The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Agilent Technologies's share price is €127.74.
Agilent Technologies's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jul. 2024 was €20.64. Hence, Agilent Technologies's PS Ratio for today is 6.19.
The historical rank and industry rank for Agilent Technologies's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
STU:AG8'
s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.87 Med: 4.95 Max: 9
Current: 6.16
During the past 13 years, Agilent Technologies's highest PS Ratio was 9.00. The lowest was 2.87. And the median was 4.95.
STU:AG8's PS Ratio is ranked worse than 73.71% of 213
companies
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry
Industry Median: 3.1
vs STU:AG8: 6.16
Agilent Technologies Inc revenue per share is in decline over the past 12 months.
During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Agilent Technologies was -5.90% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 10.50% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 10.00% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 8.10% per year.
During the past 13 years, Agilent Technologies's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 18.40% per year. The lowest was -22.90% per year. And the median was 4.90% per year.
Back to Basics: PS Ratio
Agilent Technologies PS Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Agilent Technologies's PS Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Agilent Technologies's PS Ratio
For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Agilent Technologies's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Agilent Technologies's PS Ratio Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry
For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Agilent Technologies's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Agilent Technologies's PS Ratio falls into.
Agilent Technologies PS Ratio Calculation
The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.
Agilent Technologies's Share Price of today is €127.74. Agilent Technologies's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jul. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €20.64.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Agilent Technologies (STU:AG8) PS Ratio Explanation
The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.
When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.
The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.
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Originally spun out of Hewlett-Packard in 1999, Agilent has evolved into a leading life sciences and diagnostics firm. Today, Agilent's measurement technologies serve a broad base of customers with its three operating segments: life science and applied tools, cross lab (consisting of consumables and services related to life science and applied tools), and diagnostics and genomics. Over half of its sales are generated from the biopharmaceutical, chemical, and advanced materials end markets, but it also supports clinical lab, environmental, forensics, food, academic, and government-related organizations. The company is geographically diverse, with operations in the U.S. and China representing the largest country concentrations.
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