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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract] |
Allocated share-based compensation expense disclosure | The impact on our results for share-based compensation was as follows:
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| July 31, |  | July 31,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
| (in millions)
Cost of products and services | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 35 |  |  | $ | 32 |
Research and development | 3 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 13 |
Selling, general and administrative | 16 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 57 |  |  | 59 |
Total share-based compensation expense | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | 103 |  |  | $ | 104 |
Assumptions used to estimate fair value for Stock Options and LTPP | The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of awards granted.
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| July 31, |  | July 31,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
Stock Option Plans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average risk-free interest rate | 4.1% |  | 4.5% |  | 4.1% |  | 4.4%
Dividend yield | 0.9% |  | 0.7% |  | 0.7% |  | 0.8%
Weighted average volatility | 30% |  | 29% |  | 29% |  | 29%
Expected life | 5.5 years |  | 5.5 years |  | 5.5 years |  | 5.5 years
LTPP: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Volatility of Agilent shares | 30% |  | 28% |  | 30% |  | 28%
Volatility of selected peer-company shares | 16%-62% |  | 16%-70% |  | 16%-62% |  | 16%-70%
Pair-wise correlation with selected peers | 29% |  | 30% |  | 29% |  | 30%
Post-vest holding restriction discount for all executive awards | 6.7% |  | 6.4% |  | 6.7% |  | 6.4%

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