Accenture plc (ACN) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
Accenture plc (ACN) closed at $176.11 on 25 September 2026, down 0.7%. That leaves it down 2.9% over a week, down 2.9% over a month and down 26.3% over a year. That is 34% of the way up its 52 week range of $118.15 to $291.09. The median analyst price target of $188 sits 6.5% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
ACN trades above its 50 day average of $175.33 but below its 200 day average of $197.98: the recent move is up against a longer decline. The 50 day average sits below the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is 0.44, a stock that moves less than the market. It is 39.5% below its 52 week high and 49.1% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
In the last 90 days 10 firms recorded 11 actions on ACN: 9 kept a view and 2 downgrades. Price targets: 8 raised and 1 lowered. The most recent targets from 16 firms run from $150 to $270, with a median of $188, 6.5% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2026 | Susquehanna | Maintains Neutral | $140.00 to $153.00 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | JP Morgan | Maintains Overweight | $179.00 to $200.00 |
| 23 Sep 2026 | BMO Capital | Maintains Market Perform | $150.00 to $200.00 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | Deutsche Bank | Maintains Hold | $136.00 to $175.00 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | Guggenheim | Downgrades to Neutral from Buy | |
| 14 Sep 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Maintains Equal-Weight | $130.00 to $175.00 |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 1 October 2026 for Q4 2026, with earnings per share expected at $3.18. The last report, on 18 June 2026 for Q3 2026, showed EPS of $3.80 against $3.71 expected, a beat of 2.4%, on revenue of $18.7 billion. Accenture plc beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months Accenture plc shows revenue growth of 6.74%, a gross margin of 32.01%, an operating margin of 14.49% and a return on equity of 24.95%.
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | 6.7% | 52nd |
| Net income growth, TTM | -2.0% | 41st |
| Gross margin | 32.0% | 39th |
| Operating margin | 14.5% | 73rd |
| Free cash flow margin | 17.2% | 78th |
| Return on equity | 24.9% | 89th |
| Return on assets | 11.8% | 92nd |
| Debt to equity | 0.16 | 46th |
| Current ratio | 1.34 | 55th |
| Effective tax rate | 25.5% | 83rd |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About Accenture plc
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Information Technology
- Industry
- Business Services
- Headquarters
- DUBLIN, Ireland
- Chief executive
- Julie S. Sweet
- Employees
- 721,000
- Website
- accenture.com
Accenture plc provides strategy and consulting, interactive, and technology and operations services. The company offers application services, including agile transformation, DevOps, application modernization, enterprise architecture, software and quality engineering, data management, and intelligent automation. It also provides data-enabled operating models; technology consulting and artificial intelligence services; services related to talent and organization/human potential.
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Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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