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) announced its 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 earned $11.36 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.15 billion. Accenture had a return on equity of 33.35% and a net margin of 11.06%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous 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 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Accenture.

Accenture updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, January, 13th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $7.66-7.84 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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.

22 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Accenture's shares. Their forecasts range from $180.00 to $240.00. On average, they anticipate Accenture's stock price to reach $214.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Accenture.

22 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 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Accenture.

News headlines about ACN stock have been trending somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Accenture earned a daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the information technology services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Accenture.

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Accenture's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.57%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.16%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.11%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.09%), Milestone Resources Group Ltd (0.08%) and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.07%). Company insiders that own Accenture stock include Arun Sarin, Chad T Jerdee, Daniel T London, David Rowland, Ellyn Shook, Gianfranco Casati, 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 California Public Employees Retirement System, Cadinha & Co. LLC, Martin Investment Management LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Michigan Retirement System, Janney Capital Management LLC, Strs Ohio and Hexavest 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, 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Milestone Resources Group Ltd, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, First American Bank, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Waverton Investment Management Ltd. 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 $206.55.

Accenture has a market capitalization of $131.30 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]