NYSE:ACN - Accenture Stock Price, Forecast & News

Accenture's stock was trading at $165.11 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ACN stock has increased by 2.9% and is now trading at $169.82. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Accenture in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 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, June 25th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Accenture.

Accenture Plc (NYSE:ACN) released its earnings results on Thursday, March, 19th. The information technology services provider reported $1.91 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.72 by $0.19. The information technology services provider had revenue of $11.14 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.10 billion. Accenture had a net margin of 11.13% and a return on equity of 32.87%. The business's revenue was up 6.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.73 earnings per share. View Accenture's earnings history.

Accenture announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 19th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.80 per share on Friday, May 15th. This represents a $3.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 15th. View Accenture's dividend history.

Accenture issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, March, 19th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.48-7.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $7.84. The company issued revenue guidance of +3-6% to $44.5-45.8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $45.97 billion.

22 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Accenture's shares. Their forecasts range from $160.00 to $246.00. On average, they expect Accenture's share price to reach $209.48 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Accenture.

Media headlines about ACN stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the information technology services provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutAccenture.

Accenture saw a decrease in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 5,950,000 shares, a decrease of 8.6% from the February 13th total of 6,510,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,320,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (4.42%), State Street Corp (4.21%), Capital Research Global Investors (2.31%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.66%), FMR LLC (1.45%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.34%). 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 Capital World Investors, Capital Research Global Investors, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Findlay Park Partners LLP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., and Nuveen Asset Management LLC. 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, James O Etheredge, Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Joel Unruch, Johan Deblaere, John F Walsh, Julie Spellman Sweet, Kathleen R Mcclure, Paula A Price, Richard Lumb, Richard P Clark, and 'T Noordende Alexander M Van. View insider buying and selling activity for Accenture.

ACN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., GQG Partners LLC, Mawer Investment Management Ltd., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., FMR LLC, Milestone Resources Group Ltd, and Stifel Financial Corp. View insider buying and selling activity for Accenture.

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One share of ACN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $169.82.

Accenture has a market capitalization of $107.95 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]