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19. Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A)

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) was among the stocks Jim Cramer was focused on, as he discussed Mad Money’s latest game plan for the week. Cramer discussed the company’s latest earnings during the episode, as he stated:

What do we make of these results from Agilent, letter A, one of the major arms dealers to the life sciences industry, among other precision enterprises? Earlier this week, the company reported a magnificent top and bottom-line beat, with management also raising their full-year forecast. Yesterday, the stock, in response, jumped 17%, although it’s still basically just flat year to date, so there might be an opportunity.

This quarter was interesting because some of Agilent’s key end markets were indeed weak: China, food, academic, government spending down. But the rest of the business was so good, it more than made up for that softness. We’re talking about strengthening drug development, drug manufacturing, cancer diagnostics, semiconductor material testing, airport security screening, and lab automation. Next week, they’re presenting data on some new products at the American Society of Mass Spectrometry meeting, and it’s going to be very important.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) provides instruments, software, and services for life sciences, diagnostics, and chemical analysis, including chromatography, spectroscopy, genomics, and laboratory automation solutions.