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Accenture

284.34 USD
-0.88
0.31%
At close Apr 11, 4:00 PM EDT
After hours
284.00
-0.34
0.12%
1 day
-0.31%
5 days
1.94%
1 month
-13.26%
3 months
-18.56%
6 months
-21.18%
Year to date
-18.49%
1 year
-12.56%
5 years
64.77%
10 years
204.14%
 

About: Accenture is a leading global IT services firm that provides consulting, strategy, and technology and operational services. These services run the gamut from aiding enterprises with digital transformation to procurement services to software system integration. The company provides its IT offerings to a variety of sectors, including communications, media and technology, financial services, health and public services, consumer products, and resources. Accenture employs just under 500,000 people throughout 200 cities in 51 countries.

Employees: 774,000

0
Funds holding %
of 7,407 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 11 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

204% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 298 | Existing positions closed: 98

30% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.56B | Put options by funds: $1.2B

17% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 992 | Existing positions reduced: 845

11% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 93 [Q3] → 103 (+10) [Q4]

6% more funds holding

Funds holding: 2,317 [Q3] → 2,462 (+145) [Q4]

1.89% more ownership

Funds ownership: 74.3% [Q3] → 76.2% (+1.89%) [Q4]

2% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $164B [Q3] → $168B (+$3.32B) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

11 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target
$355
25%
upside
Avg. target
$380
33%
upside
High target
$398
40%
upside

11 analyst ratings

positive
73%
neutral
27%
negative
0%
Barclays
Ramsey El-Assal
32% 1-year accuracy
20 / 63 met price target
37%upside
$390
Overweight
Maintained
24 Mar 2025
RBC Capital
Daniel Perlin
25% 1-year accuracy
13 / 52 met price target
38%upside
$392
Outperform
Maintained
21 Mar 2025
UBS
Kevin Mcveigh
14% 1-year accuracy
2 / 14 met price target
36%upside
$387
Buy
Maintained
21 Mar 2025
Guggenheim
Jonathan Lee
0% 1-year accuracy
0 / 6 met price target
39%upside
$395
Buy
Maintained
21 Mar 2025
Baird
David Koning
56% 1-year accuracy
20 / 36 met price target
31%upside
$372
Outperform
Maintained
21 Mar 2025

Financial journalist opinion

Based on 54 articles about ACN published over the past 30 days

Negative
Invezz
1 day ago
Accenture stock price dips amid the DOGE effect: buy the dip?
The Accenture stock price has crashed in the past few weeks as concerns about its US government contracts rose. The ACN share price dropped to $285 on Thursday, down by almost 30% from its highest level this year.
Accenture stock price dips amid the DOGE effect: buy the dip?
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 day ago
Investors Heavily Search Accenture PLC (ACN): Here is What You Need to Know
Accenture (ACN) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.
Investors Heavily Search Accenture PLC (ACN): Here is What You Need to Know
Neutral
Business Wire
1 day ago
CyberArk Strengthens Identity Security for AI Agents with Accenture's AI Refinery
NEW YORK & NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CyberArk is working with Accenture to integrate Accenture's AI Refinery™ with its AI-powered Identity Security Platform.
CyberArk Strengthens Identity Security for AI Agents with Accenture's AI Refinery
Neutral
Business Wire
2 days ago
Fincantieri and Accenture Announce the Launch of Fincantieri Ingenium
TRIESTE, Italy & MILAN, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fincantieri and Accenture have signed an agreement to establish Fincantieri Ingenium, a new joint venture.
Fincantieri and Accenture Announce the Launch of Fincantieri Ingenium
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
2 days ago
Accenture Adopts More Than 450 AI Agents from Pipefy to Automate Processes
SAN FRANCISCO and CURITIBA, Brazil, April 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Accenture and Pipefy got together to develop more than 450 AI Agents that transform processes within the companies. With the market evolving towards a phase of “agentification”, these autonomous systems based on Artificial Intelligence contribute to advances in the efficiency and agility of operations.
Accenture Adopts More Than 450 AI Agents from Pipefy to Automate Processes
Neutral
Business Wire
3 days ago
Accenture Returns as Diamond Sponsor at Qlik Connect® 2025 to Showcase Real-World AI Success Stories
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accenture to showcase leadership in AI-driven decision-making at Qlik Connect 2025, focused on scale, speed, and sustained business impact.
Accenture Returns as Diamond Sponsor at Qlik Connect® 2025 to Showcase Real-World AI Success Stories
Neutral
Business Wire
3 days ago
Accenture Helps Organizations Adopt and Scale the Latest Technologies from Google Cloud to Drive Continuous Reinvention
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accenture is launching new capabilities to help organizations scale the latest cloud and AI technologies.
Accenture Helps Organizations Adopt and Scale the Latest Technologies from Google Cloud to Drive Continuous Reinvention
Positive
Market Watch
3 days ago
21 stocks that Wall Street analysts now think are bargains in this year's worst-performing sector
Investors have had quite a wake-up call to daily volatility in the stock market. As we saw on Monday, the broad indexes can shift to large gains and then back into deep red territory as rumors circulate.
21 stocks that Wall Street analysts now think are bargains in this year's worst-performing sector
Neutral
Business Wire
4 days ago
Accenture Federal Services Announces MxDR for Government to be Powered by Google SecOps, Enhancing Federal Cybersecurity
ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The new Accenture and Google MxDR for government is designed to streamline operations, reduce costs, and improve cybersecurity resilience.
Accenture Federal Services Announces MxDR for Government to be Powered by Google SecOps, Enhancing Federal Cybersecurity
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
5 Relatively Secure And Cheap Dividend Stocks, Yields Up To 8% (April 2025)
This article is part of our monthly series where we highlight five large-cap, relatively safe, dividend-paying companies offering significant discounts to their historical norms. The market is volatile with economic uncertainties, but investing consistently in solid dividend-paying stocks with reasonable valuations is a good idea. We go over our filtering process to select just five conservative DGI stocks from more than 7,500 companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges, including OTC networks.
5 Relatively Secure And Cheap Dividend Stocks, Yields Up To 8% (April 2025)
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