Accenture plc (ACN) went down -0.33% yesterday: Is this the Most Sought-After Stock Today?

As on Thursday, Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) started slowly as it slid -0.33% to $360.43, before settling in for the price of $361.63 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, ACN posted a 52-week range of $278.69-$387.51.

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It was noted that the giant of the Technology sector posted annual sales growth of 8.75% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 9.21%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 6.68%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $625.03 million, simultaneously with a float of $623.88 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $225.44 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $360.17, while the 200-day Moving Average is $333.13.

Accenture plc (ACN) Ownership Facts and Figures

Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Information Technology Services industry. Accenture plc’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.26%, in contrast to 77.56% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Dec 23 ’24, this organization’s Chief Leadership & HR Officer sold 375 shares at the rate of 358.50, making the entire transaction reach 134,439 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 5,149.

Accenture plc (ACN) Earnings and Revenue Records

Accenture plc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 6.68% and is forecasted to reach 13.90 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 8.79% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 9.21% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Accenture plc (ACN). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 1.47. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 8.30. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $30.21, and its Beta score is 1.23. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 3.40. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 24.90.

In the same vein, ACN’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 11.93, a figure that is expected to reach 2.79 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 13.90 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of Accenture plc (ACN)

Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Accenture plc, ACN], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 3.72 million was better the volume of 2.7 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 47.36% While, its Average True Range was 8.55.

Raw Stochastic average of Accenture plc (ACN) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 73.82%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 44.68% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 34.58% that was higher than 24.33% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.