NYSE:ACNAccenture Stock Price, Forecast & News

Accenture's stock was trading at $165.11 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ACN shares have increased by 32.6% and is now trading at $218.89. 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 results on Thursday, June, 25th. The information technology services provider reported $1.90 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.84 by $0.06. The information technology services provider earned $10.99 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.89 billion. Accenture had a net margin of 11.11% and a return on equity of 31.51%. The firm's revenue was down 1.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.93 EPS. View Accenture's earnings history.

Accenture announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 25th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 15th. View Accenture's dividend history.

Accenture updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.57-7.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.58.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Accenture's shares. Their forecasts range from $182.00 to $250.00. On average, they anticipate Accenture's stock price to reach $220.35 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Accenture.

Press coverage about ACN stock has been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Accenture earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 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 impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Accenture.

Accenture saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,140,000 shares, a decrease 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 days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.19%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Chesley Taft & Associates LLC (0.02%), Park National Corp OH (0.01%) and Robecosam AG (0.01%). 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, M&R Capital Management Inc., Legacy Capital Partners Inc., American National Bank, Watchman Group Inc., First Financial Bank Trust Division, and Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Park National Corp OH, HNP Capital LLC, Symphony Financial Ltd. Co., Private Trust Co. NA, Diversified Trust Co, Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO, and Santori & Peters Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Accenture.

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One share of ACN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $218.89.

Accenture has a market capitalization of $139.39 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]