Accenture PLC $ACN Shares Bought by Values Added Financial LLC

Values Added Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of Accenture PLC (NYSE:ACN) by 29.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 899 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 207 shares during the period. Values Added Financial LLC’s holdings in Accenture were worth $269,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Trifecta Capital Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Accenture by 38.3% in the 2nd quarter. Trifecta Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,640 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $490,000 after acquiring an additional 454 shares during the period. Clear Creek Financial Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Accenture by 43.8% in the 2nd quarter. Clear Creek Financial Management LLC now owns 1,334 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $399,000 after acquiring an additional 406 shares during the period. Ignite Planners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Accenture by 35.5% in the 2nd quarter. Ignite Planners LLC now owns 1,160 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $328,000 after acquiring an additional 304 shares during the period. Navera Investment Management Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Accenture by 14.6% in the 2nd quarter. Navera Investment Management Ltd. now owns 945,828 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $282,547,000 after acquiring an additional 120,763 shares during the period. Finally, Lakeshore Capital Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Accenture by 16.9% in the 2nd quarter. Lakeshore Capital Group Inc. now owns 2,886 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $863,000 after acquiring an additional 417 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 75.14% of the company’s stock.

Accenture Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of Accenture stock opened at $253.17 on Thursday. Accenture PLC has a fifty-two week low of $229.40 and a fifty-two week high of $398.35. The firm has a market cap of $158.57 billion, a PE ratio of 20.84, a P/E/G ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.28. The business’s fifty day moving average is $248.02 and its two-hundred day moving average is $282.42. The company has a quick ratio of 1.46, a current ratio of 1.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 25th. The information technology services provider reported $3.03 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.98 by $0.05. Accenture had a return on equity of 26.45% and a net margin of 11.02%.The company had revenue of $17.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $17.34 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.66 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter 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. Analysts anticipate that Accenture PLC will post 12.73 earnings per share for the current year.

Accenture Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 14th. Investors of record on Friday, October 10th will be given 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 dividend yield of 2.6%. Accenture’s dividend payout ratio is 48.72%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently weighed in on ACN. BNP Paribas Exane lowered their price target on Accenture from $300.00 to $255.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, September 24th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on Accenture from $325.00 to $270.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, September 26th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded Accenture to a “moderate sell” rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. Susquehanna lowered their target price on Accenture from $330.00 to $270.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on Accenture from $355.00 to $315.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, September 16th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Accenture currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $300.22.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Angela Beatty sold 203 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, July 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.34, for a total value of $57,315.02. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 5,249 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,482,002.66. This trade represents a 3.72% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Mauro Macchi sold 500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, July 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.34, for a total value of $141,170.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,283 shares in the company, valued at $644,582.22. This trade represents a 17.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 2,954 shares of company stock valued at $834,280. 0.02% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Accenture 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.