SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION Fair Value Assumptions (Details)
shares in Millions |
3 Months Ended |
6 Months Ended |
|
Apr. 30, 2016
yr
shares
|
Apr. 30, 2015
yr
|
Apr. 30, 2016
yr
shares
|
Apr. 30, 2015
yr
|
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award |
|
|
|
|
| Stock options granted | shares |
0
|
|
0
|
|
| ESPP plan purchase price (in hundredths) |
85.00%
|
85.00%
|
|
|
| Stock Options |
|
|
|
|
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award |
|
|
|
|
| Weighted average risk-free interest rate (in hundredths) |
0.00%
|
1.50%
|
0.00%
|
1.70%
|
| Dividend yield |
0.00%
|
1.00%
|
0.00%
|
1.00%
|
| Weighted average volatility (in hundredths) |
0.00%
|
29.00%
|
0.00%
|
28.00%
|
| Expected life (in years) |
|
5 years 6 months
|
|
5 years 6 months
|
| Number of years of peer groups historical stock price volatility used to determine volatility |
|
5.5
|
|
5.5
|
| LTPP |
|
|
|
|
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award |
|
|
|
|
| Volatility of Agilent shares (in hundredths) |
24.00%
|
25.00%
|
24.00%
|
25.00%
|
| Volatility of selected peer-company shares minimum (in hundredths) |
14.00%
|
12.00%
|
14.00%
|
12.00%
|
| Volatility of selected peer-company shares maximum (in hundredths) |
50.00%
|
57.00%
|
50.00%
|
57.00%
|
| Price-wise correlation with selected peers (in hundredths) |
35.00%
|
37.00%
|
35.00%
|
37.00%
|
| Number of years of peer groups historical stock price volatility used to determine volatility |
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|