Accenture

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$247.23

Accenture's revenue rose 6.5% to $74.2 billion in fiscal 2026. Its operating margin was 15.4%, up from 14.7% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $11.6 billion, up 6.9%. It paid out $11.5 billion in dividends and buybacks, 99% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 2.4%.

Read our report: Accenture raised buybacks 63% and paid out 99% of its free cash flow

Accenture plc Latest fiscal year ended August 31, 2026 10-K filed October 16, 2026 · 0001467373-26-000049 Updated October 16, 2026

Revenue

$74.2B

6.5%

Operating margin

15.4%

0.7 pts

Net income

$8.4B

9.0%

Free cash flow

$11.6B

6.9%

Return on capital

30.6%

0.1 pts

Market cap

$152.7B

Oct 26 close

P/E

18.2x

On $13.56 EPS, FY26

Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.

What Accenture does

Accenture sells consulting, technology and outsourcing services to other organizations. It helps clients plan and carry out changes to their operations, with work in strategy, data, cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI) and running business functions for them. It serves more than 9,000 clients, mostly very large companies and governments, and had revenues of approximately $74 billion in fiscal 2026.

Accenture earns its revenue from fees for these services. It reports three segments, which are its geographic markets: Americas, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and Asia Pacific. It also sells to five industry groups, the largest being Products, which includes consumer goods, retail, industrial and life sciences clients and made up 30% of revenues. Accenture says its 18 key ecosystem partners, mainly technology companies, were tied to about 65% of its revenue. It competes with large IT service firms, offshore providers, accounting firms and consultancies, in-house technology teams and AI-focused start-ups.

As of August 31, 2026, Accenture employed approximately 814,000 people, most of them in India, the Philippines and the United States. It also buys other companies as part of its growth plans.

Its biggest risks, as it describes them

Weak or uncertain economic conditions that lead clients to cut back spending on its services.
Falling client demand if it cannot adapt its services to fast-changing technology, including AI.
Not being able to match its people and their skills with client demand around the world.
Fixed-price or outcome-based contracts that could turn out less profitable than planned or lose money.
Risks from its work for governments, which carries rules and uncertainties of its own.

From Accenture's annual report on Form 10-K, filed October 16, 2026, in our words; the 10-K has the full description and every risk factor. Updated with each new 10-K.

Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.

Revenue and margins

Revenue

US$ billions, fiscal years

Margins

Percent of revenue

GrossOperatingNetFree cash flow

Net income and earnings per share

From fiscal 2017 to 2026, earnings per share grew 10.7% a year and net income 10.4% a year, as buybacks cut the share count by 7%.

Net income

US$ billions, fiscal years; loss years in red.

Diluted earnings per share

US$ per share, fiscal years, restated for any stock splits; loss years in red.

Returns on capital

Return on capital and on equity

Percent. Return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business (debt plus equity, minus cash); return on equity is net income over shareholders' equity. Both use the average of opening and closing balances.

Return on capitalReturn on equity

Cash flow

Free cash flow

US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure; negative years in red.

Payouts and share count

Dividends and buybacks

US$ billions, cash paid in each fiscal year

DividendsShare buybacks

Diluted share count

Weighted-average diluted shares, millions

Valuation

Two ways to value Accenture yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.

What Accenture says to expect

Fiscal year 2027: revenue growthCompany expects full-year revenue growth of 3% to 6% in local currency
Fiscal year 2027: GAAP diluted earnings per shareExpects full-year GAAP diluted EPS of $14.39 to $14.81, a 6% to 9% increase, and a 3% to 6% increase over adjusted EPS
Fiscal year 2027: cash returned to shareholdersCompany expects to return at least $9.5 billion in cash to shareholders in fiscal year 2027

The company's own words, from its earnings release (Form 8-K, Exhibit 99), filed October 1, 2026. They are its expectations, not ours, and not a forecast or price target from The Filing Desk. Replaced when the next release is out.

Discounted cash flow (DCF)

A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Accenture's 10-K and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from Accenture's fiscal 2026 free cash flow of $11.6B, net cash of $2.7B at August 31, 2026 and 618 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Accenture: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 5.0% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 9% for a business of moderate risk (IT Consulting & Other Services); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

From the filings

Starting free cash flow, US$ millions

Cash from operations minus capital spending in fiscal 2026.

Net cash, US$ millions Cash and short-term investments minus debt and finance leases at August 31, 2026. Negative means net debt.

Diluted shares, millions Weighted-average diluted shares in fiscal 2026.

Your assumptions

Start from

Fitted to Accenture's own revenue growth, as above. Cautious: growth of 2.5% then 2% a year, 2% after year 10, a 10% discount rate. Base: growth of 5% then 4% a year, 2.5% after year 10, a 9% discount rate. Optimistic: growth of 7.5% then 5% a year, 3% after year 10, a 8% discount rate.

Free cash flow growth, years 1 to 5 (% a year)

Free cash flow growth, years 6 to 10 (% a year)

Growth after year 10 (% a year)Long-run growth forever after year 10. Usually close to inflation, and always below the discount rate.

Discount rate (% a year)The yearly return an investor wants for the risk. A higher rate gives a lower value.

Value per share on these assumptions

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Value on these assumptions, against the last close: —

Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today: —
Everything after year 10, valued today: —
Plus net cash: —
Share of value from after year 10: —

Projected free cash flow

US$ billions. Each column is one year's projected free cash flow, split into what it is worth today and the part removed by discounting.

Value todayRemoved by discounting

How the value changes with two assumptions

Value per share in US$, with the growth rates above. The highlighted cell matches the current assumptions.

How the model works. Free cash flow grows at the first rate for five years and the second rate for five more, and each year is discounted at the discount rate. Everything after year 10 is valued as year-10 cash flow × (1 + growth after year 10) ÷ (discount rate − growth after year 10), discounted back ten years. Net cash is added and the total is divided by diluted shares. The result depends entirely on the assumptions. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation. The last close is the consolidated US closing price, from Databento.

Price-to-earnings (P/E) method

Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from Accenture's earnings per share of $13.56 (in fiscal 2026). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 21.5×, the middle of Accenture's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (its peers' median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 10%, 9% and 8%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

Earnings per share, US$ Diluted earnings per share in fiscal 2026, from the 10-K.

P/E multiple

P/E today is the last close divided by the latest earnings per share, the four quarters' where available. Peers: IBM, Cognizant, Kyndryl, DXC Technology.

Earnings growth in the years ahead (% a year) Starts at Accenture's revenue growth over the last 3 years, 5.0% a year, as the base scenario does.

Earnings per share in the years ahead, US$

Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5

Type your own estimate for any year; the years after it carry on at the growth rate.

Apply the multiple to earnings

A multiple on a future year's earnings gives the price then, brought back to today at the discount rate below.

Discount rate (% a year) The yearly return an investor wants for the risk, as in the cash flow model.

Value per share today at this multiple

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Last close, October 26, 2026: $247.23
Value at this multiple, against the last close: —
Accenture's P/E at the last close: 18.2×

Company	Last close	Earnings per share	P/E today
KyndrylKD	$14.68	$0.37	39.7×
IBMIBM	$253.44	$11.75	21.6×
DXC TechnologyDXC	$16.30	$0.76	21.4×
AccentureACN	$247.23	$13.56	18.2×
CognizantCTSH	$69.34	$4.60	15.1×

How the P/E method works. Value per share is earnings per share times the multiple. On a future year's earnings, that gives the price in that year, which is brought back to today at the discount rate: price ÷ (1 + discount rate) for each year ahead. It is quick and easy to compare across companies, but it ignores debt and cash, and earnings can swing with one-off gains and charges, so a multiple says most about steady, profitable businesses. Like the cash flow model, the result depends entirely on the assumptions you choose. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation.

Balance sheet

Fiscal year end	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Cash and short-term investments	7.9	9.0	5.0	11.5	12.8
Debt incl. finance leases	0.0	0.0	1.0	5.1	10.1
Net debt (negative means net cash)	−7.8	−9.0	−4.0	−6.4	−2.7
Net debt to EBITDA	−0.7x	−0.9x	−0.4x	−0.6x	−0.2x
Debt to equity	0.0x	0.0x	0.0x	0.2x	0.3x
Interest coverage	197.9x	185.4x	162.7x	44.7x	37.6x
Current ratio	1.2x	1.3x	1.1x	1.4x	1.4x
Quick ratio	1.2x	1.3x	1.1x	1.4x	1.4x

US$ billions unless stated, at each fiscal year end. Net debt to EBITDA is debt minus cash, divided by operating income before depreciation and amortization: roughly how many years of those earnings the net debt equals. Debt to equity is debt as a multiple of shareholders' equity. Interest coverage is operating income divided by interest expense. The current ratio is current assets over current liabilities; the quick ratio leaves out inventory.

Insider trades

Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, no insider bought Accenture shares on the open market, and 10 insiders sold $16.1 million, $14.7 million of it under trading plans set up in advance.

Date	Insider	Trade	Shares	Price	Value	Filing
Oct 22, 2026	Ryoji SekidoCo-CEO Asia Pacific	Sold	5,844	$244.84	$1.4 million	Form 4
Oct 22, 2026	Melissa A BurgumChief Accounting Officer	Sold plan	811	$250.00	$202,750	Form 4
Oct 12, 2026	Catherine Kiernan HoganChief Operating Officer	Sold plan	700	$214.24	$149,965	Form 4
Oct 8, 2026	Catherine Kiernan HoganChief Operating Officer	Sold plan	1,320	$200.00	$264,000	Form 4
Aug 14, 2026	Katherine Lee CliffordChief Leadership & HR Officer	Sold	68	$175.98	$11,967	Form 4
Jul 30, 2026	Joel UnruchGeneral Counsel/Corp Secretary	Sold plan	10,498	$162.97	$1.7 million	Form 4
Apr 30, 2026	Atsushi EgawaCo-CEO Asia Pacific	Sold plan	4,872	$177.14	$863,033	Form 4
Feb 10, 2026	Julie Spellman SweetChair and CEO, Director	Sold plan	6,057	$241.23	$1.5 million	Form 4
Feb 4, 2026	John F WalshCEO-The Americas	Sold plan	14	$242.04	$3,389	Form 4
Feb 3, 2026	Julie Spellman SweetChair and CEO, Director	Sold plan	5,500	$242.39	$1.3 million	Form 4
Feb 3, 2026	Manish SharmaChief Strategy & Services Ofcr	Sold plan	98	$250.36	$24,535	Form 4
Feb 3, 2026	Melissa A BurgumChief Accounting Officer	Sold plan	15	$250.43	$3,756	Form 4

The latest 12 of 25 trades. Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from their Form 4 filings with the SEC: one row per person, day and filing, at the day's average price. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax aren't counted. Insiders buy and sell for many reasons, such as taxes, spreading their savings or a plan set up months earlier, so a trade on its own says little about where a company is heading. For information only, not investment advice. Insider trades at all companies

Piotroski F-score

The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.

Test	FY24	FY25	FY26
Net income is positive	Pass	Pass	Pass
Cash from operations is positive	Pass	Pass	Pass
Return on assets rose	Fail	Fail	Fail
Cash from operations exceeds net income	Pass	Pass	Pass
Debt fell relative to assets	Fail	Fail	Fail
Current ratio rose	Fail	Pass	Pass
Share count didn't rise	Pass	Pass	Pass
Gross margin rose	Pass	Fail	Pass
Revenue rose relative to assets	Fail	Fail	Fail
F-score	5 of 9	5 of 9	6 of 9
Accruals ratio	−3.5%	−6.3%	−5.8%

The accruals ratio is net income minus cash from operations, over average total assets.

Compare

Put Accenture side by side with any other company we cover: revenue, growth, margins, cash flow and returns, with ten years of charts.

Similar companies

Company	Year	Revenue growth	Operating margin	Free cash flow margin	Return on capital	Net debt to EBITDA	F-score	Compare
Accenture	FY26	6.5%	15.4%	15.7%	30.6%	−0.2x	6
IBM	FY25	7.6%	—	17.9%	15.4%	3.1x	6	Compare
Cognizant	FY25	7.0%	16.1%	12.3%	16.1%	−0.3x	6	Compare
Kyndryl	FY26	0.2%	—	2.2%	7.8%	1.8x	6	Compare
DXC Technology	FY26	−1.8%	7.7%	8.2%	9.2%	0.8x	7	Compare

Each company's latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so the periods don't line up exactly. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow as a share of revenue. Net debt to EBITDA is explained under the balance sheet, and the F-score above.

10 years of figures

Fiscal year	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Income statement
Revenue	36.2	41.0	43.2	44.3	50.5	61.6	64.1	64.9	69.7	74.2
Revenue growth	4.0%	13.3%	5.4%	2.6%	14.0%	21.9%	4.1%	1.2%	7.4%	6.5%
Gross profit	11.1	12.5	13.3	14.0	16.4	19.7	20.7	21.2	22.2	23.8
Research and development	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.2	0.8	1.0
Operating income	5.2	5.9	6.3	6.5	7.6	9.4	8.8	9.6	10.2	11.4
Net income	3.4	4.1	4.8	5.1	5.9	6.9	6.9	7.3	7.7	8.4
Diluted EPS (US$)	5.44	6.34	7.36	7.89	9.16	10.71	10.77	11.44	12.15	13.56
Diluted shares (millions)	660	655	650	648	646	643	639	636	632	618
Cash flow
Cash from operations	5.0	6.0	6.6	8.2	9.0	9.5	9.5	9.1	11.5	12.4
Capital expenditure	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7
Free cash flow	4.5	5.4	6.0	7.6	8.4	8.8	9.0	8.6	10.9	11.6
Dividends paid	1.6	1.7	1.9	2.0	2.2	2.5	2.8	3.2	3.7	4.0
Share buybacks	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.9	3.7	4.1	4.3	4.5	4.6	7.5
Acquisitions	1.7	0.7	1.2	1.5	4.2	3.4	2.5	6.6	1.5	4.9
Stock-based compensation	0.8	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.7	1.9	1.9	2.1	2.1
Balance sheet at fiscal year end
Cash and short-term investments	4.1	5.1	6.1	8.5	8.2	7.9	9.0	5.0	11.5	12.8
Debt incl. finance leases	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.0	5.1	10.1
Total assets	22.7	24.4	29.8	37.1	43.2	47.3	51.2	55.9	65.4	73.6
Total liabilities	13.0	13.7	15.0	19.6	23.1	24.5	24.8	26.8	33.2	40.9
Shareholders' equity	8.9	10.4	14.4	17.0	19.5	22.1	25.7	28.3	31.2	31.6
Margins and ratios
Gross margin	30.6%	30.5%	30.8%	31.5%	32.4%	32.0%	32.3%	32.6%	31.9%	32.0%
Operating margin	14.3%	14.4%	14.6%	14.7%	15.1%	15.2%	13.7%	14.8%	14.7%	15.4%
Net margin	9.5%	9.9%	11.1%	11.5%	11.7%	11.2%	10.7%	11.2%	11.0%	11.3%
Free cash flow margin	12.3%	13.2%	13.9%	17.2%	16.6%	14.3%	14.0%	13.3%	15.6%	15.7%
Return on capital	91.8%	75.9%	67.9%	56.1%	56.0%	53.0%	41.7%	34.4%	30.6%	30.6%
Return on equity	41.8%	42.0%	38.6%	32.5%	32.3%	33.0%	28.8%	26.9%	25.8%	26.7%
Return on assets	15.9%	17.2%	17.6%	15.3%	14.7%	15.2%	13.9%	13.6%	12.7%	12.0%
Net debt to EBITDA	−0.7x	−0.7x	−0.8x	−1.1x	−0.9x	−0.7x	−0.9x	−0.4x	−0.6x	−0.2x

US$ billions unless stated. Where a later 10-K restated a year, the latest filed figure is shown. Download all figures (CSV, US$ millions)

Source: Accenture's Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR. For information only, not investment advice. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with Accenture.