Agilent Technologies (A) Return on Equity [ROE] (2011 - 2026)
Agilent Technologies (A) recorded Return on Equity [ROE] of 19.88% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 0.37 percentage points from 19.51% a year earlier but down 0.27 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Agilent Technologies (A) Return on Equity [ROE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Oct 31, 2025), Agilent Technologies reported Return on Equity [ROE] of 20.62%, down 25.66 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] has a five-year change of +5.67 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 46.28% in FY2024 (-3.54 pp), 49.82% in FY2023 (+26.37 pp), 23.45% in FY2022 (-0.13 pp) and 23.58% in FY2021 (+8.64 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] has ranged from 18.90% in fiscal Q1 2026 to 47.41% in fiscal Q4 2023 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] rose in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -6.77 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Equity [ROE] in the last five years was a gain of 23.29 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2023, against a drop of 25.56 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2024 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 20.16% (Q2 2026), 18.90% (Q1 2026) and 19.88% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 250.84 Bn | 229.99 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 13.36% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 174.73 Bn | 145.82 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 10.39% |
| 3 | Danaher | 159.85 Bn | 143.67 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 7.56% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 146.79 Bn | 126.35 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 17.60% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 114.54 Bn | 80.41 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 10.44% |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.67 Bn | 91.79 Bn | 4.50 Bn | -3.90% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.93 Bn | 58.94 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 14.31% |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 50.12 Bn | 47.27 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 3.88% |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 50.06 Bn | 34.17 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 9.53% |
| 10 | Agilent Technologies | 49.40 Bn | 42.29 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 19.88% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 19.88% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 20.16% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 18.90% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 19.88% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 19.51% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 19.17% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 21.12% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 21.85% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 23.32% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 20.03% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 42.18% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 47.41% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 19.98% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 23.72% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 24.24% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 24.12% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 26.01% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 24.58% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 22.86% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 23.42% |
API Access
Agilent Technologies Return on Equity [ROE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "ticker": "A", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();