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Agilent Technologies vs Waters (A vs WAT)
The two stocks side by side, as of the latest close. Performance is rebased to 100 at the start of the window.
Over the past year Agilent Technologies (A) returned +19.1% and Waters (WAT) +23.0%; so far this year the figures are +28.4% and +20.5%.
Agilent Technologies is the larger company by market value, though the two are close in size.
On trailing earnings, A trades at 34.5 times and WAT at 114.1 times.
Revenue grew +8.6% at A and +54.6% at WAT over the last year.
A yields 0.58%. WAT pays no dividend.
Data as of the latest close. Not investment advice.
Relative performance
| A | WAT | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $174.76 | $457.60 |
| 1-day | +1.73% | +1.00% |
| YTD | +28.43% | +20.47% |
| 1 year | +19.07% | +23.02% |
| 3 years | +69.90% | +90.00% |
| Market cap | $49.3B | $45.0B |
| P/E | 34.5 | 114.1 |
| P/S | 6.68 | 9.68 |
| P/B | 6.69 | 2.96 |
| Revenue growth | +8.60% | +54.60% |
| EPS growth | +18.70% | -57.70% |
| Gross margin % | 53.8 | 40.4 |
| Net margin % | 19.5 | 3.6 |
| ROE % | 19.6 | 1.1 |
| Debt / equity | 0.54 | 0.32 |
| FCF yield % | 2.6 | 1.0 |
| Dividend yield % | 0.58 | — |
| Beta | 0.89 | 0.96 |
| RSI (14) | 53.2 | 54.1 |
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