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Accenture (ACN)


Market Price (9/16/2025): $238.01 | Market Cap: $148.6 Bil
Sector: Information Technology | Industry: IT Consulting & Other Services

Accenture (ACN)


Market Price (9/16/2025): $238.01
Market Cap: $148.6 Bil
Sector: Information Technology
Industry: IT Consulting & Other Services

Investment Highlights

0 Attractive yield
Total YieldTotal Yield = Earnings Yield + Dividend Yield, Earnings Yield = Net Income / Market Cap Dividend Yield = Total Dividends / Market Cap is 7.8%, Dividend Yield is 2.4%, ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is 3.2%, FCF Yield is 6.9%
Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -72%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -78%
 
1 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 16%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 15%, CFO LTM is 11 Bil, FCF LTM is 10 Bil
  
2 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 28%
  
0 Attractive yield
Total YieldTotal Yield = Earnings Yield + Dividend Yield, Earnings Yield = Net Income / Market Cap Dividend Yield = Total Dividends / Market Cap is 7.8%, Dividend Yield is 2.4%, ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is 3.2%, FCF Yield is 6.9%
1 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 16%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 15%, CFO LTM is 11 Bil, FCF LTM is 10 Bil
2 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 28%
3 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -72%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -78%

Market Valuation

 9/16/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$238.01$346.84$340.50$254.87$390.63
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)148.6217.0213.8160.6247.0
Total Debt ($ Bil)8.24.13.13.33.5
Total Cash ($ Bil)9.65.09.07.98.2
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)147.1221.1216.9163.9250.5
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM2.23.43.52.75.2
P/EBIT TTM13.922.624.118.333.6
P/E TTM18.730.432.224.644.5
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.82.55.0
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)4.0-0.0-0.1-0.51.9
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4-0.50.1
 9/16/2520242023
Share Price CYE$238.01$346.84$340.50
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)148.6217.0213.8
Total Debt ($ Bil)8.24.13.1
Total Cash ($ Bil)9.65.09.0
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)147.1221.1216.9
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM2.23.43.5
P/EBIT TTM13.922.624.1
P/E TTM18.730.432.2
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.8
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)4.0-0.0-0.1
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4

Business Description

Accenture plc, a professional services company, provides strategy and consulting, interactive, and technology and operations services worldwide. The company offers application services, including agile transformation, DevOps, application modernization, enterprise architecture, software and quality engineering, data management, intelligent automation comprises robotic process automation, natural language processing, and virtual agents, and liquid application management services, as well as program, project, and service management services; strategy consulting services; critical data elements, data management and governance, data platform and architecture, product-based organization and skills, business adoption, and value realization services; engineering, and research and development digitization; smart connected product design and development; product platform engineering and modernization; product as-a-service enablement; products related to production and operations; autonomous robotics systems; the digital transformation of capital projects; and digital industrial workforce solutions. It also provides data-enabled operating models; technology consulting and artificial intelligence services; services related to talent and organization/human potential; digital commerce; infrastructure services, such as hybrid cloud, network, digital workplace and collaboration, service and experience management, infrastructure as code, and managed edge and IoT devices; cyber defense, applied cybersecurity, managed security, OT security, security strategy and risk, and industry security products; services related to technology innovation; and intelligent automation services. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
ACN Return26%61%-35%34%2%-31%24%
Peers Return3%40%-19%21%1%-17%17%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: IBM, CTSH, DXC, TDC, ACN. See ACN Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/15/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

ACNIBMCTSHDXCTDCMedian
NameAccentureInternat.Cognizan.DXC Tech.Teradata  
Mkt Price237.87256.2468.5913.9121.4868.59
Mkt Cap148.5238.533.92.52.033.9
Rev LTM68,48364,03820,09112,7941,67520,091
Op Inc LTM10,53010,9293,0996881853,099
FCF LTM10,24411,6462,1348662632,134
FCF 3Y Avg9,43111,3462,0719392762,071
CFO LTM10,95013,2822,4291,3462842,429
CFO 3Y Avg10,00213,1042,3721,3992972,372

Growth & Margins

ACNIBMCTSHDXCTDCMedian
NameAccentureInternat.Cognizan.DXC Tech.Teradata  
Rev Chg LTM6.2%2.7%4.1%-4.9%-6.7%2.7%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg4.8%2.4%2.0%-6.8%-3.4%2.0%
Rev Chg Q7.7%7.7%7.5%-2.4%-6.4%7.5%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM1.9%1.9%1.8%-0.6%-1.6%1.8%
Op Mgn LTM15.4%17.1%15.4%5.4%11.0%15.4%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg14.7%15.9%15.3%-0.8%9.9%14.7%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM0.2%0.7%0.1%-0.0%-2.3%0.1%
CFO/Rev LTM16.0%20.7%12.1%10.5%17.0%16.0%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg15.3%21.0%12.1%10.4%16.9%15.3%
FCF/Rev LTM15.0%18.2%10.6%6.8%15.7%15.0%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg14.4%18.2%10.6%7.0%15.7%14.4%

Valuation

ACNIBMCTSHDXCTDCMedian
NameAccentureInternat.Cognizan.DXC Tech.Teradata  
Mkt Cap148.5238.533.92.52.033.9
P/S2.23.71.70.21.21.7
P/EBIT13.929.510.82.911.711.7
P/E18.740.914.46.618.618.6
P/CFO13.618.013.91.97.213.6
Total Yield7.8%5.0%7.4%15.0%5.4%7.4%
Dividend Yield2.4%2.6%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.4%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg4.9%6.8%5.9%26.0%8.6%6.8%
D/E0.10.30.01.90.30.3
Net D/E-0.00.2-0.01.20.10.1

Returns

ACNIBMCTSHDXCTDCMedian
NameAccentureInternat.Cognizan.DXC Tech.Teradata  
1M Rtn-3.7%6.9%-2.0%1.5%1.9%1.5%
3M Rtn-23.9%-8.5%-14.0%-12.4%-2.5%-12.4%
6M Rtn-26.2%2.7%-13.6%-20.0%-7.8%-13.6%
12M Rtn-30.7%22.7%-9.8%-34.5%-24.7%-24.7%
3Y Rtn-8.3%126.1%15.9%-48.6%-31.1%-8.3%
1M Excs Rtn-5.6%5.8%-3.4%-1.3%-0.8%-1.3%
3M Excs Rtn-34.0%-17.6%-23.4%-21.4%-10.5%-21.4%
6M Excs Rtn-42.0%-12.7%-29.9%-36.8%-22.6%-29.9%
12M Excs Rtn-50.0%6.4%-27.8%-52.2%-41.5%-41.5%
3Y Excs Rtn-78.3%58.8%-53.1%-112.8%-97.6%-78.3%

Financials

Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity13,414,725
Short Interest: % Change Since 81520251.8%
Average Daily Volume3,444,901
Days-to-Cover Short Interest3.89
Basic Shares Quantity624,343,707
Short % of Basic Shares2.1%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
6/20/2025-6.9%-3.4%-5.9%
3/20/2025-7.3%-4.1%-12.5%
12/19/20247.1%3.7%3.7%
9/26/20245.6%5.7%8.5%
6/20/20247.3%6.8%15.9%
3/21/2024-9.3%-10.4%-16.4%
12/19/2023-0.1%3.4%6.8%
9/28/2023-4.3%-1.6%-6.7%
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SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive131315
# Negative121210
Median Positive5.6%4.0%7.4%
Median Negative-3.1%-3.2%-4.1%
Max Positive7.7%10.5%16.4%
Max Negative-9.3%-10.4%-16.4%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
5312025620202510-Q 5/31/2025
2282025320202510-Q 2/28/2025
113020241219202410-Q 11/30/2024
83120241010202410-K 8/31/2024
5312024620202410-Q 5/31/2024
2292024321202410-Q 2/29/2024
113020231219202310-Q 11/30/2023
83120231012202310-K 8/31/2023
5312023622202310-Q 5/31/2023
2282023323202310-Q 2/28/2023
113020221216202210-Q 11/30/2022
83120221012202210-K 8/31/2022
5312022623202210-Q 5/31/2022
2282022317202210-Q 2/28/2022
113020211216202110-Q 11/30/2021
83120211015202110-K 8/31/2021

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0Macchi MauroChief Executive Officer-EMEA7142025Sell281.43372104,692678,531Form
1Sweet Julie SpellmanChair and CEO7142025Sell281.421,276359,0892,556,396Form
2Beatty AngelaChief Leadership & HR Officer7142025Sell281.3414540,7951,493,090Form
3Walsh John FChief Operating Officer5142025Sell325.002,500812,5005,161,650Form
4Macchi MauroChief Executive Officer-EMEA5052025Sell302.36500151,180841,468Form