After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
ACN belongs to the Technology sector of the NYSE while operating in the Information Technology Services industry. The current market capitalization of Accenture plc is $243.94B. A total of 2.12 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 2.61M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Sweet Julie Spellman sold 8,793 shares of ACN for 394.47 per share on Feb 05 ’25. After the transaction, the Chair and CEO now owns 11,858 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 05 ’25, Sekido Ryoji sold 1,700 shares at 394.37 per share. ACN shares that Co-CEO Asia Pacific owns now total 20.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Sharma Manish disposed of 2,136 shares on Feb 05 ’25 at a per-share price of $394.44. This resulted in the CEO-The Americas holding 2,213 shares of ACN after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Burgum Melissa A sold 232 shares at $394.46 per share on Feb 05 ’25. Company shares held by the Chief Accounting Officer now total 8,915.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Accenture plc pays an annual dividend of $5.54, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.42%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 32.69. ACN’s most recent ex-dividend date was 1.7% when it declared a $1.48 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 1/16/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 10/10/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 1.66%. The ACN stock dividend was $1.48 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, ACN has a high of $398.35 and a low of $278.69.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. ACN’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $8.17B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $3.51B in debt and $15.71B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $46.70, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $20.10B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for ACN is Buy with a score of 4.32.
