Accenture Stock Forecast, Price & 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. Since then, ACN shares have increased by 29.6% and is now trading at $213.94.
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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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September, 24th. The information technology services provider reported $1.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.73 by $0.03. The information technology services provider had revenue of $10.84 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.93 billion. Accenture had a return on equity of 30.17% and a net margin of 11.52%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 2.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.74 earnings per share.
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Accenture announced 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.65%. 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 (EPS) 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Accenture's shares. Their forecasts range from $200.00 to $270.00. On average, they anticipate Accenture's stock price to reach $233.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.9% from the stock's current price.
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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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.16%), Standard Life Aberdeen plc (0.12%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.10%), DAVENPORT & Co LLC (0.07%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.07%) and State of Michigan Retirement System (0.05%). 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, Pierre Nanterme, 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 Rheos Capital Works Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Factory Mutual Insurance Co., Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Hexavest Inc., Polaris Wealth Advisory Group LLC, and Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd. 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, John F Walsh, Julie Spellman Sweet, Kathleen R Mcclure, 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 Milestone Resources Group Ltd, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, DDD Partners LLC, Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT, Crestwood Advisors Group LLC, TIAA FSB, Park National Corp OH, and Trust Co. of Oklahoma.
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One share of ACN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $213.94.

Accenture has a market capitalization of $136.23 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]