Agilent's Wide Moat Appears Intact in Its Life Science, Diagnostic, and Applied End Markets

Agilent provides tools to analyze the structural properties of various chemicals, molecules, and cells. The company is one of the leading providers of chromatography and mass spectrometry tools, which have applications in a variety of end markets, including the healthcare, chemical, food, and environmental fields. While healthcare-related applications, including clinical diagnostics, remain Agilent’s largest end market, Agilent generates about half of its sales from nonhealthcare fields, too.