Agilent Technologies Q1 Profit From Cont. Ops. Decreases - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) reported first-quarter income from continuing operations of $102 million or $0.30 per share, compared to $121 million or $0.36 per share, prior year. Adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations was $0.41, for the quarter.

On average, 14 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report profit per share of $0.41 for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

Revenue increased to $1.03 billion from $1.01 million last year. Analysts expected revenue of $1.02 billion for the quarter.

Agilent expects second-quarter revenues to be in the range of $985 million to $1.01 billion. Second-quarter non-GAAP earnings are expected to be in the range of $0.37 to $0.41 per share. Analysts expect the company to report second-quarter earnings per share of $0.39 on revenue of $1.00 billion.

For fiscal year 2015, Agilent expects revenues of $4.06 billion to $4.12 billion and non-GAAP earnings of $1.67 to $1.73 per share. Analysts expect the company to report fiscal year earnings per share of $1.73 on revenue of $4.12 billion.