Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) is -12.54% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $273.19 and a high of $398.35 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The ACN stock was last observed hovering at around $282.45 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 4.51%.
Currently trading at $286.96, the stock is -1.67% and -6.08% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.61 million and changing 1.60% at the moment leaves the stock -14.48% off its SMA200. ACN registered -18.43% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -18.61%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $305.5208 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $335.54675.
The stock witnessed a 0.56% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 2.77%, and is 3.94% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.43% over the week and 1.91% over the month.
Accenture plc (ACN) has around 774000 employees, a market worth around $178.73B and $68.48B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.84 and Fwd P/E is 20.80. Profit margin for the company is 11.61%. Distance from 52-week low is 5.04% and -27.96% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (20.98%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 7.72% this year.
Accenture plc (ACN) Top Institutional Holders
3294.0 institutions hold shares in Accenture plc (ACN), with institutional investors hold 80.41% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 622.75M, and float is at 621.17M with Short Float at 1.72%. Institutions hold 80.35% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 59.68 million shares valued at $18.11 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.4971% of the ACN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 48.98 million shares valued at $14.86 billion to account for 7.7945 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 26.93 million shares representing 4.2857% and valued at over $8.17 billion, while MORGAN STANLEY holds 2.4832 of the shares totaling 15.6 million with a market value of $4.73 billion.
Accenture plc (ACN) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Macchi Mauro, the company’s Chief Executive Officer-EMEA. SEC filings show that Macchi Mauro sold 500 shares of the company’s common stock on Jul 11 ’25 at a price of $282.34 per share for a total of $0.14 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 2283.0 shares.
Accenture plc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jul 11 ’25 that Sweet Julie Spellman (Chair and CEO) sold a total of 2,251 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jul 11 ’25 and was made at $282.45 per share for $0.64 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 8109.0 shares of the ACN stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jul 11 ’25, Beatty Angela (Chief Leadership & HR Officer) disposed off 203 shares at an average price of $282.34 for $57315.0. The insider now directly holds 5,249 shares of Accenture plc (ACN).
