ACN Stock Analysis — Accenture
Sector: IT Services & Consulting
AI Verdict
Accenture trades at 8.8x next year's earnings while analysts expect +29.5% EPS growth — that's cheap for the growth on offer if its sticky client relationships and global scale hold up.
Competitive Moat
Accenture delivers large-scale digital transformation and technology consulting projects for global enterprises, embedding itself deeply in client operations. Its moat comes from sticky, multi-year client relationships and a global delivery network that is hard for smaller rivals to replicate.
Summary
Accenture trades at just 8.8x forward earnings with analysts expecting a 29.5% EPS jump, a rare setup in IT services.
Where It Stands
The stock is down -53.14% over the past year, sits at an RSI of 34.5 (oversold), and its 8.8x forward P/E is far below the IT services sector median of ~20x.
Key Metrics
- RSI: 34.5 — Near Oversold
- Trailing P/E: 11.3x
- Forward P/E: 8.8x
- PEG Ratio: 0.44
- Earnings Growth: +0.3%
- Revenue Growth: +0.1%
- Market Cap: $87.0B
- Dividend Yield: 0.05%
- 1-Year Return: -53.14%
- 52-Week High: $307.77
- 52-Week Low: $118.15
Analyst Consensus
19 Buy · 13 Hold · 0 Sell (32 analysts)
Bull Case
With forward EPS growth expected at 29.5% and a forward P/E of 8.8x, you're getting high growth at a deep discount to sector norms.
Bear Case
If the P/E reverts to a sector median 20x, the current multiple implies the market is bracing for a major miss or structural decline — and the -53.14% return signals real fear.
Catalyst to Watch
Watch for next earnings: if Accenture delivers on the 29.5% EPS growth forecast, the stock could rerate sharply upward.