Accenture
ACN · IT Consulting & Other Services
$249.37
3.6%DXC Technology
DXC · IT Consulting & Other Services
$16.09
0.1%The short version
- Accenture is the larger business, with $74.2B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $12.6B for DXC Technology, about 5.9 times as much.
- Accenture grew revenue faster (6.5%, against −1.8%).
- Accenture kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (15.4% operating margin, against 7.7% operating margin).
- Accenture turned more of its sales into free cash flow (15.7% FCF margin, against 8.2% FCF margin).
- Accenture earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (30.6%, against 9.2%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of DXC Technology’s earnings: a P/E of 21.2x against 18.4x for Accenture.
| Latest fiscal year | ACN · FY26 | DXC · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $154.0B | $2.7B |
| Revenue | $74.2B | $12.6B |
| Free cash flow | $11.6B | $1.0B |
| Net income | $8.4B | $18.0M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 6.5% | −1.8% |
| 5-year growth | 8.0% | −6.5% |
| Share count change | −2.4% | −3.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 32.1% | — |
| Operating margin | 15.4% | 7.7% |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 0.1% |
| FCF margin | 15.7% | 8.2% |
| Return on capital | 30.6% | 9.2% |
| Return on equity | 26.7% | 0.6% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$2.7B | $1.8B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.2x | 0.8x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $11.5B | $249M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 18.4x | 21.2x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 |
FY17
ACN $36.2B
DXC $7.6B
FY18
ACN $41.0B
DXC $21.7B
FY19
ACN $43.2B
DXC $20.8B
FY20
ACN $44.3B
DXC $19.6B
FY21
ACN $50.5B
DXC $17.7B
FY22
ACN $61.6B
DXC $16.3B
FY23
ACN $64.1B
DXC $14.4B
FY24
ACN $64.9B
DXC $13.7B
FY25
ACN $69.7B
DXC $12.9B
FY26
ACN $74.2B
DXC $12.6B
ACN
DXC
FY17
ACN 14.4%
DXC 8.1%
FY18
ACN 14.4%
DXC 13.8%
FY19
ACN 14.6%
DXC 15.8%
FY20
ACN 14.7%
DXC 10.5%
FY21
ACN 15.1%
DXC 6.2%
FY22
ACN 15.2%
DXC 8.5%
FY23
ACN 13.7%
DXC 7.9%
FY24
ACN 14.8%
DXC 7.4%
FY25
ACN 14.7%
DXC 7.9%
FY26
ACN 15.4%
DXC 7.7%
ACN
DXC
FY17
ACN $4.5B
DXC $373M
FY18
ACN $5.4B
DXC $2.3B
FY19
ACN $6.0B
DXC $1.5B
FY20
ACN $7.6B
DXC $2.0B
FY21
ACN $8.4B
DXC −$137M
FY22
ACN $8.8B
DXC $1.2B
FY23
ACN $9.0B
DXC $1.1B
FY24
ACN $8.6B
DXC $1.2B
FY25
ACN $10.9B
DXC $1.2B
FY26
ACN $11.6B
DXC $1.0B
ACN
DXC
FY17
ACN 91.8%
DXC —
FY18
ACN 75.9%
DXC 26.2%
FY19
ACN 67.9%
DXC 14.8%
FY20
ACN 56.2%
DXC 11.8%
FY21
ACN 56.0%
DXC 5.7%
FY22
ACN 53.0%
DXC 11.4%
FY23
ACN 41.7%
DXC 12.8%
FY24
ACN 34.4%
DXC 13.0%
FY25
ACN 30.6%
DXC 11.1%
FY26
ACN 30.6%
DXC 9.2%
ACN
DXC
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