ACN - Accenture plc
| Previous Close | 152.41 |
| Open | 153.23 |
| Bid | 143.20 x 100 |
| Ask | 156.04 x 100 |
| Day's Range | 152.11 - 153.46 |
| 52 Week Range | 118.40 - 165.58 |
| Volume | 1,533,001 |
| Avg. Volume | 2,484,920 |
| Market Cap | 98.418B |
| Beta | 1.07 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 26.90 |
| EPS (TTM) | 5.69 |
| Earnings Date | Jun 20, 2018 - Jun 25, 2018 |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | 2.66 (1.76%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2018-04-11 |
| 1y Target Est | 168.35 |
- Market Realist•21 hours ago
IBM’s Robust Capital Return Policy
International Business Machines (IBM) boosts its shareholder returns through share buybacks and regular dividend payments. In the last five years, the company returned nearly $72.5 billion to its investors through dividends and share repurchases at an average of ~$14.5 billion.
- Business Wire•yesterday
Accenture to Audiocast Investor & Analyst Conference on Wednesday, April 25
Accenture (ACN) will host a live audiocast of its Investor & Analyst Conference on Wednesday, April 25 in New York City. The audiocast will feature remarks by Chairman & CEO Pierre Nanterme, Chief Financial Officer David Rowland and other members of the executive leadership team, and will focus on Accenture’s business strategy and unique leadership position in the market. Accenture invites investors to listen to the live audiocast and to view slides from the event via the Investor Relations section of the Accenture website at www.accenture.com.
- Zacks•yesterday
Accenture (ACN) Up 1.5% Since Earnings Report: Can It Continue?
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- Market Realist•2 days ago
Evaluating IBM’s Geographical Regions
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- Zacks•4 days ago
Why Hold Strategy is Apt for Accenture (ACN) Stock Right Now
Accenture's (ACN) cloud and digital marketing capacities are strong, courtesy of its regular acquisitions and partnerships.
CNW Group•5 days agoPension Benefits Are Critical Factor for Workers - Regardless of Age - in Deciding Whether to Accept a Job, Accenture Survey Finds
TORONTO , April 19, 2018 /CNW/ - Pension benefits are a major factor for most workers in North America when deciding whether to accept a job, according to results of an Accenture (ACN) survey released today. The research found that millennial workers are the most interested in pension benefits and also identified a strong but underserved demand for retirement coaching and planning tools through digital channels. Nearly four in five (78 percent) of the 2,750 U.S. and Canadian workers and retirees with pension plans surveyed said that the availability of pension benefits was a critical factor in deciding whether or not to accept a job.
- CNW Group•5 days ago
Nearly All Bankers are Confident in the Integrity of the Data Driving Business Decisions, but Half Aren't Doing Enough to Verify and Validate that data, According to Accenture Report
TORONTO , April 19, 2018 /CNW/ - A new report from Accenture (ACN) has found that many banks have not invested in the capabilities to verify the validity and accuracy of their data. According to the report, Banking Technology Vision 2018, banks have always held a large volume of confidential data and are increasingly adding data from external, unstructured sources. In addition, while five in six bankers (84 percent) said they increasingly use data to drive critical and automated decision-making, more than three-quarters (78 percent) of those surveyed believe that these automated systems create new risks, such as fake data, external data manipulation and inherent bias.
- Business Wire•5 days ago
Pension Benefits Are Critical Factor for Workers – Regardless of Age – in Deciding Whether to Accept a Job, Accenture Survey Finds
Pension benefits are a major factor for most workers in North America when deciding whether to accept a job, according to results of an Accenture survey released today. The research found that millennial workers are the most interested in pension benefits and also identified a strong but underserved demand for retirement coaching and planning tools through digital channels.
- Business Wire•5 days ago
Bankers Confident in the Integrity of Data Driving Business Decisions
A new report from Accenture has found that many banks have not invested in the capabilities to verify the validity and accuracy of their data.
- Business Wire•6 days ago
Accenture Positioned as Overall Leader in HfS Blueprint for ServiceNow Services
Accenture has been named the Overall Leader – ahead of all 12 competitors – on both execution and innovation in HfS Blueprint for ServiceNow Services, a bi-annual report that evaluates the services ecosystem of Software as a Service platforms.
- Business Wire•6 days ago
Accenture to Help Orkla Drive Digital Services and Growth Through SAP S/4HANA®
Orkla (ORK.OL), a leading supplier of branded consumer goods, has chosen Accenture (ACN) to build a technology platform based on SAP S/4HANA® that will serve as a flexible, data-driven, intelligent platform as a foundation for the creation of new digital services and further growth, as well as improved collaboration between companies. The new platform based on SAP S/4HANA will help ensure that Orkla’s business processes are flexible and can be easily scaled. It will also support the company in deriving better insights from data for faster and smarter decision-making, helping Orkla meet the needs of its diverse, global consumer base, including enhanced customer support and getting new products to market faster.
- Business Wire•6 days ago
Accenture Positioned as Overall Innovation Leader in HfS Research Report on Enterprise Artificial Intelligence Services
Accenture (ACN) has been named to the ‘Winner’s Circle’ and positioned as the overall leader in innovation, ahead of 17 other competitors, in the HfS Research Enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI) Services 2018 blueprint report. “Accenture is leading the market for enterprise AI services as a result of its strong innovation and execution capabilities,” said Tom Reuner, senior vice president of intelligent automation & IT services at HfS Research and the report’s author. “Its clients have told us that ‘Accenture makes AI easy for us,’ which is testament to the firm’s extensive AI skills, capabilities and resources.
- Business Wire•8 days ago
New Accenture Study Finds 87 Percent of Focused Cyberattacks Are Prevented
With ransomware and distributed denial of service attacks on the rise, the average number of focused cyberattacks per organization has more than doubled this year compared to the previous 12 months .
- Financial Times•10 days ago
[$$] Martin Sorrell resigns after 33 years as WPP chief
Martin Sorrell, who turned WPP into the biggest force in the advertising industry over more than three decades, has quit as chief executive after an investigation into his conduct . His departure from ...
- Forbes•11 days ago
The Only Sane Investment In The Crypto Craze
Let’s face it, the regulators were always going to come after cryptocurrencies. I can say, ultimately, this is a good thing for investors.
- Zacks•12 days ago
Accenture Unveils New Platform, Boosts Digital Transformation
Accenture's (ACN) new platform will boost the company's digital transformation efforts and enhance cloud suite.
- Business Wire•12 days ago
Accenture Appoints Venkata “Murthy” Renduchintala, Executive Officer at Intel, to Board of Directors
Accenture announced that Venkata “Murthy” Renduchintala has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors, effective today. Dr. Renduchintala, 52, is chief engineering officer and president of the Client and Internet of Things Businesses and Systems Architecture group and the Technology and Manufacturing group at Intel Corporation .
- Market Realist•12 days ago
How Fortinet’s Business Regions Performed
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- Business Wire•13 days ago
Accenture Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Incident Response Services
Accenture has been positioned as a Leader in the recently published “IDC MarketScape: U.S. Incident Readiness, Response, and Resiliency 2018 Vendor Assessment” .
- Business Wire•13 days ago
Accenture Positioned as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Oracle Application Services, Worldwide
Accenture is positioned as a Leader in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Oracle Application Services, Worldwide.* Accenture is positioned furthest on the completeness of vision axis which assesses market understanding; market strategy; sales strategy; offering strategy; vertical/industry strategy; innovation; and geographic strategy.
- Business Wire•13 days ago
Accenture Launches Intelligent Enterprise Platform to Help Companies Use Advanced Technologies that Fast-track Enterprise Transformation
Accenture is launching the Accenture Intelligent Enterprise Platform, an insight-driven, digitally integrated platform that powers enterprise transformation from business case to roadmap to delivery.
- American City Business Journals•14 days ago
How the next evolution of virtual reality, robots and AI will impact your job, career (and favorite sports teams)
Mike Redding, a futurist with Accenture Ventures, looks into how society will change and be impacted by new technologies.
- ACCESSWIRE•14 days ago
Ex-Dividend Alert: Accenture Announced a 10% Hike in Its Semiannual Dividend; Will Trade Ex-Dividend on April 11, 2018
LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / April 10, 2018 / Active-Investors has a free review on Accenture PLC (NYSE: ACN ) following the Company's announcement that it will begin trading ex-dividend on April 11, 2018. ...
- Business Wire•15 days ago
Accenture Cloud Platform Awarded US Patent for Analytics-Based Multi-Cloud Tagging Capabilities
Accenture has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for analytics-based multi-cloud tagging capabilities of the Accenture Cloud Platform .
- Motley Fool•18 days ago
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