Agilent Technologies, Inc. (A) CEO Mike McMullen on Q4 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) Q4 2019 Earnings Conference Call November 25, 2019 4:30 PM ET

Company Participants

Ankur Dhingra - Vice President, Investor Relations
Mike McMullen - President and Chief Executive Officer
Robert McMahon - Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Jacob Thaysen - Senior Vice President, Agilent President, Life Sciences and Applied Markets Group
Sam Raha - Senior Vice President, Agilent President, Diagnostics and Genomics Group

Conference Call Participants

Doug Schenkel - Cowen and Company
Tycho Peterson - JPMorgan
Brandon Couillard - Jefferies & Company
Vijay Kumar - Evercore ISI
Steve Beuchaw - Wolfe Research
Dan Brennan - UBS
Derik de Bruin - Bank of America Merrill Lynch
William Quirk - Piper Jaffray
Paul Knight - Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
Puneet Souda - SVB Leerink LLC
Jack Meehan - Barclays Capital

Operator

Good afternoon, and welcome to the Agilent Technologies Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers’ remarks, there’ll be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Thank you.

And now, I’d like to introduce you to the host for today’s conference, Ankur Dhingra, Vice President of Investor Relations. Sir, please go ahead.

Ankur Dhingra

Thank you, Mike, and welcome, everyone, to Agilent’s fourth quarter and full-year conference call for fiscal year 2019.

With me are Mike McMullen, Agilent’s President and CEO; and Bob McMahon, Agilent’s Senior Vice President and CFO. Joining in the Q&A after Bob’s comments will be Jacob Thaysen, President of Agilent’s Life Science and Applied Markets Group; Sam Raha, President of Agilent’s Diagnostics and Genomics Group; and Mark Doak, President of the Agilent’s CrossLab Group.

You can find the press release, investor presentation and information to supplement today’s discussion on our website at investor.agilent.com. Today’s comments by Mike and Bob will refer to non-GAAP financial