--- title: Accenture (ACN) — intrinsic value and fair price canonical: https://sweetvaluelab.com/stocks/acn ticker: ACN as_of: 2026-10-17 sector: Technology industry: Information Technology Services --- # Accenture (ACN) Accenture (ACN) closed at $229.68 on Oct 16, 2026, undervalued by 13% vs its model value of $263.00 (from a five-year discounted cash flow). ## Key figures | Figure | Value | | --- | ---: | | Last close | $229.68 (Oct 16, 2026) | | Model value (from a five-year discounted cash flow) | $263.00 | | Price vs model | undervalued by 13% vs model | | Range of that model | $185.39 – $488.05 | | Market value | $140.6B | | P/E (fiscal 2026) | 16.9 | | Net margin (fiscal 2026) | 11.5% | | Free cash flow (fiscal 2026) | $11.6B | | Dividend yield (trailing twelve months) | 2.87% | | Beta | 1.10 | | Cost of capital (WACC) | 9.13% | | Business classification | Mature & Stable (Low/slowing growth (~7% recent), Moderate margins (11% net margin), Moderately volatile earnings, Strong FCF yield (8.3%)) | ## Dividends | Figure | Value | | --- | ---: | | Trailing dividend yield | 2.87% | | Dividends per share, last 12 months | $6.60 | | Coverage | — | | Raised | 5 years in a row | | Growth over 5 years | 12.8% a year | | Latest payment | $1.71, ex-date Oct 13, 2026, paid Nov 13, 2026 | | Year of payments | Dividends per share | | --- | ---: | | To Oct 13, 2021 | $3.61 | | To Oct 12, 2022 | $4.03 | | To Oct 11, 2023 | $4.65 | | To Oct 10, 2024 | $5.35 | | To Oct 10, 2025 | $6.07 | | Trailing twelve months (to Oct 13, 2026) | $6.60 | ## Valuation models Each model's value per share and the role the engine gave it for this business. The headline above is one model's value; every other model is listed with its own, and each has a page of its own under the valuation. Computed Oct 17, 2026. | Model | Role | Value per share | Low | High | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | DCF · Perpetuity growth · 5y | primary | $263.00 | $185.39 | $488.05 | | DCF · Perpetuity growth · 10y | cross check | $274.85 | $198.25 | $492.77 | | DCF · EBITDA exit · 5y | cross check | $250.22 | $169.59 | $345.41 | | DCF · EBITDA exit · 10y | cross check | $264.73 | $186.83 | $369.14 | | P/E · peers | cross check | $205.61 | $189.76 | $289.13 | | P/E · own history | cross check | $398.08 | $333.86 | $444.31 | | PEG | sanity check | $138.09 | $138.09 | $138.09 | | EV/EBITDA · peers | cross check | $192.71 | $164.20 | $219.44 | | EV/Revenue · peers | cross check | $167.56 | $155.76 | $197.19 | | Earnings power value | cross check | $149.54 | $129.06 | $178.08 | | Dividend discount | cross check | $147.01 | $102.74 | $233.23 | ## Insider activity (SEC Form 4) Past 90 days: 0 open-market buys ($0) and 7 open-market sales ($425,931.6); 10b5-1 plan sales included. | Date | Insider | Relationship | Transaction | Shares | Value | | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | | Oct 12, 2026 | Hogan Catherine Kiernan | Chief Operating Officer | Open-market sell (10b5-1 plan) | 32 | $6,923.5 | | Oct 12, 2026 | Hogan Catherine Kiernan | Chief Operating Officer | Open-market sell (10b5-1 plan) | 206 | $44,316.7 | | Oct 12, 2026 | Hogan Catherine Kiernan | Chief Operating Officer | Open-market sell (10b5-1 plan) | 242 | $51,822.4 | | Oct 12, 2026 | Hogan Catherine Kiernan | Chief Operating Officer | Open-market sell (10b5-1 plan) | 219 | $46,691.9 | | Oct 12, 2026 | Hogan Catherine Kiernan | Chief Operating Officer | Open-market sell (10b5-1 plan) | 1 | $210.8 | ## Recent SEC filings | Filed | Form | What | Filing | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 16, 2026 | 10-K | Annual report | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737326000049/acn-20260831.htm | | Oct 14, 2026 | 8-K | 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737326000042/acn-20261014.htm | | Oct 1, 2026 | 8-K | 2.02 Results of Operations (Earnings); 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737326000037/acn-20261001.htm | | Jul 10, 2026 | 8-K | 8.01 Other Events; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000119312526300813/d181172d8k.htm | | Jul 10, 2026 | 424B5 | Prospectus supplement | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000119312526299965/d55277d424b5.htm | ## Superinvestors holding it (latest 13F) | Manager | Quarter | Shares | Value | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | | Richard Pzena | 2026-06-30 | 5,142,176 | $639.9M | | Greenhaven | 2026-06-30 | 3,384,681 | $421.2M | | Bill Nygren | 2026-06-30 | 2,757,314 | $343.1M | | Ruane Cunniff | 2026-06-30 | 901,848 | $112.2M | 12 tracked managers in all. ## About Accenture plc is a global professional services firm that delivers a wide array of strategy, consulting, interactive, technology, and operations services worldwide. Its comprehensive offerings include application services such as agile transformation, DevOps implementation, application modernization, enterprise architecture, software and quality engineering, and data management. It also specializes in intelligent automation, incorporating robotic process automation, natural language processing, and virtual agents, alongside liquid application management and various program, project, and service management solutions. The company provides strategic consulting, focusing on critical data elements, data governance, platform architecture, and enabling product-centric organizations to ensure business adoption and value realization. Accenture supports the digitization of engineering and research… --- Source: https://sweetvaluelab.com/stocks/acn (SweetValueLab, free, no account). Prices and statements from Financial Modeling Prep; filings from SEC EDGAR. 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