Agilent Technologies Reveals 509% Increase In Q4 Profit

(RTTNews) - Agilent Technologies (A) reported earnings for its fourth quarter that climbed from last year.

The company said its bottom line climbed to $140 million, or $0.42 per share. This was up from $23 million, or $0.07 per share, in last year's fourth quarter.

The company said revenue for the quarter fell 0% to $1.04 billion. This was down from $1.04 billion last year.

Agilent Technologies earnings at a glance:

-Earnings (Q4): $140 Mln. vs. $23 Mln. last year. -Earnings Growth (Y-o-Y): 508.7% -EPS (Q4): $0.42 vs. $0.07 last year. -EPS Growth (Y-o-Y): 500% -Revenue (Q4): $1.04 Bln vs. $1.04 Bln last year. -Revenue Change (Y-o-Y): 0%

-Guidance: Next quarter EPS guidance: $0.42 - $0.44 Next quarter revenue guidance: $1.0 - $1.02 Bln Full year EPS guidance: $1.85 - $1.91 Full year revenue guidance: $4.15 - $4.17 Bln