Accenture PLC $ACN Stock Holdings Raised by J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG

J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG lifted its stake in shares of Accenture PLC (NYSE:ACN) by 197.4% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 7,257 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,817 shares during the period. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG’s holdings in Accenture were worth $2,169,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of ACN. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in shares of Accenture by 36.2% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 18,438 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $6,486,000 after acquiring an additional 4,905 shares in the last quarter. RFG Advisory LLC boosted its holdings in Accenture by 4.7% in the first quarter. RFG Advisory LLC now owns 3,187 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $995,000 after purchasing an additional 143 shares during the period. Vest Financial LLC increased its stake in Accenture by 30.1% during the first quarter. Vest Financial LLC now owns 119,916 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $37,419,000 after purchasing an additional 27,769 shares during the last quarter. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of Accenture by 15.5% during the first quarter. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC now owns 3,863 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $1,206,000 after purchasing an additional 518 shares during the period. Finally, Atwater Malick LLC lifted its position in shares of Accenture by 2.5% in the 1st quarter. Atwater Malick LLC now owns 39,021 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $12,176,000 after buying an additional 942 shares during the last quarter. 75.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Accenture

In related news, CEO Mauro Macchi sold 500 shares of Accenture stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.34, for a total transaction of $141,170.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,283 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $644,582.22. The trade was a 17.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Angela Beatty sold 203 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.34, for a total transaction of $57,315.02. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 5,249 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,482,002.66. This trade represents a 3.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 2,954 shares of company stock valued at $834,280. 0.02% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on ACN shares. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Accenture in a research report on Tuesday. Guggenheim lowered their target price on Accenture from $305.00 to $285.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, September 26th. Benchmark reissued a “mixed” rating on shares of Accenture in a report on Friday, June 20th. Mizuho lowered their price objective on Accenture from $348.00 to $309.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday. Finally, Evercore ISI set a $280.00 target price on Accenture in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Accenture presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $300.22.

Accenture Price Performance

Shares of ACN opened at $245.39 on Friday. Accenture PLC has a one year low of $229.40 and a one year high of $398.35. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $249.57 and its 200-day moving average is $283.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 1.46 and a current ratio of 1.42. The firm has a market capitalization of $153.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 1.28.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) last released its earnings results on Thursday, September 25th. The information technology services provider reported $3.03 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.98 by $0.05. Accenture had a net margin of 11.02% and a return on equity of 26.45%. The firm had revenue of $17.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $17.34 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.66 EPS. Accenture’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. Accenture has set its FY 2026 guidance at 13.190-13.570 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Accenture PLC will post 12.73 EPS for the current year.

Accenture Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 10th will be given a $1.63 dividend. This represents a $6.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.7%. This is a positive change from Accenture’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.48. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 10th. Accenture’s payout ratio is currently 48.72%.

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.