Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. Buys 55,244 Shares of Accenture PLC $ACN

Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. boosted its stake in shares of Accenture PLC (NYSE:ACN) by 8.4% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 712,056 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 55,244 shares during the quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.’s holdings in Accenture were worth $212,826,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Woodward Diversified Capital LLC bought a new stake in Accenture during the second quarter worth approximately $364,000. Precision Wealth Strategies LLC bought a new stake in Accenture during the second quarter worth approximately $564,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. lifted its holdings in shares of Accenture by 75.6% during the second quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. now owns 548 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $164,000 after buying an additional 236 shares during the last quarter. QTR Family Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Accenture during the second quarter worth approximately $225,000. Finally, Rogco LP lifted its holdings in shares of Accenture by 16.1% during the second quarter. Rogco LP now owns 1,986 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $594,000 after buying an additional 275 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 75.14% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Accenture

In other Accenture news, CEO Mauro Macchi sold 500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.34, for a total value of $141,170.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,283 shares in the company, valued at $644,582.22. This represents a 17.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Angela Beatty sold 203 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.34, for a total value of $57,315.02. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 5,249 shares in the company, valued at $1,482,002.66. This trade represents a 3.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 2,954 shares of company stock worth $834,280 over the last three months. Company insiders own 0.02% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the company. Guggenheim cut their price target on Accenture from $305.00 to $285.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, September 26th. Argus set a $370.00 price target on Accenture in a report on Tuesday, June 24th. Susquehanna cut their price target on Accenture from $330.00 to $270.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, September 18th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on Accenture from $370.00 to $330.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, September 26th. Finally, Benchmark reiterated a “mixed” rating on shares of Accenture in a report on Friday, June 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Accenture currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $300.22.

Accenture Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE ACN opened at $243.50 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $251.06 and a 200 day simple moving average of $284.75. The company has a current ratio of 1.42, a quick ratio of 1.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The firm has a market capitalization of $152.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.04, a PEG ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.28. Accenture PLC has a one year low of $229.40 and a one year high of $398.35.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, September 25th. The information technology services provider reported $3.03 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.98 by $0.05. Accenture had a return on equity of 26.45% and a net margin of 11.02%.The business had revenue of $17.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $17.34 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.66 earnings per share. Accenture’s revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. Accenture has set its FY 2026 guidance at 13.190-13.570 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Accenture PLC will post 12.73 EPS for the current year.

Accenture Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 10th will be given a $1.63 dividend. This represents a $6.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.7%. This is a positive change from Accenture’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.48. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 10th. Accenture’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 48.72%.

Accenture Company Profile

Accenture plc, a professional services company, provides strategy and consulting, industry X, song, and technology and operation services worldwide. The company offers application services, including agile transformation, DevOps, application modernization, enterprise architecture, software and quality engineering, data management; intelligent automation comprising robotic process automation, natural language processing, and virtual agents; and application management services, as well as software engineering services; strategy and consulting services; data and analytics strategy, data discovery and augmentation, data management and beyond, data democratization, and industrialized solutions comprising turnkey analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions; metaverse; and sustainability services.