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Agilent Technologies, Inc. (A), headquartered in Santa Clara, California, provides application focused solutions to the life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets. Valued at $38.5 billion by market cap, the company offers electronic and bio-analytical measurement, semiconductor, and board testing.
Shares of this global leader in analytical and clinical laboratory technologies have underperformed the broader market over the past year. A has gained 6.1% over this time frame, while the broader S&P 500 Index ($SPX) has rallied nearly 32.1%. In 2024, A stock is down 3.4%, compared to the SPX’s 26.2% rise on a YTD basis.