NYSE:ACN - Accenture Stock Price, Forecast & News

Accenture trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ACN."

Accenture announced a semi-annual dividend on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 16th will be given a dividend of $0.80 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 15th. View Accenture's Dividend History.

Accenture Plc (NYSE:ACN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December, 19th. The information technology services provider reported $2.09 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.99 by $0.10. The information technology services provider had revenue of $11.36 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.15 billion. Accenture had a return on equity of 33.35% and a net margin of 11.06%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.96 EPS. View Accenture's Earnings History.

Accenture is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Accenture.

Accenture will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, March 19th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Accenture updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, January, 13th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.66-7.84 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $7.86. The company issued revenue guidance of $45.81-46.68 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $46.09 billion.

23 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Accenture's stock. Their forecasts range from $180.00 to $246.00. On average, they expect Accenture's stock price to reach $216.27 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Accenture.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Accenture in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Accenture.

News coverage about ACN stock has been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Accenture earned a daily sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the information technology services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Accenture.

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Accenture's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (4.42%), State Street Corp (4.21%), Capital Research Global Investors (2.31%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.66%), FMR LLC (1.45%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.34%). Company insiders that own Accenture stock include Arun Sarin, Chad T Jerdee, Daniel T London, David Rowland, Ellyn Shook, Gianfranco Casati, James O Etheredge, Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Joel Unruch, Johan Deblaere, John F Walsh, Julie Spellman Sweet, Kathleen R Mcclure, Paula A Price, Pierre Nanterme, Richard Lumb, Richard P Clark and 'T Noordende Alexander M Van. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Accenture.

ACN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Capital Research Global Investors, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Findlay Park Partners LLP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and Advisory Research Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Accenture company stock in the last year include Chad T Jerdee, Daniel T London, David Rowland, Ellyn Shook, Gianfranco Casati, James O Etheredge, Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Joel Unruch, Johan Deblaere, John F Walsh, Julie Spellman Sweet, Kathleen R Mcclure, Paula A Price, Richard Lumb, Richard P Clark and 'T Noordende Alexander M Van. View Insider Buying and Selling for Accenture.

ACN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., GQG Partners LLC, Mawer Investment Management Ltd., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., FMR LLC, Milestone Resources Group Ltd, Stifel Financial Corp and Sarasin & Partners LLP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Accenture.

Shares of ACN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ACN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $198.75.

Accenture has a market capitalization of $126.34 billion and generates $43.22 billion in revenue each year. The information technology services provider earns $4.78 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.36 on an earnings per share basis. Accenture employs 492,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Accenture.

The official website for Accenture is http://www.accenture.com/.

Accenture's mailing address is 1 GRAND CANAL SQUARE GRAND CANAL HARBOUR, DUBLIN L2, D2. The information technology services provider can be reached via phone at 353-1646-2000 or via email at [email protected]