What is Zacks Research’s Estimate for Accenture Q3 Earnings?

Accenture PLC (NYSE:ACN) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research increased their Q3 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Accenture in a note issued to investors on Thursday, October 16th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the information technology services provider will earn $3.64 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $3.48. The consensus estimate for Accenture’s current full-year earnings is $12.73 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Accenture’s FY2026 earnings at $13.61 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $3.26 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $14.20 EPS.

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. Accenture had a return on equity of 26.45% and a net margin of 11.02%.The company had revenue of $17.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $17.34 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.66 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Accenture has set its FY 2026 guidance at 13.190-13.570 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also weighed in on the company. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on Accenture from $325.00 to $271.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, September 9th. HSBC reduced their target price on Accenture from $240.00 to $215.00 in a report on Friday, September 26th. Mizuho reduced their target price on Accenture from $348.00 to $309.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, September 29th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on Accenture from $355.00 to $315.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, September 16th. Finally, Wolfe Research reduced their target price on Accenture from $290.00 to $285.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, September 23rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $300.22.

Accenture Trading Up 1.6%

ACN stock opened at $242.31 on Monday. Accenture has a 1-year low of $229.40 and a 1-year high of $398.35. The firm has a market cap of $159.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.94, a P/E/G ratio of 2.08 and a beta of 1.28. The business’s 50 day moving average is $246.85 and its 200-day moving average is $278.44. The company has a current ratio of 1.42, a quick ratio of 1.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16.

Accenture Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 10th will be issued a dividend of $1.63 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 10th. This represents a $6.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.7%. This is a positive change from Accenture’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.48. Accenture’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 53.66%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Accenture by 2.1% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 65,129,782 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $19,466,641,000 after purchasing an additional 1,315,548 shares during the period. State Street Corp lifted its stake in shares of Accenture by 1.2% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 28,016,605 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $8,373,925,000 after purchasing an additional 326,979 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Accenture by 1.1% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 14,042,843 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $4,182,331,000 after purchasing an additional 147,931 shares during the period. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its stake in shares of Accenture by 0.6% in the 2nd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 8,998,826 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $2,689,659,000 after purchasing an additional 56,108 shares during the period. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its stake in shares of Accenture by 63.9% in 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 purchasing an additional 3,490,569 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.