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Agilent Technologiesvs.Illumina

A vs ILMN · both in Life science tools, part of the Medicine, pharma & life science value chain: Instruments, reagents and equipment for research, development and production.

Agilent Technologies is about 1.3× larger than Illumina by market cap; Agilent Technologies trades at the lower P/E (26.8 vs 33.7); year to date, Illumina leads (+45.0% vs −1.3%).

Side by side

AILMN
Market cap$37.9B$28.8B
Price$134.29$190.20
Today+0.5%−1.8%
Return YTD−1.3%+45.0%
Return 1Y+8.2%+90.1%
P/E26.833.7
P/S5.26.6
P/B5.310.8

Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

Agilent TechnologiesA

NYSE · USA

American manufacturer of analytical instruments and laboratory solutions for life science, diagnostics and chemical analysis.

Analytical instrumentsLife science toolsDiagnostics exposure
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IlluminaILMN

NASDAQ · USA

American leader in DNA sequencing — instruments and consumables used in research and clinical genomics.

Genome sequencingLife science toolsDiagnostics exposure
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