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 $352.79 – a decrease of 2.17% 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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| Latest market close | $352.79 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $276.35 - $382.77 |
| 50-day moving average | $354.84 |
| 200-day moving average | $335.05 |
| Wall St. target price | $380.01 |
| PE ratio | 32.3566 |
| Dividend yield | $5.35 (1.6%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $11.19 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $353.57 from 2024-11-15
| 1 week (2024-11-13) | -4.50% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-10-18) | -6.18% |
| 3 months (2024-08-20) | 7.02% |
| 6 months (2024-05-20) | 15.66% |
| 1 year (2023-11-20) | 6.85% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-11-18) | 27.39% |
| 3 years (2021-11-19) | 0.04% |
| 5 years (2019-11-20) | 92.47% |
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 current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 32x. In other words, Accenture shares trade at around 32x 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 shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Accenture's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.254. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares 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 share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
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.
| 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 | $226.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Accenture.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 18.24
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Accenture's overall score of 18.24 (as at 12/31/2018) is excellent – landing it in it in the 10th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Accenture is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 7.05/100
Accenture's environmental score of 7.05 puts it squarely in the 9th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Accenture is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 9.98/100
Accenture's social score of 9.98 puts it squarely in the 9th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Accenture is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 14.21/100
Accenture's governance score puts it squarely in the 9th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Accenture is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Accenture scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Accenture has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Accenture plc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 18.24 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 10.48 |
| Environmental score | 7.05 |
| Environmental score percentile | 9 |
| Social score | 9.98 |
| Social score percentile | 9 |
| Governance score | 14.21 |
| Governance score percentile | 9 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
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 shares by 9 October 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Accenture's shares 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 shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 90% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Accenture shares which in turn could have impacted Accenture's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Accenture's shares 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 share's 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 shares 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 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. The company was founded in 1951 and is based in Dublin, Ireland. .
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