Accenture (ACN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Accenture plc is a global professional services company that helps organizations improve business performance through consulting, technology, and managed services. Its offerings include strategy and consulting, technology implementation, operations support, and business process services.

The company provides digital transformation services involving cloud computing, artificial intelligence, data and analytics, cybersecurity, systems integration, and enterprise software. Through its Song and Industry X businesses, Accenture also supports customer experience, marketing, product engineering, and smart manufacturing initiatives.

Accenture serves clients across a broad range of industries, including financial services, health care, public service, communications, media and technology, consumer goods, retail, resources, and industrial markets. Its operations extend across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.

The company traces its origins to Andersen Consulting, which separated from Arthur Andersen in 1989 and adopted the Accenture name in 2001. Accenture is incorporated in Ireland and has its corporate headquarters in Dublin. Julie Sweet serves as chair and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $176.52 to $180.97
• 50-Day Range: $130.96 to $193.19
• 52-Week Range: $118.15 to $291.09
• Volume: 516,162 shs
• Average Volume: 6.96 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $118.35 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.15
• Dividend Yield: 3.68%
• Price Target: $194.19
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Accenture Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Accenture scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 99th out of 594 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Accenture has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.41, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 12 buy ratings, 14 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Accenture is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Accenture has been the subject of 22 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.84%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Accenture are expected to grow by 5.84% in the coming year, from $13.86 to $14.67 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Accenture is 14.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.17.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Accenture is 14.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 76.05.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Accenture has a PEG Ratio of 1.50. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Accenture has a P/B Ratio of 3.66. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.50% of the float of Accenture has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Accenture has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.17.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Accenture has recently decreased by 29.16%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Accenture pays a meaningful dividend of 3.49%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Accenture has been increasing its dividend for 20 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Accenture is 52.08%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Accenture will have a dividend payout ratio of 44.44% next year. This indicates that Accenture will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.18

News Sentiment

Accenture has a news sentiment score of 1.18. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.73 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 22 news articles for Accenture this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 43 people have searched for ACN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

29 people have added Accenture to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 222% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Accenture insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,710,964.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.02% of the stock of Accenture is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

75.14% of the stock of Accenture is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/19/2026
• Record date for 8/14 Dividend: 7/09/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/14 Dividend: 7/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/14/2026
• Today: 9/09/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/01/2026
• CMD 2026: 10/14/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 8/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: IT Services
• Sub-Industry: IT Consulting & Other Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ACN
• CIK: 1467373
• Web: www.accenture.com
• Phone: (531) 646-2000
• Fax: 353-1646-2020
• Employees: 799,000
• Year Founded: 1989

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Accenture: $194.19
• High Price Target: $282.00
• Low Price Target: $130.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +9.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.41
• Research Coverage: 27 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $12.52
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.16
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.76
• P/E Growth: 1.5
• Net Income: $7.68 billion
• Net Margins: 10.66%
• Pretax Margin: 14.57%
• Return on Equity: 26.47%
• Return on Assets: 12.89%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.15
• Current Ratio: 1.34
• Quick Ratio: 1.34

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $73.10 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.62
• Cash Flow: $15.48 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.42
• Book Value: $48.96 per share
• Price / Book: 3.61

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 667,811,000
• Free Float: 667,677,000
• Market Cap: $118.07 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.10