Nisa Investment Advisors LLC Has $40.43 Million Stock Holdings in Accenture PLC $ACN

Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lowered its position in shares of Accenture PLC (NYSE:ACN) by 18.1% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 135,222 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock after selling 29,889 shares during the quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Accenture were worth $40,432,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in Accenture by 36.2% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 18,438 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $6,486,000 after purchasing an additional 4,905 shares in the last quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in Accenture by 185.1% in the 1st quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,349 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $733,000 after purchasing an additional 1,525 shares in the last quarter. Perpetual Ltd grew its stake in shares of Accenture by 0.7% in the first quarter. Perpetual Ltd now owns 7,838 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $2,446,000 after purchasing an additional 51 shares during the last quarter. Jaffetilchin Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Accenture in the 1st quarter valued at about $221,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Accenture by 17.5% in the first quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 66,606 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $19,744,000 after acquiring an additional 9,928 shares during the period. 75.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Accenture

In related news, CEO Julie Spellman Sweet sold 9,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.57, for a total value of $2,246,130.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 23,516 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,868,888.12. This represents a 27.68% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Ryoji Sekido sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.47, for a total value of $623,675.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly 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 can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 18,402 shares of company stock worth $4,595,374. Insiders own 0.02% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have commented on ACN shares. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Accenture in a research report on Tuesday, September 30th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Accenture in a research report on Friday. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on shares of Accenture from $370.00 to $330.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, September 26th. Mizuho lowered their target price on shares of Accenture from $348.00 to $309.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, September 29th. Finally, Rothschild Redb lowered shares of Accenture from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $297.48.

Accenture Trading Down 0.8%

NYSE:ACN opened at $247.93 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $247.27 and its 200-day moving average price is $277.55. The stock has a market cap of $163.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.41, a PEG ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 1.28. Accenture PLC has a 52 week low of $229.40 and a 52 week high of $398.35. The company has a quick ratio of 1.42, a current ratio of 1.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16.

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

Accenture Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 10th will be paid a $1.63 dividend. This is an increase from Accenture’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.48. This represents a $6.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 10th. Accenture’s payout ratio is currently 53.66%.

Accenture 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.