Souders Financial Advisors Buys 471 Shares of Accenture PLC $ACN

Souders Financial Advisors grew its holdings in Accenture PLC (NYSE:ACN) by 28.5% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 2,121 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 471 shares during the quarter. Souders Financial Advisors’ holdings in Accenture were worth $634,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. Achmea Investment Management B.V. boosted its position in shares of Accenture by 37.3% in the second quarter. Achmea Investment Management B.V. now owns 103,919 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $31,060,000 after acquiring an additional 28,211 shares during the period. SouthState Corp lifted its position in Accenture by 0.8% during the second quarter. SouthState Corp now owns 51,233 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $15,313,000 after purchasing an additional 403 shares during the period. C WorldWide Group Holding A S lifted its position in Accenture by 35.9% during the second quarter. C WorldWide Group Holding A S now owns 8,148 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $2,435,000 after purchasing an additional 2,151 shares during the period. Sienna Gestion lifted its position in Accenture by 10.8% during the second quarter. Sienna Gestion now owns 69,345 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $18,923,000 after purchasing an additional 6,735 shares during the period. Finally, Andra AP fonden lifted its position in Accenture by 68.9% during the second quarter. Andra AP fonden now owns 144,377 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $43,153,000 after purchasing an additional 58,900 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 75.14% of the company’s stock.

Accenture Stock Performance

NYSE:ACN opened at $247.85 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $246.26 and a 200-day moving average of $275.26. The firm has a market capitalization of $163.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.40, a P/E/G ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 1.28. The company has a quick ratio of 1.42, a current ratio of 1.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Accenture PLC has a twelve month low of $229.40 and a twelve month high of $398.35.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September 25th. The information technology services provider reported $3.03 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.98 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $17.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $17.34 billion. Accenture had a net margin of 11.02% and a return on equity of 26.45%. Accenture’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.66 EPS. Accenture has set its FY 2026 guidance at 13.190-13.570 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Accenture PLC will post 12.73 EPS for the current year.

Accenture Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 14th. Investors of record on Friday, October 10th will be given a $1.63 dividend. This represents a $6.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 10th. This is an increase from Accenture’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.48. Accenture’s payout ratio is 53.66%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ACN has been the topic of several recent research reports. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Accenture in a research report on Tuesday, September 30th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Accenture from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 11th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of Accenture to a “moderate sell” rating in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Wells Fargo & Company initiated coverage on shares of Accenture in a research report on Tuesday, October 21st. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $251.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada cut their target price on shares of Accenture from $372.00 to $285.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, September 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $294.25.

Insider Activity at Accenture

In other Accenture news, CEO Julie Spellman Sweet sold 9,000 shares of Accenture stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $253.40, for a total transaction of $2,280,600.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 14,516 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,678,354.40. The trade was a 38.27% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Ryoji Sekido sold 2,500 shares of Accenture stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.47, for a total transaction of $623,675.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,390 shares in the company, valued at $346,763.30. This represents a 64.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 27,402 shares of company stock valued at $6,875,974. 0.02% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About Accenture

Accenture plc, a professional services company, provides strategy and consulting, industry X, song, and technology and operation services worldwide. The company offers application services, including agile transformation, DevOps, application modernization, enterprise architecture, software and quality engineering, data management; intelligent automation comprising robotic process automation, natural language processing, and virtual agents; and application management services, as well as software engineering services; strategy and consulting services; data and analytics strategy, data discovery and augmentation, data management and beyond, data democratization, and industrialized solutions comprising turnkey analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions; metaverse; and sustainability services.