William Blair Has Positive Outlook for Accenture Q2 Earnings

Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) – William Blair boosted their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Accenture in a report released on Thursday, December 19th. William Blair analyst M. Nolan now anticipates that the information technology services provider will earn $2.89 per share 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.

Several other analysts have also weighed in on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their target price on shares of Accenture from $377.00 to $389.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, September 27th. Robert W. Baird reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $370.00 target price on shares of Accenture in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Jefferies Financial Group upped their target price on Accenture from $355.00 to $385.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday. The Goldman Sachs Group raised Accenture from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $370.00 to $420.00 in a report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, Piper Sandler Companies reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $329.00 target price on shares of Accenture in a research report on Friday, September 20th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Accenture currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $383.23.

Accenture Stock Down 1.6 %

Shares of NYSE ACN opened at $366.37 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $360.47 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $337.49. Accenture has a 52-week low of $278.69 and a 52-week high of $387.51. The stock has a market capitalization of $229.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.05, a PEG 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, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.43 by $0.16. The firm had revenue of $17.69 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $17.15 billion. Accenture had a net margin of 11.20% and a return on equity of 26.83%. The firm’s revenue was up 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.27 EPS.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Accenture

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Morse Asset Management Inc purchased a new position in Accenture during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $25,000. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC purchased a new position in shares of Accenture during the second quarter valued at $28,000. MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in Accenture during the third quarter valued at $30,000. Mowery & Schoenfeld Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in Accenture by 607.1% during the 3rd quarter. Mowery & Schoenfeld Wealth Management LLC now owns 99 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 85 shares during the period. Finally, RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC purchased a new position in Accenture during the 3rd quarter valued at about $39,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 75.14% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Angela Beatty sold 673 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $372.18, for a total transaction of $250,477.14. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 5,650 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,102,817. This trade represents a 10.64 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CAO Melissa A. Burgum sold 458 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $373.25, for a total value of $170,948.50. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 9,777 shares in the company, valued at $3,649,265.25. This trade represents a 4.47 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 36,298 shares of company stock worth $13,372,661. Corporate insiders own 0.07% of the company’s stock.

Accenture announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, September 26th that authorizes the company to buyback $4.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the information technology services provider to repurchase up to 1.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Accenture Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 16th will be issued a $1.48 dividend. This represents a $5.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.62%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 16th. Accenture’s payout ratio is 49.66%.

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.