What is William Blair’s Forecast for Accenture Q4 Earnings?

Accenture PLC (NYSE:ACN) – Analysts at William Blair decreased their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for Accenture in a research report issued on Monday, June 23rd. William Blair analyst M. Nolan now expects that the information technology services provider will post earnings of $2.93 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.98. The consensus estimate for Accenture’s current full-year earnings is $12.73 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Accenture’s Q1 2026 earnings at $3.55 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.25 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.61 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $3.39 EPS.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) last issued its earnings results on Friday, June 20th. The information technology services provider reported $3.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.32 by $0.17. Accenture had a return on equity of 26.55% and a net margin of 11.61%. The firm had revenue of $17.73 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $17.26 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.13 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 7.7% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other brokerages have also recently issued reports on ACN. BMO Capital Markets reduced their target price on Accenture from $355.00 to $325.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on Accenture from $390.00 to $380.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Benchmark reissued a “mixed” rating on shares of Accenture in a research note on Friday. Wall Street Zen cut Accenture from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 11th. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised Accenture from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $390.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 17th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Accenture currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $370.75.

Accenture Trading Up 1.9%

Shares of ACN stock opened at $300.66 on Wednesday. Accenture has a 12-month low of $273.19 and a 12-month high of $398.35. The company has a current ratio of 1.46, a quick ratio of 1.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $307.33 and its 200-day moving average price is $332.81. The stock has a market capitalization of $188.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.94 and a beta of 1.33.

Accenture Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 10th will be paid a dividend of $1.48 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 10th. This represents a $5.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.97%. Accenture’s dividend payout ratio is 47.13%.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Angela Beatty sold 169 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $281.90, for a total value of $47,641.10. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 5,364 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,512,111.60. This represents a 3.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, COO John F. Walsh sold 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $325.00, for a total value of $812,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 15,882 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,161,650. This trade represents a 13.60% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 8,516 shares of company stock valued at $2,507,366. 0.02% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Accenture

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of ACN. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Accenture during the 4th quarter valued at $2,351,683,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its position in Accenture by 63.9% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 8,953,621 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $2,793,889,000 after acquiring an additional 3,490,569 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Accenture by 5.7% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 63,814,234 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $19,912,594,000 after acquiring an additional 3,419,577 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in Accenture by 30,256.8% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,421,519 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $1,067,651,000 after acquiring an additional 3,410,248 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its position in Accenture by 22.8% during the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 12,175,518 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $4,283,225,000 after acquiring an additional 2,260,740 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 75.14% of the company’s stock.

Accenture Company Profile

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.