Accenture (NYSE: ACN) reported Q2 EPS of $2.77, $0.11 better than the analyst estimate of $2.66. Revenue for the quarter came in at $15.8 billion versus the consensus estimate of $15.84 billion.

Third Quarter Fiscal 2024

Accenture expects revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2024 to be in the range of $16.25 billion to $16.85 billion, or negative 1% to positive 3% in local currency, reflecting the company’s assumption of an approximately negative 1% foreign-exchange impact compared with the third quarter of fiscal 2023.

Fiscal Year 2024

Accenture’s business outlook for fiscal 2024 continues to assume that the foreign-exchange impact on its results in U.S. dollars will be flat compared with fiscal 2023.

For fiscal 2024, the company now expects revenue growth to be in the range of 1% to 3% in local currency, compared to 2% to 5% previously.

Accenture now expects GAAP operating margin for fiscal 2024 to be 14.8%, compared to a range of 14.8% to 15.0% previously, an expansion of 110 basis points from fiscal 2023; and adjusted operating margin, which excludes an estimated $450 million for business optimization costs in fiscal 2024 and $1.1 billion in fiscal 2023, to be 15.5%, compared to a range of 15.5% to 15.7% previously, an expansion of 10 basis points from fiscal 2023.

The company now expects both its GAAP and adjusted annual effective tax rate, which excludes the tax impacts of business optimization costs, to be in the range of 22.5% to 24.5%, compared to 23.5% to 25.5% previously.

The company now expects GAAP diluted EPS to be in the range of $11.41 to $11.64, compared to $11.41 to $11.76 previously, an increase of 6% to 8% over fiscal 2023; and adjusted EPS to be in the range of $11.97 to $12.20, compared to $11.97 to $12.32 previously, an increase of 3% to 5% over fiscal 2023. This excludes $0.56 for business optimization costs in fiscal 2024 and $1.28 for business optimization costs and $0.38 for a gain on an investment in fiscal 2023.

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