Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Agilent Technologies Inc shares valued at $389,511 were sold by Dolsten Mikael on Dec 01 ’25. At $149.81 per share, Dolsten Mikael sold 2,600 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 4,973 shares worth approximately $0.73 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Gonsalves Rodney sold 3,000 shares, netting a total of over 464,956 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $154.99 each, the insider now holds 31,846 shares.
Before that, Dolsten Mikael had added 2,600 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $389,510, the Director bought Agilent Technologies Inc shares for $149.81 each.
As published in a research note from Evercore ISI on January 05, 2026, Agilent Technologies Inc [A] has been rated up from an In-line to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $160. Analysts at Barclays upgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal weight”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid December. As of December 09, 2025, Goldman has initiated its “Buy” rating for A. Earlier on December 02, 2025, Morgan Stanley initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for A stock.
Analyzing A Stock Performance
On last trading session, Agilent Technologies Inc [NYSE: A] plunged -0.27% to $145.92. The stock’s lowest price that day was $145.565, but it reached a high of $148.37 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.28%. Over the course of the year, Agilent Technologies Inc shares have jumped approximately 2.80%.
Is Agilent Technologies Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Agilent Technologies Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 0.58 million shares to 3.85 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 3.27 million shares. A jump of 14.99% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.91 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.91.
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In terms of Agilent Technologies Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 165 in the next 12 months, up nearly 12.77% from the previous closing price of $146.32. Analysts anticipate Agilent Technologies Inc stock to reach 180 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 130. In spite of this, 11 analysts ranked Agilent Technologies Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On October 08, 2025, UBS assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $170.
