The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Agilent Technologies Inc shares valued at $286,650 were sold by MCDONNELL PADRAIG on Jan 21 ’25. At $150.00 per share, MCDONNELL PADRAIG sold 1,911 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 39,652 shares worth approximately $5.04 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, MCDONNELL PADRAIG purchased 1,911 shares, netting a total of over 286,650 in proceeds.
Before that, MCDONNELL PADRAIG had sold 47 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $7,050, the President and CEO traded Agilent Technologies Inc shares for $150.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 47 shares, worth approximately $3.06 million.
As published in a research note from Barclays on February 10, 2025, Agilent Technologies Inc [A] has been rated up from an Underweight to an Equal weight and the price target has been revised to $145 from $135. Analysts at Wells Fargo started covering the stock with ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in late August. As of July 10, 2024, Citigroup has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” for A. Earlier on June 27, 2024, Wolfe Research downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Peer perform” for A stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing A Stock Performance
During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -7.10%. Over the course of the year, Agilent Technologies Inc shares have dropped approximately -5.40%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $153.84 on 01/31/25 and a 52-week low of $125.81 on 02/27/25. A 50-day SMA is recorded $140.58, while a 200-day SMA reached $138.40. Nevertheless, trading volume fell to 3.44 million shares from 1.54 million shares the previous day.
Support And Resistance Levels for Agilent Technologies Inc (A)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 124.82, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 122.56. In the upper region, resistance lies at 130.33. The next price resistance is at 133.58. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 24.12 on the 14-day chart, showing oversold technical sentiment. Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is at -4.90, which suggests the price will decrease in the coming days. Percent R is at 94.61%, indicating bearish price movement. Stochastics %K at buying indicates that the stock is to be held.
