Achmea Investment Management B.V. Has $31.06 Million Holdings in Accenture PLC $ACN

Achmea Investment Management B.V. grew its holdings in Accenture PLC (NYSE:ACN) by 37.3% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 103,919 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 28,211 shares during the period. Achmea Investment Management B.V.’s holdings in Accenture were worth $31,060,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in ACN. Truist Financial Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Accenture by 7.0% during the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 436,202 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $130,376,000 after buying an additional 28,685 shares in the last quarter. Redwood Investments LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Accenture by 6.2% during the 1st quarter. Redwood Investments LLC now owns 22,087 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $6,892,000 after buying an additional 1,287 shares in the last quarter. Lipe & Dalton boosted its holdings in shares of Accenture by 2,087.4% during the 1st quarter. Lipe & Dalton now owns 5,031 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $1,570,000 after buying an additional 4,801 shares in the last quarter. PDS Planning Inc boosted its holdings in shares of Accenture by 34.7% during the 2nd quarter. PDS Planning Inc now owns 4,055 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $1,212,000 after buying an additional 1,044 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Accenture by 6.4% during the 2nd quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 70,887 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $21,187,000 after buying an additional 4,281 shares in the last quarter. 75.14% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Julie Spellman Sweet sold 9,000 shares of Accenture stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $253.40, for a total value of $2,280,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 14,516 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,678,354.40. This trade represents a 38.27% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Ryoji Sekido sold 2,500 shares of Accenture stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.47, for a total value of $623,675.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,390 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $346,763.30. This trade represents a 64.27% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 27,402 shares of company stock valued at $6,875,974. 0.02% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on ACN shares. Susquehanna cut their price target on Accenture from $330.00 to $270.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Guggenheim cut their price target on Accenture from $305.00 to $285.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, September 26th. BNP Paribas Exane cut their target price on Accenture from $300.00 to $255.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, September 24th. Wells Fargo & Company initiated coverage on Accenture in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. They issued an “equal weight” rating and a $251.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Evercore ISI set a $280.00 target price on Accenture in a report on Thursday, September 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $294.25.

Accenture Trading Up 2.0%

Shares of Accenture stock opened at $247.85 on Thursday. Accenture PLC has a 1 year low of $229.40 and a 1 year high of $398.35. The firm has a market cap of $163.20 billion, a PE ratio of 20.40, a P/E/G ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 1.28. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $246.26 and a 200-day moving average price of $275.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 1.42.

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

Accenture Increases Dividend

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

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.