Agilent announces second quarter earnings.

Thank you, Jodi, and welcome everyone to Agilent's conference call for the second quarter of fiscal year 2020. On the webcast today are Mike McMullen, Agilent's President and CEO; and Bob McMahon, Agilent's Senior Vice President and CFO. Joining for the Q&A after prepared remarks will be Jacob Thaysen, President of Agilent's Life Science and Applied Markets Group; and Sam Raha, President of Agilent's Diagnostics and Genomics Group, along with Padraig McDonnell, President of the Agilent CrossLab Group.

Announcement of Periodic Review: Moody's announces completion of a periodic review of ratings of Agilent Technologies, Inc. New York, May 15, 2020 -- Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has completed a periodic review of the ratings of Agilent Technologies, Inc. and other ratings that are associated with the same analytical unit. The review was conducted through a portfolio review in which Moody's reassessed the appropriateness of the ratings in the context of the relevant principal methodology(ies), recent developments, and a comparison of the financial and operating profile to similarly rated peers.

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Agilent Technologies Inc. shares rose 3% in the extended session Thursday, after the company topped earnings and revenue expectations. Agilent reported second-quarter net income of $101 million, which amounts to 32 cents a share, compared with $182 million, or 57 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Adjusted for asset impairments, intangible amortization, among other items, earnings were 71 cents a share. Revenue was flat at $1.24 billion. Analysts polled by FactSet expected adjusted earnings of 61 cents a share on revenue of $1.21 billion. In a statement, Agilent Chief Executive Mike McMullen said that the company is well-positioned to "face the challenges" of the COVID-19 pandemic and the company was poised to focus on "growth, a resilient business model, and strong balance sheet, and most importantly, our outstanding team." Agilent stock has fallen 5.1% this year, as the S&P 500 index dropped 8%.

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Q2 2020 Agilent Technologies Inc Earnings Call

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Shares in Agilent Technologies (A) rose 5% on Friday after the company reported revenue of $1.24B which beat Street estimates by $40M and came in flat on a year-over-year (y/y) basis.Q2 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.71 beat consensus by $0.10, although GAAP EPS of $0.32 misses by $0.17. The stock is now down 0.4% since the beginning of the year.Operating profit rose 2.2% y/y to $277M, while core revenue declined 1.7% y/y, reflecting the impact of Covid-19 business disruption (particularly within academic & government and chemical & energy end-markets).“Our business was tracking well into late March when we experienced significant disruption in the U.S. and Europe as customers closed or restricted access to their facilities to slow the spread of COVID-19,” said Mike McMullen, Agilent president and CEO.“I believe we are well-positioned to face the challenges brought on by COVID-19 given our focus on growth, a resilient business model, a strong balance sheet, and most importantly, our outstanding team” he added.Following earnings, Needham’s Stephen Unger reiterated his Hold rating without a price target. “Considering the COVID-19 environment, A’s FY2Q20 results were solid with adj. EPS growing 0.6% y/y to $0.71 – $0.04 below our model” he wrote.As a result, the analyst lowered his FY20 adj. EPS estimate from $3.42 to $3.02 (3% decline from FY19) on revenues of $5.122B (1.8% core revenue decline), a $388M reduction from his previous forecast.“Given increased downside potential associated with business disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic, we consider the lower half of the [stock’s current] trading range to approximate fair value ($79.00-89.00)” Unger told investors on May 22.Indeed, the majority of analysts covering A rate the stock a hold, with 7 recent hold ratings vs 4 buy ratings. The $89 average analyst price target indicates upside potential of 5%.  (See Agilent stock analysis on TipRanks)Related News: Gilead and Galapagos Score Positive Topline Results For Ulcerative Colitis Trial Moderna Spikes 21% Amid “Positive” Early-Stage Covid-19 Vaccine Data AstraZeneca-Merck Lynparza Prostate Cancer Treatment Gets FDA Approval More recent articles from Smarter Analyst: * Google Pay App May Face Anti-Trust Probe In India – Report * Trump Threatens Twitter After It Labels His Tweets "Potentially Misleading" * General Electric Surges 8% Amid Sale Of Lighting Unit To Savant   * Gilead & Arcus Join Forces For 10-Year Cancer Deal, Arcus Down 15% In Pre-Market

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