RBC Capital lowered the firm’s price target on Accenture (ACN) to $285 from $372 but keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The company delivered solid Q4 results but provided initial FY26 that was mixed vs. prior estimates, which was the main reason for the stock price pressure, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm adds however that bookings returned to y/y growth, with Gen AI bookings topping $1.8B, for which the management commented that more projects are moving from proof of conce ...

Accenture’s fourth-quarter earnings not only surpassed expectations but also marked a moment when the consulting giant, which is playing a pivotal role in corporate America’s adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), disclosed its own AI-related reorg. The company initiated a “six-month business optimization program,” recording up to $865 million in related charges, which includes a new talent strategy with three prongs. These charges include two divestitures of previously acquired companies, the company s ...

Accenture TodayACNAccenture$238.97 +6.41 (+2.76%) 52-Week Range$229.40▼$398.35Dividend Yield2.48%P/E Ratio19.05Price Target$309.25Add to WatchlistFor international consulting company Accenture NYSE: ACN, 2025 has been a rough year. Shares have provided a total return of approximately -33% as of the September 25 close. This has put the stock at a historically low valuation multiple. In fact, Accenture’s forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 17x is the lowest it has been in three years. This suggests a st ...

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) reported fourth-quarter revenue of $17.6 billion, topping expectations, with bookings rising 3% to $21.3 billion.The company issued fiscal 2026 guidance in line with forecasts but announced another restructuring to fund AI-related investments.Guggenheim analyst Jonathan Lee maintained an Accenture Buy rating and lowered the price forecast from $305 to $285.Also Read: Accenture’s AI Push Sparks Growth And Boosts Dividend PayoutsFor Q4, Accenture reported:Revenue of $17.6 billion, above ...

Accenture is remaking its workforce for the AI era — and that means both layoffs and new hiring. Executives said on a Thursday earnings call that the firm has been "exiting" employees it can't retrain with artificial intelligence skills, while simultaneously planning to expand head count in the next fiscal year."Our No. 1 strategy is upskilling," CEO Julie Sweet said on the call. But "we are exiting on a compressed timeline, people where reskilling, based on our experience, is not a viable path for the ski ...

Data showed initial Also, Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said on Thursday he was uneasy with cutting rates too quickly, with The comments and data follow the U.S. central bank's move last week to lower rates by 25 basis points - its first cut since December - after signs of weakness in the labor market. It also gave indications of more rate cuts ahead. Investor expectations of another 25 bps cut in the Fed's October meeting are now at 83.4%, down from about 92% on Wednesday, according to the CME F ...

LOGIN SUBSCRIBE | FastCo Works advertisement BYÂ Reuters Listen to this ArticleMore info 0:00 / 0:00 Accenture beat fourth-quarter revenue estimates and unveiled a sixmonth, $865 million restructuring to realign its workforce and operations for rising demand in digital and AI services. The restructuring program highlights the broader trend of companies adapting their workforce and operations to meet growing demand for digital and AI services, while using restructuring to cut costs and funnel savings into tr ...

U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling more than 1% on Thursday.The Dow traded down 0.64% to 45,824.16 while the NASDAQ fell 1.19% to 22,229.54. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 1% to 6,571.28.Check This Out: This General Motors Analyst Turns Bullish; Here Are Top 5 Upgrades For WednesdayLeading and Lagging SectorsEnergy shares jumped by 0.5% on Thursday.In trading on Thursday, health care stocks fell by 1.4%.Top HeadlineAccenture (NYSE: ACN) posted better-than-ex ...

US employers hiring foreign skilled workers must now pay a $100,000 application fee. The price hike adds pressure to consulting firms' already fragile talent strategies. The changes will boost competition for expertise and accelerate offshoring, analysts told Business Insider. Consulting firms may be less outspoken than tech CEOs, but they're staring down the same staffing problem as Silicon Valley after President Donald Trump introduced a $100,000 H-1B application fee last Friday. The H-1B progra ...

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) stock dropped after it released its fourth-quarter 2025 results on Thursday. The company reported quarterly earnings of $3.03 per share, topping the analyst consensus estimate of $2.96. The company reported sales of $17.60 billion, slightly exceeding the analyst consensus estimate of $17.36 billion. Also Read: Accenture’s Raised Outlook Fails To Ease Fiscal 2026 Softness Worries: Analyst Sales increased 7% in U.S. dollars and 4.5% in local currency. Consulting revenues were $8.77 b ...