Accenture plc, a professional services company, provides strategy and consulting, interactive, and technology and operations services worldwide. The company also provides outsourcing services. It serves communications, media, high tech, software, and platform companies; banking, capital market, and insurance industries; and consumer goods, retail, travel services, industrial, and life science industries, as well as clients in health, public service, chemicals and natural resources, energy, and utility sectors. Accenture plc has alliance relationships with Adobe, Alibaba, Amazon Web Services, Blue Yonder, Cisco, Dell, Google, HPE, IBM RedHat, Microsoft, Oracle, Pegasystems, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, VMWare, Workday, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, CNH Industrial, and Reactive Technologies. It has an agreement with Duke Energy Corporation for the development of a technology platform designed to measure actual baseline methane emissions from natural gas distribution systems. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.
IPO Year: 2001
Exchange: NYSE
Website: accenture.com
| Date | Price Target | Rating | Analyst |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/8/2025 | $425.00 | Peer Perform → Outperform | Wolfe Research |
| 12/6/2024 | $370.00 → $420.00 | Neutral → Buy | Goldman |
| 10/30/2024 | $375.00 | Outperform → Neutral | Exane BNP Paribas |
| 9/30/2024 | $321.00 → $400.00 | Hold → Buy | TD Cowen |
| 9/26/2024 | $329.00 → $395.00 | Neutral → Overweight | Piper Sandler |
| 7/19/2024 | $400.00 | Neutral → Buy | UBS |
| 6/26/2024 | $382.00 → $300.00 | Overweight → Equal-Weight | Morgan Stanley |
| 6/24/2024 | $335.00 | Neutral | Goldman |
| 5/15/2024 | $409.00 → $295.00 | Buy → Hold | Deutsche Bank |
| 3/21/2024 | $400.00 → $360.00 | Positive → Neutral | Susquehanna |
Telstra and Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced a proposed joint venture (JV) to rapidly accelerate Telstra's data and AI roadmap to further extend its network leadership, improve customer experience, and help its teams operate more efficiently and effectively. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250115057058/en/Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO, Accenture and Vicki Brady, CEO, Telstra (Photo: Business Wire) Steered by joint global leadership, the JV would comprise specialists from Telstra and Accenture's Data & AI teams to build on Telstra's work creating a world-class data and AI ecosystem, modernising its data and AI pla
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has acquired a digital twin technology platform for banks developed by Percipient, a Singapore-based fintech company with deep experience in banking technology transformation. The acquisition enhances Accenture's existing banking modernization capabilities, helping financial services clients in Asia Pacific accelerate the reinvention of their core systems, foster innovation and drive growth. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250103552551/en/Accenture has acquired a digital twin technology platform for banks developed by Percipient, a Singapore-based fintech company with deep experience in bankin
Twenty-fifth annual edition explores future as AI-powered autonomy takes shape and ripples across all dimensions of how an enterprise can reinvent technology development, customer experience, the physical world and global workforce New research from Accenture (NYSE:ACN) finds a new era of digitization is unfolding—one in which AI continuously learns and drives new levels of autonomy across organizations, positioning trust in its performance as the most important measure organizations will need for AI to achieve its promise. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250106757872/en/New research from Accenture finds a new e
Powered by Accenture AI Refinery, built on NVIDIA AI, 12 new industry agent solutions help organizations accelerate an autonomous future Plans to expand to 100 agent solutions by the end of the year Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has launched AI Refinery™ for Industry with a collection of 12 industry agent solutions to help organizations rapidly build and deploy a network of AI agents that can enhance its workforce, address industry-specific challenges and drive business value faster. Today's announcement builds on Accenture's investments and leadership in driving generative AI reinvention for clients, having supported more than 2,000 projects for organizations across industries. This press rele
The three companies jointly showcase the warehouse of the future at CES 2025 Rob Smith, CEO of KION GROUP AG: "We're leveraging physical AI—making supply chains smarter, faster, and ready for the future." Building physical AI-powered digital twins used to improve productivity and functional design of warehouses with NVIDIA software KION GROUP AG, the Supply Chain Solutions Company, is working with Accenture (NYSE:ACN) to optimize supply chains using NVIDIA's advanced AI and simulation technologies. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250106399453/en/ At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the t
Accenture's strong Q1 FY25 results reflect broad-based revenue growth across all markets and industry groups; Company raises fiscal 2025 revenue outlook New bookings of $18.7 billion, an increase of 1% in both U.S. dollars and local currency Generative AI new bookings of $1.2 billion Revenues of $17.7 billion, an increase of 9% in U.S. dollars and 8% in local currency, with consulting revenues of $9.0 billion and managed services revenues of $8.6 billion GAAP operating margin of 16.7%, an increase of 90 basis points, and flat compared to adjusted operating margin1 reported in first quarter fiscal 2024 GAAP EPS of $3.59, an increase of 16%, and an increase of 10% over adjusted EPS
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has agreed to acquire IQT Group, a provider of engineering managed services for large infrastructure projects, based in Rovigo, Italy. The acquisition will combine Accenture's generative AI and digital capabilities with IQT Group's infrastructure projects expertise to help clients plan, execute and manage net-zero infrastructure projects more efficiently. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241217062373/en/Accenture has agreed to acquire IQT Group, a provider of engineering managed services for large infrastructure projects, based in Rovigo, Italy. (Graphic: Business Wire) IQT Group focuses on des
Program brings unique blend of technical and business curriculum to executives looking to augment their generative AI skillset Accenture (NYSE:ACN) is launching an on-demand learning program led by Accenture experts and powered by content from Stanford Online, designed to equip business and technology leaders with the knowledge and skills to harness the full potential of generative AI and drive greater business value for their organizations while balancing societal considerations. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241210485598/en/Accenture is launching an on-demand learning program led by Accenture experts and pow
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has agreed to acquire AOX, a German company specializing in embedded software for carmakers and their suppliers. The acquisition will enhance Accenture's capabilities to help automotive clients solve challenges they are facing in their transition to software-defined vehicles. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241202456824/en/Accenture has agreed to acquire embedded software company AOX in Germany to help automotive companies and their suppliers develop software-defined vehicles (Graphic: Business Wire) AOX designs and develops the complex system architectures and high-performance software that i
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) will host a conference call at 8:00 a.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, to discuss its first-quarter fiscal 2025 financial results. An earnings news release will be issued before the call. To participate in the teleconference, please dial +1 (877) 883-0383 [+1 (412) 317-6061 outside the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada] and enter access code 4670148 approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the call. The conference call will also be accessible live via webcast on the Investor Relations section of the Accenture website at accenture.com. A replay of the conference call will be available at accenture.com and at +1 (877) 344-7529 [+1 (412) 317-0088 outside the
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has acquired a digital twin technology platform for banks developed by Percipient, a Singapore-based fintech company with deep experience in banking technology transformation. The acquisition enhances Accenture's existing banking modernization capabilities, helping financial services clients in Asia Pacific accelerate the reinvention of their core systems, foster innovation and drive growth. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250103552551/en/Accenture has acquired a digital twin technology platform for banks developed by Percipient, a Singapore-based fintech company with deep experience in bankin
Accenture's strong Q1 FY25 results reflect broad-based revenue growth across all markets and industry groups; Company raises fiscal 2025 revenue outlook New bookings of $18.7 billion, an increase of 1% in both U.S. dollars and local currency Generative AI new bookings of $1.2 billion Revenues of $17.7 billion, an increase of 9% in U.S. dollars and 8% in local currency, with consulting revenues of $9.0 billion and managed services revenues of $8.6 billion GAAP operating margin of 16.7%, an increase of 90 basis points, and flat compared to adjusted operating margin1 reported in first quarter fiscal 2024 GAAP EPS of $3.59, an increase of 16%, and an increase of 10% over adjusted EPS
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) will host a conference call at 8:00 a.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, to discuss its first-quarter fiscal 2025 financial results. An earnings news release will be issued before the call. To participate in the teleconference, please dial +1 (877) 883-0383 [+1 (412) 317-6061 outside the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada] and enter access code 4670148 approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the call. The conference call will also be accessible live via webcast on the Investor Relations section of the Accenture website at accenture.com. A replay of the conference call will be available at accenture.com and at +1 (877) 344-7529 [+1 (412) 317-0088 outside the
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has acquired Award Solutions, a provider of training and consulting services in advanced wireless and network technologies, including 5G, internet of things, and cloud-based solutions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241121330816/en/Accenture has acquired Award Solutions, a provider of training and consulting services in advanced wireless and network technologies, including 5G, internet of things, and cloud-based solutions. (Photo: Business Wire) Established in 1997, Award Solutions is headquartered in Plano, Texas, and has employees based in Las Cr
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has acquired Allitix, a consulting and technology company specializing in Anaplan solutions with capabilities across financial planning and analysis, sales performance management and supply chain. The acquisition further strengthens Accenture's connected planning capabilities using Anaplan, a platform that helps organizations see, plan and lead better business outcomes, and enhances its ability to help clients standardize planning practices across business functions for increased agility, productivity, and data-driven decision making. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241101706095/en/Accenture ha
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has acquired Joshua Tree Group ("JTG"), a supply chain consulting firm specializing in distribution center performance. The acquisition will help Accenture make distribution centers more productive and efficient for its clients in retail, consumer goods and other product-based industries. It also expands Accenture's capabilities to design and build more autonomous supply chains, where AI-powered tools improve labor productivity, inventory management and customer fulfillment. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241011534028/en/Accenture has acquired Joshua Tree Group ("JTG"), a supply chain consulti
New bookings of $20.1 billion for the quarter and a record $81.2 billion for the full year, a 13% increase in U.S. dollars and 14% increase in local currency for the full year Generative AI new bookings of $1 billion for the quarter and $3 billion for the full year Fourth quarter revenues of $16.4 billion, an increase of 3% in U.S. dollars and 5% in local currency; GAAP operating margin of 14.3%, an increase of 230 basis points; adjusted operating margin of 15.0%, a 10 basis point increase1 Full year revenues of $64.9 billion, an increase of 1% in U.S. dollars and 2% in local currency; GAAP operating margin of 14.8%, an increase of 110 basis points; adjusted operating margin of 15.5%
New CEO has driven significant product capabilities, launched new SaaS platform, bolstered the leadership team, and refreshed the brand as company prepares for the AI era CloudBees, one of the world's leading software development platforms, announced today that thousands of developers and industry leaders will convene at DevOps World Virtual 2024 to celebrate 20 years of Jenkins and the future of DevSecOps, and the path forward as the world's businesses invest in cloud transformation and software for the AI era. "The Global 2000 has three key priorities - empower developers, modernize applications securely, and embrace the power of AI in their transformation journey. The reality, however,
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) will host a conference call at 8:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 to discuss its fourth-quarter and full-year fiscal 2024 financial results. An earnings news release will be issued before the call. To participate in the teleconference, please dial +1 (877) 692-8955 [+1 (234) 720-6979 outside the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada] and enter access code 5504138 approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the call. The conference call will also be accessible live via webcast on the Investor Relations section of the Accenture website at www.accenture.com. A replay of the conference call will be available at www.accenture.com and at +1 (866) 207-1041 [+1 (40
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has acquired BOSLAN, a provider of management services for large infrastructure projects, headquartered in Bilbao, Spain. With BOSLAN, Accenture will reinvent how clients engineer and execute net-zero infrastructure projects. By applying artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital technologies to asset lifecycle management, Accenture and the BOSLAN team will help clients optimize their project investments and become carbon-neutral faster. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240801843587/en/Accenture has acquired BOSLAN, a provider of management services for large infrastructure projects, headqu
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Wolfe Research upgraded Accenture from Peer Perform to Outperform and set a new price target of $425.00
Goldman upgraded Accenture from Neutral to Buy and set a new price target of $420.00 from $370.00 previously
Exane BNP Paribas downgraded Accenture from Outperform to Neutral and set a new price target of $375.00
TD Cowen upgraded Accenture from Hold to Buy and set a new price target of $400.00 from $321.00 previously
Piper Sandler upgraded Accenture from Neutral to Overweight and set a new price target of $395.00 from $329.00 previously
UBS upgraded Accenture from Neutral to Buy and set a new price target of $400.00
Morgan Stanley downgraded Accenture from Overweight to Equal-Weight and set a new price target of $300.00 from $382.00 previously
Goldman initiated coverage of Accenture with a rating of Neutral and set a new price target of $335.00
Deutsche Bank downgraded Accenture from Buy to Hold and set a new price target of $295.00 from $409.00 previously
Susquehanna downgraded Accenture from Positive to Neutral and set a new price target of $360.00 from $400.00 previously
Telstra and Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced a proposed joint venture (JV) to rapidly accelerate Telstra's data and AI roadmap to further extend its network leadership, improve customer experience, and help its teams operate more efficiently and effectively. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250115057058/en/Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO, Accenture and Vicki Brady, CEO, Telstra (Photo: Business Wire) Steered by joint global leadership, the JV would comprise specialists from Telstra and Accenture's Data & AI teams to build on Telstra's work creating a world-class data and AI ecosystem, modernising its data and AI pla
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) announced that its Board of Directors has nominated Masahiko Uotani and Jennifer Nason for election to the Board following Accenture's annual general meeting of shareholders on February 6, 2025. Uotani-san, 70, is the chairman and chief executive officer of Shiseido (OTC:SSDOY). Ms. Nason, 64, is the Global Chair, Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan (NYSE:JPM). They each will be listed as a director nominee in Accenture's 2024 proxy statement. The preliminary proxy statement is scheduled to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week. "I am pleased to welcome Uotani-san and Jennifer to our board of directors," said Julie Sweet, chair and CEO, Accentur
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has invested, through Accenture Ventures, in Cresta, a company that has developed an AI-powered platform designed for contact centers. As part of this investment, Accenture plans to integrate Cresta's AI software capabilities into Accenture's AI Refinery™️ a comprehensive platform that helps clients to build custom AI models that meet their unique business needs. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241119090748/en/Accenture invests in Cresta (Photo: Business Wire) Generative AI is transforming customer experiences by creating seamless, personalized interactions that boost loyalty and operational e
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Reality Defender, an RSA Innovation award-winning cybersecurity company specializing in deepfake detection. Together, Accenture and Reality Defender will equip clients in the financial services, media and high-tech industries with the ability to rapidly identify, detect, respond to and prevent deepfake fraud. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241022558250/en/Accenture and Reality Defender to Help Organizations in Financial Services, Media and High-Tech Rapidly Identify, Detect, Respond to and Prevent Deepfake Fraud (Photo: Business W
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has invested, through Accenture Ventures, in Martian, a technology company that has built a patent-pending Large Language Model (LLM) router. For any prompt, Martian's router will find and use the LLM that will give users the best result at the lowest cost. As part of this investment, Accenture plans to integrate Martian's advanced model router offering into its proprietary "switchboard" services that can customize large-language models (LLMs) for specific data sources and use cases for greater impact of AI systems. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240917605865/en/Accenture has invested, through
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced that Arundhati Chakraborty has been appointed group chief executive of Accenture Operations, effective as of Sept. 1. As clients look to reinvent their operations using tech, data and AI, Chakraborty brings an outstanding track record delivering complex transformations, particularly in her current role leading over 185,000 Accenture people across more than 125 Intelligent Operations Centers, focusing on compressed transformation through analytics, artificial intelligence and automation. With 30 years of industry experience, her ability to shape and implement talent strategy across diverse teams will help Accenture create ever greater value for clients
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Earli Inc., a biotechnology company that developed a novel approach to early cancer detection with a synthetic targeting platform that selectively reprograms cancer cells to reveal and destroy themselves. This investment from Accenture Ventures will support expanding collaborations with global health and pharma companies that can use Earli's technology to more rapidly and accurately detect and treat cancer. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240819448521/en/Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Ear
USA News Group CommentaryIssued on behalf of Avant Technologies Inc. VANCOUVER, BC, June 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- USA News Group – Several big winners have been made already in the ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. However, there's clearly none bigger than chipmaking giant NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), which just surpassed two of its big tech peers to become the most valued publicly-traded company on the planet. To put it into perspective, NVIDIA's market cap is currently larger than each of Europe's largest stock markets, while lucky investors who bet $1000 on NVIDIA stock just ten years ago would be sitting on an extra $297,600 today. Now as analysts are predicting that
Experienced leaders to continue to drive long-term growth Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced the appointment of new leaders who have been helping advance its strategy to reinvent companies in the age of AI and drive long-term growth for Accenture. Drawing on a strong bench of internal leaders, Accenture is making the following key appointments: Angie Park, Lead, Business and Commercial Finance, and former Head of Investor Relations, will become Chief Financial Officer on December 1, 2024, and will join the Global Management Committee. She succeeds KC McClure, who is retiring after 36 years of service with Accenture. McClure will step down as CFO and member of the Global Management Co
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Turbine, a predictive simulation company that is building a platform for interpreting human biology. Accenture's investment will help Turbine further extend its capabilities to global biopharma companies that can benefit from Turbine's ability to uncover hidden biological insights, with the potential to guide and accelerate key drug development workstreams. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240516190500/en/Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Turbine, a predictive simulation company that is build