In today’s recent session, 0.79 million shares of the Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) have been traded, and its beta is 1.33. Most recently the company’s share price was $311.72, and it changed around -$0.31 or -0.10% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $195.14B. ACN at last check was trading at a discount to its 52-week high of $398.35, offering almost -27.79% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $275.01, which indicates that the recent value has risen by an impressive 11.78% since then. We note from Accenture plc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 2.57 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 3.47 million.
Accenture plc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.69. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 26 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 6 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 8 recommended ACN as a Hold, whereas 12 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.
Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) trade information
Instantly ACN has been showing red trend so far today with a performance of -0.10% on intraday trading today. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 318.62 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 2.17%. The company’s shares are currently down -11.39% year-to-date, but still down -2.35% over the last five days. On the other hand, Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) is -2.40% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 8.74 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 3.02 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $390, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 20.07% from its current value. Analyst projections state that ACN is forecast to be at a low of $355 and a high of $430.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 9.21%. Accenture plc earnings are expected to increase by 6.51% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 7.31% per year for the next five years.
ACN Dividends
Accenture plc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Mar-20. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 1.84 percent and its annual dividend per share was 5.73. It is important to note, however, that the 1.84% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 1.38 per year.
Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.08% of Accenture plc shares, and 79.88% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 79.94%. Accenture plc stock is held by 3332.0 institutions, with VANGUARD GROUP INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 9.4971% of the shares, which is about 59.68 million shares worth $18.11 billion.
BLACKROCK INC., with 7.7945% or 48.98 million shares worth $14.86 billion as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
