Analysis of Accenture plc (ACN)’s performance, earnings and valuation

A share price of Accenture plc [ACN] is currently trading at $300.53, up 0.46%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The ACN shares have gain 3.13% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.16%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Accenture plc [NYSE: ACN] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 17, 2025, when Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $390 for it. Previously, Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to Outperform on January 08, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $425. On December 06, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $420 on the stock. Exane BNP Paribas downgraded its rating to a Neutral but stick to its price target of $375 on October 30, 2024. TD Cowen upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $400 on September 30, 2024. Piper Sandler upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on September 26, 2024, and upped its price target to $395. In a note dated July 19, 2024, UBS upgraded an Buy rating on this stock but restated the target price of $400.

Accenture plc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $275.01 and $398.35. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $390 within the next 12 months. Accenture plc [NYSE: ACN] shares were valued at $300.53 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 29.77% based on the average ACN price forecast.

Analyzing the ACN fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Accenture plc [NYSE:ACN] were 67.22B which represents 5.44% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.32% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.15%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.15%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.11%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.13, Equity is 0.27 and Total Capital is 0.24. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.28.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 297.77 points at the first support level, and at 295.00 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 304.03, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 307.52.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Accenture plc [NYSE:ACN] is 1.48. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 1.48, and the Cash Ratio is 0.5. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.80, the price to book ratio is 6.44 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 24.80.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Macchi Mauro, Officer, that happened on May 01 ’25 when 500.0 shares were purchased. Officer, Park Angie Y completed a deal on May 01 ’25 to buy 1250.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chair and CEO Sweet Julie Spellman sold 2284.0 shares on Apr 11 ’25.

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