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QUALITY SIGNAL RECENCY
1-STAR RATING
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BUY for 39 days
PROFIT SINCE LAST BUY
+6.93% ▲
LAST CLOSE
$177.41
09/24/2026
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Upturn Advisory & Investor View for ACN

09/24/2026: ACN (1-star) has a low Upturn Star Rating. Not recommended to BUY.

How to Read the Upturn Advisory

The Upturn Star Rating and the current BUY, SELL, or PASS advisory are generated by Upturn’s AI advisory engine based on proprietary signal analysis, price behavior, advisory history, and historical signal performance.

Company fundamentals, valuation, risks, and news provide supporting context about the business.

Price Behavior

Steep Decline
PRICE PATH

Steep Decline

The stock price has dropped sharply with strong downward pressure.

Choppy
PRICE STABILITY

Choppy

The stock has experienced frequent reversals and pronounced short-term price swings.

Analysis of Past Performance

Type Stock
Historic Profit -0.88%
Avg. Invested days 49
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Upturn Scorecard

Upturn Star Rating

★★★★★
ACN receives a 4-star rating, supported by solid unit economics, solid company fundamentals, solid quantitative characteristics, and solid analyst coverage. The rating is constrained by weak price momentum, and limited analyst upside.

Company Fundamentals

★★★★★
ACN has solid overall fundamentals (4 stars), with solid financial health, solid growth momentum, and solid ownership. In FY2025 versus FY2024, moderate earnings growth (+5.7%) and strong cash generation (FCF margin 15.6%) are partially offset by moderate revenue growth (+7.4%), very low insider ownership of 0.04%.

Financial Health Rating

★★★★★
ACN's financial health is supported by strong cash strength, including free-cash-flow generation of $10.9B (15.6% of revenue). Profitability is moderate (3 stars), which helps explain the 4-star overall score.

Growth Momentum Score

★★★★★
Free-cash-flow growth is ACN's strongest growth driver at +26.2% FY2025 versus FY2024 (solid, 4 stars). Revenue growth (+7.4%, moderate) and earnings growth (+5.7%, moderate) are also constructive, though not equally high across every growth measure.

Ownership

★★★★★
Institutional ownership is 82.5% and approximately 99.8% of outstanding shares are publicly tradable, supporting liquidity and institutional participation. Insider ownership is only 0.04%, which materially reduces the ownership score.

Top 5 Institutional Investors

BlackRock Inc 9.34%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC 6.53%
State Street Corp 4.71%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC 3.20%
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc 3.19%

Unit Economics (Per $1K Revenue)

★★★★★
ACN generates approximately $319 of gross profit, $147 of operating income, and $156 of free cash flow for every $1,000 of revenue. Based on FY2025 results. Strong margins, cash conversion, and capital efficiency support the rating.

Economic Dimensions

★★★★★
Effective Tax Rate: 23.74%

Quantitative Style Profile

★★★★★
ACN has a high-quality, large-cap, liquid profile. Weak momentum is the primary drawback.

Style Classification

Quality Focused

Value-OrientedQuality TiltLarge / Mega Cap StabilityHighly Liquid / Institution-Friendly

Key Highlights

Company Size Large-Cap Stock
Market Capitalization 112.30B USD
Price to earnings Ratio 14.67
1Y Target Price 191.61
Price to earnings Ratio 14.67
1Y Target Price 191.61
Volume (30-day avg) 5.1M shares
Beta 1.09
52 Weeks Range 116.75 - 285.21
Updated Date 09/23/2026
52 Weeks Range 116.75 - 285.21
Updated Date 09/23/2026
Dividends yield (FY) 3.55%
Basic EPS (TTM) 12.51

Analyzing Revenue: Products, Geography and Growth

Revenue by Products

Product revenue - Year on Year

Revenue by Geography

Geography revenue - Year on Year

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Earnings Date

Report Date 2026-10-01
When Before Market
Estimate 3.19
Actual -

Profitability

Profit Margin 10.66%
Operating Margin (TTM) 16.96%

Management Effectiveness

Return on Assets (TTM) 10.9%
Return on Equity (TTM) 24.41%

Valuation

Trailing PE 14.67
Forward PE 12.41
Enterprise Value 110.64B
Price to Sales(TTM) 1.54
Enterprise Value 110.64B
Price to Sales(TTM) 1.54
Enterprise Value to Revenue 1.51
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 8.97
Shares Outstanding 611.94M
Shares Floating 610.97M
Shares Outstanding 611.94M
Shares Floating 610.97M
Percent Insiders 0.04
Percent Institutions 82.5

Financial Metrics

🧭 Investment Snapshot

Total Revenue (Scale)

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Net Income (Profit)

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Free Cash Flow (Cash Strength)

Information icon Cash remaining after operating activities and capital expenditures, showing cash available for growth. It is needed to evaluate the company’s ability to invest, pay dividends, or reduce debt.

📈 Growth & Strength

Operating Income (Core Profit)

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EBITDA (Cash Earnings)

Information icon Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, indicating operating cash potential. It is needed to compare operating performance across companies without accounting or financing differences.

Gross Profit (Unit Profitability)

Information icon Revenue minus cost of revenue, showing profit after direct production costs. It is needed to evaluate core business profitability before overhead expenses.

🛡️ Financial Safety

Cash (Liquidity Buffer)

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Total Debt (Leverage Risk)

Information icon Total debt including both short-term and long-term components. It is needed to assess the company’s leverage and financial risk.

Net Working Capital (Short-Term Health)

Information icon Current assets minus current liabilities, indicating short-term liquidity strength. It is needed to assess whether the company can meet its short-term obligations.

🧱 Balance Sheet Strength

Stockholder Equity (Net Worth)

Information icon Total equity value held by shareholders. It is needed to understand the net worth of the company from the owners’ perspective.

Total Assets (Asset Base)

Information icon The full value of everything the company owns, including cash, inventory, equipment, and investments. It is needed to understand the resource base used to generate revenue.

Income Before Tax (Pre-Tax Earnings)

Information icon Income before provision for income taxes. It is needed to analyze profitability independent of tax structures.

⚙️ Cost & Drag Factors

Cost of Revenue (Production Cost)

Information icon Direct costs required to produce and deliver the products or services sold. It is needed to assess efficiency in production and service delivery.

Total Operating Expenses (Operating Cost)

Information icon Indirect costs of running the business such as salaries, marketing, and administration. It is needed to understand how much it costs to sustain ongoing business operations.

Income Tax Expense (Tax Drag)

Information icon Amount of taxes paid or payable to the government. It is needed to evaluate the impact of taxation on overall profitability.

About Accenture plc

Exchange NYSE
Headquarters -
IPO Launch date 2001-07-19
CEO & Chairman Ms. Julie T. Spellman Sweet J.D.
Sector Technology
Industry Information Technology Services
Full time employees 799000
Full time employees 799000

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. It serves communications, media, and technology; financial services; banking and capital markets, and insurance; health and public service; consumer goods, retail, travel services; industrial; life science; and chemicals, natural resources, energy, and utilities sectors. Accenture plc has collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver transformative digital services to public sector, defense, and national security organizations. It has a collaboration with OpenAI to help enterprise clients unlock new levels of innovation and growth by bringing agentic AI systems; has a strategic collaboration with Microsoft and Avanade for the development of an agentic factory intelligence system; and INFRONEER Holdings Inc. and SAP Japan Co., Ltd. to develop a new financial data and insights platform. It also has strategic partnership with Netomi, Inc. to help enterprises reinvent customer experience using agentic AI systems. The company has a strategic alliance with ServiceNow for integrated risk management and third-party risk management solutions. Accenture plc was founded in 1951 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.