Accenture
ACN
Market cap $226B

360.74 USD

-0.33

0.09%

At close Oct 11, 4:00 PM EDT

After hours

360.74

+0.00

0.00%

1 day

-0.09%

5 days

0.21%

1 month

2.98%

3 months

21.06%

6 months

10.93%

Year to date

3.98%

1 year

15.42%

5 years

95.03%

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: 750,000

Industrials Business Services

0

Funds holding %

of 6,740 funds

0

Analysts bullish %

of 17 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

18% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.38B | Put options by funds: $1.17B

11% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 953 | Existing positions reduced: 861

2% less funds holding

Funds holding: 2,296 [Q1] → 2,251 (-45) [Q2]

2.77% less ownership

Funds ownership: 72.77% [Q1] → 70.0% (-2.77%) [Q2]

16% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $169B [Q1] → $143B (-$26.2B) [Q2]

21% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 165 | Existing positions closed: 210

24% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 99 [Q1] → 75 (-24) [Q2]

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Research analyst outlook

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

Low target

$321

11%

downside

Avg. target

$381

6%

upside

High target

$415

15%

upside

17 analyst ratings

12 positive

71%

5 neutral

29%

0 negative

0%

Barclays Ramsey El-Assal 60% 1-year accuracy 26 / 43 met price target	15%upside $415	Overweight Maintained	30 Sept 2024
TD Cowen Bryan Bergin 77% 1-year accuracy 17 / 22 met price target	11%upside $400	Buy Upgraded	30 Sept 2024
UBS Kevin Mcveigh 64% 1-year accuracy 9 / 14 met price target	15%upside $415	Buy Maintained	27 Sept 2024
Guggenheim Jonathan Lee 50% 1-year accuracy 2 / 4 met price target	10%upside $395	Buy Maintained	27 Sept 2024
BMO Capital Keith Bachman 81% 1-year accuracy 29 / 36 met price target	8%upside $390	Market Perform Maintained	27 Sept 2024

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 66 articles about ACN published over the past 30 days

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