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With a market cap of $30.6 billion, Agilent Technologies, Inc. (A), is a global leader in life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets, headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Established in 1999 as a spin-off from Hewlett-Packard, Agilent provides laboratories worldwide with instruments, software, services, and consumables.
The life science titan is all set to release its fiscal second-quarter earnings after the market closes on Wednesday, May 28. Ahead of the event, analysts expect A to report a profit of $1.27 per share on a diluted basis, up 4.1% from $1.22 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has consistently surpassed Wall Street’s EPS estimates in all of its last four quarterly reports.