Accenture Stock Forecast, Price & News

Accenture's stock was trading at $165.11 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ACN shares have increased by 53.6% and is now trading at $253.65.
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24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Accenture in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Accenture stock.
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Accenture is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 18th 2021.
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Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December, 16th. The information technology services provider reported $2.17 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.05 by $0.12. The information technology services provider earned $11.76 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.36 billion. Accenture had a return on equity of 29.32% and a net margin of 11.74%. The company's revenue was up 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.09 earnings per share.
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Accenture declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.88 per share on Friday, February 12th. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 13th.
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Accenture pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.37%. Accenture does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Accenture is 47.18%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Accenture will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.11% next year. This indicates that Accenture will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Accenture updated its FY21 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 17th. The company provided EPS guidance of $8.02-8.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $8.03.

24 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Accenture's shares. Their forecasts range from $200.00 to $303.00. On average, they anticipate Accenture's stock price to reach $250.08 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.4%.
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Accenture saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,230,000 shares, a drop of 17.5% from the December 15th total of 5,130,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,040,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days.
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Accenture trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ACN."

Accenture's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.09%), Huntington National Bank (0.04%), Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.04%), Donaldson Capital Management LLC (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own Accenture stock 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, Plc Accenture, Richard Lumb, Richard P Clark, 'T Noordende Alexander M Van and Venkata S M Renduchintala.
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ACN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Tandem Investment Advisors Inc., Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Raub Brock Capital Management LP, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., and Chesley Taft & Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold Accenture company stock in the last year include 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, Plc Accenture, Richard P Clark, and Venkata S M Renduchintala.
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ACN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Boston Trust Walden Corp, American National Bank, City Holding Co., Huntington National Bank, Intelligence Driven Advisers LLC, and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC.
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Shares of ACN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ACN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $253.65.

Accenture has a market capitalization of $167.12 billion and generates $44.33 billion in revenue each year. The information technology services provider earns $5.11 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.46 on an earnings per share basis. Accenture employs 506,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Accenture is 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]