Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) announced Q2 of fiscal 2024 earnings results before the US market opened on Thursday. Irish-American professional services company reported revenue that fell slightly short of analyst estimate of $15.847 billion at $15.8 billion. Earnings per share reached $2.77 for the quarter vs. $2.661 per share expected.
Company overview Founded: 1989 Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland Number of employees: 733,000 (2023) Industry: Professional services, information technology consulting Key people: Julie Sweet (Chair and CEO) CEO commentary "In an uncertain macro environment, we remain the trusted partner to our clients for reinvention with a record 39 clients with quarterly bookings of over $100 million. We also extended our early lead in generative AI with $1.1 billion in new bookings in the first half of the year. And we are investing to serve the needs of our clients and expand our growth opportunities with $2.9 billion of capital deployed in the first half in strategic acquisitions.
Thank you to our more than 740,000 people around the world for your dedication to delivering value for our clients," Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture said in a note to shareholders. Stock reaction Share price fell by around 9% on Thursday to $346.12 a share – the lowest level since January. Stock performance 5 day: +0.59% 1 month: +2.46% 3 months: +9.09% Year-to-date: +8.42% 1 year: +40.04% Accenture stock price targets Guggenheim: $425 Redburn Atlantic: $445 Morgan Stanley: $417 Stifel Nicolaus: $395 Piper Sandler: $394 Citigroup: $430 Robert W.
Baird: $375 Bank of America: $419 Royal Bank of Canada: $374 Mizuho: $426 UBS Group: $400 BNP Paribas: $440 BMO Capital Markets: $385 Wedbush: $360 TD Cowen: $360 Barclays: $390 JP Morgan Chase & Co.: $341 Accenture plc is the 44 th largest company in the world with a market cap of $238.53 billion, according to CompaniesMarketCap. You can trade Accenture plc (NYSE: CAN) and many other stocks from the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX and ASX with GO Markets as a Share CFD on the MetaTrader 5 platform. To find out more, go to "Trading" then select "Share CFDs".
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