Agilent Technologies, Inc. (A)
A premier measurement company providing core bio-analytical and electronic measurement solutions to the communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis industries.
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00100
(96.44)
Submitted: 11/12/2009 3:56:39 PM :
Start Price:
$27.97
A Score:
-3.72
Downthumb. High valuation. Nominal cash flow. Negative 5 year sales growth. Busy merging with Varian. Will likely impact net growth per share.
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amascena
(23.15)
Submitted: 1/21/2009 10:06:13 AM :
Start Price:
$19.05
A Score:
+16.77
just feel it!
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bartmart
(< 20)
Submitted: 5/7/2009 12:07:47 PM :
Start Price:
$18.74
A Score:
+34.46
Baby Boomers - testing and diag
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BFCDS0810
(78.81)
Submitted: 1/30/2008 11:25:33 AM :
Start Price:
$33.94
A Score:
+1.42
we think it will outperform.
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bobbob12345
(< 20)
Submitted: 2/7/2008 5:55:30 PM :
Start Price:
$32.19
A Score:
-4.55
not what im looking for
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chk999longonly
(99.25)
Submitted: 10/10/2008 10:25:02 PM :
Start Price:
$23.43
A Score:
+5.12
This hit a 52 week low today.
This looks like a quality company and seems pretty cheap.
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ctrouper
(26.86)
Submitted: 7/19/2009 12:23:21 PM :
Start Price:
$21.13
A Score:
+21.60
Health care is about to be transformed. I believe that the next generation diagnostic tests have huge potential to make money. Agilent is one company working on next generation diagnostic tests.
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dalefromvail
(59.11)
Submitted: 10/7/2008 12:25:59 AM :
Start Price:
$27.26
A Score:
+1.38
I don''t have a dart board. I thought I would start with the A's
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dheld2
(< 20)
Submitted: 10/10/2006 3:32:32 PM :
Start Price:
$33.38
A Score:
+1.11
This is a cheap stock that has exhibited aome bounce. The shares are resting at a price to earnings ratio of 10.9 versus the industry average of 21.4. Yet, in the most recent quarter the gross margin was 51.5% against the industry average 30.0%. The operating margin was 7.6% versus 8.3% for the industry, however, and therein lays one of the problems. The company is going to have to improve its profitability. The stock is breaking out through $32.40, and has a pretty clear shot to $34.20. Beyond there the next leg up should lift the share price to $36.50 which is our intermediate-term price target. Nervous investors should consider a stop-loss at $30.00.
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doppioespresso
(33.83)
Submitted: 11/11/2008 12:30:33 PM :
Start Price:
$20.64
A Score:
+14.71
A lot of my recent reading and studying went into ROIC and particularly free cash flow based variations. Agilent management has reoriented the business around this metric, including compensation. Results in the past few years improved accordingly, and A shareholders should continue to benefit from this management approach as well as market conditions favorable to companies in measurement equipment.
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edrc
(86.81)
Submitted: 10/24/2006 3:38:05 PM :
Start Price:
$34.86
A Score:
-1.45
Increase in sales will bring good news.
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EkimYemoot
(< 20)
Submitted: 5/22/2007 10:40:10 PM :
Start Price:
$38.82
A Score:
-0.89
Just had some blood work done, guess whose terting equipment they used?
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Feanor3293
(90.96)
Submitted: 8/21/2006 3:38:44 AM :
Start Price:
$31.70
A Score:
+1.89
Compelted divestitures. Company is the leader in the Test/Measurement sector. Cost cutting has positioned this company to see positive results for the next few years.
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gawilliam4u
(77.91)
Submitted: 11/23/2007 9:28:13 PM :
Start Price:
$36.84
A Score:
-0.61
tech, retested prior bo...successfully,ect.,
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Greenrunner
(< 20)
Submitted: 9/6/2007 10:34:04 AM :
Start Price:
$36.24
A Score:
+2.15
One word "Fiber"
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GulfBeach
(48.55)
Submitted: 7/22/2009 8:42:16 PM :
Start Price:
$21.44
A Score:
+20.72
Strong Uptrend
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Hoglum
(21.69)
Submitted: 12/13/2006 6:45:52 PM :
Start Price:
$33.30
A Score:
+5.50
Agilent Technologies has been beaten up recently yet I think it will rebound and we'll see growth begin in the near future. Their sales have stagnated and even declined since 2002 but their profitability has increased tremendously. In 2002 & 2003 they finished at a net loss for both years. What interests me is what's occurred since. Check this out: in 2004, Agilent had a return on assets of 5.17%. In 2006 (ending 10/31/06), the ROA was 45.13%. That's a huge increase. So, even though sales dipped from '04 to '06, they jacked up net income from $369 mil to $3,310 mil, aka $3.3 billion! This was done with virtually no change in total assets. The change in assets is close to the change in the "goodwill" line on their balance sheet. These guys seem much more focused than before and they're getting it right. I don't believe the market has kept pace with these changes.
In addition, they've recently acquired PXIT, Inc. This is why I believe this company is ready to continue growth. They've returned to profitability and now they're starting to gather up the means to expand. With gross margins >50% and net margins >10%, they can afford to work on the top line. All this combined with a terribly low P/E tells me the market doesn't yet have faith. That's the time to strike. Their stock price when I wrote this was around $34.00/share.
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