Q4 Earnings Forecast for Accenture Issued By William Blair

Accenture PLC (NYSE:ACN - Free Report) - Stock analysts at William Blair decreased their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Accenture in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, June 23rd. William Blair analyst M. Nolan now forecasts that the information technology services provider will earn $2.93 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $2.98. The consensus estimate for Accenture's current full-year earnings is $12.73 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Accenture's Q1 2026 earnings at $3.55 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.25 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.61 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $3.39 EPS.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, June 20th. The information technology services provider reported $3.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.32 by $0.17. The business had revenue of $17.73 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $17.26 billion. Accenture had a net margin of 11.61% and a return on equity of 26.55%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $3.13 EPS.

A number of other research firms also recently commented on ACN. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Accenture from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 11th. Guggenheim decreased their price target on shares of Accenture from $360.00 to $335.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Monday. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on Accenture from $399.00 to $392.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, March 21st. Piper Sandler cut their price target on Accenture from $364.00 to $355.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 16th. Finally, Benchmark reaffirmed a "mixed" rating on shares of Accenture in a research note on Friday, June 20th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $370.71.

Accenture Price Performance

Shares of ACN traded up $1.43 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $296.03. The company had a trading volume of 3,631,810 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,938,888. Accenture has a 12-month low of $273.19 and a 12-month high of $398.35. The company has a market capitalization of $185.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.57, a PEG ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 1.33. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $307.51 and a 200-day simple moving average of $332.55. The company has a current ratio of 1.46, a quick ratio of 1.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16.

Accenture Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 10th will be paid a $1.48 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 10th. This represents a $5.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.00%. Accenture's payout ratio is 47.13%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, COO John F. Walsh sold 2,500 shares of Accenture stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $325.00, for a total value of $812,500.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now owns 15,882 shares in the company, valued at $5,161,650. The trade was a 13.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Angela Beatty sold 169 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $281.90, for a total transaction of $47,641.10. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 5,364 shares in the company, valued at $1,512,111.60. The trade was a 3.05% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 8,516 shares of company stock worth $2,507,366. 0.02% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of ACN. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in Accenture during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC bought a new stake in Accenture during the 4th quarter valued at about $30,000. Park Square Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Accenture in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Promus Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Accenture during the 4th quarter worth $34,000. Finally, Capital A Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Accenture during the 4th quarter valued at $34,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 75.14% of the company's stock.

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.