Surpassing Expectations: Agilent Technologies Unleashes Growth Potential and Rewards Investors
Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights
Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) is set to pay a dividend of $0.23 per share on July 26, 2023, with an annualized dividend yield of 0.71%. The company has shown a steady increase in its dividend per share from $0.67 in 2019 to $0.85 in 2022, and its earnings per share have also increased from $3.12 in 2019 to $5.21 in 2022. Agilent's dividend yield surpasses that of its industry peer, Danaher (NYSE:DHR), which has an annualized dividend yield of 0.42%.
July 26, 2023 | 3:06 pm
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Agilent Technologies' annualized dividend yield of 0.71% surpasses that of Danaher, which has a yield of 0.42%.
The news that Agilent's dividend yield surpasses that of Danaher could potentially lead to a decrease in Danaher's stock price in the short term, as investors may choose to invest in Agilent instead for its higher yield.
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Agilent Technologies is set to pay a dividend of $0.23 per share on July 26, 2023. The company's dividend per share and earnings per share have shown steady growth since 2019.
The news of the upcoming dividend payout and the steady growth in Agilent's dividend per share and earnings per share is likely to be positively received by investors, potentially leading to an increase in the stock price in the short term.
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