Will New Technologies Help Agilent (A) Beat On Q4 Earnings?

 | Nov 15, 2017 11:50PM ET

Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) is set to report fiscal fourth-quarter 2017 results on Nov 20. Last quarter, it delivered a positive earnings surprise of 13.46%.

The company’s surprise history has been pretty impressive. It beat estimates in each of the trailing four quarters, with an average positive earnings surprise of 13.98%.

Notably, on a year-to-date basis, Agilent’s shares have returned 47.8%, underperforming the Earnings ESP Filter .

Agilent Technologies has a Zacks Rank #3 and an Earnings ESP of +0.71%, a combination that suggests that the company is likely to beat estimates this time around.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. Price and EPS Surprise

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