A Stock — Agilent Technologies Inc.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (A)

Updated October 6, 2026.

A is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.60%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.60%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 95/100 (Safe). Total return is 547.5% over the past 26.9 years, 228.6 points behind SPY at 776.1%.

At the current 0.60% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $60 per year, or about $15.00 per quarter if the next payment matches the last regular one.

Agilent Technologies provides analytical instruments, software, and services to the life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets, operating through segments focused on chromatography and mass spectrometry systems, laboratory services and consumables, and applied analytical instruments. The company distributes quarterly at a modest current rate. The stock appeals to investors seeking exposure to life sciences instrumentation and laboratory services with modest dividend income.

A performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-06.

Total return is 547.5% over the past 26.9 years, 228.6 points behind SPY at 776.1%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 20.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 29.7%.

A key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

95 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.57%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

11/18/1999

Distribution rate

0.60%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.60%

5-year average yield

0.68

Last close

$169.33 (as of 2026-10-06)

Market cap

$47,745,271,115

Average volume

1788142.0

Next dividend

$0.255

Last ex-dividend date

10/06/2026

Next payment date

10/28/2026

Beta

1.208

Payout ratio

16.8%

P/E ratio

33.4

Forward P/E

23.8663

EPS

$5.07

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.60%) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield (0.60%) is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

A risks and drawbacks

A's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 29.7%.

Who may consider A — and who may not

A may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (A pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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