Accenture (ACN) is trading up at $239.12 (+0.92%) on NYSE/NASDAQ, as of the latest quote. It is a S&P 500 constituent in the Information Technology sector.
Current price targets from 11 firms average $205, median $194, ranging from $175 to $250 — the average is 14% below the current $239. Each is tracked to its date and scored the same way a member's call is.
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| FY2017Aug 2017 | FY2018Aug 2018 | FY2019Aug 2019 | FY2020Aug 2020 | FY2021Aug 2021 | FY2022Aug 2022 | FY2023Aug 2023 | FY2024Aug 2024 | FY2025Aug 2025 | FY2026Aug 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $36.2B | $41.0B | $43.2B | $44.3B | $50.5B | $61.6B | $64.1B | $64.9B | $69.7B | $74.2B |
| Growth (year over year) | +4.0% | +13.3% | +5.4% | +2.6% | +14.0% | +21.9% | +4.1% | +1.2% | +7.4% | +6.5% |
| Gross profit | $11.1B | $12.5B | $13.3B | $14.0B | $16.4B | $19.7B | $20.7B | $21.2B | $22.2B | $23.8B |
| Gross margin | 30.6% | 30.5% | 30.8% | 31.5% | 32.4% | 32.0% | 32.3% | 32.6% | 31.9% | 32.0% |
| Operating income | $5.19B | $5.90B | $6.31B | $6.51B | $7.62B | $9.37B | $8.81B | $9.60B | $10.2B | $11.4B |
| Operating margin | 14.4% | 14.4% | 14.6% | 14.7% | 15.1% | 15.2% | 13.7% | 14.8% | 14.7% | 15.4% |
| Net income | $3.45B | $4.06B | $4.78B | $5.11B | $5.91B | $6.88B | $6.87B | $7.26B | $7.68B | $8.37B |
| Net margin | 9.5% | 9.9% | 11.1% | 11.5% | 11.7% | 11.2% | 10.7% | 11.2% | 11.0% | 11.3% |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.44 | $6.34 | $7.36 | $7.89 | $9.16 | $10.71 | $10.77 | $11.44 | $12.15 | $13.56 |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and equivalents | $4.13B | $5.06B | $6.13B | $8.42B | $8.17B | $7.89B | $9.05B | $5.00B | $11.5B | $12.8B |
| Total assets | $22.7B | $24.4B | $29.8B | $37.1B | $43.2B | $47.3B | $51.2B | $55.9B | $65.4B | $73.6B |
| Total liabilities | $13.0B | $13.7B | $15.0B | $19.6B | $23.1B | $24.5B | $24.8B | $26.8B | $33.2B | $40.9B |
| Long-term debt | $22.2M | $19.7M | $16.2M | $54.1M | $53.5M | $45.9M | $43.1M | $78.6M | $5.03B | $10.00B |
| Shareholders' equity | $8.95B | $10.4B | $14.4B | $17.0B | $19.5B | $22.1B | $25.7B | $28.3B | $31.2B | $31.6B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Operating cash flow | $4.97B | $6.03B | $6.63B | $8.22B | $8.98B | $9.54B | $9.52B | $9.13B | $11.5B | $12.4B |
| Capital expenditure | $515.9M | $619.2M | $599.0M | $599.1M | $580.1M | $718.0M | $528.2M | $516.5M | $600.0M | $742.7M |
| Free cash flow | $4.46B | $5.41B | $6.03B | $7.62B | $8.40B | $8.82B | $9.00B | $8.61B | $10.9B | $11.6B |
| Dividends paid | $1.57B | $1.71B | $1.86B | $2.04B | $2.24B | $2.46B | — | — | — | — |
| Share buybacks | $2.65B | $2.64B | $2.69B | $2.92B | $3.70B | $4.12B | $4.33B | $4.52B | $4.62B | $7.52B |
| Q1 FY25Nov 2024 | Q2 FY25Feb 2025 | Q3 FY25May 2025 | Q4 FY25†Aug 2025 | Q1 FY26Nov 2025 | Q2 FY26Feb 2026 | Q3 FY26May 2026 | Q4 FY26†Aug 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||
| Revenue | $17.7B | $16.7B | $17.7B | $17.6B | $18.7B | $18.0B | $18.7B | $18.7B |
| Growth (year over year) | +9.0% | +5.4% | +7.7% | +7.3% | +6.0% | +8.3% | +5.6% | +6.2% |
| Gross profit | $5.82B | $4.97B | $5.83B | $5.61B | $6.20B | $5.46B | $6.13B | $5.98B |
| Gross margin | 32.9% | 29.9% | 32.9% | 31.9% | 33.1% | 30.3% | 32.8% | 32.0% |
| Operating income | $2.95B | $2.24B | $2.98B | $2.05B | $2.87B | $2.49B | $3.18B | $2.86B |
| Operating margin | 16.7% | 13.5% | 16.8% | 11.6% | 15.3% | 13.8% | 17.0% | 15.3% |
| Net income | $2.28B | $1.79B | $2.20B | $1.41B | $2.21B | $1.83B | $2.34B | $1.99B |
| Net margin | 12.9% | 10.7% | 12.4% | 8.0% | 11.8% | 10.1% | 12.5% | 10.7% |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.59 | $2.82 | $3.49 | $2.25 | $3.54 | $2.93 | $3.80 | $3.29 |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||
| Cash and equivalents | $8.31B | $8.49B | $9.63B | $11.5B | $9.65B | $9.40B | $10.2B | $12.8B |
| Total assets | $59.9B | $59.9B | $63.4B | $65.4B | $64.7B | $67.1B | $68.8B | $73.6B |
| Total liabilities | $29.8B | $29.7B | $31.8B | $33.2B | $32.8B | $34.8B | $35.8B | $40.9B |
| Long-term debt | $5.04B | $5.04B | $5.04B | $5.03B | $5.03B | $5.03B | $5.03B | $10.00B |
| Shareholders' equity | $29.2B | $29.2B | $30.6B | $31.2B | $30.9B | $31.2B | $31.9B | $31.6B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||
| Operating cash flow | $1.02B | $2.85B | $3.68B | $3.91B | $1.66B | $3.82B | $3.79B | $3.10B |
| Capital expenditure | $152.2M | $170.8M | $169.1M | $107.9M | $156.6M | $149.7M | $186.2M | $250.3M |
| Free cash flow | $870.3M | $2.68B | $3.52B | $3.81B | $1.51B | $3.67B | $3.60B | $2.85B |
| Share buybacks | $898.3M | $1.45B | $1.80B | $473.9M | $2.33B | $1.68B | $1.18B | $2.33B |
From Accenture's 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC; its fiscal year ends in August. Each period shows the latest figure the company has reported for it, including restatements. Net margin is our own calculation from those reported figures (net income ÷ revenue); it is left blank where revenue is zero or missing. † Quarter derived from the company's year-to-date or full-year totals. Filings on SEC EDGAR →
Accenture's latest reported figures next to the median of the other 75 S&P 500 Information Technology companies and of the other 502 S&P 500 companies; each median is taken over the companies with a comparable figure (counts in the footnote). A median is the middle value, not an average, so one very large company does not move it.
| Measure | Accenture | Information Technology (75 other S&P 500 companies) | S&P 500 (502 other companies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, latest fiscal year | +6.5% | +13.8% | +7.0% |
| Net margin, latest fiscal year | 11.3% | 17.4% | 13.0% |
| Share price change, 1 year | −4.5% | +15.0% | +6.9% |
Accenture: fiscal year ended August 2026, from its 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC. Medians computed October 21, 2026 from each company's latest annual filing (fiscal years ending between July 2025 and September 2026) and our price archive. Prices for every company, Accenture included, are the last regular-session prices of October 20, 2026; the 1-year change compares that price with each company's last close on or before October 21, 2025. Net margin and price change are our calculations from reported figures. Each median counts only the companies with a comparable figure (sector / S&P 500): revenue growth 75/496, net margin 75/496, 1-year price change 67/488; the reasons below can overlap. 14 are left out of the price figure because our archive holds no comparable close for them. The S&P 500 price figure is the middle company's change, not the index's return.
Accenture plc is a technology consulting company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1989 in the United States, Accenture provides information technology and management consulting services across 120 countries globally.
Accenture plc, incorporated in Ireland on June 10, 2009 as a public limited company and with its address in Dublin, describes itself in its annual report for fiscal 2025 (Form 10-K) as a leading solutions and global professional services company. Its fiscal year ends August 31. It delivers two types of work, Consulting and Managed Services, and reports three geographic markets as its reportable segments: Americas, EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) and Asia Pacific. Effective September 1, 2025 it brought its strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X capabilities into a single, integrated business unit called Reinvention Services (10-K). It employed approximately 779,000 people as of August 31, 2025 (10-K). Its Class A ordinary shares trade on the NYSE as ACN.
For fiscal 2025 (the year ended August 31, 2025) the consolidated income statements report revenues of $69,672,977 thousand, operating income of $10,225,664 thousand, after business optimization costs of $615,324 thousand, and net income attributable to Accenture plc of $7,678,433 thousand, or $12.15 per diluted share. The 10-K describes revenues of $69.7 billion as an increase of 7% in both U.S. dollars and local currency, and new bookings of $80.6 billion as a decrease of 1% in both U.S. dollars and local currency. Net cash provided by operating activities was $11,474,399 thousand. At August 31, 2025 total assets were $65,394,897 thousand and total shareholders' equity was $32,240,967 thousand (10-K).
In its news release of October 1, 2026, Accenture reported fiscal 2026 (the year ended August 31, 2026) revenues of $74,183,445 thousand, which it described as up 6% in U.S. dollars and 5% in local currency, operating income of $11,405,960 thousand and GAAP diluted earnings per share of $13.56. Adjusted EPS, a non-GAAP measure that excludes business optimization costs, was $13.97. New bookings for fiscal 2026 were $84.54 billion. The release says the company repurchased or redeemed 39.9 million shares for $7.5 billion in the year. Annual revenue rows below run to fiscal 2025, the latest year covered by a filed 10-K; the fiscal 2026 figures come from the news release.
On July 10, 2026 its Delaware subsidiary Accenture Capital Inc. closed the sale of five series of notes due from 2029 to 2036, guaranteed by Accenture plc, for an aggregate public offering price of $4.997 billion (Form 8-K). The October 1, 2026 release shows long-term debt of $9,998,689 thousand at August 31, 2026, against $5,034,169 thousand a year earlier. In the same release Accenture declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.71 per share, payable on November 13, 2026, and said it expects fiscal 2027 revenue growth of 3% to 6% in local currency and GAAP diluted EPS of $14.39 to $14.81 (company projections).
According to the 10-K for fiscal 2025, Julie Sweet has been chief executive officer since September 2019 and chair of the Board since September 2021, and Angie Park has been chief financial officer since December 2024.
| Fiscal year | Revenue (as reported in 10-K) | Reported as | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $50,533,389 thousand9 | Form 10-K for fiscal year 2021 (year ended August 31, 2021), revenues, in thousands as filed | Oct 15, 2021 |
| 2022 | $61,594,305 thousand10 | Form 10-K for fiscal year 2022 (year ended August 31, 2022), revenues, in thousands as filed | Oct 12, 2022 |
| 2023 | $64,111,745 thousand11 | Form 10-K for fiscal year 2023 (year ended August 31, 2023), revenues, in thousands as filed | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 2024 | $64,896,464 thousand12 | Form 10-K for fiscal year 2024 (year ended August 31, 2024), revenues, in thousands as filed | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 2025 | $69,672,977 thousand3 | Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (year ended August 31, 2025), revenues, in thousands as filed | Oct 10, 2025 |
| Name | Released | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| GenWizard | — | Named in Accenture's Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 among its proprietary assets and platforms. The 10-K says Accenture has significantly embedded advanced AI into proprietary platforms like GenWizard, which enables it to deliver differently for its clients.1 |
| myNav | — | Named in Accenture's Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 among the proprietary assets and platforms it uses to deliver value for its clients. The 10-K does not describe it further.1 |
| SynOps | — | Described in Accenture's Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 as its proprietary AI-powered, cloud-enabled platform that empowers people with data, processes, automation and a broad ecosystem of technology partners to transform enterprise operations; it enables Accenture's operations work for clients.1 |
| AI Navigator for Enterprise | — | Named in Accenture's Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 among the proprietary assets and platforms it uses to deliver value for its clients. The 10-K does not describe it further.1 |
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Baird downgrades Accenture stock rating to neutral on valuation
Baird downgrades Accenture stock rating to neutral on valuation