Agilent Technologies A

$174.00 +1.40% today close of 2026-10-14

BUY

Hypothetical entry plan

Reference close	$174.00 (up to $175.74)
Sell at the target	$187.96 +8%
Or sell at the stop	$167.02 -4%
Or after	4 weeks, whichever comes first

Enter at the next open only, within the buy limit and strictly between the quoted stop and target. Keep those levels fixed. A gap can cause a loss beyond the stop. The entry day counts toward the holding limit.

#7 among today's top picks on the home page.

Up 28% in 3 months in a steady uptrend
Still rising (+16% this month) and only 3% above its 20-day average, so not overextended

Chart

Price 20-day 50-day 200-day Buy plan ▲ buy rules said buy

Key numbers

Past month	+16.0%
Past 3 months	+28.0%
20 / 50 / 200-day averages	$168.60 / $157.37 / $133.70
Above its 20-day average	+3.2% (buy rule: at most +8%)
RSI (overbought above 72)	67
Volatility scaled to 4 weeks	±8.0%

How the buy rules did on this stock

Checking every week since 2021-09-15, buying whenever the rules said buy and following the plan:

Trades that made money	27% of 45
Average result per trade	-1.0%
Reached the target / hit the stop	13% / 71%

Costs of 0.1% each way are included. These overlapping hypothetical trades are not a funded portfolio. Daily bars assume stop-first when both levels trade and use the open for gaps. Adjusted historical prices are approximations. The news veto is excluded; this is context, not evidence of predictive skill.

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