NYSE:ACNAccenture Stock Price, Forecast & News

Accenture's stock was trading at $165.11 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ACN stock has increased by 31.0% and is now trading at $216.2897. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Accenture in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Accenture.

Accenture is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Accenture.

Accenture Plc (NYSE:ACN) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 25th. The information technology services provider reported $1.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.84 by $0.06. The information technology services provider earned $10.99 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.89 billion. Accenture had a net margin of 11.11% and a return on equity of 31.51%. Accenture's revenue was down 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.93 earnings per share. View Accenture's earnings history.

Accenture announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 25th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.80 per share on Friday, August 14th. This represents a $3.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.48%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 15th. View Accenture's dividend history.

Accenture updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $7.57-7.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.58.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Accenture's shares. Their forecasts range from $182.00 to $250.00. On average, they expect Accenture's share price to reach $220.35 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Accenture.

News stories about ACN stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Accenture earned a daily sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the information technology services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Accenture.

Accenture saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,140,000 shares, a decline of 8.3% from the May 31st total of 7,790,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,120,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Accenture's Current Options Chain.

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

Accenture's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.19%), WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST (0.17%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.05%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.04%), Hexavest Inc. (0.03%) and Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.02%). 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 Hexavest Inc., 6 Meridian, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Raub Brock Capital Management LP, Legacy Private Trust Co., Factory Mutual Insurance Co., Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, and Spirit of America Management Corp NY. Company insiders that have sold Accenture company stock in the last year include 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, and Richard P Clark. View insider buying and selling activity for Accenture.

ACN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Veracity Capital LLC, Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC, Sabal Trust CO, Park National Corp OH, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, and Manning & Napier Group LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Accenture.

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One share of ACN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $216.29.

Accenture has a market capitalization of $137.73 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.

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]