It’s Time to Measure Agilent Technologies

January 11, 2013

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E = Equity to Debt Ratio Is Strong

The debt-to-equity ratio and balance sheet for Agilent Technologies are strong. If you were looking for a chink in the armor here, you might want to look elsewhere.

	Debt-To-Equity	Cash	Long-Term Debt
A	0.46	$2.35 Billion	$2.11 Billion
AFFX	0.67	$32.29 Million	$191.73 Million
ZIGO	0.00	$78.83 Million	$0

T = Technicals on the Stock Chart Are Strong

Still looking for that weakness, aren’t you? Sorry, it’s not behind this door. Agilent Technologies has outperformed Affymetrix Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) and Zigo Corporation (NASDAQ:ZIGO) over the past year. Agilent Technologies also yields 0.90 percent whereas the Affymetrix and Zigo don’t offer any yield. Agilent Technologies is a much larger company, but it’s still worth noting.

	1 Month	Year-To-Date	1 Year	3 Year
A	13.48%	6.62%	12.75%	43.14%
AFFX	7.76%	9.46%	-18.54%	-49.78%
ZIGO	1.21%	1.02%	-6.60%	46.18%

At $43.67, Agilent Technologies is currently trading above all its averages.

50-Day SMA	38.78
100-Day SMA	38.34
200-Day SMA	39.29

E = Earnings and Revenue Have Been Improving

Agilent Technologies has been improving earnings and revenue since 2009.

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Revenue ($)in billions	5.77	4.48	5.44	6.62	6.86
Diluted EPS ($)	1.87	-0.09	1.94	2.85	3.27

When we look at the previous quarter on a YoY basis, we see an increase in revenue and earnings.

	10/2011	1/2012	4/2012	7/2012	10/2012
Revenue ($)in billions	1.73	1.64	1.73	1.72	1.77
Diluted EPS ($)	0.83	0.65	0.72	0.69	1.21

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