Agilent Technologies, Inc. (A) Key Metrics
A valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 17, 2026- Market cap
- $48.77B
- Enterprise value
- $48.80B
- P/E (TTM)
- 34.1 10-yr median 32.2
- Forward P/E
- 23.9
- PEG ratio
- 1.37
- Price / sales
- 6.6 10-yr median 5.4
- Price / book
- 6.3 10-yr median 5.7
- EV / EBITDA
- 24.0 10-yr median 20.9
- Dividend yield
- 0.59% $1.02 a year
- Beta
- 1.21
A key metrics, FY2016–FY2025
Fiscal year ended October 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsA valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
A returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
A per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
A financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
A efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
A valuation history
A returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
A debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
A cash returned to shareholders
A price vs earnings per share
A key metrics
FY2016–FY2025| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $41.57B | $37.92B | $30.60B | $41.51B | $48.35B | $31.85B | $24.09B | $21.06B | $22.18B | $14.33B |
| Enterprise value | $43.13B | $40.17B | $31.79B | $43.22B | $49.56B | $32.77B | $25.11B | $20.61B | $21.51B | $13.96B |
| P/E ratio | 31.9 | 29.4 | 24.7 | 33.1 | 40.0 | 44.3 | 22.5 | 66.6 | 32.4 | 31.2 |
| Price / sales | 6.0 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.4 |
| Price / book | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.4 |
| Price / free cash flow | 36.1 | 27.6 | 20.8 | 40.7 | 37.3 | 39.7 | 27.8 | 23.1 | 31.1 | 21.9 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 26.7 | 21.7 | 17.3 | 31.6 | 32.6 | 34.6 | 23.6 | 19.4 | 24.9 | 18.1 |
| EV / sales | 6.2 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.3 |
| EV / EBITDA | 23.5 | 21.4 | 18.7 | 22.7 | 28.1 | 26.7 | 20.4 | 16.7 | 19.6 | 16.2 |
| EV / free cash flow | 37.4 | 29.3 | 21.6 | 42.3 | 38.2 | 40.9 | 29.0 | 22.6 | 30.2 | 21.3 |
| Earnings yield | 3.1% | 3.4% | 4.1% | 3.0% | 2.5% | 2.3% | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3.1% | 3.2% |
| Free cash flow yield | 2.8% | 3.6% | 4.8% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 3.2% | 4.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 1.7% | 3.8% | 2.7% | 3.3% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 3.9% | 2.9% | 1.6% | 4.1% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $146.36 | $130.31 | $103.37 | $138.35 | $157.49 | $102.09 | $75.75 | $64.79 | $68.03 | $43.57 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $24.46 | $22.37 | $23.08 | $22.83 | $20.58 | $17.11 | $16.24 | $15.12 | $13.72 | $12.77 |
| Earnings per share | $4.59 | $4.43 | $4.19 | $4.18 | $3.94 | $2.30 | $3.37 | $0.97 | $2.10 | $1.40 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $5.49 | $6.02 | $5.99 | $4.37 | $4.84 | $2.95 | $3.21 | $3.34 | $2.73 | $2.41 |
| Free cash flow per share | $4.06 | $4.72 | $4.98 | $3.40 | $4.22 | $2.57 | $2.72 | $2.80 | $2.19 | $1.99 |
| Cash per share | $6.30 | $4.57 | $5.37 | $3.51 | $5.13 | $4.62 | $4.35 | $6.91 | $8.21 | $6.96 |
| Book value per share | $23.74 | $20.27 | $19.75 | $17.68 | $17.55 | $15.62 | $14.93 | $14.05 | $14.80 | $12.90 |
| Tangible book value per share | $6.42 | $3.01 | $4.76 | $1.77 | −$1.79 | $1.41 | $0.15 | $3.39 | $5.70 | $4.01 |
| Dividends per share | $0.99 | $0.94 | $0.90 | $0.83 | $0.77 | $0.71 | $0.65 | $0.59 | $0.52 | $0.46 |
| Capex per share | $1.43 | $1.30 | $1.01 | $0.97 | $0.62 | $0.38 | $0.49 | $0.54 | $0.54 | $0.42 |
| Debt per share | $11.81 | $12.28 | $9.40 | $9.23 | $9.06 | $7.56 | $7.57 | $5.54 | $6.17 | $5.81 |
| Shares outstanding | 284.0M | 291.0M | 296.0M | 300.0M | 307.0M | 312.0M | 318.0M | 325.0M | 326.0M | 329.0M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −2.4% | −1.7% | −1.3% | −2.3% | −1.6% | −1.9% | −2.2% | −0.3% | −0.9% | −1.8% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 20.6% | 22.0% | 22.2% | 23.5% | 23.6% | 14.9% | 23.0% | 6.7% | 15.1% | 10.9% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 16.3% | 16.6% | 17.8% | 19.8% | 19.4% | 12.5% | 19.0% | 10.9% | 17.9% | 13.6% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 10.6% | 11.4% | 11.6% | 11.8% | 11.9% | 7.5% | 11.9% | 3.7% | 8.4% | 6.0% |
| Return on tangible assets | 16.7% | 18.9% | 19.6% | 21.8% | 25.4% | 13.8% | 22.5% | 6.2% | 12.5% | 9.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 16.6% | 21.1% | 21.6% | 14.9% | 20.5% | 15.0% | 16.8% | 18.5% | 15.9% | 15.6% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.20 | 1.36 | 1.43 | 1.05 | 1.23 | 1.28 | 0.95 | 3.44 | 1.30 | 1.72 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $3.35B | $3.57B | $2.78B | $2.77B | $2.78B | $2.36B | $2.41B | $1.80B | $2.01B | $1.91B |
| Cash & short-term investments | $1.79B | $1.33B | $1.59B | $1.05B | $1.57B | $1.44B | $1.38B | $2.25B | $2.68B | $2.29B |
| Net debt | $1.56B | $2.25B | $1.19B | $1.72B | $1.21B | $918.0M | $1.02B | −$448.0M | −$667.0M | −$377.0M |
| Debt / equity | 0.50 | 0.61 | 0.48 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.48 | 0.51 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.45 |
| Debt / assets | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.85 | 1.20 | 0.70 | 0.90 | 0.68 | 0.75 | 0.83 | −0.36 | −0.61 | −0.44 |
| Current ratio | 1.96 | 2.09 | 2.61 | 2.03 | 2.22 | 2.33 | 1.53 | 3.29 | 3.30 | 3.85 |
| Quick ratio | 1.52 | 1.57 | 1.97 | 1.47 | 1.74 | 1.84 | 1.21 | 2.74 | 2.85 | 3.29 |
| Interest coverage | 13.2 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 19.3 | 16.6 | 10.8 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 10.6 | 8.5 |
| Working capital | $2.25B | $2.06B | $2.58B | $1.92B | $2.09B | $1.95B | $1.11B | $2.68B | $2.91B | $2.69B |
| Invested capital | $8.31B | $8.14B | $7.04B | $7.02B | $6.59B | $5.79B | $5.77B | $4.12B | $4.16B | $3.87B |
| Tangible asset value | $1.82B | $877.0M | $1.41B | $532.0M | −$548.0M | $440.0M | $48.0M | $1.11B | $1.87B | $1.32B |
| Net current asset value | −$1.39B | −$1.99B | −$732.0M | −$1.45B | −$1.52B | −$1.34B | −$1.51B | −$122.0M | $578.0M | $62.0M |
| Graham number | $49.50 | $44.94 | $43.14 | $40.78 | $39.45 | $28.46 | $33.64 | $17.53 | $26.44 | $20.14 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$9.05 | −$10.76 | −$6.23 | −$8.67 | −$7.97 | −$6.97 | −$7.19 | −$2.53 | −$0.25 | −$1.67 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $282.0M | $274.0M | $265.0M | $250.0M | $236.0M | $222.0M | $206.0M | $191.0M | $170.0M | $150.0M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $425.0M | $1.15B | $575.0M | $1.14B | $788.0M | $469.0M | $723.0M | $422.0M | $194.0M | $434.0M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 21.6% | 21.3% | 21.4% | 19.9% | 19.5% | 30.9% | 19.2% | 60.4% | 24.9% | 32.6% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 61.4% | 103.7% | 57.0% | 136.0% | 79.0% | 86.2% | 107.4% | 67.4% | 51.1% | 89.3% |
| Capex / revenue | 5.9% | 5.8% | 4.4% | 4.2% | 3.0% | 2.2% | 3.0% | 3.6% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 26.1% | 21.6% | 16.8% | 22.2% | 12.7% | 12.9% | 15.3% | 16.3% | 19.8% | 17.5% |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.41 | 1.47 | 1.10 | 0.92 | 0.59 | 0.39 | 0.66 | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.57 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 1.8% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.4% |
| R&D / revenue | 6.5% | 7.4% | 7.0% | 6.8% | 7.0% | 9.3% | 7.8% | 7.8% | 7.6% | 7.8% |
| SG&A / revenue | 24.6% | 23.3% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 25.6% | 28.0% | 28.3% | 28.0% | 27.5% | 29.8% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 73.8 | 73.3 | 72.0 | 68.7 | 63.8 | 67.3 | 60.3 | 55.7 | 55.0 | 53.4 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 111.3 | 124.0 | 112.1 | 109.1 | 97.1 | 102.0 | 101.9 | 99.4 | 98.0 | 97.8 |
| Days payables outstanding | 61.3 | 58.8 | 54.1 | 59.9 | 50.1 | 51.6 | 53.7 | 52.9 | 49.7 | 48.8 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 123.9 | 138.6 | 130.0 | 117.8 | 110.8 | 117.7 | 108.5 | 102.3 | 103.3 | 102.4 |
| Receivables turnover | 4.94 | 4.98 | 5.07 | 5.31 | 5.72 | 5.43 | 6.05 | 6.55 | 6.64 | 6.83 |
| Payables turnover | 5.95 | 6.21 | 6.75 | 6.09 | 7.28 | 7.07 | 6.80 | 6.91 | 7.34 | 7.48 |
| Inventory turnover | 3.28 | 2.94 | 3.26 | 3.35 | 3.76 | 3.58 | 3.58 | 3.67 | 3.72 | 3.73 |
| Asset turnover | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.56 | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.55 | 0.55 |
| Average receivables | $1.41B | $1.31B | $1.35B | $1.29B | $1.10B | $984.0M | $853.0M | $750.0M | $674.0M | $615.0M |
| Average payables | $555.0M | $479.0M | $499.0M | $513.0M | $400.0M | $354.0M | $347.0M | $322.5M | $281.0M | $268.0M |
| Average inventory | $1.01B | $1.01B | $1.03B | $934.0M | $775.0M | $699.5M | $658.5M | $606.5M | $554.0M | $537.0M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 38.6% | 42.4% | 41.2% | 45.3% | 55.5% | 46.0% | 49.7% | 40.6% | 35.2% | 37.4% |
Computed from A's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed December 22, 2025) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
A valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (October 31, 2025), Agilent traded at 31.9 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 32.2. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 34.1 and the forward P/E is 23.9. Agilent earned a return on equity of 20.6% and a return on invested capital of 16.3% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $3.4 billion of debt and $1.8 billion in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $1.6 billion. It returned $707.0 million to shareholders: $282.0 million in dividends and $425.0 million in share buybacks, 61% of free cash flow. The share count fell 13.7% from 329.0M to 284.0M over 9 years.
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A key metrics FAQ
What is Agilent's P/E ratio?
Agilent's trailing P/E ratio is 34.1 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 17, 2026), and its forward P/E is 23.9. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 31.9, compared with a 10-year median of 32.2.
What is Agilent's EV/EBITDA?
Agilent's enterprise value was 23.5 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $43.1 billion, EBITDA $1.8 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 24.0.
What is Agilent's return on equity?
Agilent's return on equity (ROE) was 20.6% in fiscal 2025: net income of $1.3 billion on average shareholders' equity of $6.3 billion.
What is Agilent's ROIC?
Agilent's return on invested capital was 16.3% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Agilent have?
Agilent had total debt of $3.4 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50 and $1.6 billion of net debt (0.85 times EBITDA).
What is Agilent's dividend yield?
Agilent's forward dividend yield is 0.59%. Agilent paid $282.0 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($0.99 per share), a payout ratio of 21.6%.
Does Agilent buy back its shares?
Yes. Agilent spent $425.0 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −2.4% over the year, to 284.0M..
What is Agilent's free cash flow yield?
Agilent generated $1.2 billion of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 2.8% on its market value at year-end ($41.6 billion).
What is Agilent's current ratio?
Agilent's current ratio was 1.96 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.96 times current liabilities.