How to buy Accenture (ACN) stocks

Accenture is an information technology services business based in the US. Accenture shares (ACN) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $366.37 – an increase of 2.14% over the previous week. Accenture employs 774,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $64.9 billion.

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Accenture stock price (NYSE: ACN)

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Accenture stocks at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$366.37
52-week range	$276.35 - $382.77
50-day moving average more info button	$360.44
200-day moving average more info button	$333.67
Wall St. target price	$385.11
PE ratio more info button	30.4121
Dividend yield more info button	$5.35 (1.66%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$11.43

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Accenture price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $372.16 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	3.76%
1 month (2024-11-21)	3.08%
3 months (2024-09-20)	10.69%
6 months (2024-06-21)	20.45%

1 year (2023-12-21)	6.71%
2 years (2022-12-21)	42.85%
3 years (2021-12-21)	375.5039
5 years (2019-12-20)	89.74%

Is Accenture stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Accenture stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Accenture's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Accenture's P/E ratio

Accenture's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 30x. In other words, Accenture shares trade at around 30x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're over-valued.

Accenture's PEG ratio

Accenture's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.2392. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Accenture's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Accenture's EBITDA

Accenture's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $11.1 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Accenture's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Accenture financials

Revenue TTM	$64.9 billion
Operating margin TTM	14.6%
Gross profit TTM	$20.7 billion
Return on assets TTM	11.63%
Return on equity TTM	26.67%
Profit margin	11.19%
Book value	$45.24
Market Capitalization more info button	$217.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Accenture stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 44.73% of net profits

Recently Accenture has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Accenture shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Accenture's case, that would currently equate to about $5.35 per share.

While Accenture's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Accenture may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Accenture's most recent dividend payout was on 14 November 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 9 October 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Accenture's stocks ever split?

Accenture's stocks were split on a 10:1 basis on 29 December 2011 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 10 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Accenture stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 90% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Accenture stocks, which in turn could have impacted Accenture's stock price.

Accenture stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Accenture's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $276.3482 up to $382.7719. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Accenture's is 1.245. This would suggest that Accenture's stocks are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Accenture overview

Accenture plc provides strategy and consulting, industry X, song, and technology and operation services in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It offers systems integration and application management; security; intelligent platform; infrastructure; software engineering; data and AI; and automation services. The company also operates business processes; and designs, manufactures, and assembles automation equipment, robotics, and other commercial hardware products. It serves communications, media, and technology; banking and capital markets, and insurance; health and public service; consumer goods, retail, travel services; industrial; life science; chemicals, natural resources, energy, and utilities sectors. It has collaboration agreement with Kyoto University to advance learning, research, and innovation in human-centered AI. The company was founded in 1951 and is based in Dublin, Ireland..

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Accenture is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.068% of Accenture stocks are held by insiders and 73.173% by institutions. How many people work for Accenture?
Latest data suggests 774,000 work at Accenture. When does the fiscal year end for Accenture?
Accenture's fiscal year ends in August. Where is Accenture based?
Accenture's address is: 1 Grand Canal Square, Dublin, Ireland, D02 P820 What is Accenture's ISIN number?
Accenture's international securities identification number is: IE00B4BNMY34 What is Accenture's CUSIP number?
Accenture's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: G1150G111

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