ACN vs Peers Stock Comparison

Accenture Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ACN Accenture plc
$247.29 +40.4% 1M -0.1% 1Y
Market cap
$165.07B
P/E
19.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$73.10B
Div. yield
2.67%
Consulting Industrials

Percentile Scorecard

ACN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisACN
Valuation 75 #13 of 49
Growth 50 #18 of 35
Profitability 87 #5 of 32
Financial Health 77 #15 of 61
Shareholder Returns 55 #10 of 21
Overall 69
  • ACN ranked among 64 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodACNSPY
1 month +40.4% -0.8%
3 months +60.5% +3.5%
6 months +39.7% +7.0%
Year to date -7.8% +12.2%
1 year -0.1% +13.0%
3 years -14.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year -5.2% +23.1%
5 years -30.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year -6.9% +11.0%
10 years +114.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year +7.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureACNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 51.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.09 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.00 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.3% -1.8%
52-week high $288.54 $779.14
52-week low $124.44 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleACN
P/E now vs peer median 19.4xmedian 20.2x
P/S now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 12.2xmedian 12.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.1xmedian 22.6x
P/B now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 4.73median 1.83

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsACN
Revenue $73.10B
Gross profit $23.40B
Operating income $10.59B
Net income $7.79B
Free cash flow $12.58B
EPS (diluted) $12.65
Cash & equivalents $10.17B
Total debt $5.14B
Shares (diluted) 615.59M
Enterprise value $125.47B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricACN
P/E 19.4x
P/FCF 13.1x
P/Operating cash flow 12.5x
P/S 2.3x
P/B 5.0x
P/Tangible book 5.4x
EV/EBITDA 12.2x
EV/EBIT 15.1x
EV/Revenue 2.2x
EV/FCF 12.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.73

Growth

14 metrics
MetricACN
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 0.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -2.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 0.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 4.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 20.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 22.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricACN
Gross margin 32.0%
EBITDA margin 17.9%
Operating margin 14.5%
Pretax margin 14.6%
Net margin 10.7%
FCF margin 17.2%
Operating cash flow margin 18.0%
Return on equity 24.3%
Return on assets 11.7%
Return on invested capital 20.9%
Return on capital employed 22.9%
Asset turnover 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 2.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricACN
Debt / assets 7.5%
Debt / equity 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x
Debt / FCF 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 52.0%
Equity / assets 48.0%
Interest coverage 39.8x
Current ratio 1.3x
Quick ratio 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.5x
Altman Z-score 4.95

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricACN
Dividend yield 2.7%
Net buyback yield 2.6%
Shareholder yield 5.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 50.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) 31.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) 9.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 12.9%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusACN
Forward P/E 16.1xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $15.40FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +10.2%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after -2.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $72.33BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY -2.5%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +18.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersACN
Held by institutions 73.0%
Institutions holding 1,898
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.6%
Institutions buying 957
Institutions selling 776
Buyers to sellers 1.23

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Accenture (ACN) 2.67%.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.