Accenture plcACN
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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.
Accenture plc (ACN) reported trailing twelve months revenue of $72.11B as of February 2026, a 7.3% increase year-over-year. Quarterly revenue reached $18.04B, reflecting continued top-line momentum.
Accenture plc generated $7.65B in TTM net income, with quarterly EBITDA of $2.49B. The operating margin expanded from 13.5% to 13.8%, suggesting improving cost efficiency and pricing discipline.
The spread between operating margin (13.8%) and net margin (10.1%) indicates tight cost control with minimal non-operating drag. Net margin has narrowed from 10.7% a year ago, reflecting increased costs or interest expense.
ACN trades at a P/E of 16.8x (in line with broad market averages) and a P/S of 1.8x. The price-to-book ratio of 4.1x reflects a moderate premium to book value.
The company generated $3.67B in free cash flow over the trailing twelve months, a 36.7% increase year-over-year, indicating cash generation ability. The balance sheet shows $67.06B in total assets with $5.03B in long-term debt against $31.21B in stockholders equity for a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.2, a conservative capital structure. Data based on the most recent quarterly reports.
Competitive analysis based on 21 quarters of fundamental data
Operating margins are positive at ~14.8% on average, but show some variability — pricing power may be sensitive to market conditions.
Consistently high ROE averaging 25.3% suggests a durable competitive advantage and efficient capital allocation.
Free cash flow is consistently positive and growing — a hallmark of a capital-light business that can self-fund growth.
TTM revenue has grown consistently (7 of 7 quarters up), with ~11.8% growth over the period. Strong demand durability.
Data-driven red flags and warnings across 21 quarters
Margins are stable or improving at ~14.4% — no sign of cost or pricing stress.
FCF covers net income by 1.5x on average — earnings are well-supported by cash generation.
D/E ratio is 0.2 — conservative capital structure with low financial risk.
Revenue is stable or growing over recent quarters — demand appears durable.
Free cash flow is consistently positive — the business self-funds without external capital reliance.
Share count is stable — no significant dilution or buyback activity.
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