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 30.7% and is now trading at $215.72. 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June, 25th. The information technology services provider reported $1.90 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.84 by $0.06. The information technology services provider earned $10.99 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.89 billion. Accenture had a return on equity of 31.51% and a net margin of 11.11%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.93 earnings per share. View Accenture's earnings history.

Accenture declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 25th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 16th will be given 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 EPS guidance of $7.57-7.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.58.

25 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets 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 2.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Accenture.

News coverage about ACN stock has trended negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Accenture earned a coverage optimism score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the information technology services provider a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Accenture.

Accenture saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,140,000 shares, a drop of 8.3% from the May 31st total of 7,790,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,120,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.02%), Park National Corp OH (0.01%), M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.01%), Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE (0.01%) and First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.00%). 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 M&R Capital Management Inc., First Financial Bank Trust Division, Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE, and Confluence Investment Management LLC. 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 Park National Corp OH. View insider buying and selling activity for Accenture.

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One share of ACN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $215.72.

Accenture has a market capitalization of $137.13 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]