Accenture PLC $ACN is Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC’s 10th Largest Position

Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC grew its position in Accenture PLC (NYSE:ACNFree Report) by 2.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 174,648 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,507 shares during the period. Accenture makes up approximately 1.8% of Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 10th largest holding. Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC’s holdings in Accenture were worth $52,200,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of ACN. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake 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 valued at $6,486,000 after acquiring an additional 4,905 shares during the period. International Assets Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in Accenture by 9.7% in the 1st quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 1,585 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $495,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares in the last quarter. Archford Capital Strategies LLC lifted its stake in shares of Accenture by 24.1% during the first quarter. Archford Capital Strategies LLC now owns 7,296 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $2,277,000 after purchasing an additional 1,419 shares in the last quarter. Field & Main Bank grew its stake in shares of Accenture by 5.1% in the first quarter. Field & Main Bank now owns 5,800 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $1,810,000 after buying an additional 280 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Daymark Wealth Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Accenture by 0.7% in the 1st quarter. Daymark Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,891 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $1,838,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 75.14% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have weighed in on ACN. Hsbc Global Res raised shares of Accenture to a “moderate sell” rating in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Susquehanna reduced their price target on Accenture from $330.00 to $270.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Accenture in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Robert W. Baird decreased their price target on shares of Accenture from $350.00 to $330.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, September 26th. Finally, UBS Group cut their price target on shares of Accenture from $363.00 to $315.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, September 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Accenture currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $297.48.

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Accenture Trading Down 0.5%

Accenture stock opened at $249.14 on Thursday. Accenture PLC has a 1 year low of $229.40 and a 1 year high of $398.35. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $247.18 and its 200-day moving average is $278.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 1.42 and a current ratio of 1.42. The company has a market cap of $164.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.51, a PEG ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 1.28.

Accenture (NYSE:ACNGet Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, September 25th. The information technology services provider reported $3.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.98 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $17.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $17.34 billion. Accenture had a net margin of 11.02% and a return on equity of 26.45%. Accenture’s revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.66 earnings per share. Accenture has set its FY 2026 guidance at 13.190-13.570 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Accenture PLC will post 12.73 earnings per share for the current year.

Accenture Increases Dividend

The business 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 is a boost from Accenture’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.48. This represents a $6.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 10th. Accenture’s dividend payout ratio is 53.66%.

Accenture Profile

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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.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Accenture (NYSE:ACN)

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