Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Agilent Technologies Inc shares valued at $1,968,224 were purchased by McMahon Robert W. on Sep 04 ’25. At $128.62 per share, McMahon Robert W. acquired 15,303 shares.
Also, MCDONNELL PADRAIG sold 2,000 shares, netting a total of over 249,760 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $124.88 each, the insider now holds 33,448 shares.
Before that, MCDONNELL PADRAIG had added 2,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $249,760, the Officer bought Agilent Technologies Inc shares for $124.88 each.
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
On last trading session, Agilent Technologies Inc [NYSE: A] rose 2.60% to $128.48. The stock’s lowest price that day was $123.8, but it reached a high of $128.829 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 8.25%. Over the course of the year, Agilent Technologies Inc shares have dropped approximately -10.10%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $153.84 on 01/31/25 and a 52-week low of $96.43 on 04/09/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Agilent Technologies Inc (A)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 125.24, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 122.01. In the upper region, resistance lies at 130.27. The next price resistance is at 132.07. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 67.58 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Agilent Technologies Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Agilent Technologies Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-15 dropping by -0.63 million shares to 2.88 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 3.51 million shares. A decline of -21.82% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.83 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.83.
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In terms of Agilent Technologies Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 140 in the next 12 months, up nearly 11.8% from the previous closing price of $125.22. Analysts anticipate Agilent Technologies Inc stock to reach 142 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 116. In spite of this, 11 analysts ranked Agilent Technologies Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On June 03, 2024, Jefferies assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $135.
