Accenture plc [NYSE: ACN] price surged by 1.30 percent to reach at $3.6.
A sum of 3175818 shares traded at recent session while its average daily volume was at 3.22M shares. Accenture plc shares reached a high of $280.27 and dropped to a low of $276.0344 until finishing in the latest session at $279.67.
The one-year ACN stock forecast points to a potential upside of 18.21. The average equity rating for ACN stock is currently 1.89, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
Guru’s Opinion on Accenture plc [ACN]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for ACN shares is $341.95 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on ACN stock is a recommendation set at 1.89. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Robert W. Baird have made an estimate for Accenture plc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on March 17, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on January 08, 2025, representing the official price target for Accenture plc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $370 to $420, while Goldman kept a Buy rating on ACN stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 5.70, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 15.47. Price to Free Cash Flow for ACN in the course of the last twelve months was 17.00 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.46.
ACN Stock Performance Analysis:
Accenture plc [ACN] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -5.96. With this latest performance, ACN shares dropped by -10.28% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -19.90% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -20.50% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for ACN stock in for the last two-week period is set at 34.00, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 6.45, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 6.67 for Accenture plc [ACN]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 307.36, while it was recorded at 281.03 for the last single week of trading, and 336.93 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Accenture plc Fundamentals:
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Accenture plc [ACN] shares currently have an operating margin of 15.54% and a Gross Margin at 32.08%. Accenture plc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 11.61%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 13.53%, with Return on Assets sitting at 13.53%. When it comes to the capital structure of this company, Accenture plc [ACN] has a Total Debt to Total Equity ratio set at 0.27.
Reflecting on the efficiency of the workforce at the company, Accenture plc [ACN] managed to generate an average of $10271.32 per employee.Accenture plc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.46 and a Current Ratio set at 1.46.
ACN Stock EPS
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for ACN. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Accenture plc go to 7.70%.
Accenture plc [ACN] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $80.04%, or 80.10% of ACN stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of ACN stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 59.68 million shares, which is approximately 9.4971%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 48.98 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$14.86 billion in ACN stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$8.17 billion in ACN stock with ownership which is approximately 4.2857%.
