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Accenture plc

Ireland · Large Cap · listed since 2001 · Revenue 12 mo. $74.2B

Price as of 11/06/2026

StockScorer score
4.5
of 10 5 of 11 points Low Match To the score
Price
$260.50
1 Y −1.7%
Market cap
$157.8B
Phase
Payout
core business profitable, at least half of operating cash flow goes to shareholders
Revenue +5.0% a year (3 years)EBIT margin 15.4%Payout 93.2% of operating cash flow

Accenture plc provides consulting and managed services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific.

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Accenture plc provides consulting and managed services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers artificial intelligence and data; cloud consulting; cybersecurity consulting; digital engineering and manufacturing; ecosystem partners; emerging technology; finance and risk management consulting; infrastructure and capital projects; digital learning; supply chain consulting; technology consulting; sustainability consulting; and metaverse solutions, as well as customer services. The company also provides proprietary assets and platforms, such as GenWizard, SynOps and reinvention.AI to clients. It serves aerospace and defense, automotive, banking, capital markets, chemicals, communications and media, consumer goods and services, energy, health, high tech, industrial, insurance, life sciences, natural resources, private equity, public service, retail, software and platforms, travel, and utilities industries. Accenture plc was founded in 1951 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

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Summary

Accenture plc is above the middle of the Technology sector overall

60.4 of 100

Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.

Analysis

What the price requires

The price requires 2.8% FCF growth a year, less than achieved over the last 5 and 10 years.

If free cash flow stays at €10.4B (2026), it supports €115.9B. The remaining €25.7B of the market value assume it grows 2.8% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.

Required FCF growth per year

2.8%

no growth afterwards

Market value breakdown€141.6B market value, price as of 11/06/2026

€115.9B without growth
€25.7B priced-in growth
  • 5 yrs achieved 5.9%
  • 10 yrs achieved 10.6%
  • priced in 2.8%

Valuation against its own history

Price to operating cash flow 12.8×, below its usual range.

Middle half of 20 quarters: 16.4× to 23.2×, median 19.5×.

Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.

4 signs support the expectation, none speaks against it.

What supports it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • Expectation below the company's own record priced in 2.8%, achieved at least 5.9%
  • High return on capital every year ROCE at least 22.2% (10 years)
  • Low capital needs capex median 1.2% of revenue (10 years)
1 more
  • Steady FCF margin at least 12.3%, range 4.9 pp (10 years)

What speaks against it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

No anomaly in the stored figures.

Since the last quarter

Q2 → Q3 2026

Mostly worse than the previous quarter: 3 of 5 changes for the worse.

  • FCF, 12 mo.$12.6B → $11.6B−7.6%worse
  • FCF margin17.2% → 15.7%−1.6 ppworse
  • Net debt−$1.8B → $565.5Msign changedworse
  • Shares outstanding616M → 605M−1.7%better
  • Return on equity24.5% → 26.6%+2.1 ppbetter

3 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin

Derivation

How the sector comparison is derived

Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.

Price as of 11/06/2026.

Profitability52.8around the middleEarns about as much as the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Return on equity26.51%14.60%Rank 75
Return on capital (Greenblatt)80.02%29.77%Rank 77
EBIT margin15.38%17.40%Rank 46
FCF margin15.66%18.54%Rank 45
Gross margin32.05%48.47%Rank 21
Growth31.5below the middleGrows more slowly than the sector: Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) 1.00%, sector 2.87%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Revenue growth, 1 year6.47%12.70%Rank 27
Earnings growth, 3 years per year7.99%9.54%Rank 46
Earnings growth, 5 years per year8.18%14.07%Rank 29
Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings)1.00%2.87%Rank 25
Valuation82.0above the middleValued lower than the sector: FCF yield 7.37%, sector 3.06%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Earnings yield5.20%2.64%Rank 82
FCF yield7.37%3.06%Rank 86
EV/saleslower is better2.135.18Rank 79
EV/EBITlower is better13.8826.24Rank 81
Momentum82.0above the middleShare price doing better than the sector: Share price, 3 months 53.38%, sector −5.84%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Share price, 1 year−1.67%−0.59%Rank 48
Share price, 6 months44.87%−4.46%Rank 95
Share price, 3 months53.38%−5.84%Rank 100
Distance from 52-week high−9.72%−33.23%Rank 86
Quality71.5above the middleQuality above the sector: Price reaction to results, market-adjusted 15.97%, sector −1.57%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Accruals (Sloan)lower is better2.36%1.65%Rank 46
Change in share countlower is better−2.36%−0.17%Rank 82
Dividend streak in years68Rank 63
Price reaction to results, market-adjusted15.97%−1.57%Rank 95
Balance sheet & risk42.8around the middleRisk about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Equity ratio42.89%53.98%Rank 34
Net debt/EBITDAlower is better0.04−0.20Rank 44
Debt to equitylower is better0.420.33Rank 42
Volatility, 1 yearlower is better49.80%50.37%Rank 52

Ten years in figures

Revenue from $36.2B (2017) to $74.2B (2026), 8.3% a year.

Fiscal years, amounts in USD
YearRevenue, $BEBIT marginFCF, $BSharesNet debt
201736.214.4%4.5660M−$4.1B
201841.014.4%5.4655M−$5.0B
201943.214.6%6.0650M−$6.1B
202044.314.7%7.6648M−$4.9B
202150.515.1%8.4646M−$4.7B
202261.615.2%8.8643M−$4.6B
202364.113.7%9.0639M−$5.9B
202464.914.8%8.6636M−$883.9M
202569.714.7%10.9632M−$3.3B
202674.215.4%11.6617M$565.5M
4.5 / 10Low MatchStockScorer score5 of 11 points

3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built

Accenture plc mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.

This stock · Profitability: 67%This stock · Growth: 0%This stock · Valuation: 100%This stock · Momentum: 0%Median of all stocks · Profitability: 33%Median of all stocks · Growth: 0%Median of all stocks · Valuation: 0%Median of all stocks · Momentum: 0%50%100%ProfitabilityGrowthValuationMomentumThis stockMedian of all stocks

How Accenture plc's score is built

Accenture plc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.

3 of 7 rules met

5 of 11 points

  1. Free cash flow yield above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  2. Return on capital (Greenblatt ROC) above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  3. Return on equity above the sector medianmet1 of 1 point
  4. Free cash flow margin above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  5. Revenue growth above 15%not met0 of 2 points
  6. 3-year earnings growth above 12% p.a.not met0 of 1 point
  7. 12-month share price more than 20 percentage points ahead of the marketnot met0 of 1 point
  8. Exclusion: financial and real estate stocksdoes not apply

Detail data

How does Accenture plc stock perform across 18 strategies?

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  • Trending Value: Value + Momentum
  • Undervalued Stocks: Multi-Factor Check
  • Altman Z-Score: Stress Test
  • Earnings Quality: Accrual Check (Sloan)
  • Magic Formula: Value + Quality
  • Levermann Strategy (13 Criteria)
  • Balanced GARP
  • Defensive: Low Volatility
  • Dividend Aristocrats & Continuity
  • Acquirer's Multiple: EV/EBIT Deep Value
  • High-Growth / Rule of 40
  • PEG Strategy (inspired by Peter Lynch)

Accenture plc key metrics: P/E, P/B and equity ratio

Selected fundamental metrics for Accenture plc.

MetricStockSector
P/E ratio19.235.1
P/B ratio5.15.5
Return on equity (ROE)26.5%14.6%
Equity ratio42.9%54.0%
Debt-to-equity (D/E)0.420.33
Dividend yield2.5%0.9%

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Frequently asked questions about Accenture plc stock

How does Accenture plc stock (ACN) score in the StockScorer model?
Accenture plc stock reaches a StockScorer score of 4.5 out of 10, which is a low match with the rule-based strategies. 3 out of 7 flagship profile rules are met.
What is Accenture plc's P/E ratio?
Accenture plc's P/E ratio is 19.2. The Technology sector median is 35.1.
What sector is Accenture plc in?
Accenture plc is assigned to the Technology sector. Its rank within the sector is 60.4 out of 100: 100 means the stock leads its peer group of large and mid-cap sector stocks in every measured area.

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