The Short-term Rise and Fall of Accenture plc (ACN) Stock

Accenture plc [ACN] stock is trading at $253.99, down -0.42%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The ACN shares have gain 3.18% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -11.20%, 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 July 28, 2025, when HSBC Securities initiated its Reduce rating and assigned the stock a price target of $240. On July 17, 2025, Evercore ISI initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned a price target of $330 on the stock. Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating to a Outperform but stick to its price target of $390 on March 17, 2025. Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to a Outperform but $425 remained the price target by the analyst firm on January 08, 2025. Goldman upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on December 06, 2024, and upped its price target to $420. In a note dated October 30, 2024, Exane BNP Paribas downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock but restated the target price of $375.

Accenture plc [ACN] stock has fluctuated between $236.67 and $398.35 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $365.75 within the next 12 months. Accenture plc [NYSE: ACN] shares were valued at $253.99 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 44.0% based on the average ACN price forecast.

Analyzing the ACN fundamentals

Accenture plc [NYSE:ACN] reported sales of 68.48B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 7.66%. 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 0.12%. 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 of0.19.

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 251.48 points at the first support level, and at 248.96 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 255.75, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 257.51.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Accenture plc’s Current Ratio is 1.46. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.46, while the Cash Ratio is 0.51. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.31, the price to book ratio is 5.18 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 20.21.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Macchi Mauro, Chief Executive Officer-EMEA, that happened on Jul 11 ’25 when 500.0 shares were sold. Chair and CEO, Sweet Julie Spellman completed a deal on Jul 11 ’25 to sell 2251.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Leadership & HR Officer Beatty Angela sold 203.0 shares on Jul 11 ’25.

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