Agilent Technologies Dividend yield

Agilent Technologies is part of Electronic and Electrical Equipment business, which is part of Industrials industry. Agilent Technologies is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Agilent Technologies stock dividend

Agilent Technologies paid a total dividend of 266 million USD last year, for a market value of 35,837 millions (Market Cap 35,691 millions). Agilent Technologies dividend per share is 0.90 USD, and his stock market price 121.07 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Agilent Technologies has a dividend yield of 0.74%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Agilent Technologies stocks dividend with other Electronic and Electrical Equipment companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Agilent Technologies Dividend Payout

About the ability of Agilent Technologies to maintain his current dividend of USD 0.90 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.74%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Agilent Technologies payout on ernings is currently 18.44%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Agilent Technologiescan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Agilent Technologies is USD 4.43 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 0.90, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Agilent Technologies, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Industrials industry and Electronic and Electrical Equipment sector companies.

Agilent Technologies Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Agilent Technologies's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	0.74%	0.90	18.44%	296
2022	0.60%	0.90	18.40%	296
2021	0.49%	0.78	16.92%	305
2020	0.61%	0.72	24.57%	310
2019	0.84%	0.72	18.65%	310
2018	0.91%	0.61	19.87%	319
2017	0.89%	0.60	24.00%	322
2016	1.05%	0.46	32.62%	328
2015	0.96%	0.40	33.90%	336

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Agilent Technologies dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Electronic and Electrical Equipment stocks.

Agilent Technologies Stock performance

Finally, last moth Agilent Technologies showed a return of -0.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -5.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Electronic and Electrical Equipment firms.