Retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations
Agilent Technologies Retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations increased by 3.2% to $130.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 8.3%, from $120.00M to $130.00M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations shows a downward trend with a -20.2% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase suggests rising long-term benefit obligations or lower plan asset performance, while a decrease indicates reduced future liability or improved funding status.
Detailed definition
This represents the long-term financial obligations a company expects to pay to retired employees for pension benefits a...
Peer comparison
Standard across capital-intensive industries with legacy workforces; peers often disclose this as part of net periodic benefit cost.
non_current_liabilities_pension_and_other_postretirement_0d4947Historical Data
| Q1 '21 | Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $377.00M | $365.00M | $220.00M | $206.00M | $187.00M | $176.00M | $97.00M | $99.00M | $97.00M | $92.00M | $103.00M | $102.00M | $99.00M | $96.00M | $130.00M | $120.00M | $126.00M | $119.00M | $126.00M | $130.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -3.2% | -39.7% | -6.4% | -9.2% | -5.9% | -44.9% | +2.1% | -2.0% | -5.2% | +12.0% | -1.0% | -2.9% | -3.0% | +35.4% | -7.7% | +5.0% | -5.6% | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -50.4% | -51.8% | -55.9% | -51.9% | -48.1% | -47.7% | +6.2% | +3.0% | +2.1% | +4.3% | +26.2% | +17.6% | +27.3% | +24.0% | -3.1% | +8.3% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Agilent Technologies's retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations?
- Agilent Technologies (A) reported retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations of $130.00M in Q4 2025.
- How has Agilent Technologies's retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations changed year-over-year?
- Agilent Technologies's retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations increased by 8.3% year-over-year, from $120.00M to $130.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Agilent Technologies's retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Agilent Technologies's retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations has grown at a -20.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $389.00M to $126.00M.
- What does retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations mean?
- The estimated long-term cost of providing pension and healthcare benefits to retired employees.