Accenture Stock Forecast, Price & News

Accenture's stock was trading at $165.11 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ACN shares have increased by 54.3% and is now trading at $254.77.
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22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Accenture in the last twelve months. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Accenture stock.
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555 employees have rated Accenture CEO Julie Sweet on Glassdoor.com. Julie Sweet has an approval rating of 86% among Accenture's employees.

Accenture is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 18th 2021.
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Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December, 16th. The information technology services provider reported $2.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.05 by $0.12. The information technology services provider had revenue of $11.76 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.36 billion. Accenture had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.32% and a net margin of 11.74%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.09 EPS.
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Accenture announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 17th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 14th will be given a dividend of $0.88 per share on Friday, February 12th. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 13th.
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Accenture pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.38%. Accenture does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Accenture is 47.18%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Accenture will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.11% next year. This indicates that Accenture will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Accenture issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 17th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $8.02-8.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $8.03.

22 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Accenture's shares. Their forecasts range from $200.00 to $303.00. On average, they expect Accenture's share price to reach $251.42 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.3%.
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Accenture saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,230,000 shares, a decrease of 17.5% from the December 15th total of 5,130,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,040,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days.
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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 investors include Pendal Group Limited (0.30%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.09%), Bartlett & Co. LLC (0.04%), Huntington National Bank (0.04%), Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.04%) and Donaldson Capital Management LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Accenture stock 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, Plc Accenture, Richard Lumb, Richard P Clark, 'T Noordende Alexander M Van and Venkata S M Renduchintala.
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ACN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC, Pendal Group Limited, Hexavest Inc., Windward Capital Management Co. CA, Tandem Investment Advisors Inc., Transform Wealth LLC, Waverton Investment Management Ltd, and Avantax Advisory Services Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Accenture company stock in the last year include David Rowland, Ellyn Shook, Gianfranco Casati, James O Etheredge, Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Joel Unruch, Johan Deblaere, Julie Spellman Sweet, Kathleen R Mcclure, Plc Accenture, Richard P Clark, and Venkata S M Renduchintala.
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ACN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pacer Advisors Inc., Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Cadinha & Co. LLC, Park National Corp OH, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Welch & Forbes LLC, Boston Trust Walden Corp, and Nwam LLC.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ACN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $254.77.

Accenture has a market capitalization of $167.86 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 506,000 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]