What is William Blair’s Estimate for Accenture Q1 Earnings?

Accenture PLC (NYSE:ACN) – William Blair upped their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Accenture in a report issued on Thursday, September 25th. William Blair analyst M. Nolan now forecasts that the information technology services provider will post earnings of $3.83 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $3.55. The consensus estimate for Accenture’s current full-year earnings is $12.73 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Accenture’s Q4 2026 earnings at $3.44 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $13.83 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $3.76 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $3.43 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $3.80 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $3.73 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $14.71 EPS.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September 25th. The information technology services provider reported $3.03 EPS 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 period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.66 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. Accenture has set its FY 2026 guidance at 13.190-13.570 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently weighed in on ACN. UBS Group lowered their target price on shares of Accenture from $363.00 to $315.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, September 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Accenture from $302.00 to $290.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, September 26th. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on Accenture from $325.00 to $271.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, September 9th. Rothschild Redb lowered Accenture from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. Finally, Robert W. Baird reduced their price objective on shares of Accenture from $350.00 to $330.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, September 26th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $300.22.

Accenture Stock Down 0.1%

Accenture stock opened at $246.72 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $154.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.31, a PEG ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.29. Accenture has a 52-week low of $229.40 and a 52-week high of $398.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 1.46 and a current ratio of 1.42. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $251.91 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $285.04.

Accenture Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 10th will be paid a $1.63 dividend. This represents a $6.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.6%. This is a positive change from Accenture’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.48. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 10th. Accenture’s payout ratio is 48.72%.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Angela Beatty sold 203 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the insider directly owned 5,249 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,482,002.66. The trade was a 3.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Julie Spellman Sweet sold 2,251 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 8,109 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,290,387.05. The trade was a 21.73% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 2,954 shares of company stock worth $834,280 over the last three months. 0.02% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Accenture

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Kelly Lawrence W & Associates Inc. CA purchased a new stake in shares of Accenture in the first quarter valued at about $31,000. Inlight Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Accenture in the 1st quarter worth about $32,000. RMG Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Accenture in the 2nd quarter valued at about $33,000. Howard Hughes Medical Institute bought a new position in shares of Accenture during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $40,000. Finally, WPG Advisers LLC purchased a new position in shares of Accenture in the 1st quarter worth approximately $42,000. 75.14% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.