What is William Blair’s Estimate for Accenture Q2 Earnings?

Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) – Stock analysts at William Blair boosted their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Accenture in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, December 19th. William Blair analyst M. Nolan now expects that the information technology services provider will earn $2.89 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $2.86. The consensus estimate for Accenture’s current full-year earnings is $12.74 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Accenture’s Q1 2026 earnings at $3.52 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.07 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.54 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $3.29 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also commented on ACN. StockNews.com lowered Accenture from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday. The Goldman Sachs Group raised shares of Accenture from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $370.00 to $420.00 in a research note on Friday, December 6th. UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of Accenture from $450.00 to $455.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Susquehanna upped their target price on shares of Accenture from $350.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, September 27th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price target on Accenture from $377.00 to $389.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, September 27th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $383.23.

Accenture Stock Down 2.1 %

Accenture stock opened at $358.77 on Monday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $360.47 and a 200 day simple moving average of $337.82. Accenture has a 52 week low of $278.69 and a 52 week high of $387.51. The stock has a market cap of $224.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.39, a PEG ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 1.24.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December 19th. The information technology services provider reported $3.59 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.43 by $0.16. The firm had revenue of $17.69 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $17.15 billion. Accenture had a net margin of 11.20% and a return on equity of 26.83%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $3.27 EPS.

Accenture announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Thursday, September 26th that authorizes the company to repurchase $4.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the information technology services provider to reacquire up to 1.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Accenture Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 16th will be issued a dividend of $1.48 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 16th. This represents a $5.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.65%. Accenture’s dividend payout ratio is presently 49.66%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CAO Melissa A. Burgum sold 458 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $373.25, for a total value of $170,948.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 9,777 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,649,265.25. This represents a 4.47 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Julie Spellman Sweet sold 9,000 shares of Accenture stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $376.16, for a total value of $3,385,440.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 20,324 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,645,075.84. The trade was a 30.69 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 36,673 shares of company stock worth $13,507,099. 0.07% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. 1ST Source Bank lifted its position in Accenture by 14.3% during the third quarter. 1ST Source Bank now owns 1,506 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $532,000 after buying an additional 188 shares during the period. Copley Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in Accenture during the 3rd quarter valued at about $473,000. Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas bought a new stake in Accenture during the third quarter worth about $8,920,000. Castellan Group grew its holdings in Accenture by 4.1% in the third quarter. Castellan Group now owns 8,165 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $2,886,000 after purchasing an additional 323 shares during the period. Finally, Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB lifted its holdings in shares of Accenture by 2.5% during the third quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB now owns 41,175 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $14,555,000 after purchasing an additional 1,015 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 75.14% of the company’s stock.

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.