Accenture Stock Forecast, Price & News

22 Wall Street research 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 research analysts is that investors should "buy" Accenture stock.
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Accenture is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 18th 2021.
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Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December, 16th. The information technology services provider reported $2.17 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.05 by $0.12. The information technology services provider earned $11.76 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.36 billion. Accenture had a net margin of 11.74% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.32%. Accenture's revenue was up 3.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.09 EPS.
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Accenture's stock was trading at $165.11 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ACN shares have increased by 54.7% and is now trading at $255.48.
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Accenture declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 17th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 1.37%. 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 updated 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 earnings per share estimate of $8.03.

22 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Accenture's shares. Their forecasts range from $200.00 to $303.00. On average, they anticipate Accenture's stock price to reach $253.04 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.0%.
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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.

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

Accenture's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.01%), Morgan Stanley (1.64%), FMR LLC (1.60%), Northern Trust Corp (1.43%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.22%) and WCM Investment Management LLC (1.17%). 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 Morgan Stanley, Nordea Investment Management AB, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Jensen Investment Management Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Korea Investment CORP, and Pendal Group Limited. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Lazard Freres Gestion S.A.S., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Milestone Resources Group Ltd, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., and First Trust Advisors LP.
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One share of ACN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $255.48.

Accenture has a market capitalization of $168.33 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 514,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Accenture is www.accenture.com.

Accenture is headquartered at 1 GRAND CANAL SQUARE GRAND CANAL HARBOUR, DUBLIN L2, D2.

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]