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Snapshot 2026-10-06 · Latest financial period 2026-08-31 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.
Next earnings: 2026-12-17 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).
Accenture plc provides strategy and consulting, industry X, song, and technology and operation services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers systems integration and application management; security; intelligent platform; infrastructure; software engineering; data, AI, cloud; and automation and global delivery services. The company also operates business processes for specific enterprise functions, including finance and accounting, sourcing and procurement, supply chain, marketing and sales, and human resources, as well as industry-specific services, such as platform trust and safety, banking, insurance, network and health services; and designs, manufactures, and assembles automation equipment, robotics, and other commercial hardware products. It serves communications, media, and technology; financial services; banking and capital markets, and insurance; health and public service; consumer goods, retail, travel services; industrial; life science; and chemicals, natural resources, energy, and utilities sectors. Accenture plc has collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver transformative digital services to public sector, defense, and national security organizations. It has a collaboration with OpenAI to help enterprise clients unlock new levels of innovation and growth by bringing agentic AI systems; has a strategic collaboration with Microsoft and Avanade for the development of an agentic factory intelligence system; and INFRONEER Holdings Inc. and SAP Japan Co., Ltd. to develop a new financial data and insights platform. It also has strategic partnership with Netomi, Inc. to help enterprises reinvent customer experience using agentic AI systems. The company has a strategic alliance with ServiceNow for integrated risk management and third-party risk management solutions. Accenture plc was founded in 1951 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.
Company websiteQ4 FY2026
Published 2026-10-01
Q4 FY2026 REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
Accenture beat its revenue range, but comparison effects, acquisition spending and new debt make owner cash the valuation test.
Q4 EPS rose 46% on GAAP, but 9% against the adjusted prior-year number.
All geographic markets grew 7% in local currency, with total sales above guidance.
Funded borrowing rose to $10.112B, leaving a $2.726B net cash cushion.
$7.521B buybacks, $3.987B dividends and $4.941B business/investment purchases compete for internally generated cash.
FY27 FCF guidance is $11.0–11.8B versus $11.621B in FY26; entry discipline stays important.
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| Metric | ACNAccenture plcSnapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-08-31 |
|---|---|
| Market capMarket value, converted to USD | US$118.38B |
| Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate | 12.13x |
| EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA | 8.42x |
| Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 6.2% |
| Operating marginLatest reported quarter | 15.3% |
| Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap | 9.4% |
| Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA | 0.04x |
| Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity | 0.40x |
| Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings | 14.27x |
| Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share | 3.65x |
| EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue | 1.60x |
| Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 46.4% |
| Gross marginTrailing twelve months | 32.0% |
| Net marginTrailing twelve months | 11.3% |
| Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only | 26.0% |
| Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue | 15.1% |
| Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price | 3.5% |
| Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout | 50.9% |
| Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities | 1.43x |
| BetaProvider historical market sensitivity | 1.10 |
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THE RESEARCH RECORD
FREE RESEARCH PACKET · Q4 FY2026
Accenture beat its revenue range, but comparison effects, acquisition spending and new debt make owner cash the valuation test.
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