Recent Investment Analysts’ Ratings Updates for Accenture (ACN)

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for Accenture (NYSE: ACN):

• 3/17/2025 – Accenture was upgraded by analysts at Robert W. Baird from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating. They now have a $390.00 price target on the stock.
• 3/17/2025 – Accenture had its price target lowered by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $380.00 to $372.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 3/14/2025 – Accenture had its price target lowered by analysts at Piper Sandler from $429.00 to $396.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 3/11/2025 – Accenture was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 2/26/2025 – Accenture had its price target lowered by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $390.00 to $380.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/31/2025 – Accenture had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $335.00 to $380.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/21/2025 – Accenture had its price target lowered by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $385.00 to $355.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.

Accenture Trading Up 2.3 %

NYSE:ACN traded up $7.43 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $326.25. The company had a trading volume of 3,518,088 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,922,152. Accenture plc has a fifty-two week low of $278.69 and a fifty-two week high of $398.35. The business’s fifty day moving average is $363.01 and its two-hundred day moving average is $358.24. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a quick ratio of 1.47 and a current ratio of 1.47. The firm has a market cap of $204.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.37, a P/E/G ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 1.24.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) last released its earnings results on Thursday, December 19th. The information technology services provider reported $3.59 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.43 by $0.16. Accenture had a return on equity of 26.91% and a net margin of 11.41%. The firm had revenue of $17.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $17.15 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.27 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 9.0% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts expect that Accenture plc will post 12.73 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Angie Y. Park sold 685 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $354.38, for a total transaction of $242,750.30. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 8,674 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,073,892.12. This trade represents a 7.32 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Angela Beatty sold 375 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $358.50, for a total value of $134,437.50. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 5,149 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,845,916.50. The trade was a 6.79 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 22,280 shares of company stock worth $8,316,190 over the last ninety days. 0.02% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Morse Asset Management Inc bought a new position in Accenture in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. grew its stake in Accenture by 62.2% in the fourth quarter. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. now owns 73 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 28 shares in the last quarter. MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in Accenture in the third quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC bought a new position in Accenture in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Finally, Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Accenture in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. 75.14% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.