Accenture Stock Forecast, Price & 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 (WHO). Since then, ACN shares have increased by 30.0% and is now trading at $214.63.
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23 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 15 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 Plc (NYSE:ACN) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September, 24th. The information technology services provider reported $1.70 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.73 by $0.03. The information technology services provider earned $10.84 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.93 billion. Accenture had a net margin of 11.52% and a return on equity of 30.17%. The company's revenue was down 2.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.74 EPS.
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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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 9th. This is an increase from Accenture's previous quarterly dividend of $0.80.
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Accenture issued an update on its first quarter 2021 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, September, 24th. The company provided earnings per share 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.

23 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Accenture's stock. Their forecasts range from $200.00 to $270.00. On average, they expect Accenture's share price to reach $233.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.6% from the stock's current price.
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Accenture saw a drop in short interest during the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 5,250,000 shares, a drop of 12.9% from the July 30th total of 6,030,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,940,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's stock are short sold.
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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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.89%), BlackRock Inc. (7.22%), FMR LLC (1.51%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.35%), WCM Investment Management LLC (1.17%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.73%). 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.
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ACN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Glenmede Trust Co. NA, Bank of Nova Scotia, Sontag Advisory LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., APG Asset Management N.V., Johnson Investment Counsel Inc., and Pendal Group Ltd. 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, and Richard P Clark.
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ACN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, FMR LLC, WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST, BlackRock Inc., Neuberger Berman Group LLC, GUARDCAP ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd, WCM Investment Management LLC, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
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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 $214.63.

Accenture has a market capitalization of $136.67 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 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]