Barclays Keeps Hold Rating on Agilent with $125 Price Target

Barclays maintains a Hold rating for Agilent with a price target of $125. Luke Sergott, a finance expert with experience at Bloomberg, covers the Healthcare sector and has a 37.35% success rate on recommended stocks. Sergott also received a Hold from Bernstein's Eve Burstein, but a Buy rating from TR | OpenAI - 4o. Agilent has a market cap of $35.5B and a P/E ratio of 27.83.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) has seen a mix of analyst ratings and significant changes in institutional holdings in the recent quarter. The medical research company reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings, with $1.31 earnings per share, exceeding estimates of $1.26, alongside a revenue of $1.67 billion [1].

Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its stake in Agilent Technologies by 2.8% in Q1, holding 368,661 shares valued at $43.1 million. Other large investors also modified their holdings, with Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosting its stake by 13.5%, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. by 8.3%, Alps Advisors Inc. by 29.5%, D.A. Davidson & CO. by 30.4%, and LGT Capital Partners LTD. by 7.6% [1].

Barclays maintains a Hold rating for Agilent with a price target of $125. Luke Sergott, a finance expert with experience at Bloomberg, covers the Healthcare sector and has a 37.35% success rate on recommended stocks. Sergott also received a Hold from Bernstein's Eve Burstein, but a Buy rating from TR | OpenAI - 4o [2]. Agilent has a market cap of $35.5B and a P/E ratio of 27.83 [1].

Earnest Partners LLC reduced its holdings in Agilent Technologies by 3.1%, selling 15,248 shares and retaining approximately 483,086 shares valued at $56.5 million. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position by 0.7%, and Pictet Asset Management Holding SA by 2.5% [2].

Agilent Technologies' stock has shown resilience, trading up 3.7% after the earnings report. The stock opened at $121.4920 on Friday, with a market capitalization of $34.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.00, and a beta of 1.22. The company's 12-month low is $96.43 and the high is $153.84 [1].

References:
[1] https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-agilent-technologies-inc-a-stock-position-raised-by-raymond-james-financial-inc-2025-08-23/
[2] https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-earnest-partners-llc-sells-15248-shares-of-agilent-technologies-inc-a-2025-08-28/