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Accenture PLC

ACN Technology Information Technology Services

Accenture PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended August 2026) was $74.2 billion, up 6.47% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+6.15%
EPS
+45.8%
Free cash flow
−25.3%
Total debt
+96.4%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

265.86 1.59 +0.60%
Market cap
$156.7B
P/E
19.5×
Fwd P/E
17.6×
Dividend yield
2.48%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.86
Beneish M
−2.68
Dividend safety
87/100
Overview Business Profile Earnings & Analysis
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios
Segments Valuation Filings

Revenue by segment Fiscal 2026

  • Americas
  • EMEA
  • Asia Pacific

Every year since 2013 →

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 3.20
Sold, $m 15.08
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — 2 —
Sell — 11 5 — 1 — — 1 1 — 4 1
Insider Ownership 3.76%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 156,720.00
Revenue ttm 74,183.46
Net income ttm 8,522.88
Free cash flow ttm 11,620.60
Net debt Q (2,726.01)
Valuation
P/E 19.46
Forward P/E 17.60
Price / sales 2.20
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 14.01
Price / book 4.98
Financial health
Current ratio Q 1.43
Debt / equity Q 0.31 (at or below 0.5: strong)
Interest coverage Q 27.58
Growth
Revenue growth Q +6.15% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q +39.70% (above 0%: growing)
EPS, this year +5.07%
EPS, next year A +8.66%
Revenue, next year A +4.38%
EPS, past 5 yrs +8.16%
EPS, next 5 yrs A +7.47%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 2.2×, against a ten-year median of 2.7×; over the ten years it ranged from 1.0× in 2026 to 4.8× in 2021.
P/E against its own 10 years 17.27%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 23.03%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 9.72%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 25.67%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 9.64%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends raised 2 years running

Yield
2.48%
Annual rate
6.60
Payout ratio
48.7%
Growth, 2018–26
+11.4%/yr
  1. 2.79 ’18
  2. 2.26 ’19 −19
  3. 3.28 ’20 +45
  4. 3.61 ’21 +10
  5. 4.03 ’22 +12
  6. 5.77 ’23 +43
  7. 5.35 ’24 −7
  8. 6.07 ’25 +13
  9. 6.60 ’26 +9
paid change on the year, % Powerpack

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 2026
Cash 9,050 5,010 11,485 12,838
Receivables 12,227 13,665 14,985 16,328
Inventory — — — —
Other 2,105 2,183 2,431 2,665
23,382 20,858 28,901 31,831
2023 2024 2025 2026
Payables 2,491 2,744 2,696 3,003
ST’ Debt 105 946 114 113
Other — — — —
18,009 18,976 20,352 22,304

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 7.86% 7.98% 4.98%
Cash Flow 10.23% 6.62% 9.09%
Earnings 7.36% 7.21% 6.78%
Book Value 14.86% 10.24% 7.34%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q4 FY26 Estimate 3.19 Actual 3.29

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q1 FY26 3.73 3.94 Beat by 0.21
Q2 FY26 2.86 2.93 Beat by 0.07
Q3 FY26 3.70 3.80 Beat by 0.10
Q4 FY26 3.19 3.29 Beat by 0.10
Q1 FY27 3.90 — Reports 17 December 2026

EPS $

Nov Feb May Aug Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 3.54 2.93 3.80 3.29 13.56
’25 3.59 2.82 3.49 2.25 12.15
’24 3.10 2.63 3.04 2.66 11.44
’23 3.08 2.39 3.15 2.15 10.77
’22 2.78 2.54 2.79 2.60 10.71
’21 2.32 2.23 2.40 2.20 9.16
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Nov Feb May Aug Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 18,742 18,044 18,718 18,679 74,183
’25 17,690 16,659 17,728 17,596 69,673
’24 16,224 15,800 16,467 16,406 64,896
’23 15,748 15,814 16,565 15,985 64,112
’22 14,965 15,047 16,159 15,424 61,594
’21 11,762 12,088 13,264 13,419 50,533
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Nov Feb May Aug Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 1,664 3,818 3,786 3,095 12,363
’25 1,022 2,853 3,684 3,914 11,474
’24 499 2,101 3,142 3,389 9,131
’23 495 2,330 3,289 3,409 9,524
’22 531 2,155 3,065 3,790 9,541
’21 1,603 2,535 2,401 2,436 8,975
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Nov Feb May Aug Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 1,508 3,668 3,600 2,845 11,621
’25 870 2,683 3,515 3,806 10,874
’24 430 1,991 3,018 3,176 8,615
’23 397 2,223 3,148 3,229 8,996
’22 349 1,991 2,870 3,613 8,823
’21 1,510 2,442 2,243 2,200 8,395
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Valuation

The price implies free cash flow after share-based pay growing 3.5% a year for ten years. It grew 11.1% a year over the last ten.

Implied
3.5%
10 years, reported
11.1%
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Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to August

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 10 yrs 2027e 2028e 2029e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 36,177 40,993 43,215 44,327 50,533 61,594 64,112 64,896 69,673 74,183 +8.3% 77,430 81,362 86,192 +5.1%
Gross margin, % 30.60 30.48 30.81 31.53 32.38 31.99 32.34 32.61 31.91 32.05 +1.5 pt
EBT 4,616 5,808 6,252 6,774 7,761 9,196 9,139 9,699 10,270 11,372 +10.5%
EBT margin, % 12.76 14.17 14.47 15.28 15.36 14.93 14.26 14.95 14.74 15.33 +2.6 pt
Net income 3,635 4,215 4,846 5,185 5,991 6,989 7,004 7,419 7,832 8,523 +9.9%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 58.34 65.23 67.72 69.66 79.61 97.34 101.67 103.36 111.50 121.12 +8.5%
Earnings 5.56 6.46 7.49 8.03 9.31 10.87 10.90 11.57 12.29 13.66 +10.5%
Cash flow 8.02 9.59 10.39 12.91 14.14 15.08 15.10 14.54 18.36 20.19 +10.8%
Capex (0.83) (0.99) (0.94) (0.94) (0.91) (1.13) (0.84) (0.82) (0.96) (1.21) +4.3%
Free cash flow 7.19 8.60 9.45 11.97 13.23 13.94 14.27 13.72 17.40 18.97 +11.4%
Book value 15.66 17.07 23.24 27.50 31.66 35.95 41.96 46.46 51.59 53.43 +14.6%
Shares, m 620 628 638 636 635 633 631 628 625 612 (0.1%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 23.52 26.17 26.13 29.88 36.11 26.56 29.70 29.57 20.86 13.89 26.2
P/S 2.24 2.59 2.89 3.44 4.23 2.96 3.18 3.31 2.30 1.57 2.9
P/B 8.35 9.91 8.42 8.72 10.63 8.02 7.72 7.36 4.97 3.55 7.8
EV/Sales 2.13 2.47 2.75 3.25 4.07 2.84 3.05 3.25 2.21 1.53 2.8
EV/FCF 17.27 18.72 19.71 18.94 24.48 19.80 21.71 24.45 14.14 9.77 18.9
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 4,973 6,027 6,627 8,215 8,975 9,541 9,524 9,131 11,474 12,363 +10.6%
Capex (516) (619) (599) (599) (580) (718) (528) (517) (600) (743) +4.1%
Free cash flow 4,457 5,408 6,028 7,616 8,395 8,823 8,996 8,615 10,874 11,621 +11.2%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 2,273 3,434 4,389 5,087 3,958 4,087 5,373 1,882 8,549 9,527 +17.3%
Net debt (4,105) (5,040) (6,108) (8,448) (8,107) (7,839) (8,902) (3,985) (6,336) (2,726) (4.4%)
Shareholders’ equity 9,710 10,725 14,828 17,499 20,097 22,747 26,459 29,168 32,241 32,724 +14.5%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 15.91 17.23 17.62 15.28 14.72 15.21 13.95 13.56 12.66 12.04 (3.9) pt
ROIC 57.88 64.85 45.19 44.98 39.73 39.27 31.36 23.82 24.67 23.76 (34.1) pt
ROE 38.49 39.74 37.41 31.60 31.42 32.10 27.93 26.12 25.01 25.76 (12.7) pt
People
People Employees 425,000 459,000 492,000 506,000 624,000 721,000 733,000 774,000 779,000 814,000 +7.5%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.09 0.09 +0.8%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Aug 2026 · latest quarter Aug 2026 · fundamentals updated 2 Nov 2026

Business profile

Updated

Accenture is a business reinvention and technology company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Dublin. Julie Sweet is chair and chief executive officer. It helps enterprises, governments and public-sector bodies change how they operate, use technology and pursue growth, cost, resilience and customer-service objectives.

Its work combines business strategy and process design with technology implementation and ongoing operations. In plain English, Accenture can help a client decide how to change a function such as finance, supply chain, marketing or human resources; build or modernize the underlying data, cloud, security and software systems; help employees adopt the changes; and then operate or maintain parts of those systems and processes.

Where the money comes from and where it goes Fiscal 2026

Fiscal 2026: revenue by segment, and margins
Americas 36,547 49.27%
EMEA 26,959 36.34%
Asia Pacific 10,678 14.39%
Gross margin 32.05%
Operating margin 15.38%
Pre-tax margin 15.33%

Revenue by segment since 2013

Accenture PLC vs peers in Information Technology Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
IBM International Business Machines Corporation $233.6B 20.9× 25.8× +4.73% (above 0%: growing) +24.06% (above 0%: growing) +31.33% (above 0%: growing) 56.80% 15.88% Compare
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INFY American Noble Gas Inc. $52.0B 15.8× 19.1× +1.36% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% −15.71% (below 0%: shrinking) 31.06% 20.97% Compare
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WIT Wipro Limited $21.4B 18.2× — +1.02% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% +50.60% (above 0%: growing) 28.84% 16.42% Compare
CDW CDW Corporation $19.8B 18.6× 17.6× +17.73% (above 0%: growing) +11.55% (above 0%: growing) +24.62% (above 0%: growing) 20.51% 7.25% Compare
LDOS Leidos Holdings, Inc. $16.6B 12.0× 13.1× +3.60% (above 0%: growing) +16.05% (above 0%: growing) −30.00% (below 0%: shrinking) 17.71% 11.94% Compare
Median of peers $25.8B 18.2× 17.6× +4.10% +11.55% +4.46% 29.95% 13.67%

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From the latest earnings call

Updated

  • Julie Sweet said Q4 demand was led by large-scale reinventions, with data and AI embedded across client work and contributing to broader demand.
  • Angie Park said fiscal 2027 revenue guidance allows for stable to slightly improving discretionary spending at the high end and deterioration at the low end.

Analyst rating changes each firm’s latest, last six months

Firm Date Action Rating Target
UBS Oct 14, 2026 Reiterated Buy 275.00
Mizuho Oct 13, 2026 Target raised Outperform 226.00 → 241.00
Guggenheim Oct 6, 2026 Downgrade Buy → Hold 185.00
Wells Fargo Oct 6, 2026 Target raised Hold 194.00 → 210.00
UBS Group Oct 2, 2026 Reiterated Buy 275.00
BNP Paribas Oct 2, 2026 Target raised — 205.00
TD Cowen Oct 1, 2026 Reiterated Hold 173.00
Baird Oct 1, 2026 Target raised Outperform 190.00 → 245.00
Evercore ISI Oct 1, 2026 Target raised Outperform 180.00 → 250.00
JPMorgan Sep 30, 2026 Target raised Outperform 179.00 → 200.00

Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 12 December 2025

Chief executive’s pay

Year Total pay Actually paid $100 invested
2025 29.64m 16.55m 117.00
2024 24.92m 19.70m 151.00
2023 31.55m 28.94m 141.00
2022 33.70m 28.90m 123.00
2021 23.09m 37.44m 142.00
Total pay is as the Summary Compensation Table states it; actually paid revalues the year’s share awards at its end, as the SEC’s pay-versus-performance rule asks. $100 invested is what $100 in the company’s shares at the start of the earliest year shown was worth at each year’s end. Read the proxy statement

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