Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-Florida) recently bought shares of Accenture plc NYSE: ACN. In a filing disclosed on May 09th, the Representative disclosed that they had bought between $1,001 and $15,000 in Accenture stock on April 7th. The trade occurred in the Representative's "MORGAN STANLEY ACTIVE ASSETS (1)" account.
Representative Jared Moskowitz also recently made the following trade(s):
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Amgen NASDAQ: AMGN on 4/16/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of NVIDIA NASDAQ: NVDA on 4/16/2025.
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Starbucks NASDAQ: SBUX on 4/10/2025.
- Sold $15,001 - $50,000 in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group NYSE: GS on 4/10/2025.
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group NYSE: GS on 4/10/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Southern NYSE: SO on 4/7/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of AbbVie NYSE: ABBV on 4/7/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Sherwin-Williams NYSE: SHW on 4/7/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Texas Instruments NASDAQ: TXN on 4/7/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Amazon.com NASDAQ: AMZN on 4/7/2025.
Accenture Price Performance
Shares of Accenture stock traded up $2.76 on Thursday, reaching $323.17. 3,047,632 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,988,220. The firm's 50 day moving average is $303.05 and its 200-day moving average is $341.80. The firm has a market cap of $202.41 billion, a PE ratio of 27.11, a P/E/G ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 1.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a quick ratio of 1.47 and a current ratio of 1.47. Accenture plc has a one year low of $275.01 and a one year high of $398.35.
Accenture (NYSE:ACN - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 20th. The information technology services provider reported $2.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.81 by $0.01. Accenture had a return on equity of 26.91% and a net margin of 11.41%. The company had revenue of $16.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.64 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.77 EPS. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts anticipate that Accenture plc will post 12.73 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Accenture Announces Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 10th will be issued a $1.48 dividend. This represents a $5.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 10th. Accenture's dividend payout ratio is currently 48.89%.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other Accenture news, insider Angela Beatty sold 169 shares of Accenture stock in a transaction on Friday, April 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $281.90, for a total value of $47,641.10. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 5,364 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,512,111.60. The trade was a 3.05% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Julie Spellman Sweet sold 2,284 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $281.63, for a total value of $643,242.92. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 9,965 shares in the company, 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. Over the last three months, insiders sold 8,516 shares of company stock worth $2,507,366. 0.02% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
ACN has been the topic of a number of research reports. Mizuho decreased their target price on shares of Accenture from $428.00 to $398.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 19th. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their target price on Accenture from $399.00 to $392.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 21st. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on Accenture to $355.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 26th. Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on shares of Accenture from $364.00 to $355.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 16th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on shares of Accenture from $380.00 to $372.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 17th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fifteen have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Accenture currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $377.82.
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Institutional Investors Weigh In On Accenture
A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Visionary Wealth Advisors lifted its holdings in Accenture by 3.5% during the 4th quarter. Visionary Wealth Advisors now owns 778 shares of the information technology services provider's stock worth $274,000 after buying an additional 26 shares in the last quarter. Vivaldi Capital Management LP grew its holdings in Accenture by 3.6% during the fourth quarter. Vivaldi Capital Management LP now owns 782 shares of the information technology services provider's stock valued at $292,000 after purchasing an additional 27 shares during the period. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. grew its stake in Accenture by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 518 shares of the information technology services provider's stock valued at $182,000 after acquiring an additional 28 shares during the period. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. raised its holdings in Accenture by 62.2% during the 4th quarter. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. now owns 73 shares of the information technology services provider's stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 28 shares during the period. Finally, New England Professional Planning Group Inc. lifted its position in Accenture by 4.6% in the 4th quarter. New England Professional Planning Group Inc. now owns 655 shares of the information technology services provider's stock valued at $230,000 after acquiring an additional 29 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 75.14% of the company's stock.
About Representative Moskowitz
Jared Evan Moskowitz (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Florida's 23rd Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.
Moskowitz (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 23rd Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.
Jared Evan Moskowitz was born in Coral Springs, Florida. Moskowitz graduated from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and government from George Washington University in 2003 and a law degree from Nova Southeastern University in 2007. Moskowitz's career experience includes working as the director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management and general counsel with AshBritt Inc.
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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.
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