Eve Bernstein's questions to Agilent Technologies Inc (A) leadership • Q1 2025
Question
Eve Bernstein asked how the softness in the academic and government market was trending into February. She also inquired about the potential for a replacement up-cycle in the GC instrument market.
Answer
CFO Bob McMahon responded that the trend in February was not materially different from January and that the wider Q2 guidance range reflects this prudence. Regarding GCs, President of the Applied Markets Group Mike Zhang stated that a recently introduced new GC/MS is seeing a very strong customer response, making them optimistic about the long-term replacement opportunity.