Accenture (NYSE:ACN) Earns “Hold” Rating from Jefferies Financial Group

Accenture (NYSE:ACN)‘s stock had its “hold” rating reiterated by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday,MarketScreener reports.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. TD Cowen lowered their price objective on shares of Accenture from $313.00 to $295.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. Benchmark reiterated a “mixed” rating on shares of Accenture in a report on Friday, June 20th. HSBC reduced their price objective on shares of Accenture from $240.00 to $215.00 in a research note on Friday. Wolfe Research dropped their price objective on Accenture from $290.00 to $285.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Finally, UBS Group decreased their target price on shares of Accenture from $363.00 to $315.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Accenture currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $300.22.

Accenture Price Performance

ACN opened at $247.22 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $154.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.36, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.30. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $252.72 and its 200 day simple moving average is $285.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 1.46. Accenture has a 1 year low of $229.40 and a 1 year high of $398.35.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) last released 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 firm had revenue of $17.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $17.34 billion. Accenture had a net margin of 11.02% and a return on equity of 26.45%. The business’s revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.66 earnings per share. Accenture has set its FY 2026 guidance at 13.190-13.570 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Accenture will post 12.73 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Accenture

In related news, CEO Julie Spellman Sweet sold 2,251 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.45, for a total transaction of $635,794.95. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 8,109 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,290,387.05. This trade represents a 21.73% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Angela Beatty sold 203 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.34, for a total transaction of $57,315.02. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 5,249 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,482,002.66. The trade was a 3.72% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 2,954 shares of company stock valued at $834,280. 0.02% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Accenture

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Viawealth LLC increased its position in shares of Accenture by 2.6% during the first quarter. Viawealth LLC now owns 1,307 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $408,000 after acquiring an additional 33 shares in the last quarter. Aprio Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Accenture by 2.1% during the 1st quarter. Aprio Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,640 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $512,000 after purchasing an additional 33 shares during the period. First National Advisers LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Accenture by 0.4% in the 1st quarter. First National Advisers LLC now owns 9,420 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $2,939,000 after buying an additional 34 shares during the last quarter. TCTC Holdings LLC increased its holdings in Accenture by 14.5% during the first quarter. TCTC Holdings LLC now owns 269 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $84,000 after buying an additional 34 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Spectrum Asset Management Inc. NB CA boosted its stake in Accenture by 0.3% in the first quarter. Spectrum Asset Management Inc. NB CA now owns 11,777 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $3,675,000 after acquiring an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. 75.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.