Accenture Stock Forecast, Price & 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 51.0% and is now trading at $249.33.
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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."
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Accenture is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, December 17th 2020.
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Accenture will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, December 17th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September, 24th. The information technology services provider reported $1.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.73 by $0.03. The information technology services provider had revenue of $10.84 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.93 billion. Accenture had a return on equity of 30.17% and a net margin of 11.52%. The firm's revenue was down 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.74 earnings per share.
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Accenture declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 24th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.88 per share on Friday, November 13th. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.41%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 9th. This is an increase from Accenture's previous quarterly dividend of $0.80.
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Accenture updated its first quarter 2021 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, September, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.15-11.55 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.52 billion.

25 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Accenture's shares. Their forecasts range from $200.00 to $278.00. On average, they expect Accenture's stock price to reach $235.85 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.4%.
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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 BlackRock Inc. (6.93%), State Street Corp (4.05%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.68%), Morgan Stanley (1.73%), WCM Investment Management LLC (1.16%) and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.73%). 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, Pierre Nanterme, 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Morgan Stanley, State Street Corp, AustralianSuper Pty Ltd, BlackRock Inc., The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., and Nuveen Asset Management 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, First Trust Advisors LP, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, WCM Investment Management LLC, and Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd..
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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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ACN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $249.33.

Accenture has a market capitalization of $164.28 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]