Accenture plc (ACN) earnings on June 18, 2026
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
Accenture's stock dropped sharply after releasing its quarterly results, falling about 20% during the day and closing near that low level.
ACN price around the earnings
128.70
Change: -17.9%
2026-06-19, 00:00 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
- Thesis published
Analysts expect price gains, but risks remain.
Analysts see strong potential for price increases, supported by a history of exceeding earnings and optimistic price targets. However, recent negative price trends and broader economic concerns are tempering expectations.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Analysts cite an optimistic scenario, but risks remain.
- Reasoning
- Analysts point to an optimistic scenario, supported by a history of exceeding earnings and optimistic price targets. However, recent negative price trends and broader economic concerns are tempering expectations.
- Playbook
- The company consistently beats earnings estimates, and analysts have set high price targets, pointing to an optimistic scenario. Despite this, recent price action shows a negative trend, influenced by broader economic conditions.
- Trend
- Expert opinion deteriorating significantly in recent days.
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Positive
Analysts maintain buy ratings with price targets pointing to a substantially optimistic scenario of over 45%. This consensus is based on 26 opinions.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 1.96
- Analysts covering the stock
- 26
- Average price target
- 228.9
- Lowest price target
- 177
- Highest price target
- 320
- Upside to price target
- 46.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 2.1%
- Revenue growth
- 8.3%
- Forward EPS
- 14.85
- Trailing EPS
- 12.2
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 8
- Strong buy: 3
- Buy: 13
- Hold: 12
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 3
- Buy
- 13
- Hold
- 12
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- June 15, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Downgrades rating (Overweight → Equal-Weight)
- June 8, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- June 8, 2026 · TD Cowen: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- June 4, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- June 3, 2026 · Goldman Sachs: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- June 3, 2026 · Stifel: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- June 1, 2026 · Citigroup: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- June 1, 2026 · Truist Securities: Downgrades rating (Buy → Hold)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Neutral
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (8)
- Accenture, Kroger And 3 Stocks To Watch Heading Into Thursday — Benzinga
- Accenture Expands Healthcare And Factory Tech Push Ahead Of Earnings — Benzinga
- Accenture Moves To Acquire Industries eXcellence Group From Engineering Group To Expand Siemens-Focused Manufacturing And Automation Capabilities; Terms Not Disclosed — Benzinga
- Accenture To Acquire Engineering Group Subsidiary Alfahealth, Adding 1,200 Specialists And Digital Health Platform To Italy Operations; Terms Not Disclosed — Benzinga
- Accenture Gears Up For Q3 Print; Here Are The Recent Forecast Changes From Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts — Benzinga
- What's Going On With Accenture Stock Tuesday? — Benzinga
- Unilever Partners With Accenture To Scale AI-Enabled Digital Twins Across Global Manufacturing Network, Planning 40-Plus New Twins Over Next 18 Months — Benzinga
- Morgan Stanley Downgrades Accenture to Equal-Weight, Lowers Price Target to $177 — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Negative
The stock's price trend has been negative over the last 14 and 30 days. The overall trajectory shows a downward movement.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 4.6%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -48.4%
- 14-day change (14d)
- -12.5%
- 30-day change (30d)
- -12.8%
- 30-day relative strength
- -12.8%
- Benchmark change (0d)
- +0.0%
- Nearest support
- 155.9
- Nearest resistance
- 164.79
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 0.99
Trends
Drivers
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Macro & trends
Negative
Broader market indicators show a downturn, with the Federal Reserve signaling tighter monetary policy. Investor sentiment is currently fearful.
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +4.0%
- March 19, 2026: actual EPS 2.93 vs estimate 2.84 (surprise +3.3%)
- December 18, 2025: actual EPS 3.94 vs estimate 3.72 (surprise +5.9%)
- September 25, 2025: actual EPS 3.03 vs estimate 2.97 (surprise +2.0%)
- June 20, 2025: actual EPS 3.49 vs estimate 3.32 (surprise +5.0%)
Expected move
Drivers
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Past earnings
Positive
The company has a strong recent record of beating earnings expectations over the last four quarters. The average surprise was 4.0%.
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 4.4%
- 75th percentile move
- 7%
- 90th percentile move
- 7.4%
- Up / down moves
- 7 / 12
- Average up move
- +5.8%
- Average down move
- -3.6%
Monitoring and close
What Accenture plc reported
There is no monitoring data available for this event.
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Consolidated
- -19.6%
- Max move
- -19.9%
No verdict: the outlook took no direction, so there is nothing to score as a hit or a miss.