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Agilent Technologies
(NYSE: A)
USA
Starting off as part of Hewlett-Packard, Agilent Technologies is now a thriving company in its own right. The company, which manufactures testing equipment, including scientific and electronic measurement products, also conducts its own research on new technologies. Agilent recently came up with the industry's first answer to the challenge of measuring Web TV's success. Its solution combines hundreds of channels, and several thousands of computer telephony and data-traffic streams to identify the true service quality experienced by subscribers, replacing the need for a variety of devices to test each aspect. Agilent recently spun off its semiconductor test business, now publicly listed as Verigy, and last year cut loose its semiconductor products group, now Avago. Looks like Agilent's drive to focus is paying off. The company saw a healthy return on stock of 45.3% and its share price increased by a solid 44.3% for the year ended May 31.
Company Info |
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| 2005 Rank | Not Ranked |
| Sales* ($ Millions) | 5,416.0 |
| Sales Growth (over prev. year) |
5 % |
| Profits* ($ Millions) | 1,147.0 |
| Return on Equity | 28.2 % |
| Total Return on Sales (12-mo.) | 45.3 |
| Share Price As of 5/31/06 | 34.89 |
| CURRENT MARKET INFO | NYSE: A |
| No. of Employees | 20,300 |
| Industry | Computers & Peripherals |
| COMPANY WEB SITE > | |
*Trailing 12 months
Stock price data as of 5/31/06
DATA: Standard & Poor's Compustat
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Company Snapshot
Agilent Technologies provides bio-analytical and electronic measurement solutions to the communications, electronics, life sciences, and chemical analysis industries. It operates in three segments: electronic measurement, bio-analytical ,measurement, and semiconductor test solutions. The electronic measurement segment provides electronic measurement instruments and systems; monitoring, management, and optimization tools for communications networks and services; and software design tools, and related services that are used in the design, development, manufacture, installation, and operation of electronics equipment and communications networks and services. It provides communication test products and general purpose test products. The segment offers various related services, including startup assistance, instrument productivity and application services, and instrument calibration and repair, as well as customization, consulting, and optimization services. It serves contract manufactures, handset manufacturers, and service providers. The bio-analytical measurement segment provides application-focused solutions that include instruments, software, consumables, and services that enable customers to identify, quantify, and analyze the physical and biological properties of substances and products. It offers microarrays, microfluidics, gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, software and informatics, and related consumables, reagents, and services. The segment serves life sciences markets and chemical analysis markets. The semiconductor test solutions segment provides semiconductor test equipment for systems-on-a-chip, systems-in-a-package, and memory semiconductor devices. It serves semiconductor manufacturing markets. The company sells its products through direct sales, distributors, resellers, manufacturer's representatives, telesales, and electronic commerce. Agilent was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif.
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