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Accenture plc

Information Technology / IT Consulting & Other Services / Dublin, Ireland

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AnalystScope signal

Buy

Scheduled quote

$166

Base fair value

$310

Bear / base / bull

$248 / $310 / $342

Upside / downside

+86.9 upside

Confidence

Medium

Research updated Jun 13, 2026

Daily scheduled refresh as of Aug 1, 2026, 6:05 AM UTC. Fresh through Aug 2, 2026, 6:05 AM UTC.

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Investment summary

Current view and thesis

Accenture plc is added as a high-quality large-cap coverage candidate with diversified consulting, outsourcing, and technology-transformation exposure. The initial AnalystScope view weighs enterprise transformation demand and managed-services durability against a quality-services multiple already reflects a meaningful portion of the durability, keeping the rating restrained until the model has more live refresh history.

Fair value $310 vs. current $166 (+86.9 upside). Current base fair value is $310 versus $166, implying +86.9 upside.

Key drivers

Managed services and cloud transformation keep revenue less transactional than pure consulting demand.

Consistent free-cash-flow conversion supports the quality-compounder profile.

Global enterprise relationships provide breadth across industries and geographies.

Key risks

Discretionary consulting delays could pressure revenue growth and utilization.

Wage inflation or lower billable utilization would pressure margin support.

Large transformation programs can create timing volatility in bookings and revenue conversion.

What would change the view

A clearer evidence base around enterprise transformation demand and managed-services durability would improve confidence.

A deterioration in high utilization discipline and recurring outsourcing mix support mid-teens operating margins would reduce support for the current fair value.

A wider gap between price and normalized cash-flow support would make the rating harder to defend.

Valuation

Price, range, and method support

Base case $310 / +86.9 upside / medium confidence

Price vs fair value

+86.8%

Model-implied return

Scheduled quote

$166

Fair value

$310

Valuation method stack

Weighted fair value $310

Published method weights

DCF (Base)

$315 | 45%

NTM P/E Multiple

$308 | 35%

EV/EBITDA Cross-check

$303 | 20%

Case / method	Value	Weight / support
DCF (Base)	$315	45%
NTM P/E Multiple	$308	35%
EV/EBITDA Cross-check	$303	20%
Bear case	$248	Supportive
Base case	$310	Supportive
Bull case	$342	Mixed

Fundamental analysis

Reported evidence and normalized model base

Normalized annual basis: FY2025

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Normalized figures are AnalystScope's annual valuation model base.

Normalized metric	Latest value	Growth / margin context
Revenue	$68.0B	+4.8% YoY
Operating income	$10.7B	15.7% margin
Net income	$7.5B	EPS proxy $12.05
Free cash flow	$9.3B	13.7% margin
EBITDA	$11.7B	17.2% margin
Net cash / (debt)	$8.6B	+12.6% of revenue

Metric	Reported	AnalystScope normalized	Basis note
Revenue (TTM)	$69.7B	$68.0B	Model revenue smooths short-term demand, timing, and segment-mix volatility rather than treating the latest period as a straight-line run rate.
Operating Margin	14.7%	15.7%	Margin input uses a durable operating base and tempers one-off restructuring, mix, and cycle effects.
FCF (TTM)	$10.9B	$9.3B	FCF input normalizes working-capital and capital-spending timing so cash conversion is not over-read from one period.
Net Cash / (Debt)	$5.1B	$8.6B	Balance-sheet input uses a conservative net cash / debt posture without assuming all cash is excess or fully distributable.

Fundamental snapshot

FY2025

Normalized annual model base

Revenue

+4.8% YoY

$68.0B

Op. margin

+0.2% pts

15.7%

FCF margin

+0.1% pts

13.7%

Revenue + margin trend

Annual normalized model-base history.

Revenue

2023

2024

2025

Operating margin

2023

2024

2025

AnalystScope annual model-base statements in USD across FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025.

Income statement

Line item	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
Revenue	$64.1B	$64.9B	$68.0B
Gross Profit	$20.7B	$21.1B	$22.2B
Operating Income	$9.8B	$10.1B	$10.7B
EBITDA	$10.7B	$11.0B	$11.7B
Net Income	$6.9B	$7.1B	$7.5B

Balance sheet

Line item	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
Cash & Investments	$8.5B	$8.8B	$9.2B
Total Debt	$400.0M	$500.0M	$600.0M
Net Cash / (Debt)	$8.1B	$8.3B	$8.6B
Total Assets	$53.0B	$55.0B	$57.0B
Total Liabilities	$27.0B	$27.5B	$28.0B
Shareholders' Equity	$26.0B	$27.5B	$29.0B

Cash flow

Line item	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
Operating Cash Flow	$9.1B	$9.4B	$10.0B
Depreciation & Amortization	$900.0M	$900.0M	$1.0B
Capital Expenditures	($600.0M)	($600.0M)	($700.0M)
Free Cash Flow	$8.5B	$8.8B	$9.3B

Model assumptions

Base-case inputs and sensitivity

Published AnalystScope assumptions; private edits do not change this base case.

Revenue CAGR (5Y)

5.0%

+/- 1.0% => +/-$7/sh

Why this level: This is AnalystScope's base-case growth assumption, not a guarantee. It sits below the latest FY model-base revenue pace (2025.0%), so the model does not extend current strength too far into the outer years. Current company context: Managed services and cloud transformation keep revenue less transactional than pure consulting demand.

Terminal Growth

2.4%

+/- 0.5% => +/-$6/sh

Why this level: This is AnalystScope's mature long-run growth assumption, not a perpetual hypergrowth claim. At 2.4%, it sits well below the 5.0% five-year revenue CAGR, so the model steps down from the explicit forecast period to a steadier long-run pace. For Accenture plc, that means a durable franchise can keep compounding after year five without assuming today's faster growth profile lasts indefinitely.

WACC

8.4%

+/- 0.5% => -$9/sh

Why this level: This is AnalystScope's base-case cost-of-capital judgment, not a precise CAPM output. It reflects the current rates backdrop, equity risk premium, and the company's balance-sheet posture. Net cash and durable consulting cash conversion support flexibility

Operating Margin (Year 5)

16.5%

+/- 100 bps => +/-$6/sh

Why this level: This is AnalystScope's base-case margin view, not a promise of straight-line expansion. It keeps year-five margins close to today's model-base operating margin (15.7%), which implies the current margin structure is broadly durable. Margin input uses a durable operating base and tempers one-off restructuring, mix, and cycle effects.

Sensitivity drivers

Revenue CAGR (5Y)

5.0%

+/- 1.0% => +/-$7/sh

Terminal Growth

2.4%

+/- 0.5% => +/-$6/sh

WACC

8.4%

+/- 0.5% => -$9/sh

Operating Margin (Year 5)

16.5%

+/- 100 bps => +/-$6/sh

Confidence

Medium

Method outputs are tightly grouped at +3.9% dispersion.

Why the model view could be wrong

Discretionary consulting delays could pressure revenue growth and utilization.

Wage inflation or lower billable utilization would pressure margin support.

Large transformation programs can create timing volatility in bookings and revenue conversion.

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Saved scenarios currently stay local to this browser for ACN. Base-case rationale remains in the public assumptions section above. Your scenario output reprices the published valuation methods from projected operating anchors when those anchors are available, while keeping market-multiple and capital-structure assumptions anchored to the AnalystScope framework.

Editable assumptions

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Matches the published AnalystScope base case.

Revenue CAGR (5Y)

Public AnalystScope base case: 5.0% | +/- 1.0% => +/-$7/sh

Allowed range: 0.0% to 11.0%

Terminal Growth

Public AnalystScope base case: 2.4% | +/- 0.5% => +/-$6/sh

Allowed range: 1.0% to 3.9%

WACC

Public AnalystScope base case: 8.4% | +/- 0.5% => -$9/sh

Allowed range: 6.4% to 10.4%

Operating Margin (Year 5)

Public AnalystScope base case: 16.5% | +/- 100 bps => +/-$6/sh

Allowed range: 8.5% to 24.5%

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Published base case

Fair value

$310

Upside / Downside

+86.9 upside

Model signal

Buy

Published base-case output

Scenario output reprices the published DCF and multiple methods from projected year-5 revenue, margin, free cash flow, EBITDA, and EPS anchors. Market multiples and capital structure stay anchored to the published base framework.

Fair value

$310

$0/sh vs published base case

Upside / Downside

+86.9 upside

+0.0 pts vs published base case

Model signal

Buy

Unchanged versus the published base case.

Method movement inside the scenario

This breakdown shows what moved inside the published valuation framework when you edit the scenario. The published AnalystScope base case stays anchored, and any method without a clean projected anchor remains pinned to that framework.

Method rows below reflect the current edited scenario state, not just the saved scenario snapshots.

Influence tags are directional rather than exact attribution. They estimate which edited input is moving each method most by reverting one assumption at a time while the other edited inputs stay in place.

3 of 3 methods support model-native repricingModel-native bridge

Method	Published base	Edited scenario	Delta	How it moved / main drivers
DCF (Base) DCF-style \| 45% weight	$315	$315	$0/sh	Base-aligned This method is supported by the model-native bridge and currently stays aligned with the published base case. Edited inputs are largely offsetting each other, so this row stays close to the published base case.
NTM P/E Multiple P/E-style \| 35% weight	$308	$308	$0/sh	Base-aligned This method is supported by the model-native bridge and currently stays aligned with the published base case. Edited inputs are largely offsetting each other, so this row stays close to the published base case.
EV/EBITDA Cross-check EV-based multiple \| 20% weight	$303	$303	$0/sh	Base-aligned This method is supported by the model-native bridge and currently stays aligned with the published base case. Edited inputs are largely offsetting each other, so this row stays close to the published base case.
Weighted fair value Published framework result \| Published framework result	$310	$310	+$0/sh	Moved Combines the repriced method outputs using the published AnalystScope weights. No single edited assumption is dominating this move in a material way.

Published base case vs private scenarios

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Fair-value comparisons use the same workbench recalculation path as the editor above.

Published base case stays pinned as the anchor row.

Scenario	Revenue CAGR (5Y)	Terminal Growth	WACC	Op. Margin (Y5)	Fair Value	Upside / Downside	Model Signal	Delta vs Base	Action
AnalystScope base case Published Official AnalystScope anchor row.	5.0%	2.4%	8.4%	16.5%	$310	+86.9 upside	Buy	Published anchor

Supporting research

Quality, normalization, and monitoring evidence

Annual model base: FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025

Thesis scorecard

Growth

Moderate

enterprise transformation demand and managed-services durability

Profitability

Strong

high utilization discipline and recurring outsourcing mix support mid-teens operating margins

Balance sheet

Moderate

net cash provides resilience through consulting-demand cycles

Valuation

Moderate

a quality-services multiple already reflects a meaningful portion of the durability

Execution / Resilience

Moderate

bookings conversion and discretionary consulting budgets remain the main near-term swing factors

Current source status

Quote: Daily scheduled refresh as of Aug 1, 2026, 6:05 AM UTC. Fresh through Aug 2, 2026, 6:05 AM UTC.

Reported fundamentals: Fundamentals refreshed 1 Aug 2026, 16:00 UTC. Fresh through 2 Aug 2026, 04:00 UTC.

Latest filing: 4 filed Jul 31, 2026 | Reporting period Jul 30, 2026. Filing refreshed Aug 1, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC. Fresh through Aug 2, 2026, 4:00 AM UTC.

Annual model-base income-statement, cash-flow, and balance-sheet metrics, plus cross-statement quality relationships with compact prior-FY direction cues, derived from the curated statement backbone.

Basis: FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025. Live reported fundamentals remain available in the reconciliation section.

Operating and cash-flow trends

Model-base statements

Revenue growth (1Y)

+4.8%

Gross margin

32.6%

Operating margin

15.7%

Operating margin change vs prior FY

+0.2 pts

EBITDA margin

17.2%

EBITDA margin change vs prior FY

+0.3 pts

Operating income growth (1Y)

+5.9%

Net margin

11.0%

FCF margin

13.7%

FCF margin change vs prior FY

+0.1 pts

FCF growth (1Y)

+5.7%

Balance sheet quality

Model-base statements

Cash & investments

$9.2B

Total debt

$600.0M

Net cash / (debt)

Net cash $8.6B

Net cash / (debt) as % of revenue

Net cash 12.6% of revenue

Liabilities / assets

Stable

vs FY2024 (-0.9 pts)

49.1%

Cross-statement quality

Model-base statements

Gross-to-operating spread

16.9 pts

Operating cash flow / net income

Stable

vs FY2024 (+0.0x)

1.3x

Operating cash flow / EBITDA

Stable

vs FY2024 (+0.0x)

0.9x

Free cash flow / net income

Stable

vs FY2024 (+0.0x)

1.2x

CapEx as % of revenue

Stable

vs FY2024 (+0.1 pts)

1.0%

CapEx as % of operating cash flow

Stable

vs FY2024 (+0.6 pts)

7.0%

CapEx / D&A

Stable

vs FY2024 (+0.0x)

0.7x

Cash & investments / total debt

Weakening

vs FY2024 (-2.3x)

15.3x

Shareholders' equity as % of revenue

42.6%

Asset turnover

Stable

vs FY2024 (+0.0x)

1.2x

Compact model-base diagnostics for analyst triage, highlighting where the durable valuation base is diverging most clearly from the latest reported picture.

Adjustment focus

Moderate adjustment

Cash flow | FCF (TTM) | -$1.6B / -15%

Revenue momentum

Improving

+4.8% latest 1Y growth

vs +1.2% prior 1Y

Operating margin trend

Stable

15.7% latest margin

+17 bps vs prior FY

FCF margin trend

Stable

13.7% latest FCF margin

+12 bps vs prior FY

Balance-sheet posture

Stable

Net cash 12.6% of revenue

vs Net cash 12.8% of revenue prior FY

How to read this

Reported = the latest company-reported figure. Model base = AnalystScope's comparable operating base used for valuation and thesis work. It may include standardization, conservative balance-sheet treatment, working-capital cleanup, and through-cycle adjustments when current reported numbers do not look durable.

This is an analyst model base, not a claim of perfect adjusted truth. Larger gaps can reflect deliberate cyclical or base-case adjustments, not just light accounting cleanup.

Why the model base differs

This initial coverage setup keeps valuation tied to durable normalized fundamentals and avoids letting a single recent print dominate the public view.

Rows are sorted by largest comparable adjustment first.

Metric	Model base	Live reported	Variance vs reported	Adjustment size	Why lower / higher?
FCF (TTM)	$9.3B FY2025 model base	$10.9B Live reported TTM	-$1.6B / -15%	Moderate adjustment	Model base is lower than live reported because cash generation is being smoothed for timing effects rather than taken at face value. It normalizes working-capital and capital-spending timing so cash conversion is not over-read from one period.
Net Cash / (Debt)	$8.6B FY2025 model base	$5.1B Live reported balance sheet	+$3.5B / +5% of revenue	Moderate adjustment	Model base is less conservative than the live reported balance-sheet figure because the latest reported balance does not appear fully representative. It balance-sheet input uses a conservative net cash / debt posture without assuming all cash is excess or fully distributable.
Revenue (TTM)	$68.0B FY2025 model base	$69.7B Live reported TTM	-$1.7B / -2%	Close to reported	Model base is lower than live reported because the thesis does not carry the current revenue run-rate straight into the durable operating base. It smooths short-term demand, timing, and segment-mix volatility rather than treating the latest period as a straight-line run rate.
Operating Margin	15.7% FY2025 model base	14.7% Live reported margin	+1.0 pts	Close to reported	Model base is higher than live reported because the model does not assume the latest reported margin pressure is the durable earnings base. It uses a durable operating base and tempers one-off restructuring, mix, and cycle effects.

Near-term catalysts

Next quarterly update and management commentary on demand quality.

Reported margin, cash-flow conversion, and balance-sheet movement versus the normalized model base.

Daily scheduled quote refreshes that tighten the current price-versus-fair-value read.

What we are watching

Bookings quality and conversion into revenue.

Utilization and margin discipline across consulting and managed services.

Whether AI transformation work becomes broad-based rather than isolated pilot spend.

Date	Event	Published rating	Note
Jun 13, 2026	New	Buy	Started coverage with a constructive but measured view on cash conversion and enterprise transformation exposure.