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Accenture

ACN NYSE IT Consulting & Other Services Financials FY2017–FY2026

Accenture's revenue rose 6.5% to $74.2 billion in fiscal 2026. Its operating margin was 15.4%, up from 14.7% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $11.6 billion, up 6.9%. It paid out $11.5 billion in dividends and buybacks, 99% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 2.4%.

Last close · Oct 23, 2026

$249.37

3.6%
Value it Compare
Revenue Total sales reported in the income statement.
$74.2B
6.5% vs prior year
Operating margin Operating income as a share of revenue.
15.4%
0.7 pts
Net income Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
$8.4B
9.0%
Free cash flow Cash from operations minus capital spending.
$11.6B
6.9%
Return on capital After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
30.6%
0.1 pts
Market cap Last close times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate.
$154.0B
Oct 23 close
P/E Last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters.
18.4x

What Accenture does

Accenture sells consulting, technology and outsourcing services to other organizations. It helps clients plan and carry out changes to their operations, with work in strategy, data, cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI) and running business functions for them. It serves more than 9,000 clients, mostly very large companies and governments, and had revenues of approximately $74 billion in fiscal 2026.

Accenture earns its revenue from fees for these services. It reports three segments, which are its geographic markets: Americas, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and Asia Pacific. It also sells to five industry groups, the largest being Products, which includes consumer goods, retail, industrial and life sciences clients and made up 30% of revenues. Accenture says its 18 key ecosystem partners, mainly technology companies, were tied to about 65% of its revenue. It competes with large IT service firms, offshore providers, accounting firms and consultancies, in-house technology teams and AI-focused start-ups.

As of August 31, 2026, Accenture employed approximately 814,000 people, most of them in India, the Philippines and the United States. It also buys other companies as part of its growth plans.

Legal name
Accenture plc
Fiscal year ends
August 31, 2026
Latest annual report
10-K · Oct 16, 2026
Accession · CIK
0001467373-26-000049
0001467373

Revenue and margins

Accenture had $74.2B of revenue in fiscal 2026, up 6.5% on the year before.

Revenue
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Net income and earnings per share

From fiscal 2017 to 2026, diluted EPS grew 10.7% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.

Net income
Net income
Diluted EPS
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Returns on capital

After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.

Return on capital, equity and assets (annual)
Return on capital Return on equity Return on assets

Cash flow

Free cash flow was $11.6B in fiscal 2026, 15.7% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.

Free cash flow
Free cash flow
Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations Capital spending
Cash from operations vs capital spending
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Dividends, buybacks and share count

Accenture returned $11.5B to shareholders in fiscal 2026, 99% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 2.4%.

Dividends and buybacks
Dividends Buybacks
Dividends and buybacks
Dividends Buybacks
Diluted shares outstanding (annual)

Value Accenture yourself

Change the assumptions and see what they imply per share. These are models, not forecasts or price targets — the answer depends entirely on what you put in.

Discounted cash flow

Value per share

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Adds net cash of $2.7B and divides by 617.5M diluted shares. Ten years of cash flows plus a terminal value, discounted to today.

Earnings multiple

Value per share

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Reference multiples: today 18.4x · peers 21.4x · sector 33.5x.

Balance sheet

Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Accenture can carry it.

Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Cash Debt
Fiscal year endFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Cash and short-term investments $7.9B$9.0B$5.0B$11.5B$12.8B
Debt incl. finance leases $45.9M$43.1M$1.0B$5.1B$10.1B
Net debt / EBITDA −0.7x−0.9x−0.4x−0.6x−0.2x
Debt / equity 0.0x0.0x0.0x0.2x0.3x
Interest coverage 198.0x185.4x162.7x44.7x37.6x
Current ratio 1.2x1.3x1.1x1.4x1.4x
Quick ratio 1.2x1.3x1.1x1.4x1.4x
Total assets $47.3B$51.2B$55.9B$65.4B$73.6B
Total liabilities $24.5B$24.8B$26.8B$33.2B$40.9B
Shareholders' equity $22.1B$25.7B$28.3B$31.2B$31.6B
Net debt (− = net cash) −$7.8B−$9.0B−$4.0B−$6.4B−$2.7B

Insider trades

Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.

Bought, 12 months

$0.0M

0 insiders

Sold, 12 months

$7.5M

9 insiders

Of sales under plans

81%

$6.0M

DateInsiderTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
Oct 22, 2026 Melissa A BurgumChief Accounting Officer Sold plan 811 $250.00 $0.2M Form 4
Oct 22, 2026 Ryoji SekidoCo-CEO Asia Pacific Sold 5,844 $244.84 $1.4M Form 4
Oct 12, 2026 Catherine Kiernan HoganChief Operating Officer Sold plan 700 $214.24 $0.1M Form 4
Oct 8, 2026 Catherine Kiernan HoganChief Operating Officer Sold plan 1,320 $200.00 $0.3M Form 4
Aug 14, 2026 Katherine Lee CliffordChief Leadership & HR Officer Sold 68 $175.98 $0.0M Form 4
Jul 30, 2026 Joel UnruchGeneral Counsel/Corp Secretary Sold plan 10,498 $162.97 $1.7M Form 4
Apr 30, 2026 Atsushi EgawaCo-CEO Asia Pacific Sold plan 4,872 $177.14 $0.9M Form 4
Feb 10, 2026 Julie Spellman SweetChair and CEO, Director Sold plan 6,057 $241.23 $1.5M Form 4
Feb 4, 2026 John F WalshCEO-The Americas Sold plan 14 $242.04 $0.0M Form 4
Feb 3, 2026 Julie Spellman SweetChair and CEO, Director Sold plan 5,500 $242.39 $1.3M Form 4
Feb 3, 2026 Manish SharmaChief Strategy & Services Ofcr Sold plan 98 $250.36 $0.0M Form 4
Feb 3, 2026 Melissa A BurgumChief Accounting Officer Sold plan 15 $250.43 $0.0M Form 4

Piotroski F-score

Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8–9 is strong, 0–2 weak.

TestFY24FY25FY26
Net income is positive ✓ ✓ ✓
Cash from operations is positive ✓ ✓ ✓
Return on assets rose ✕ ✕ ✕
Cash from operations exceeds net income ✓ ✓ ✓
Debt fell relative to assets ✕ ✕ ✕
Current ratio rose ✕ ✓ ✓
Share count didn't rise ✓ ✓ ✓
Gross margin rose ✓ ✕ ✓
Revenue rose relative to assets ✕ ✕ ✕
F-score 5 / 95 / 96 / 9
Accruals ratio −3.5%−6.3%−5.8%
Altman Z'' 3.863.983.84

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Stories about Accenture

10 years of figures

US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.

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Fiscal yearFY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Income statement
Revenue $36.2B $41.0B $43.2B $44.3B $50.5B $61.6B $64.1B $64.9B $69.7B $74.2B
Gross profit $11.1B $12.5B $13.3B $14.0B $16.4B $19.7B $20.7B $21.2B $22.2B $23.8B
Research and development $704M $791M $800M $871M $1.1B $1.1B $1.3B $1.2B $817M $1.0B
Operating income $5.2B $5.9B $6.3B $6.5B $7.6B $9.4B $8.8B $9.6B $10.2B $11.4B
Interest expense $15.5M $19.5M $23.0M $33.1M $59.5M $47.3M $47.5M $59.0M $229M $303M
Pretax income $4.6B $5.8B $6.3B $6.8B $7.8B $9.2B $9.1B $9.7B $10.3B $11.4B
Income tax $981M $1.6B $1.4B $1.6B $1.8B $2.2B $2.1B $2.3B $2.4B $2.8B
Net income $3.4B $4.1B $4.8B $5.1B $5.9B $6.9B $6.9B $7.3B $7.7B $8.4B
Diluted EPS $5.44 $6.34 $7.36 $7.89 $9.16 $10.71 $10.77 $11.44 $12.15 $13.56
Diluted shares 0.66B 0.66B 0.65B 0.65B 0.65B 0.64B 0.64B 0.64B 0.63B 0.62B
Cash flow
Cash from operations $5.0B $6.0B $6.6B $8.2B $9.0B $9.5B $9.5B $9.1B $11.5B $12.4B
Capital expenditure $516M $619M $599M $599M $580M $718M $528M $517M $600M $743M
Free cash flow $4.5B $5.4B $6.0B $7.6B $8.4B $8.8B $9.0B $8.6B $10.9B $11.6B
Depreciation and amortization $802M $927M $893M $1.0B $1.1B $1.3B $1.4B $1.4B $1.4B $1.2B
Stock-based compensation $795M $977M $1.1B $1.2B $1.3B $1.7B $1.9B $1.9B $2.1B $2.1B
Acquisitions $1.7B $658M $1.2B $1.5B $4.2B $3.4B $2.5B $6.6B $1.5B $4.9B
Share buybacks $2.6B $2.6B $2.7B $2.9B $3.7B $4.1B $4.3B $4.5B $4.6B $7.5B
Dividends paid $1.6B $1.7B $1.9B $2.0B $2.2B $2.5B $2.8B $3.2B $3.7B $4.0B
Dividends and buybacks $4.2B $4.3B $4.6B $5.0B $5.9B $6.6B $7.2B $7.8B $8.3B $11.5B
Balance sheet
Cash and short-term investments $4.1B $5.1B $6.1B $8.5B $8.2B $7.9B $9.0B $5.0B $11.5B $12.8B
Total debt $22.2M $19.7M $16.2M $54.1M $53.5M $45.9M $43.1M $1.0B $5.1B $10.1B
Finance lease liabilities $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M
Current assets $12.1B $13.6B $15.5B $17.7B $19.7B $21.6B $23.4B $20.9B $28.9B $31.8B
Current liabilities $9.8B $10.2B $11.1B $12.7B $15.7B $17.5B $18.0B $19.0B $20.4B $22.3B
Inventory $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M
Property and equipment, net $1.1B $1.3B $1.4B $1.5B $1.6B $1.7B $1.5B $1.5B $1.6B $1.7B
Total assets $22.7B $24.4B $29.8B $37.1B $43.2B $47.3B $51.2B $55.9B $65.4B $73.6B
Total liabilities $13.0B $13.7B $15.0B $19.6B $23.1B $24.5B $24.8B $26.8B $33.2B $40.9B
Shareholders' equity $8.9B $10.4B $14.4B $17.0B $19.5B $22.1B $25.7B $28.3B $31.2B $31.6B
Margins
Gross margin 30.6% 30.5% 30.8% 31.5% 32.4% 32.0% 32.3% 32.6% 31.9% 32.1%
Operating margin 14.4% 14.4% 14.6% 14.7% 15.1% 15.2% 13.7% 14.8% 14.7% 15.4%
EBITDA margin 16.6% 16.7% 16.7% 17.0% 17.3% 17.4% 15.9% 17.0% 16.6% 17.1%
Net margin 9.5% 9.9% 11.1% 11.5% 11.7% 11.2% 10.7% 11.2% 11.0% 11.3%
FCF margin 12.3% 13.2% 14.0% 17.2% 16.6% 14.3% 14.0% 13.3% 15.6% 15.7%
Returns
Return on capital 91.8% 75.9% 67.9% 56.2% 56.0% 53.0% 41.7% 34.4% 30.6% 30.6%
Return on capital employed 42.2% 43.4% 38.2% 30.2% 29.4% 32.8% 28.0% 27.3% 24.9% 23.7%
Return on equity 41.8% 42.0% 38.6% 32.5% 32.3% 33.0% 28.8% 26.9% 25.8% 26.7%
Return on assets 15.9% 17.2% 17.6% 15.3% 14.7% 15.2% 14.0% 13.6% 12.7% 12.0%
Growth
Revenue growth 4.0% 13.3% 5.4% 2.6% 14.0% 21.9% 4.1% 1.2% 7.4% 6.5%
Net income growth −16.2% 17.8% 17.7% 6.9% 15.6% 16.4% −0.1% 5.7% 5.7% 9.0%
EPS growth −15.7% 16.5% 16.1% 7.2% 16.1% 16.9% 0.6% 6.2% 6.2% 11.6%
FCF growth 6.9% 21.3% 11.5% 26.4% 10.2% 5.1% 2.0% −4.2% 26.2% 6.9%
Share count change −1.1% −0.8% −0.8% −0.4% −0.3% −0.5% −0.7% −0.4% −0.6% −2.4%
Financial health
Net debt / EBITDA −0.7x −0.7x −0.9x −1.1x −0.9x −0.7x −0.9x −0.4x −0.6x −0.2x
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.0x 0.0x 0.0x 0.0x 0.0x 0.0x 0.0x 0.2x 0.3x
Interest coverage 334.0x 301.9x 274.6x 197.0x 128.1x 198.0x 185.4x 162.7x 44.7x 37.6x
Current ratio 1.2x 1.3x 1.4x 1.4x 1.3x 1.2x 1.3x 1.1x 1.4x 1.4x
Quick ratio 1.2x 1.3x 1.4x 1.4x 1.3x 1.2x 1.3x 1.1x 1.4x 1.4x
Capital allocation
Capex / revenue 1.4% 1.5% 1.4% 1.4% 1.2% 1.2% 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 1.0%
Stock comp / revenue 2.2% 2.4% 2.5% 2.7% 2.7% 2.7% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 2.8%
Payouts / FCF 94.6% 80.4% 75.6% 65.0% 70.8% 74.5% 79.6% 90.2% 76.5% 99.0%
Quality scores
Piotroski F-score 6.0 8.0 8.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 7.0 5.0 5.0 6.0
Altman Z'' 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.1 3.8 4.1 4.2 3.9 4.0 3.8
Accruals ratio −7.1% −8.3% −6.8% −9.3% −7.7% −5.9% −5.4% −3.5% −6.3% −5.8%

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001467373). Data updated October 16, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.

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