NYSE:ACN - Accenture Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Accenture declared a semi-annual dividend on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.80 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 15th. View Accenture's Dividend History.

Accenture Plc (NYSE:ACN) announced its earnings results on Thursday, December, 19th. The information technology services provider reported $2.09 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.99 by $0.10. The information technology services provider earned $11.36 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.15 billion. Accenture had a net margin of 11.06% and a return on equity of 33.35%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.96 EPS. View Accenture's Earnings History.

Accenture is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Accenture.

Accenture updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, January, 13th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.66-7.84 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.86. The company issued revenue guidance of $45.81-46.68 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $46.09 billion.

22 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Accenture's shares. Their forecasts range from $180.00 to $240.00. On average, they expect Accenture's share price to reach $214.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.6% 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, 6 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Accenture.

News stories about ACN stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Accenture earned a daily sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the information technology services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Accenture.

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Accenture's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.11%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.09%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.07%), Hexavest Inc. (0.05%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.04%) and Huntington National Bank (0.04%). Company insiders that own Accenture stock include Arun Sarin, Chad T Jerdee, Daniel T London, David Rowland, Ellyn Shook, Gianfranco Casati, Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Joel Unruch, Johan Deblaere, Julie Spellman Sweet, 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 Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Janney Capital Management LLC, Hexavest Inc., Marathon Asset Management LLP, Tuttle Tactical Management, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Accenture company stock in the last year include Chad T Jerdee, Daniel T London, David Rowland, Ellyn Shook, Gianfranco Casati, Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Joel Unruch, Johan Deblaere, Julie Spellman Sweet, Paula A Price, 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Convergence Investment Partners LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Artemis Investment Management LLP, TIAA FSB, Huntington National Bank and Welch & Forbes LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ACN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $209.41.

Accenture has a market capitalization of $133.12 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.View Additional Information About Accenture.

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]