Accenture (ACN)
NYSEInformation TechnologyInformation Technology ServicesSnapshot 2026-10-30
$258.24+4.46%
Close 2026-10-30 · 1-day change
NYSEInformation TechnologyInformation Technology ServicesSnapshot 2026-10-30
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Industries move in repeating boom-and-bust cycles. This shows where this stock’s industry sits in that cycle, stage by stage (recovery → expansion → supercycle → steady → deceleration → contraction), from its fundamentals (orders, revenue, capital spending), not the stock’s price.
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IT Consulting & Other Services is in recovery. Describes the industry's cycle state, not a call on this stock.
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The reason to own it still holds.
View ThesisRevenue is growing steadily — about 6% over the past year.
View GrowthRanks among the strongest in its industry on quality — around the top 18%.
View QualityManagement screens strong on capital allocation, earnings delivery, margins.
View ManagementExpectations look high — the market is pricing in about 19% growth a year, above the roughly 5% analysts expect, leaving little room for error.
View ValuationThis stock is highly volatile — it swings about 2% on a typical day and fell roughly 56% in its worst 12-month stretch.
View RiskAccenture’s growth case rests on revenue expansion and its AI services business. Revenue growth slowed from 8% to 6%; fourth-quarter revenue grew 6%. The fourth-quarter earnings result missed estimates by 5%. Accenture trades at 19 times earnings versus peers’ 15 times. The market expects more growth than our forecast. Cash quality is fragile; reported profits are not well backed by cash. The next-quarter earnings miss probability is 14%. The 19-times multiple must be earned despite peers’ 15-times multiple. Peer multiples imply a price about 19% below where it trades. Our read remains intact; this read is provisional.
Trailing returns as of 2026-10-30. ACN is total return (includes dividends); the S&P 500 benchmark is price return (the index excludes dividends).
Based on 29 analysts currently covering ACN (as of Oct 2026).
Based on 16 Wall Street analysts offering 12-month price targets for ACN in the last 4 months.
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A consensus fair price across 12 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-10-30. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
A price-focused, side-by-side fair-value read versus IT Consulting & Other Services — fair value, gap to price, and forward P/E.
Our valuation methods disagree too much on this name right now. Rather than print a number we don't believe, we're holding it back until they converge.
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End-of-day figures as of 2026-10-30. EPS is implied from price ÷ P/E. Not investment advice.
Current $258.24
The last 12 months of price, then the range of analyst 12-month targets from today’s $258.24.
Analyst ratings and price targets are third-party Wall Street estimates, not QuarterlyIQ’s view. Not investment advice.
A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Top 10% on quality vs scored peers
A second lens on the 12-month fair value: for companies that score high on measured quality (profitability, balance-sheet safety, earnings stability), this read trusts more of today's profit margins instead of averaging them toward their multi-year history the way the headline number does. Shown alongside the fair value above, not in place of it. A diagnostic, not a price target or a buy/sell signal.
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
Advances: Drive revenue growth through client reinvention and AI
Accenture's cybersecurity initiative expands client impact, but its scale is modest relative to company-wide growth.
Advances: Drive revenue growth through client reinvention and AI
Expanding federal AI offerings supports client reinvention, though the headline gives no evidence of financial contribution.
Advances: Drive revenue growth through client reinvention and AI
Federal AI agent deployment program supports client reinvention, but disclosed details indicate incremental impact.
Reported China-business sale could signal strategic retrenchment, but sale details and rationale remain unconfirmed.
Threatens: Achieve full-year revenue growth of 3% to 6% in local currency
Indicates potential slowdown in revenue growth expectations.
AI growth may not offset execution risks.
Positive long-term growth targets align with revenue growth objectives.
Advances: Achieve full-year revenue growth of 3% to 6% in local currency
AI tailwind supports revenue growth objective.
