AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC A
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 00846U101 · ISIN US00846U1016
American life sciences company that provides instruments, software, services, and consumables for the entire laboratory workflow
- SectorTechnology
- IndustryLaboratory Analytical Instruments
- HeadquartersSanta Clara, CA
- Founded1999
- Websiteagilent.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($79.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 292.6m as of 2023-08-23, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $111.88. Options: 27 managers hold calls ($139.7m notional), 28 hold puts ($105.4m).
Trends to Q3 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 900 |
| Q4 2022 | 964 |
| Q1 2023 | 986 |
| Q2 2023 | 941 |
| Q3 2023 | 921 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 419 | 379 |
| Q1 2023 | 455 | 405 |
| Q2 2023 | 368 | 488 |
| Q3 2023 | 390 | 446 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $154.9m | $138.4m | 0.89 |
| Q1 2023 | $77.8m | $99.3m | 1.28 |
| Q2 2023 | $89.4m | $90.3m | 1.01 |
| Q3 2023 | $139.7m | $105.4m | 0.75 |
Biggest buyers
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +2.1m |
| Meritage Group LP | New | +1.6m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Added | +1.5m |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP | Added | +1.4m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +1.2m |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | New | +957.8k |
| Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. | New | +426.9k |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | New | +338.0k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. | Added | +293.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +261.9k |
Biggest sellers
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -3.8m |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | Sold out | -2.0m |
| BlueSpruce Investments, LP | Reduced | -1.2m |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -831.8k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -668.2k |
| Perpetual Ltd | Reduced | -645.8k |
| PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC | Reduced | -639.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -585.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -501.7k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Reduced | -427.3k |
Biggest calls
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $55.2m494.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $21.0m187.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $16.2m144.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $6.2m55.2k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $6.0m53.9k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $4.6m41.3k shares |
| GTS SECURITIES LLC | New | $4.2m37.4k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $4.0m35.6k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | New | $3.2m28.8k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $2.7m24.1k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $23.9m213.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $23.1m206.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $6.7m60.1k shares |
| Paloma Partners Management Co | Added | $6.5m58.4k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $6.4m57.1k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | New | $4.5m40.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $4.2m38.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $4.1m36.6k shares |
| PURA VIDA INVESTMENTS, LLC | Added | $3.9m35.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $3.6m31.9k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-17 | 8.3% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 7.5% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-28 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 4 | $19.4m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $164.8k | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $867.8k | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.4m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 9 | $37.4m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $538.5k | $122.7k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-23 | Gonsalves Rodney V.P., Corporate Controller | Sold | $415.7k3.5k shares |
| 2023-07-27 | McMullen Michael R. CEO and President, director | Sold plan | $122.7k944 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q3 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.09% of their portfolio | 28.0m $3.1bn | Reduced -3.8m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 25.1m $2.8bn | Reduced -127.4k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.08% of their portfolio | 12.6m $1.4bn | Reduced -585.4k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.43% of their portfolio | 11.1m $1.2bn | Added +39.0k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.23% of their portfolio | 10.3m $1.1bn | Added +1.5m |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.80% of their portfolio | 10.1m $1.1bn | Added +154.8k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.12% of their portfolio | 7.4m $825.9m | Reduced -668.2k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.94% of their portfolio | 6.8m $765.5m | First filing |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 6.5m $724.9m | Added +118.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.05% of their portfolio | 4.3m $480.0m | Reduced -501.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.09% of their portfolio | 4.1m $458.2m | Added +255.0k |
| STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO 0.44% of their portfolio | 4.0m $441.8m | Unchanged |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.27% of their portfolio | 3.8m $419.7m | Reduced -83.7k |
| Cantillon Capital Management LLC 3.09% of their portfolio | 3.7m $417.3m | Reduced -14.2k |
| NORGES BANK 0.08% of their portfolio | 3.6m $404.2m | Added +115.8k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.28% of their portfolio | 3.4m $385.6m | Reduced -50.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.0m $338.8m | Added +261.9k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.8m $308.7m | Reduced -113.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.7m $299.4m | Added +124.7k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.64% of their portfolio | 2.6m $290.3m | Added +1.4m |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc 1.21% of their portfolio | 2.4m $270.3m | Added +116.1k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.30% of their portfolio | 2.3m $256.8m | Added +2.1m |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.2m $242.4m | Added +21.9k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.20% of their portfolio | 2.1m $234.5m | Reduced -47.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.0m $222.9m | Added +1.2m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.9m $207.4m | Reduced -831.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.9m $207.3m | Added +94.7k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.16% of their portfolio | 1.9m $207.0m | Reduced -84.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.8m $204.9m | Reduced -48.9k |
| Echo Street Capital Management LLC 1.80% of their portfolio | 1.7m $193.0m | Reduced -337.6k |
| Meritage Group LP 5.04% of their portfolio | 1.6m $184.4m | New |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.6m $183.3m | Reduced -298.7k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.6m $182.0m | Reduced -14.8k |
| PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.44% of their portfolio | 1.6m $181.7m | Reduced -639.1k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.6m $178.5m | Reduced -293.1k |
| Amundi 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.5m $168.8m | Reduced -9.9k |
| Robeco Schweiz AG 2.87% of their portfolio | 1.5m $170.0m | Added +106.4k |
| Liontrust Investment Partners LLP 2.42% of their portfolio | 1.4m $151.2m | Added +156.2k |
| ROYAL LONDON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.46% of their portfolio | 1.3m $143.3m | Reduced -23.5k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.17% of their portfolio | 1.3m $141.6m | Added +127.2k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.3m $140.5m | Added +42.1k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.30% of their portfolio | 1.2m $137.9m | Added +211.3k |
| BlueSpruce Investments, LP 2.45% of their portfolio | 1.2m $134.5m | Reduced -1.2m |
| LGT CAPITAL PARTNERS LTD. 4.61% of their portfolio | 1.1m $128.2m | Added +50.5k |
| Troy Asset Management Ltd 3.60% of their portfolio | 1.0m $114.5m | Added +13.6k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.19% of their portfolio | 1.0m $112.6m | Reduced -15.8k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 994.5k $111.2m | Reduced -273.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 982.3k $109.8m | Added +84.6k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 963.1k $107.7m | Added +237.9k |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP 1.15% of their portfolio | 957.8k $107.1m | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.08% of their portfolio | 950.1k $106.2m | Reduced -117.8k |
| SATURNA CAPITAL CORP 1.80% of their portfolio | 911.0k $101.9m | Unchanged |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.09% of their portfolio | 820.3k $91.7m | Reduced -19.3k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.12% of their portfolio | 799.0k $89.9m | Added +39.2k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.25% of their portfolio | 785.7k $87.9m | Reduced -265.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.19% of their portfolio | 774.5k $86.6m | Added +64.9k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.25% of their portfolio | 748.7k $83.7m | Reduced -292.4k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.51% of their portfolio | 735.3k $82.2m | Added +25.5k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.07% of their portfolio | 722.7k $80.8m | Reduced -12.9k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.16% of their portfolio | 700.6k $78.3m | Reduced -427.3k |
| CCLA Investment Management 1.44% of their portfolio | 688.4k $77.0m | Added +40.7k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.19% of their portfolio | 648.1k $72.5m | Reduced -75.3k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 636.1k $71.1m | Added +97.2k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 633.2k $70.8m | Added +118.6k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.06% of their portfolio | 631.1k $70.6m | Added +26.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.08% of their portfolio | 628.3k $70.3m | Added +8.0k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 612.9k $68.5m | Reduced -64.1k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. 0.28% of their portfolio | 611.9k $68.4m | Added +293.5k |
| National Pension Service 0.11% of their portfolio | 600.9k $66.5m | Added +19.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 577.4k $64.6m | Added +145.9k |
| NFJ INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC 1.88% of their portfolio | 577.1k $64.5m | Added +111.3k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.16% of their portfolio | 551.9k $61.7m | Added +42.5k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.18% of their portfolio | 537.2k $60.2m | Added +4.7k |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 528.6k $59.1m | Reduced -177.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.08% of their portfolio | 486.9k $54.4m | Reduced -45.9k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.08% of their portfolio | 464.7k $52.0m | Reduced -14.1k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 456.1k $51.0m | Reduced -351.5k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.12% of their portfolio | 447.4k $50.0m | Reduced -159.4k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 442.9k $49.5m | Added +165.4k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.41% of their portfolio | 435.2k $48.7m | Added +1.1k |
| SUMMITRY LLC 3.19% of their portfolio | 434.1k $48.5m | Added +8.3k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.02% of their portfolio | 430.0k $48.1m | Added +23.4k |
| Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. 2.25% of their portfolio | 426.9k $47.7m | New |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 420.4k $47.0m | Reduced -135.6k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.07% of their portfolio | 402.0k $45.0m | Added +260.4k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.50% of their portfolio | 400.9k $44.8m | Added +76.9k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.47% of their portfolio | 385.1k $43.1m | Reduced -17.5k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 372.3k $41.6m | Added +23.4k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 370.4k $41.4m | Reduced -21.2k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.11% of their portfolio | 369.1k $41.3m | Reduced -74.0k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.10% of their portfolio | 368.1k $41.2m | Added +20.0k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 350.7k $41.3m | Added +107.8k |
| KBC Group NV 0.16% of their portfolio | 340.9k $38.1m | Reduced -201.9k |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC 0.55% of their portfolio | 338.0k $37.8m | New |
| SCOUT INVESTMENTS, INC. 0.84% of their portfolio | 331.1k $36.7m | Reduced -20.3k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 329.1k $36.8m | Reduced -4.8k |
| M&G INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD 0.26% of their portfolio | 321.5k $36.0m | Added +22.2k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 317.1k $35.5m | Added +90.4k |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK 0.03% of their portfolio | 316.6k $35.4m | Reduced -21.6k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.08% of their portfolio | 315.0k $35.2m | Added +42.4k |