What is William Blair’s Estimate for Accenture Q2 Earnings?

Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) – Research analysts at William Blair boosted their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Accenture in a report issued on Thursday, December 19th. William Blair analyst M. Nolan now anticipates that the information technology services provider will post earnings per share of $2.89 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $2.86. The consensus estimate for Accenture’s current full-year earnings is $12.74 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Accenture’s Q1 2026 earnings at $3.52 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.07 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.54 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $3.29 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Guggenheim upped their price target on shares of Accenture from $380.00 to $395.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 27th. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of Accenture from $450.00 to $455.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 20th. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded shares of Accenture from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $370.00 to $420.00 in a report on Friday, December 6th. TD Cowen raised Accenture from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $321.00 to $400.00 in a report on Monday, September 30th. Finally, Citigroup upped their price target on Accenture from $350.00 to $405.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 17th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $383.23.

Accenture Stock Up 0.8 %

ACN stock opened at $361.63 on Monday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $360.35 and a 200 day moving average of $338.29. Accenture has a twelve month low of $278.69 and a twelve month high of $387.51. The firm has a market cap of $226.08 billion, a PE ratio of 31.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 1.24.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December 19th. The information technology services provider reported $3.59 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.43 by $0.16. Accenture had a net margin of 11.20% and a return on equity of 26.83%. The business had revenue of $17.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $17.15 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.27 earnings per share. Accenture’s quarterly revenue was up 9.0% on a year-over-year basis.

Accenture Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 16th will be paid a dividend of $1.48 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 16th. This represents a $5.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.64%. Accenture’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 49.66%.

Accenture declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, September 26th that allows the company to repurchase $4.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the information technology services provider to buy up to 1.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Accenture news, insider Angela Beatty sold 375 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $358.50, for a total transaction of $134,437.50. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 5,149 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,845,916.50. This trade represents a 6.79 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Julie Spellman Sweet sold 9,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $376.16, for a total value of $3,385,440.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 20,324 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,645,075.84. This represents a 30.69 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 36,673 shares of company stock worth $13,507,099. Company insiders own 0.02% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Accenture

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. 1ST Source Bank increased its stake in Accenture by 14.3% in the 3rd quarter. 1ST Source Bank now owns 1,506 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $532,000 after acquiring an additional 188 shares during the last quarter. Copley Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Accenture in the third quarter valued at $473,000. Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas bought a new stake in Accenture in the third quarter worth $8,920,000. Castellan Group raised its stake in Accenture by 4.1% during the third quarter. Castellan Group now owns 8,165 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $2,886,000 after purchasing an additional 323 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB grew its stake in shares of Accenture by 2.5% in the 3rd quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB now owns 41,175 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $14,555,000 after buying an additional 1,015 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 75.14% of the company’s stock.

Accenture Company Profile

Accenture plc, a professional services company, provides strategy and consulting, industry X, song, and technology and operation services worldwide. The company offers application services, including agile transformation, DevOps, application modernization, enterprise architecture, software and quality engineering, data management; intelligent automation comprising robotic process automation, natural language processing, and virtual agents; and application management services, as well as software engineering services; strategy and consulting services; data and analytics strategy, data discovery and augmentation, data management and beyond, data democratization, and industrialized solutions comprising turnkey analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions; metaverse; and sustainability services.