Impact Partnership Wealth LLC Has $833,000 Holdings in Accenture PLC $ACN

Impact Partnership Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Accenture PLC (NYSE:ACN) by 39.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 2,786 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock after buying an additional 787 shares during the quarter. Impact Partnership Wealth LLC’s holdings in Accenture were worth $833,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Kelly Lawrence W & Associates Inc. CA acquired a new position in shares of Accenture in the 1st quarter valued at $31,000. RMG Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Accenture in the second quarter valued at about $33,000. WPG Advisers LLC acquired a new position in Accenture in the first quarter valued at about $42,000. Cheviot Value Management LLC bought a new position in Accenture during the first quarter worth about $43,000. Finally, Fiduciary Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Accenture during the 1st quarter worth about $45,000. 75.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Accenture

In other Accenture news, CEO Julie Spellman Sweet sold 9,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.57, for a total value of $2,246,130.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 23,516 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,868,888.12. The trade was a 27.68% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Ryoji Sekido sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.47, for a total value of $623,675.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 1,390 shares in the company, valued at approximately $346,763.30. This represents a 64.27% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 18,402 shares of company stock worth $4,595,374. Corporate insiders own 0.02% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on ACN shares. UBS Group decreased their target price on Accenture from $363.00 to $315.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded Accenture to a “moderate sell” rating in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on Accenture from $355.00 to $315.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, September 16th. Susquehanna decreased their target price on Accenture from $330.00 to $270.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on Accenture from $302.00 to $290.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, September 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Accenture presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $294.25.

Accenture Price Performance

Shares of ACN opened at $248.01 on Thursday. 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 stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $247.13 and a 200 day simple moving average of $276.58. Accenture PLC has a 52-week low of $229.40 and a 52-week high of $398.35. The firm has a market capitalization of $163.31 billion, a PE ratio of 20.41, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 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. The firm had revenue of $17.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $17.34 billion. Accenture had a return on equity of 26.45% and a net margin of 11.02%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.66 EPS. Accenture has set its FY 2026 guidance at 13.190-13.570 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Accenture PLC will post 12.73 EPS for the current fiscal 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 paid a $1.63 dividend. This represents a $6.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.6%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 10th. This is a positive change from Accenture’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.48. Accenture’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 53.66%.

About Accenture

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.