Accenture (ACN) to Release Earnings on Friday

Accenture (NYSE:ACN - Get Free Report) is expected to be releasing its Q3 2025 earnings data before the market opens on Friday, June 20th. Analysts expect Accenture to post earnings of $3.27 per share and revenue of $17.26 billion for the quarter.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, March 20th. The information technology services provider reported $2.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.81 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $16.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $16.64 billion. Accenture had a net margin of 11.41% and a return on equity of 26.91%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.77 EPS. On average, analysts expect Accenture to post $13 EPS for the current fiscal year and $14 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Accenture Price Performance

NYSE:ACN traded down $6.76 on Friday, reaching $311.37. The stock had a trading volume of 3,102,635 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,958,699. The company has a market capitalization of $195.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 1.33. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $304.89 and a 200-day moving average price of $336.13. The company has a quick ratio of 1.47, a current ratio of 1.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. Accenture has a 1-year low of $275.01 and a 1-year high of $398.35.

Accenture Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 10th were issued a $1.48 dividend. This represents a $5.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.90%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 10th. Accenture's payout ratio is currently 48.89%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Angela Beatty sold 169 shares of Accenture stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $281.90, for a total value of $47,641.10. Following the sale, the insider now owns 5,364 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,512,111.60. The trade was a 3.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Julie Spellman Sweet sold 2,284 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $281.63, for a total value of $643,242.92. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 9,965 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,806,442.95. This trade represents a 18.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 8,516 shares of company stock valued at $2,507,366. Company insiders own 0.02% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Accenture

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Accenture stock. Brighton Jones LLC increased its holdings in shares of Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN - Free Report) by 36.2% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 18,438 shares of the information technology services provider's stock after acquiring an additional 4,905 shares during the quarter. Brighton Jones LLC's holdings in Accenture were worth $6,486,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. 75.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have commented on ACN shares. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on Accenture to $355.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 26th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on shares of Accenture from $390.00 to $380.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on shares of Accenture from $372.00 to $340.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their target price on shares of Accenture from $399.00 to $392.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, March 21st. Finally, Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of Accenture from $415.00 to $390.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 24th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $382.15.

Accenture Company Profile

Accenture plc, a professional services company, provides strategy and consulting, industry X, song, and technology and operation services worldwide. The company offers application services, including agile transformation, DevOps, application modernization, enterprise architecture, software and quality engineering, data management; intelligent automation comprising robotic process automation, natural language processing, and virtual agents; and application management services, as well as software engineering services; strategy and consulting services; data and analytics strategy, data discovery and augmentation, data management and beyond, data democratization, and industrialized solutions comprising turnkey analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions; metaverse; and sustainability services.