NYSE:ACN - Accenture Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

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

Accenture Plc (NYSE:ACN) issued its quarterly earnings data 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 net margin of 11.06% and a return on equity of 33.35%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter 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 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Accenture.

Accenture issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, January, 13th. The company provided EPS 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.

22 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Accenture's shares. Their forecasts range from $180.00 to $235.00. On average, they anticipate Accenture's share price to reach $212.48 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.6% 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 articles about ACN stock have been trending extremely negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Accenture earned a coverage optimism score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the information technology services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Accenture.

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Accenture's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.11%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.09%), Hexavest Inc. (0.05%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.04%), Huntington National Bank (0.04%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.04%). 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, Julie Spellman Sweet, 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 Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Hexavest Inc., Tuttle Tactical Management, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., United Services Automobile Association and Arden Trust Co. 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, Julie Spellman Sweet, 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, TIAA FSB, Huntington National Bank, Welch & Forbes LLC, Advisors Capital Management LLC and City Holding Co.. 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 $209.20.

Accenture has a market capitalization of $132.98 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]