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Accenture plc (ACN)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Accenture plc. The latest annual period is FY2026. The latest reported quarter is Q4 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Accenture plc

Accenture plc provides consulting, technology, and outsourcing services to clients worldwide. The company offers solutions in areas such as advanced AI, cloud computing, digital transformation, security, and other emerging technologies. It serves a broad range of industries and operates through subsidiaries globally.

Snapshot

Revenue
$74.18B
Revenue growth (YoY)
6.5%
Net income
$8.37B
Diluted EPS
$13.56
Gross margin
32.0%
Operating margin
15.4%
Net margin
11.3%
FCF margin
15.7%
ROE
25.6%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
18.4×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$151.29B
Long-term debt / equity
0.31×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2026, the latest annual period (ended August 31, 2026). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Accenture

  • Revenue grew 6.5% to $74.2B in FY2026, in line with the 7.4% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 15.4% in FY2026, +0.2 pp against 15.2% in FY2022.
  • Most recent quarter Q4 FY2026: revenue $18.7B, up 6.2% from Q4 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $11.6B in FY2026, 15.7% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 9.0% to $8.4B in FY2026.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Accenture’s fundamentals sit among the 628 Technology companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin32.0%
27th percentile of 512
Operating margin15.4%
78th percentile of 564
Net margin11.3%
71st percentile of 577
FCF margin15.7%
63rd percentile of 545
Revenue growth (YoY)+6.5%
42nd percentile of 619
ROE25.6%
85th percentile of 547
P/E18.4×
30th percentile of 319
Long-term debt / equity0.31×
43rd percentile of 281
Short interest2.18d
26th percentile of 625

Accenture’s return on equity of 25.6% ranks in the 85th percentile of the 547 Technology companies reporting it.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 15 insider sales totaling $3.8M. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
—
code P value
Sells (90d)
15
$3.8M
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-10-22
Ryoji SekidoCo-CEO Asia PacificSell4.7K$244.73$1.2M
2026-10-22
Ryoji SekidoCo-CEO Asia PacificSell1.1K$245.28$270K
2026-10-22
Melissa A. BurgumChief Accounting OfficerSell811$250.00$203K
2026-10-12
filed 2026-10-13
Catherine Kiernan HoganChief Operating OfficerSell242$214.14$52K
2026-10-12
filed 2026-10-13
Catherine Kiernan HoganChief Operating OfficerSell219$213.21$47K
2026-10-12
filed 2026-10-13
Catherine Kiernan HoganChief Operating OfficerSell206$215.13$44K
2026-10-12
filed 2026-10-13
Catherine Kiernan HoganChief Operating OfficerSell32$216.36$7K
2026-10-12
filed 2026-10-13
Catherine Kiernan HoganChief Operating OfficerSell1$210.80$211
2026-10-08
filed 2026-10-09
Catherine Kiernan HoganChief Operating OfficerSell1.3K$200.00$264K
2026-08-14
filed 2026-08-17
Katherine Lee CliffordChief Leadership & HR OfficerSell68$175.97$12K
2026-07-30
filed 2026-07-31
Joel UnruchGeneral Counsel/Corp SecretarySell3.6K$162.29$577K
2026-07-30
filed 2026-07-31
Joel UnruchGeneral Counsel/Corp SecretarySell2.8K$164.44$456K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
20.2M
settled 2026-10-15
Change vs prior
+2.5%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
2.18
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
9.3M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-10-1520.2M+2.5%2.18
2026-09-3019.7M-20.5%3.33
2026-09-1524.8M-2.4%5.54
2026-08-3125.4M+9.0%5.02
2026-08-1423.3M-29.2%4.17
2026-07-3132.9M-1.8%3.88
2026-07-1533.6M+5.4%3.79
2026-06-3031.8M+12.9%1.75

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$74.18B$69.67B$64.90B$64.11B$61.59B
Gross profit
Operating income$11.41B$10.23B$9.60B$8.81B$9.37B
Pre-tax income$11.37B$10.27B$9.70B$9.14B$9.20B
Net income$8.37B$7.68B$7.26B$6.87B$6.88B
Diluted EPS$13.56$12.15$11.44$10.77$10.71

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Cash and equivalents$12.83B$11.48B$5.00B$9.05B$7.89B
Current assets$31.83B$28.90B$20.86B$23.38B$21.61B
Total assets$73.60B$65.39B$55.93B$51.25B$47.26B
Current liabilities$22.30B$20.35B$18.98B$18.01B$17.52B
Long-term debt$10.00B$5.03B$78.6M$43.1M$45.9M
Total liabilities
Total equity$32.72B$32.24B$29.17B$26.46B$22.75B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Operating cash flow$12.36B$11.47B$9.13B$9.52B$9.54B
Capital expenditure$742.7M$600.0M$516.5M$528.2M$718.0M
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q4 FY20266.2%
Q3 FY2026$18.72B5.6%$2.34B$3.80
Q2 FY2026$18.04B8.3%$1.83B$2.93
Q1 FY2026$18.74B6.0%$2.21B$3.54
Q4 FY20257.3%
Q3 FY2025$17.73B7.7%$2.20B$3.49
Q2 FY2025$16.66B5.4%$1.79B$2.82
Q1 FY2025$17.69B9.0%$2.28B$3.59

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorTechnology
SIC industryServices-Business Services, NEC
Latest annual periodFY2026 (ended August 31, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ4 FY2026 (ended August 31, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2023
SEC CIK1467373

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-10-16
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10-K2025-10-10
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10-Q2026-06-18
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10-Q2026-03-19
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10-Q2025-12-18
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10-Q2025-06-20
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8-K2026-10-14
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8-K2026-10-01
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.