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ACN

NYSE · USD
Accenture plc
Technology · Information Technology Services
CEO Julie T. Spellman Sweet Employees 814,000 R&D / revenue 0.0%
Last price
$229.68+2.12%last session
Market cap
$140.6B
P/E (TTM)
16.8x
From 52w high
−21.1%
From 52w low
+94.4%
1-year return
−1.9%
RSI 14 · vs SMA200
72.8 · +19.3%
IS score
70.0/ 100
Factor model across 8 sub-scores, ranked against 3,010 US stocks. Describes the business, not the outlook.
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One year, rebased to 100

ACN   SPY   XLK (sector ETF) · weekly closes
6080100120140Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26XLK 129SPY 116ACN 98

Score DNA

Each bar is a 0-100 score within the scored universe
59
Profitability
53
Growth
68
Value
80
Momentum
90
Risk (safety)
82
Quality
80
Balance sheet
67
Earnings quality

Flags

Strengths
✓ Piotroski 8+✓ FCF yield 5%+✓ Congress buying
Warnings
None of the computed warning flags fires for ACN (Altman, Beneish, accruals, FCF, dilution).
Observations
Moat model: Wide, Cost AdvantagePiotroski 8 / 9Altman Z 3.9Beta 1.093 of 4 smart-money sources active

Smart-money strip

Each disclosure source on its own window. Filings coinciding is not coordination.
INSForm 4 · 180 days
Insider open-market buys
0
16 open-market sales, $3.0M
Form 144 notices (12m): 25, $20.0M proposed, not confirmed sales
CONGSTOCK Act · 180 days
Congressional purchases
21
Last disclosed purchase 2026-08-28
Members disclose in ranges, 30-45 days after the trade
13F13F · quarter to 2026-06-30
Net change in institutional holders
−240
185 new holders, 397 closed
1,906 filers hold 84.7% · 774 added, 788 trimmed
ETFETF holdings · 30 days
Net funds accumulating
+159
649 funds adding shares
490 funds trimming · counts of funds, not dollars
DARKFINRA · daily
Short-sale share of off-exchange volume
60.8%
20-day avg 57.9%, 50-day avg 59.9%
Latest 2.9 pp over its 20-day average · a flow, not short interest

Key financials · FY2026

USD, fiscal year. Stock-based compensation is non-cash; shown against FCF.
Income statement
Revenue$74.2B
Revenue growth YoY+6.5%
Gross margin32.0%
Operating income$11.4B
Operating margin15.4%
Net income$8.4B
Net margin11.3%
EPS (diluted)$13.56
Cash flow
Operating cash flow$12.4B
Capital expenditure$742.7M
Free cash flow$11.6B
FCF conversion (FCF / OCF)94.0%
Stock-based compensation$2.1B
FCF less SBC$9.5B
Buybacks$7.5B
Dividends$4.0B
Balance sheet & returns
Cash & short-term investments$12.8B
Total debt$10.1B
Net cash$2.7B
Shareholders' equity$33.3B
Goodwill & intangibles$26.8B
Debt / equity0.42
ROE (TTM)26.8%
ROIC (TTM)16.8%
Operating margin by fiscal year
15.2%FY202213.7%FY202314.8%FY202414.7%FY202515.8%FY2026
Revenue $61.6B (FY2022) to $74.2B (FY2026), a 4.8% CAGR.

Valuation

P/E (TTM)16.8x
EV / EBITDA10.6x
Price / sales1.89x
Price / FCF12.1x
FCF yield8.27%
Buyback yield5.35%
SBC / revenue2.8%
Price / book4.38x
Forward P/E FY202715.7x
Forward P/E FY202814.4x
Forward multiples divide today's price by Street EPS estimates. Street mean target $220.14 across 22 analysts last quarter is theirs, not ours.

ACN vs industry median

261 companies in Information Technology Services
Gross margin 32.0% 27.8% Operating margin 15.8% 1.7% Net margin 11.3% -1.0% ROIC 16.8% 7.2%
ACN (TTM)Industry median Asset turnover 1.01 vs industry 0.83 · financial leverage 2.33

Earnings delivery

Next report 2026-12-17 · consensus EPS $3.95
92%
beat rate, 11 of 12 quarters
+3.3%
median EPS surprise
9
longest beat streak
+4+4-1+0+5+0+4+2+5+3+3+3
EPS surprise in % vs the consensus at the time, oldest (left) to newest, 2023-12-19 to 2026-10-01. Bars cap at ±60%.

Peers

Market-cap band, not the industry cohort above
CompanyMkt capP/EROENet marginRev growth12m return
ACN Accenture plc $140.6B16.8x26.8%11.3%+6.5% −1.9%
IBM International Business Machi $218.7B20.3x34.6%12.6%+7.9% −15.4%
INFY Infosys Limited $49.7B15.7x32.1%16.1%+4.1% −22.8%
FI Fiserv, Inc. $34.3B12.2x10.7%11.8%−11.7% −50.4%
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutio $29.7B14.2x14.9%11.6%+5.6% +1.3%
BR Broadridge Financial Solutio $19.8B18.1x40.9%17.9%+8.5% —
CDW CDW Corporation $18.8B18.0x44.0%4.2%+7.4% —
FIS Fidelity National Informatio $18.6B5.5x22.3%6.8%+20.4% —
12-month window: SPY +15.9%, sector ETF XLK +29.0%. Past returns describe history only.

Recent 8-K filings

2026-10-14Regulation FD; Exhibits
2026-10-01Earnings Release; Exhibits
2026-07-10Other Events; Exhibits
2026-06-23Regulation FD; Exhibits
2026-06-18Earnings Release; Exhibits
2026-04-24Material Agreement; Termination of Agreement; Financial Obligation; Exhibits

Context

Shares outstanding611,942,109
Free float97.2%
Institutional ownership84.7%
Beta1.09
Dividend yield2.87%
Last dividend$1.71 on 2026-10-13
50 / 200-day average$188.01 / $193.06
Large-cap Technology median P/E34.8x

Full factsheet

The PDF carries everything on this page plus the cash-allocation waterfall, Form 144 notices, 13F holder detail, dark-pool and short-flow history, seasonality and the moat assessment (Wide).

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All fundamentals · 140 measures in 13 categories

Percentile = where ACN sits among 38 scored companies in Information Technology Services (0 = lowest value, 100 = highest). It is a position, not a grade.
ValuationProfitability (TTM)Returns on capitalGrowthMargin history & stabilityLiquidity (latest quarter)Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)EfficiencyCash flow & earnings qualityDividends & buybacksScores & forensic checksPer shareSize (TTM)

Valuation

MeasureACNIndustry medianIndustry percentileSector median
P/E (TTM) 16.7x 15.1x
61st		 32.0x
PEG (P/E ÷ 3-yr EPS CAGR) 1.88 1.40
62nd		 1.36
Price / sales 1.9x 1.2x
69th		 3.9x
Price / book 4.5x 2.2x
77th		 4.4x
Price / tangible book 24.2x 5.3x
90th		 8.8x
Price / free cash flow 12.1x 11.0x
63rd		 20.3x
Price / operating cash flow 11.4x 9.6x
70th		 17.9x
Enterprise value $141.1B $6.0B
97th		 $5.5B
EV / sales 1.9x 1.5x
53rd		 4.1x
EV / EBITDA 10.6x 9.3x
53rd		 18.9x
EV / EBIT 12.1x 12.3x
48th		 26.7x
EV / free cash flow 12.1x 13.2x
40th		 21.9x
Earnings yield 6.0% 5.7%
54th		 2.0%
FCF yield 8.3% 8.3%
49th		 3.3%
Operating cash flow yield 8.8% 10.1%
38th		 4.4%
Graham number (per share) $127.62 $55.70
93rd		 $28.08

Profitability (TTM)

MeasureACNIndustry medianIndustry percentileSector median
Gross margin 32.0% 31.9%
54th		 55.7%
EBITDA margin 18.0% 12.6%
65th		 13.7%
Operating margin 15.8% 8.4%
76th		 8.2%
EBIT margin 15.7% 8.1%
73rd		 8.6%
Net margin 11.3% 4.9%
76th		 5.7%
NOPAT margin 11.8% 6.3%
78th		 7.0%
FCF margin 15.7% 10.1%
73rd		 15.0%
Operating cash flow margin 16.7% 13.4%
64th		 18.4%
R&D / revenue 0.0% 0.0%
0th		 12.9%
SG&A / revenue 16.3% 17.6%
38th		 25.6%
Stock comp / revenue 2.8% 1.1%
72nd		 4.4%
Effective tax rate 25.1% 22.9%
67th		 21.0%

Returns on capital

MeasureACNIndustry medianIndustry percentileSector median
ROE (on average equity) 26.8% 14.0%
73rd		 9.4%
ROA 12.1% 4.3%
81st		 4.1%
ROIC 27.3% 7.9%
95th		 9.0%
ROCE 22.8% 11.3%
84th		 8.6%
Return on tangible assets 16.8% 7.9%
78th		 5.9%
Cash ROIC (OCF / invested capital) 38.5% 16.3%
94th		 20.7%
Gross profitability (GP / assets) 32.3% 24.4%
65th		 30.0%
ROIC, 3-yr average 25.9% 9.4%
94th		 7.4%
ROIC, 5-yr average 38.1% 9.0%
94th		 7.9%
ROE, 5-yr average 27.0% 12.9%
91st		 6.9%
Incremental ROIC 53.7% 11.4%
71st		 15.3%

Growth

MeasureACNIndustry medianIndustry percentileSector median
Revenue growth (TTM YoY) 6.5% 7.0%
43rd		 14.3%
Revenue growth (QoQ) -0.2% 3.6%
19th		 6.6%
Revenue CAGR, 3 yr 5.0% 6.8%
38th		 9.6%
Revenue CAGR, 5 yr 8.0% 8.0%
50th		 11.5%
Gross profit CAGR, 3 yr 4.6% 6.7%
42nd		 10.9%
Operating income CAGR, 3 yr 9.9% 6.0%
68th		 11.3%
Net income growth (TTM YoY) 9.4% 7.2%
61st		 21.6%
Net income CAGR, 3 yr 6.9% 6.9%
50th		 9.9%
EPS growth (TTM YoY) 13.8% 10.5%
64th		 22.3%
EPS CAGR, 3 yr 8.9% 8.9%
50th		 11.2%
EPS CAGR, 5 yr 8.7% 12.7%
36th		 12.0%
FCF growth (TTM YoY) 6.9% 13.7%
38th		 24.6%
FCF CAGR, 3 yr 8.9% 8.9%
52nd		 19.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR, 3 yr 9.1% 7.3%
53rd		 17.9%
Book value CAGR, 3 yr 9.1% 6.9%
59th		 6.8%
Dividend CAGR, 3 yr 4.4% 3.5%
71st		 3.1%
Sustainable growth rate 14.1% 14.3%
46th		 14.2%

Margin history & stability

MeasureACNIndustry medianIndustry percentileSector median
Gross margin, 3-yr average 32.2% 30.8%
53rd		 53.2%
Operating margin, 3-yr average 15.1% 9.1%
74th		 6.6%
Net margin, 3-yr average 11.2% 6.3%
68th		 5.2%
FCF margin, 3-yr average 14.8% 9.7%
74th		 12.7%
Revenue stability (0-1) 0.96 0.88
79th		 0.87
Earnings stability (0-1) 0.94 0.45
94th		 0.45
Margin stability (0-1) 0.99 0.93
97th		 0.95

Liquidity (latest quarter)

MeasureACNIndustry medianIndustry percentileSector median
Cash & short-term investments $12.8B $330.1M
100th		 $494.1M
Net cash (− = net debt) −$559.2M −$1.0B
59th		 $49.8M
Working capital $9.5B $343.4M
100th		 $391.0M
Current ratio 1.43 1.45
49th		 1.92
Quick ratio 1.43 1.43
49th		 1.67
Cash ratio (cash + ST investments / current liabilities) 0.58 0.35
76th		 0.95
Defensive interval (days) 883 days 591 days
65th		 521 days

Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)

MeasureACNIndustry medianIndustry percentileSector median
Total debt $13.4B $1.7B
92nd		 $349.3M
Debt / equity 0.42 0.94
31st		 0.29
Net debt / equity 0.02 0.73
22nd		 −0.13
Debt / assets 18.2% 29.9%
30th		 16.9%
Debt / capital 29.8% 48.4%
31st		 22.3%
Debt / EBITDA 1.00 2.65
22nd		 1.78
Net debt / EBITDA 0.04 1.54
22nd		 −0.18
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) 38.5x 5.7x
89th		 5.8x
Cash interest coverage 40.7x 7.2x
83rd		 12.8x
Debt payback (years of OCF) 1.1 yrs 3.0 yrs
24th		 1.6 yrs
Liabilities / assets 54.8% 62.0%
38th		 48.7%
IS credit model rating AA- — —
Implied credit spread (bps) 100 275
19th		 175

Efficiency

MeasureACNIndustry medianIndustry percentileSector median
Asset turnover 1.07 0.86
70th		 0.62
Fixed asset turnover 15.69 11.89
68th		 9.25
Inventory turnover —
Receivables turnover 4.7 5.4
32nd		 6.2
Days sales outstanding 77 days 66 days
69th		 59 days
Days inventory outstanding —
Days payables outstanding 21 days 22 days
43rd		 46 days
Cash conversion cycle (days) 56 days 41 days
73rd		 50 days
Capex / revenue 1.0% 1.7%
28th		 2.3%
Capex / depreciation 0.44 0.49
44th		 0.56
Operating expense ratio 16.7% 22.7%
27th		 44.3%

Cash flow & earnings quality

MeasureACNIndustry medianIndustry percentileSector median
Operating cash flow / net income 1.47 1.61
43rd		 1.61
FCF / net income 1.38 1.30
57th		 1.33
FCF / operating cash flow 94.0% 88.2%
91st		 88.0%
Capex / operating cash flow 6.0% 11.8%
9th		 12.0%
Accruals ratio -5.7% -5.0%
46th		 -6.3%
Sloan accruals ratio -1.0% -4.2%
65th		 -1.8%
Earnings quality score (0-1) 0.75 1.00
7th		 0.75

Dividends & buybacks

MeasureACNIndustry medianIndustry percentileSector median
Dividend yield 2.9% 0.0%
84th		 0.0%
Dividend per share (TTM) $6.60 $0.00
92nd		 $0.00
Payout ratio (dividends / net income) 47.4% 9.3%
89th		 0.0%
Dividends / FCF 34.3% 0.0%
86th		 0.0%
Dividend growth (YoY) 11.9% 8.0%
69th		 4.1%
Buyback yield 5.4% 4.0%
65th		 1.2%
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) 8.2% 5.9%
68th		 1.7%
Share count change (YoY) -3.8% -2.3%
31st		 0.1%
Buybacks, last 5 years $30.1B $695.1M
100th		 $215.3M

Scores & forensic checks

MeasureACNIndustry medianIndustry percentileSector median
IS score 70 50
86th		 56
IS profitability 59 38
81st		 40
IS growth 53 52
54th		 65
IS value 68 62
62nd		 39
IS momentum 80 71
66th		 78
IS risk (safety) 90 65
70th		 100
IS quality 82 62
92nd		 67
IS balance sheet 80 49
86th		 72
IS earnings quality 67 66
51st		 61
IS cash flow 73 62
84th		 66
Piotroski F-score (0-9) 8 6
89th		 6
Altman Z-score 3.9 2.6
73rd		 4.0
Beneish M-score −2.61 −2.63
54th		 −2.58
Ohlson O-score −9.19 −7.37
14th		 −8.00
IS credit score 82 58
81st		 69

Per share

MeasureACNIndustry medianIndustry percentileSector median
EPS, diluted (TTM) $13.88 $1.74
95th		 $0.84
Book value per share $52.15 $16.83
89th		 $9.77
Tangible book per share $5.87 $1.11
70th		 $3.22
Revenue per share $122.56 $41.09
78th		 $13.00
FCF per share $19.20 $4.29
95th		 $1.78
Operating cash flow per share $20.43 $4.97
92nd		 $2.40
Cash per share $21.21 $2.99
95th		 $4.50

Size (TTM)

MeasureACNIndustry medianIndustry percentileSector median
Market cap $140.6B $4.7B
97th		 $4.7B
Revenue $74.2B $5.4B
100th		 $1.2B
EBITDA $13.4B $585.4M
97th		 $185.8M
Net income $8.4B $230.2M
97th		 $84.9M
Free cash flow $11.6B $370.7M
97th		 $170.6M
Total assets $73.6B $6.7B
95th		 $2.4B
Shareholders' equity $31.6B $1.8B
97th		 $1.1B
Employees 799,000 21,600
100th		 3,000

Insider transactions, last 6 months

Form 4 · most recent 12
DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValueOwned after
2026-10-12Hogan Catherine Kiernan
Chief Operating Officer
 Open-market sale 1$210.80$21112,555
2026-10-12Hogan Catherine Kiernan
Chief Operating Officer
 Open-market sale 219$213.21$46,69212,336
2026-10-12Hogan Catherine Kiernan
Chief Operating Officer
 Open-market sale 242$214.14$51,82212,094
2026-10-12Hogan Catherine Kiernan
Chief Operating Officer
 Open-market sale 206$215.13$44,31711,888
2026-10-12Hogan Catherine Kiernan
Chief Operating Officer
 Open-market sale 32$216.36$6,92411,856
2026-10-08Hogan Catherine Kiernan
Chief Operating Officer
 Open-market sale 1,320$200.00$264,00012,556
2026-10-05Burgum Melissa A
Chief Accounting Officer
 Award / grant 101$196.75$19,87210,107
2026-10-05Park Angie Y
Chief Financial Officer
 Award / grant 140$196.75$27,54613,790
2026-10-05Sweet Julie Spellman
Director, Chair and CEO
 Award / grant 197$196.75$38,76117,196
2026-10-05Hogan Catherine Kiernan
Chief Operating Officer
 Award / grant 109$196.75$21,44613,876
2026-10-05Unruch Joel
General Counsel/Corp Secretary
 Award / grant 140$196.75$27,54618,270
2026-10-05Clifford Katherine Lee
Chief Leadership & HR Officer
 Award / grant 89$196.75$17,5116,993

Shares acquired vs disposed, by month

acquired disposed · all Form 4 types
MarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

By transaction type, 6 months

TypeDirectionFilingsSharesValue
Award / grantAcquired859,627$1.2M
Open-market saleDisposed1617,458$3.0M
Awards, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics; open-market buys and sales are the discretionary ones.

Form 144 notices

12 months: 25 notices · 83,517 shares · $20.0M
FiledFilerShares proposedEst. proceeds
2026-10-13Hogan Catherine Kiernan700$149,965
2026-10-08Hogan Catherine Kiernan1,320$261,004
2026-07-30Unruch Joel10,498$1.8M
2026-04-30Egawa Atsushi4,872$868,775
A Form 144 is notice of a proposed sale, not a confirmed one.

Congress trades

12 months: House 60 trades (25 purchases) · Senate 7 (4 purchases)
TradedMemberChamberTypeAmountDisclosed
2026-08-28Michael McCaulHousePurchase$50,001 - $100,0002026-10-16
2026-08-26Scott Mr FranklinHousePurchase$1,001 - $15,0002026-09-18
2026-08-26Scott FranklinHousePurchase$1,001 - $15,0002026-09-18
2026-08-26Scott Mr FranklinHousePurchase$1,001 - $15,0002026-09-18
2026-06-08Tommy TubervilleSenateSale$1,001 - $15,0002026-07-16
2026-06-08Thomas Hawley TubervilleSenateSale$1,001 - $15,0002026-07-16
2026-05-15John BoozmanSenateSale$1,001 - $15,0002026-06-16
2026-04-13Mark WarnerSenatePurchase$1,001 - $15,0002026-05-01
STOCK Act disclosures, in ranges, filed up to 45 days after the trade.

Largest 13F holders

Quarter to 2026-06-30, the latest most managers have filed
ManagerSharesValue% of shares out
BlackRock, Inc.62,162,363$7.7B10.16%
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC40,094,187$5.0B6.55%
STATE STREET CORP30,773,423$3.8B5.03%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC21,516,030$2.7B3.52%
Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P.21,516,030$2.7B3.52%
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC19,942,387$2.5B3.26%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC15,726,680$2.0B2.57%
MORGAN STANLEY9,655,781$1.2B1.58%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO8,448,657$1.1B1.38%
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC7,817,141$972.8M1.28%
NORGES BANK7,203,649$896.4M1.18%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC7,107,130$884.4M1.16%
Capital Research Global Investors5,470,184$680.7M0.89%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP5,310,627$660.9M0.87%
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP5,235,822$651.5M0.86%

Institutional ownership by quarter

2023-092026-0684.7%
% of shares held by 13F filers
2023-092026-061,906
Number of 13F filers holding

Holder changes by quarter

QuarterHoldersOwnershipNewIncreasedReducedClosed
2026-06-301,90684.7%185774788397
2026-03-312,14682.6%179772978338
2025-12-312,34881.7%3297981,000135
2025-09-302,20280.5%166815996271
2025-06-302,35281.4%153975949178
2025-03-312,41479.8%1769191,029199
2024-12-312,48979.3%31999484897
2024-09-302,31678.3%193904926117
2024-06-302,27278.0%168961864179
2024-03-312,31279.4%184960877121
2023-12-312,28178.7%30685285089
2023-09-302,10178.4%15086478497

Schedule 13D / 13G filers

FiledFormFiler% of classShares
2026-04-29SCHEDULE 13GVanguard Capital Management7.5%46,265,104
2026-03-26SCHEDULE 13G/AThe Vanguard Group0.0%0
2026-01-21SCHEDULE 13G/ABlackRock, Inc.8.3%51,114,360
2025-04-07SCHEDULE 13G/AThe Vanguard Group10.2%63,802,647
Required above 5% of a class; 13G is the passive form.

ETFs with the largest holding

ETFWeight in fundHolding value
SCHD3.29%$3.7B
VITSX0.15%$3.6B
VTSAX0.15%$3.6B
VSMPX0.15%$3.6B
VTI0.15%$3.6B
VFINX0.17%$2.9B

Share structure

Shares outstanding611,942,109
Float595,028,520
Free float97.2%

Income statement

Fiscal years, USD
FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Revenue$61.6B$64.1B$64.9B$69.7B$74.2B
Cost of revenue$41.9B$43.4B$43.7B$47.4B$50.4B
Gross profit$19.7B$20.7B$21.2B$22.2B$23.8B
R&D$0$0$0$817.3M$0
SG&A$10.3B$10.9B$11.1B$11.4B$12.1B
Operating income$9.4B$8.8B$9.6B$10.2B$11.4B
EBITDA$10.3B$10.2B$10.8B$12.9B$14.0B
Pretax income$9.2B$9.1B$9.7B$10.3B$11.4B
Income tax$2.2B$2.1B$2.3B$2.4B$2.8B
Net income$6.9B$6.9B$7.3B$7.7B$8.4B
EPS, diluted$10.71$10.77$11.44$12.15$13.56
Diluted shares642.8M638.6M635.9M632.4M617.5M

Balance sheet

FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Cash & short-term investments$7.9B$9.0B$5.0B$11.5B$12.8B
Receivables$11.8B$12.2B$13.7B$15.0B$16.3B
Inventory$0$0$0$0$0
Total current assets$21.6B$23.4B$20.9B$28.9B$31.8B
PP&E, net$4.7B$4.2B$4.3B$4.3B$4.7B
Goodwill & intangibles$15.1B$17.6B$24.0B$24.9B$26.8B
Total assets$47.3B$51.2B$55.9B$65.4B$73.6B
Accounts payable$2.6B$2.5B$2.7B$2.7B$3.0B
Total current liabilities$17.5B$18.0B$19.0B$20.4B$22.3B
Long-term debt$45.9M$43.1M$78.6M$5.0B$10.0B
Total liabilities$24.5B$24.8B$26.8B$33.2B$40.3B
Shareholders' equity$22.7B$26.5B$29.2B$32.2B$33.3B

Cash flow statement

Outflows are negative
FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Net income$7.0B$7.0B$7.4B$7.7B$8.5B
Depreciation & amortization$2.1B$2.3B$1.1B$1.7B$2.4B
Stock-based compensation$1.7B$1.9B$1.9B$2.1B$2.1B
Change in working capital−$1.2B−$1.7B−$2.2B−$1.1B−$615.3M
Operating cash flow$9.5B$9.5B$9.1B$11.5B$12.4B
Capital expenditure−$718.0M−$528.2M−$516.5M−$600.0M−$742.7M
Free cash flow$8.8B$9.0B$8.6B$10.9B$11.6B
Investing cash flow−$4.3B−$2.6B−$7.1B−$2.0B−$5.6B
Net debt issued / repaid−$16.5M$93.3M$827.8M$4.1B$5.0B
Buybacks−$4.1B−$4.3B−$4.5B−$4.6B−$7.5B
Dividends paid−$2.5B−$2.8B−$3.2B−$3.7B−$4.0B

Ratio history

Margins on the fiscal-year (TTM at Q4) basis; multiples at each year end
FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Gross margin32.0%32.3%32.6%31.9%32.0%
Operating margin15.2%13.7%14.8%14.7%15.8%
Net margin11.2%10.7%11.2%11.0%11.3%
FCF margin14.3%14.0%13.3%15.6%15.7%
ROE33.0%28.8%26.9%25.8%26.8%
ROIC40.6%34.1%26.8%28.0%27.3%
ROA15.2%14.0%13.6%12.7%12.1%
Debt / equity0.150.120.150.260.42
Interest coverage195.3x193.3x165.5x45.9x38.5x
Current ratio1.231.301.101.421.43
Revenue growth+21.9%+4.1%+1.2%+7.4%+6.5%
EPS growth+17.2%+0.2%+6.6%+6.4%+13.8%
P/E at year end25.4x28.9x29.1x21.2x13.7x
EV / EBITDA at year end16.1x18.2x19.1x13.1x8.6x
FCF yield at year end5.05%4.53%4.07%6.69%10.12%
Dividend payout35.7%41.1%44.6%48.2%47.4%

Revenue by segment

FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Outsourcing Revenue$27.5B$30.5B—$34.6B$37.3B
Consulting Revenue$34.1B$33.6B—$35.1B$36.9B
Products——$19.6B——
Health & Public Service——$13.8B——
Financial Services——$11.6B——
Communications, Media & Technology——$10.8B——
Resources——$9.1B——

Street estimates by fiscal year

Next report 2026-12-17 · consensus EPS $3.95 · these are analysts' numbers, not ours
Fiscal yearRevenue (mean)Revenue rangeEPS (mean)EPS rangeAnalystsP/E on mean EPS
2026$73.6B$73.4B – $73.7B$13.86$13.83 – $13.891616.6x
2027$77.4B$76.4B – $78.2B$14.68$14.55 – $14.831815.7x
2028$81.3B$80.5B – $82.4B$15.93$15.75 – $16.221514.4x

Reported vs expected, every quarter on file

ReportedEPS expectedEPS actualEPS surpriseRevenue expectedRevenue actualRevenue surprise
2026-10-01$3.18$3.29+3.5%$18.0B$18.7B+3.6%
2026-06-18$3.70$3.80+2.7%$18.8B$18.7B−0.3%
2026-03-19$2.84$2.93+3.2%$17.8B$18.0B+1.1%
2025-12-18$3.74$3.94+5.3%$18.5B$18.7B+1.2%
2025-09-25$2.98$3.03+1.7%$17.4B$17.6B+1.3%
2025-06-20$3.35$3.49+4.2%$17.3B$17.7B+2.4%
2025-03-20$2.81$2.82+0.4%$16.6B$16.7B+0.2%
2024-12-19$3.42$3.59+5.0%$17.1B$17.7B+3.2%
2024-09-26$2.78$2.79+0.4%$16.4B$16.4B+0.2%
2024-06-20$3.15$3.13−0.6%$16.5B$16.5B−0.5%
2024-03-21$2.66$2.77+4.1%$15.8B$15.8B−0.3%
2023-12-19$3.14$3.27+4.1%$16.0B$16.2B+1.1%
2023-09-28$2.66$2.71+1.9%$16.1B$16.0B−0.6%
2023-06-22$3.04$3.19+4.9%$16.1B$16.6B+3.0%
2023-03-23$2.50$2.69+7.6%$16.5B$15.8B−4.4%
2022-12-16$2.91$3.08+5.8%$15.6B$15.7B+1.1%
2022-09-22$2.57$2.60+1.2%$15.4B$15.4B+0.2%
2022-06-23$2.85$2.94+3.2%$16.0B$16.2B+0.7%
2022-03-17$2.37$2.54+7.2%$14.7B$15.0B+2.7%
2021-12-16$2.63$2.78+5.7%$13.0B$15.0B+15.5%
2021-09-23$2.19$2.20+0.5%$13.4B$13.4B+0.5%
2021-06-24$2.23$2.40+7.6%$12.3B$13.3B+8.3%
2021-03-18$1.90$2.03+6.8%$11.3B$12.1B+7.3%
2020-12-17$2.05$2.32+13.2%$11.0B$11.8B+6.8%

Off-exchange (dark pool) volume, weekly

FINRA ATS, $ billions · through the week of 2026-08-31 (FINRA publishes with a delay)
1.906-153.006-221.506-291.207-061.507-131.207-202.307-271.208-031.408-101.508-171.008-241.008-31
Week ofNotionalSharesTrades
2026-08-31$993.1M5,234,360101,721
2026-08-24$1.0B5,441,850110,291
2026-08-17$1.5B8,439,807144,199
2026-08-10$1.4B7,603,858126,638
2026-08-03$1.2B7,340,230130,422
2026-07-27$2.3B14,152,666202,003

Short-sale share of off-exchange volume

daily 20-day average
07-2310-1560.8%
DateShort shareShort volumeTotal volume
2026-10-1560.8%2,375,1783,904,676
2026-10-1463.3%1,811,9792,861,651
2026-10-1375.6%2,151,1002,845,864
2026-10-1271.0%1,859,7102,617,646
2026-10-0965.9%1,113,7161,690,489
2026-10-0869.9%2,475,4633,539,881
2026-10-0768.4%1,264,5001,849,197
2026-10-0667.6%1,103,8561,634,105
2026-10-0563.7%1,615,4062,535,562
2026-10-0263.2%3,011,4044,766,574
A daily flow measure from FINRA, not short interest.

Seasonality

Average return by calendar month
+0.9Jan-2.8Feb+1.2Mar+1.8Apr+0.5May+1.5Jun+2.0Jul-0.3Aug+1.1Sep+1.8Oct+3.0Nov+2.1Dec
MonthAvg returnUp yearsYears
Jan+0.9%55%20
Feb−2.8%50%20
Mar+1.2%57%21
Apr+1.8%70%20
May+0.5%60%20
Jun+1.5%65%20
Jul+2.0%65%20
Aug−0.3%60%20
Sep+1.1%55%20
Oct+1.8%55%20
Nov+3.0%75%20
Dec+2.1%60%20
History, not a forecast.

Indicators

as of 2026-10-16
RSI 1472.8
MFI82.2
ADX28.1
Stochastic %K / %D90.8 / 84.5
Williams %R-2.6
CCI144
TSI / signal28.1 / 17.3
Chaikin money flow-0.17
ATR$8.76
Bollinger width34.3%
Volume vs 20-day avg0.78x
SupertrendUp

Moving averages and bands

level (price vs level)
SMA 20$196.82 (+16.7%)
SMA 50$188.84 (+21.6%)
SMA 200$192.56 (+19.3%)
EMA 21$201.89 (+13.8%)
EMA 50$189.54 (+21.2%)
EMA 200$195.98 (+17.2%)
Bollinger upper$230.54 (−0.4%)
Bollinger lower$163.10 (+40.8%)
Parabolic SAR$182.70 (+25.7%)
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About Accenture plc

Accenture plc is a global professional services firm that delivers a wide array of strategy, consulting, interactive, technology, and operations services worldwide. Its comprehensive offerings include application services such as agile transformation, DevOps implementation, application modernization, enterprise architecture, software and quality engineering, and data management. It also specializes in intelligent automation, incorporating robotic process automation, natural language processing, and virtual agents, alongside liquid application management and various program, project, and service management solutions. The company provides strategic consulting, focusing on critical data elements, data governance, platform architecture, and enabling product-centric organizations to ensure business adoption and value realization. Accenture supports the digitization of engineering and research & development, designs and develops smart connected products, modernizes product platforms, and facilitates product-as-a-service models. It also offers solutions for production and operations, autonomous robotics systems, digital transformation of capital projects, and digital industrial workforce solutions. Further services encompass data-enabled operating models, technology consulting, and artificial intelligence expertise. Accenture assists with talent and organizational development (human potential), digital commerce, and robust infrastructure services covering hybrid cloud, networking, digital workplace and collaboration, service and experience management, infrastructure as code, and managed edge and IoT devices. Its cybersecurity portfolio includes cyber defense, applied and managed security, operational technology (OT) security, security strategy and risk management, and industry-specific security products. The company also drives technology innovation and intelligent automation initiatives. Additionally, Accenture provides cloud solutions, ecosystem development, marketing strategies, supply chain management, zero-based budgeting, customer experience enhancement, finance consulting, mergers and acquisitions support, and sustainability services. Established in 1951, Accenture plc is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

https://www.accenture.com

Key executives

NameTitlePayBorn
Julie T. Spellman SweetChief Executive Officer & Chairman$6.8M1967
Manish SharmaChief Strategy and Services Officer$3.2M1968
John WalshChief Executive Officer of the Americas & Market Unit Lead of US$3.1M1965
Mauro MacchiChief Executive Officer of EMEA$2.6M1966
Angie ParkChief Financial Officer$2.0M1973
Kate HoganChief Operating Officer$1.9M1977
Alexia Skouras QuadraniExecutive Director of Investor Relations——
Marc WarnerChief Technology Officer——

Executive pay, latest proxy

ExecutiveYearSalaryStock awardsIncentiveTotal
PIERRE Chairman and Chief Executive2016$0$13.3M$3.1M$18.5M
NANTERME Officer Chairman and Chief Executive2016$1.1M$2.7M$1.6M$5.5M
Financial Officer2016$1.1M$2.8M$1.5M$5.4M
GIANFRANCO Group Chief Executive Markets Products North2016$1.1M$2.5M$1.4M$5.1M
DAVID ROWLAND Chief2016$0$2.4M$1.2M$4.9M

Employees

492k2019506k2020624k2021721k2022733k2023774k2024779k2025814k2026

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
2026-10-13$1.712026-11-13
2026-07-09$1.632026-08-14
2026-04-09$1.632026-05-15
2026-01-13$1.632026-02-13
2025-10-10$1.632025-11-14
2025-07-10$1.482025-08-15
2025-04-10$1.482025-05-15
2025-01-16$1.482025-02-14

Moat model

Wide · Cost Advantage · 2026-08-31
Cost advantage100
Intangibles51
Switching costs72
Network effect50
Efficient scale100
Our component scores (0-100) and overall 73.3; a model of the business, not a call on the stock.
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