By Yasin Ebrahim
Investing.com -- Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) raised its full-year forecast after reporting first quarter results that beat analysts' expectations on Tuesday.
Agilent Technologies shares fell 0.76% to trade at $129.50 in after-hours trade following the report.
The firm reported earnings per share of $1.21 on revenue of $1.67 billion. Analysts polled by Investing.com anticipated EPS of $1.18 on revenue of $1.65 billion.
For Q2, second-quarter EPS was expected in range of $1.10 to $1.12 on revenue between $1.595 billion and $1.625 billion.
Looking ahead, the company guided full-year EPS in a range of $4.80 to $4.90 per share, up from a range of $4.76 to $4.86 per share, and revenue in the range of $6.67 billion to $6.73 billion, compared with $6.65 billion to $6.73 billion previously.
That compared with Wall Street estimates for EPS of $4.84 on revenue of $6.73 billion.
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