NYSE:ACN - Accenture Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Accenture announced a semiannual dividend on Monday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 18th will be paid a dividend of $1.46 per share on Thursday, November 15th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.68%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 17th. This is a positive change from Accenture's previous semiannual dividend of $1.21. View Accenture's Dividend History.

Accenture Plc (NYSE:ACN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 20th. The information technology services provider reported $1.96 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.84 by $0.12. The information technology services provider earned $10.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.54 billion. Accenture had a net margin of 9.99% and a return on equity of 40.31%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.79 earnings per share. View Accenture's Earnings History.

Accenture is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Accenture.

Accenture updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 20th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.01-7.25 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $41.95-42.74 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $42.95 billion.Accenture also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $7.01-7.25 EPS.

22 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Accenture's shares. Their forecasts range from $143.07 to $200.00. On average, they anticipate Accenture's stock price to reach $173.7414 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.5% 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, 5 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Accenture.

Media stories about ACN stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Accenture earned a media sentiment score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the information technology services provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

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Accenture's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hexavest Inc. (0.09%), Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC (0.06%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.06%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.04%), Windward Capital Management Co. CA (0.02%) and Saratoga Research & Investment Management (0.02%). Company insiders that own Accenture stock include Arun Sarin, Chad T Jerdee, Daniel T London, David Rowland, Ellyn Shook, Gianfranco Casati, Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Johan Deblaere, Julie Spellman Sweet, Pierre Nanterme, Richard Lumb, Richard P Clark, Robert E Sell 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 Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Factory Mutual Insurance Co., Sit Investment Associates Inc., Virtu Financial LLC, Saratoga Research & Investment Management, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. and Legacy Private Trust Co.. Company insiders that have sold Accenture company stock in the last year include Arun Sarin, Chad T Jerdee, Daniel T London, David Rowland, Ellyn Shook, Gianfranco Casati, Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Johan Deblaere, Julie Spellman Sweet, Pierre Nanterme, 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 Hexavest Inc., Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC, Vigilant Capital Management LLC, TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Bristol Advisors LLC and Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ACN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $147.88.

Accenture has a market capitalization of $96.27 billion and generates $41.60 billion in revenue each year. The information technology services provider earns $4.06 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.74 on an earnings per share basis. Accenture employs 459,000 workers across the globe.

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]