3:35:27 PM : Start Price: $33.17 A Score: -1.41

Consumers pulling back on technology purchases

WallStreetTank (33.86) Submitted: 12/28/2007 12:49:23 AM : Start Price: $37.08 A Score: -1.04

Ready for a decline

LivingHi (< 20) Submitted: 11/8/2007 11:33:05 AM : Start Price: $34.62 A Score: -5.56

The leadership of Agilent does not know how to grow a technology company, nor does it inspire its workforce. Agilent stock closed at around $41 on its first day of trading 8 years ago this month. It's now around $35. I don't expect the next 8 years to be any better. The company appears to be run by its CFO Adrian Dillon, who joined the company in 2001. He is a bean counter from Eaton, a Midwest industrial conglomerate. He's very good at lay-offs, closing businesses, selling property and outsourcing, and not much else. I sold all of my remaining Agilent stock, about $50,000 worth, in April of 2006 for around $38. I feel fortunate to have gotten out then. There is no way this company should be selling at a P/E ratio above the S&P 500 which is now around 16. If Agilent was trading at this P/E ratio it would be fairly priced at $24. Someday everyone will figure this out.

Zen1 (< 20) Submitted: 10/24/2007 6:36:59 PM : Start Price: $37.00 A Score: -2.39

I believe that it is still positioning itself.

qry (< 20) Submitted: 8/12/2007 7:57:10 PM : Start Price: $36.00 A Score: -1.52

Highly competitive market