Accenture (ACN) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Accenture's Operating Margin came in at 16.96% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended May 31, 2026), up 0.14 percentage points from 16.83% a year earlier and up 3.14 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Accenture (ACN) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to May 31, 2026, Accenture reported Operating Margin of 14.49%, down 0.89 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Aug 31, 2025), it was 14.68%, down 0.11 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin carries a five-year change of -0.02 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, Operating Margin was 14.79% in FY2024 (+1.04 pp), 13.74% in FY2023 (-1.47 pp), 15.21% in FY2022 (+0.13 pp) and 15.08% in FY2021 (+0.39 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Operating Margin in data going back to fiscal Q2 2009.
- Year-over-year, Operating Margin increased in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.13 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Margin over five years came in fiscal Q4 2024 (a gain of 2.38 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2023 (a drop of 2.74 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows ACN's Operating Margin at 13.82% (Q2 2026), 15.33% (Q1 2026) and 11.65% (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accenture | 116.45 Bn | 76.86 Bn | 6.13 Bn | 16.96% |
| 2 | Cintas | 80.26 Bn | 79.45 Bn | 1.48 Bn | 23.17% |
| 3 | Iron Mountain | 33.05 Bn | 32.57 Bn | 1.07 Bn | 18.41% |
| 4 | APi | 16.57 Bn | 13.61 Bn | 703.00 Mn | 7.76% |
| 5 | Rollins | 14.72 Bn | 14.26 Bn | 569.95 Mn | 18.67% |
| 6 | Aramark | 14.30 Bn | 12.32 Bn | 430.34 Mn | 4.26% |
| 7 | UL Solutions | 13.09 Bn | 11.87 Bn | 417.00 Mn | 18.38% |
| 8 | Gartner | 11.73 Bn | 5.42 Bn | 1.19 Bn | 22.59% |
| 9 | Rentokil Initial | 10.36 Bn | 3.71 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Tetra Tech | 8.68 Bn | 7.79 Bn | 243.21 Mn | 12.07% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | 16.96% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 13.82% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 15.33% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 11.65% |
| May 31, 2025 | 16.83% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 13.47% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 16.67% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 14.35% |
| May 31, 2024 | 15.98% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 12.95% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 15.81% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 11.97% |
| May 31, 2023 | 14.24% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 12.30% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 16.47% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 14.71% |
| May 31, 2022 | 16.11% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 13.70% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 16.27% |
| Aug 31, 2021 | 14.60% |
Accenture Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=ACN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "ACN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=ACN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();