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

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

Accenture declared a semiannual dividend on Monday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, October 18th will be paid a dividend of $1.46 per share on Thursday, November 15th. This represents a 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) released its earnings results on Thursday, September, 27th. The information technology services provider reported $1.58 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.56 by $0.02. The information technology services provider earned $10.15 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.01 billion. Accenture had a return on equity of 41.92% and a net margin of 9.76%. Accenture's revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.48 earnings per share. View Accenture's Earnings History.

Accenture is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, December 20th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Accenture.

Accenture will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, December 20th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Accenture issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, September, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.98-7.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.28. The company issued revenue guidance of +5-8% to ~$41.6-42.8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $42.11 billion.

23 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Accenture's stock. Their predictions range from $140.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect Accenture's stock price to reach $177.0714 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Accenture.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Accenture in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Accenture.

Media headlines about ACN stock have been trending very positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Accenture earned a media sentiment score of 3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the information technology services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

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Accenture's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.02%), BlackRock Inc. (6.41%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (5.32%), Capital Research Global Investors (2.69%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.54%) and Morgan Stanley (1.47%). 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 Capital Research Global Investors, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Morgan Stanley, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Glenmede Trust Co. NA, Independent Franchise Partners LLP, Findlay Park Partners LLP and BlackRock Inc.. 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Capital World Investors, Nordea Investment Management AB, Rehmann Capital Advisory Group, Vanguard Group Inc., Capital International Investors, Pictet Asset Management Ltd. and Hexavest Inc.. 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 $158.62.

Accenture has a market capitalization of $104.59 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]