Buyback yield (TTM)
1.18%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
2.06%
5Y share count change
-9.0%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$387.00M
Cumulative buybacks
$18.46B
Key takeaways
- Agilent Technologies (A) repurchased about $387.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 9.0% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 2.95× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -2.0% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 40% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Agilent Technologies (A)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Agilent Technologies (A)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Agilent Technologies (A)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Agilent Technologies (A)
Latest: $425.00M
Overview
The 2025 reading of Agilent Technologies (A) buyback spend is $425.00M – plunged 63.0% year-over-year.
Agilent Technologies buyback spend has contracted on net over the period, with a -2.0% compound annual growth rate over 2020–2025 (5 years).
Agilent Technologies buyback spend plunged from $4.24B in 2006 to $425.00M in 2025, a 90.0% drawdown.
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $4.24B in 2006 and its low of $0.00 in 1998.
Agilent Technologies Buyback Spend 2025: $425.00M
2025's buyback spend for Agilent Technologies came in at $425.00M, plunged 63.0% below 2024.
Agilent Technologies Buyback Spend 2024: $1.15B
Agilent Technologies posted buyback spend of $1.15B in 2024, surged 100.0% from 2023.
Agilent Technologies Buyback Spend 2023: $575.00M
In 2023, Agilent Technologies reported buyback spend of $575.00M, plunged 49.5% below 2022.
Agilent Technologies Buyback Spend 2022: $1.14B
Agilent Technologies buyback spend in 2022 was $1.14B, surged 44.5% from 2021.
Agilent Technologies Buyback Spend 2021: $788.00M
Agilent Technologies buyback spend in 2021 was $788.00M.
See more financial history for Agilent Technologies (A).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $425.00M | $128.00M | $297.00M | 1.03% | 0.28B | -2.4% | |
| 2024 | $1.15B | $129.00M | $1.02B | 3.04% | 0.29B | -1.7% | |
| 2023 | $575.00M | $111.00M | $464.00M | 1.90% | 0.30B | -1.3% | |
| 2022 | $1.14B | $125.00M | $1.01B | 2.78% | 0.30B | -2.3% | |
| 2021 | $788.00M | $110.00M | $678.00M | 1.66% | 0.31B | -1.6% | |
| 2020 | $469.00M | $83.00M | $386.00M | 1.49% | 0.31B | -1.9% | |
| 2019 | $723.00M | $72.00M | $651.00M | 3.09% | 0.32B | -2.2% | |
| 2018 | $422.00M | $70.00M | $352.00M | 2.04% | 0.33B | -0.3% | |
| 2017 | $194.00M | $60.00M | $134.00M | 0.89% | 0.33B | -0.9% | |
| 2016 | $434.00M | $58.00M | $376.00M | 3.07% | 0.33B | -1.8% | |
| 2015 | $267.00M | $54.00M | $213.00M | 2.14% | 0.34B | -0.9% | |
| 2014 | $200.00M | $96.00M | $104.00M | 1.51% | 0.34B | -2.0% | |
| 2013 | $900.00M | $84.00M | $816.00M | 7.49% | 0.34B | -2.3% | |
| 2012 | $172.00M | $74.00M | $98.00M | 1.92% | 0.35B | -0.6% | |
| 2011 | $497.00M | $72.00M | $425.00M | 5.39% | 0.35B | +0.6% | |
| 2010 | $411.00M | $66.00M | $345.00M | 4.77% | 0.35B | +2.0% | |
| 2009 | $157.00M | $71.00M | $86.00M | 2.55% | 0.35B | -6.7% | |
| 2008 | $1.00B | $82.00M | $919.00M | 17.97% | 0.37B | -8.6% | |
| 2007 | $1.94B | $94.00M | $1.85B | 19.89% | 0.41B | -7.9% | |
| 2006 | $4.24B | $94.00M | $4.14B | 43.48% | 0.44B | -11.8% | |
| 2005 | $290.00M | $9.00M | $281.00M | 2.84% | 0.50B | +2.0% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.49B | +3.6% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.47B | +1.7% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $145.00M | −$145.00M | — | 0.47B | +1.5% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $145.00M | −$145.00M | — | 0.46B | +0.7% | |
| 2000 | $2.07B | $0.00 | $2.07B | — | 0.46B | -0.5% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.46B | -0.3% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.46B | — |
- 2025$425.00M
- 2024$1.15B
- 2023$575.00M
- 2022$1.14B
- 2021$788.00M
- 2020$469.00M
- 2019$723.00M
- 2018$422.00M
- 2017$194.00M
- 2016$434.00M
- 2015$267.00M
- 2014$200.00M
- 2013$900.00M
- 2012$172.00M
- 2011$497.00M
- 2010$411.00M
- 2009$157.00M
- 2008$1.00B
- 2007$1.94B
- 2006$4.24B
- 2005$290.00M
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$2.07B
- 1999$0.00
- 1998$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Agilent Technologies (A)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 2.95×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Agilent Technologies (A)
How Agilent Technologies splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Agilent Technologies, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $5.95B | |
| $5.54B | |
| $5.08B | |
| $4.11B | |
| $980.00M | |
| $216.35M | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $5.95B
- $5.54B
- $5.08B
- $4.11B
- $980.00M
- $216.35M
- $0.00
- $0.00
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $971.00M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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