Agilent - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Agilent M&A Summary

Agilent has acquired 39 companies, including 7 in the last 5 years. A total of 4 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 7 assets.

Agilent’s largest acquisition to date was in 2012, when it acquired Dako AS for $2.2B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2005, when it sold Broadcom to KKR for $2.7B. Agilent has acquired in 13 different US states, and 11 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include test/measurement equipment (24%) and medical products (19%).

Agilent Business Overview

Where is Agilent headquartered?

Agilent is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

What is Agilent’s revenue?

Agilent disclosed revenue of 6,833M USD for 2023 and 6,848M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Agilent have?

Agilent has 17,600 employees.

What sector is Agilent in?

Agilent is a test/measurement equipment company.

When was Agilent founded?

Agilent was founded in 1999.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity45
    • M&A Buy Activity38
    • M&A Sell Activity7
  • Total Sectors Invested 12
  • Total Countries Invested 11
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 15
  • M&A Advisors 2

Agilent

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

5301 Stevens Creek Boulevard,
Santa Clara, California 95051
United States,
(800) 227-9770
www.agilent.com

Agilent is a producer of solutions that includes instruments, software, services, and consumables for the entire laboratory workflow. Agilent's life sciences and applied markets business provide application-focused solutions that include instruments and software that enable customers to identify, quantify, and analyze the physical and biological properties of substances and products, as well as enable customers in the clinical and life sciences research areas to interrogate samples at the molecular level. Agilent was founded in 1999 and is based in Santa Clara, California.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.2/yr) # 32 - 1 2 2 1 38
vol $7.0B $550M $925M $8.5B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 7 - - - - - 7
vol $3.8B $3.8B
  45

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
BioVectra, Inc. 2024-07-22 925M USD Add-on Acquisition
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island · www.biovectra.com
e-MSion, Inc. 2023-03-09 - Add-on Acquisition
Corvallis, Oregon · www.e-msion.com
Avida Biomed, Inc. 2023-01-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Fremont, California · www.avidabio.com
Polymer Standards Service GmbH 2022-08-02 - Add-on Acquisition
Mainz, Germany · www.pss-polymer.com
Virtual Control 2022-02-17 - Add-on Acquisition
Hong Kong, China · www.virtualcontrol.com
Resolution Bioscience, Inc. 2021-03-02 550M USD Add-on Acquisition
Redmond, Washington · www.resolutionbio.com
BioTek Instruments, Inc. 2019-07-11 1.7B USD Add-on Acquisition
Winooski, Vermont · www.biotek.com
ACEA Biosciences, Inc. 2018-09-25 250M USD Add-on Acquisition
San Diego, California · www.aceabio.com
ProZyme, Inc. 2018-06-28 - Add-on Acquisition
Hayward, California · www.prozyme.com
Ultra Scientific 2018-05-30 - Add-on Acquisition
North Kingstown, Rhode Island · www.ultrasci.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Varian, Inc. 2010-05-14 Cota, Inc. 2020-11-10 2
Santa Clara, California · www.varianinc.com New York, New Jersey · www.cotahealthcare.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Test/Measurement Equipment 9 (24%) 1.6B (18%) 2 (29%) 165M (4%)
Medical Products 7 (18%) 4.3B (51%) 1 (14%) -
Life Science 6 (16%) 1.6B (18%) - -
Software 5 (13%) - 1 (14%) -
Information Technology 3 (8%) 915M (11%) 1 (14%) -
Semiconductors 1 (3%) - 2 (29%) 3.7B (96%)
Internet Software and Services 2 (5%) - - -
Chemicals 1 (3%) - - -
Defense 1 (3%) - - -
Machinery 1 (3%) 105M (1%) - -
Plastics 1 (3%) - - -
Technology Hardware 1 (3%) - - -
Total 38 $8.5B 7 $3.8B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 28 5.2B 5 2.8B
  California 13 2.4B 5 2.8B
  Massachusetts 4 235M - -
  Tennessee 1 - - -
  Rhode Island 1 - - -
  Oregon 1 - - -
  New Hampshire 1 - - -
  Iowa 1 250M - -
  Georgia 1 - - -
  Connecticut 1 - - -
  Wisconsin 1 - - -
  Washington 1 550M - -
  Vermont 1 1.7B - -
  Texas 1 105M - -
Netherlands 1 - 1 1.0B
Belgium 1 77M - -
Canada 1 925M - -
  Prince Edward Island 1 925M - -
China 1 - - -
Denmark 1 2.2B - -
France - - 1 -
Germany 1 - - -
Ireland 1 - - -
Sweden 1 - - -
Switzerland 1 - - -
United Kingdom 1 62M - -
Domestic 28 (74%) 5.2B (61%) 5 (71%) 2.8B (74%)
Cross-border 10 (26%) 3.3B (39%) 2 (29%) 1.0B (26%)
Total 38 $8.5B 7 $3.8B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Thomas Weisel Partners
 1
Credit Suisse Investment Banking
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 3 $5.4B
$100M to $1B 7 $3.0B
< $100M 2 $138M
TOTAL $8.5B
Largest Dako AS
$2.2B (2012-05-17)
sell # Total
> $1B 2 $3.7B
$100M to $1B 1 $165M
TOTAL $3.8B
Largest Broadcom, Inc.
$2.7B (2005-08-01)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
8%
3 (8%)
Strategic(s)
5%
2 (5%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
29%
2 (29%)
Strategic(s)
57%
4 (57%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Test/Measurement Equipment

Revenue

6,833   1% 2023
6,848   9% 2022
6,319   19% 2021
5,339   4% 2020
5,163   6% 2019
4,914   10% 2018
4,472   7% 2017
4,202   5% 2016
4,038   43% 2015
6,981   80% 2014
3,894   44% 2013
6,858   2012
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Employees

17,600

Established

1999

Public

NYSE: A

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