Agilent Technologies (A) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.22 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.19 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.27 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 2.52%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this scientific instrument maker would post earnings of $1.21 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.29, delivering a surprise of 6.61%.Over the last four qu ...