ACN
Accenture PLC (NYSE: ACN) delivered strong Q3 2026 revenue growth of 6% in U.
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BUY- Accenture PLC (NYSE: ACN) delivered strong Q3 2026 revenue growth of 6% in U.S. dollars and 3% in local currency, with operating margins expanding 20 basis points to 17% and EPS rising 9% to $3.80.
- Accenture reported robust free cash flow and returned $2.2 billion to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends, strengthening its balance sheet and maintaining a strong cash position.
- However, the company faced a $100 million revenue impact due to conflict in the Middle East, affecting consulting work, and larger managed services opportunities have been delayed to FY27, potentially impacting revenue in Q4.
- Longer decision-making processes in EMEA are impacting sales, and macroeconomic uncertainty in discretionary spending could weigh on future revenue growth.
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Growth Stock Scoring Breakdown
| METRIC | VALUE | WEIGHT | ANALYSIS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales Growth TTM ? | 7.3% | 25% | 35.0 ptsBelow Screener (7.3%) - Weak growth |
| EPS Growth Next 5Y ? | 7.5% | 25% | 20.0 ptsWeak (7.5%) - Low expectations |
| Target Price Upside ? | 65.1% | 20% | 100.0 ptsMassive Upside (65.1%) - Target: $211.26 vs Current: $127.98 |
| Gross Margin % ? | 31.9% | 15% | 40.0 ptsModerate (31.9%) - Adequate margins |
| Drawdown from 52-Wk High ? | -59.3% | 15% | 100.0 ptsDeep Discount (-59.3%) - Best entry opportunity |
Disclaimer: This rating is for informational purposes only and is not financial advice.
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About ACN
- 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; and has a strategic collaboration with Microsoft and Avanade for the development of an agentic factory intelligence system.
- It also has strategic partnership with Netomi, Inc. to help enterprises reinvent customer experience using agentic AI systems.
- Accenture plc was founded in 1951 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.