Accenture plc (ACN) Stock

Accenture plc (ACN) is a Technology stock trading at $176.75 (as of 2026-08-14), with a market capitalization of $108.81B and a trailing P/E of 14.0. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Accenture plc, a professional services company, provides strategy and consulting, interactive, and technology and operations services worldwide. The company offers application services, including agile transformation, DevOps, application modernization, enterprise architecture, software and quality engineering, data management, intelligent automation comprises robotic process automation, natural language processing, and virtual agents, and liquid application management services, as well as program, project, and service management services; strategy consulting services; critical data elements, data management and governance, data platform and architecture, product-based organization and skills, business adoption, and value realization services; engineering, and research and development digitization; smart connected product design and development; product platform engineering and modernization; product as-a-service enablement; products related to production and operations; autonomous robotics systems; the digital transformation of capital projects; and digital industrial workforce solutions. It also provides data-enabled operating models; technology consulting and artificial intelligence services; services related to talent and organization/human potential; digital commerce; infrastructure services, such as hybrid cloud, network, digital workplace and collaboration, service and experience management, infrastructure as code, and managed edge and IoT devices; cyber defense, applied cybersecurity, managed security, OT security, security strategy and risk, and industry security products; services related to technology innovation; and intelligent automation services. In addition, the company offers cloud, ecosystem, marketing, supply chain management, zero-based budgeting, customer experience, finance consulting, mergers and acquisitions, and sustainability services. Accenture plc was founded in 1951 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Understand Accenture plc: how it makes money

Accenture provides strategy and consulting, interactive services, and technology and operations services worldwide, and makes money by delivering work that shows up as both Managed Services Revenue and Consulting Revenue.

Accenture’s profit model is structurally tied to a nearly even revenue split between Managed Services Revenue (9.4B) and Consulting Revenue (9.3B), so results depend on sustaining both service line demand and execution.

Revenue by segment (latest quarter)
Managed Svcs$9.4B
Consulting$9.3B

Business quality (Solid): Balanced scale across managed services and consulting, with additional reported AI revenue streams, and a reported operating margin of 17.0%.

Valuation: Trades at 10× trailing earnings · $80B market cap.

Bull case

  • Broad service-line footprint: Managed Services Revenue is 9.4B and Consulting Revenue is 9.3B in the reported period, indicating substantial contribution from both categories.
  • Demand signals in outsourcing: Outsourcing Book-to-Bill is 1.4, which points to stronger new demand versus deliveries within outsourcing as reported.
  • AI offerings are contributing revenue: Reported AI-related revenue includes Advanced AI Revenue of 1.1B and Gen AI Revenue (YTD) of 2.0B, plus Gen AI Sales of 0.2B.

Bear case

  • Demand signal is not clearly accelerating at the total level: Overall Book-to-Bill Ratio is 1.0, which suggests total demand relative to deliveries is roughly flat as reported.
  • Talent retention remains a watch item: Prime Attrition is 19.0% in the reported set of operational metrics.
  • AI contribution is still a smaller slice of total revenue: AI-related numbers provided (for example, Gen AI Revenue of 0.7B and Advanced AI Revenue of 1.1B) are much smaller than total revenue of 18.7B.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$176.75
Market Cap$108.81B
P/E Ratio14.0
EV / EBITDA8.8
Price / Book3.30
Price / Sales1.49
FCF Yield11.6%
DCF Value (model)$237.20
DCF Upside vs Price34.2%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$69.67B
Net Margin11.0%
Revenue Growth (YoY)5.6%
EPS Growth (YoY)8.5%
FCF Growth (YoY)2.4%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score4.21 (safe)
Piotroski F-Score6/9 (moderate)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E14.0
Sector P/E (Technology)35.0
Industry P/E (Business Services)30.4
vs Sector-60.1%
vs Industry-54.1%
Company
SectorTechnology
IndustryBusiness Services
CEOJulie T. Spellman Sweet
Employees801,000
CountryIE
IPO Date2009-10-19

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Data as of 2026-08-14.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.