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A's second-quarter fiscal 2025 results benefit from strong LC & services, but margin contraction raises investor concerns.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A ) Q2 2025 - Earnings Conference Call May 28, 2025 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Parmeet Ahuja – VP, IR Padraig McDonnell - President and CEO Robert W. McMahon - SVP and CFO Simon May - President of Life Sciences and Diagnostics Markets Group Angelica Riemann - President of Agilent CrossLab Group Mike Zhang - President of Applied Markets Group Conference Call Participants Patrick Donnelly - Citi Jack Meehan - Nephron Research Rachel Vatnsdal - JPMorgan Puneet Souda - Leerink Partners Vijay Kumar - Evercore ISI Tycho Peterson - Jefferies Brandon Couillard - Wells Fargo Michael Ryskin - Bank of America Dan Leonard - UBS Operator Good afternoon.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Agilent (A) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended April 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Agilent Technologies (A) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.31 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.26 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.22 per share a year ago.

Agilent Technologies beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit and revenue on Wednesday, helped by strong demand for its tools and equipment used in drug development, sending its shares up 5.1% in extended trading.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today reported revenue of $1.67 billion for the second quarter ended April 30, 2025, representing growth of 6.0% reported and up 5.3% core(1) compared with the second quarter of 2024. Second-quarter GAAP net income was $215 million, or $0.75 per share. This compares with $308 million, or $1.05 per share, in the second quarter of 2024. Non-GAAP(2) net income was $373 million, or $1.31 per share during the quarter, compared.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced August Specht, Ph.D., has been named the company's Chief Technology Officer. Specht, previously vice president of Global R&D for the Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Division at Thermo Fisher Scientific, will join Agilent on June 9. “We are thrilled to welcome August Specht to the Agilent team as we further accelerate the pace of innovation in an ever-changing world through our Ignite Transformatio.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the latest enhancements to the Agilent 8850 Gas Chromatograph (GC), including compatibility with single and triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (MS) systems and related tools and technologies to improve laboratory productivity. The unique design and compact size of the 8850 GC make it one of the fastest and smallest benchtop GC/MS available. It is explicitly designed for labs that require high speed and hi.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the launch of its latest innovation in liquid chromatography (LC)-mass detection: the Agilent InfinityLab Pro iQ Series. This groundbreaking series includes the InfinityLab Pro iQ and the InfinityLab Pro iQ Plus, each tailored with distinct features and capabilities to meet the diverse analytical needs of modern laboratories. These advanced, intelligent systems are particularly well-suited for analyzing es.

Looking beyond Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimate forecasts for Agilent (A), delve into some of its key metrics to gain a deeper insight into the company's potential performance for the quarter ended April 2025.