Agilent Technologies and PerkinElmer: Peer comparison - Agilent has the edge in profitability, financial policy and liquidity
CORPORATES ISSUER IN-DEPTH 4 December 2017 RATINGS Agilent Technologies, Inc. Long Term Rating Baa2 Outlook Stable PerkinElmer, Inc. Long Term Rating Baa3 Outlook Stable KEY METRICS: Agilent Technologies Inc. 10/31/15Â 10/31/16 LTM 7/31/17 EBITDA Margin 21.9% 22.8%Agilent Technologies is engaged in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets. The company's segments are: Life Sciences and Applied Markets Business, which provides instruments and software that enable customers to identify, quantify and analyze the physical and biological properties of substances and products; Diagnostics and Genomics Business, which includes the genomics, nucleic acid contract manufacturing and research and development, pathology, companion diagnostics, reagent partnership and biomolecular analysis businesses; and Agilent CrossLab Business, which spans the entire lab with its consumables and services portfolio to improve customer outcomes.
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