Accenture plc ACN
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Accenture plc is a large-cap company in the Technology sector (Information Technology Services), with a market value of $121.7B, based in the USA.
It employs about 799,000 people and has been listed since Jul 19, 2001.
Accenture plc provides strategy and consulting, industry X, song, and technology and operation services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers systems integration and application management; security; intelligent platform; infrastructure; software engineering; data, AI, cloud; and automation and global delivery services. The company also operates business processes for specific enterprise functions, including finance and accounting, sourcing and procurement, supply chain, marketing and sales, and human resources, as well as industry-specific services, such as platform trust and safety, banking, insurance, network and health services; and designs, manufactures, and assembles automation equipment, robotics, and other commercial hardware products.
Cheap or expensive? relatively cheap
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 15.9 versus 41.5 for the median of the Technology sector in our universe (46 companies) — relatively cheap.
Revenue is growing 6% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 12.4 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 221.36, 11% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 49% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • The stock is 30% below its one-year high.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 11 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Buys back its shares (4% fewer shares in a year).
- ✅ More cash than debt.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (12 vs 0).
- ✅ Pays a dividend (3.1% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock rose 12.9% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLK +1.8%).
The company published its quarterly report this week — see the plain-language summary above.
This week's news
- Earnings Scoreboard: all 8 S&P 500 firms beat EPS estimates, 6 saw profits rise Y/Y seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-03
- Notable tech headlines for the week: Micron, Nvidia, Accenture in focus seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-03
- This Dividend Stock’s 21-Year Streak Looks Even Better at 11x Forward Earnings finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Accenture (ACN) Was Supposed to Be an AI Casualty. Is the Market Changing Its Mind? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- What is Accenture’s (ACN) Economic Moat, and is it Widening or Narrowing? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Anthropic Is Training 10,000 Engineers to Install Claude Inside the World’s Largest Enterprises finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.