P/E ratio for Agilent Technologies (A)

P/E ratio history for Agilent Technologies from 2001 to 2023

PE ratio at the end of each year

P/E ratio for similar companies or competitors

Company	P/E ratio	P/E ratio differencediff.	Country
Thermo Fisher Scientific TMO	34.2	-2.56%	🇺🇸 USA
PerkinElmer PKI	15.0	-57.41%	🇺🇸 USA
Danaher DHR	28.6	-18.69%	🇺🇸 USA
Teradyne TER	39.4	12.13%	🇺🇸 USA
National Instruments NATI	43.8	24.58%	🇺🇸 USA
Illumina ILMN	-5.07	-114.43%	🇺🇸 USA
Ametek AME	32.7	-6.82%	🇺🇸 USA
Bruker BRKR	26.4	-24.75%	🇺🇸 USA
General Electric GE	19.8	-43.75%	🇺🇸 USA

How to read a P/E ratio?

The Price/Earnings ratio measures the relationship between a company's stock price and its earnings per share. A low but positive P/E ratio stands for a company that is generating high earnings compared to its current valuation and might be undervalued. A company with a high negative (near 0) P/E ratio stands for a company that is generating heavy losses compared to its current valuation.

Companies with a P/E ratio over 30 or a negative one are generaly seen as "growth stocks" meaning that investors typically expect the company to grow or to become profitable in the future.
Companies with a positive P/E ratio bellow 10 are generally seen as "value stocks" meaning that the company is already very profitable and unlikely to strong growth in the future.