Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) reported quarterly earnings of $1.62 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.49 by 8.72 percent. This is a 18.25 percent increase over earnings of $1.37 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.878 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.841 billion by 1.99 percent. This is a 8.06 percent increase over sales of $1.738 billion the same period last year.