Accenture plc (ACN) PT Raised to $172 at KeyBanc; 'Impressive F1Q & Good FY18 Setup... Robust Bookings & Strong Pipeline'

Accenture plc (ACN) PT Raised to $156 at BMO Capital on 1Q Report; 'Impressed with Top-Line and Signings Performance'

December 22, 2017 9:48 AM EST

BMO Capital raised its price target on Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) to $156.00 (from $140.00) while maintaining a Market Perform rating, following the company's first quarter earnings report.

Analyst Keith Bachman notes a positive outlook on the shares, as the company reported first quarter... More

Accenture plc (ACN) PT Raised to $173 at Wells Fargo on 1Q Beat; 'Positive Bookings Trend'

December 22, 2017 9:01 AM EST

Wells Fargo raised its price target on Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) to $173.00 (from $163.00) while maintaining a Outperform rating, following the company's first quarter earnings report.

Analyst Caso notes an increased price target on the shares, as the company reported first quarter earnings per share... More

Accenture plc (ACN) PT Raised to $159 at Morgan Stanley

December 22, 2017 8:47 AM EST

Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) to $159.00 (from $154.00) while maintaining a Equalweight rating.

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Accenture plc (ACN) PT Raised to $180 at Cantor Fitzgerald Following Strong 1Q

December 22, 2017 8:03 AM EST

Cantor Fitzgerald raised its price target on Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) to $180.00 (from $151.00) while maintaining a Overweight rating following the company's 1Q. Accenture reported 1QFY18 net revenue of $9.52 bn, vs. guidance of $9.1-9.35 bn and the FactSet consensus of $9.26 bn. Adjusted EPS for 1QFY18 were... More

Accenture plc (ACN) PT Raised to $152 at Barclays

December 22, 2017 4:22 AM EST

Barclays raised its price target on Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) to $152.00 (from $135.00) while maintaining a Equalweight rating.

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Accenture plc (ACN) PT Raised to $180 at Pivotal Research

December 21, 2017 4:05 PM EST

Pivotal Research raised its price target on Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) to $180.00 (from $165.00) while maintaining a Buy rating.

Analyst Lou Miscioscia comments "...with Digital, cloud, IoT, RPA, AI, etc., etc., this is a golden period of our new tech age and so... More

Accenture's digital push boosts earnings, shares hit record

December 21, 2017 10:14 AM EST

By Aishwarya Venugopal

(Reuters) - Consulting and outsourcing services firm Accenture Plc's (NYSE: ACN) quarterly earnings and revenue topped Wall Street forecasts, as investments in fast-growing digital and cloud services paid off.

Shares of Accenture, which have risen about 30 percent this year, rose 4 percent to a record high of $157.93 in on Thursday morning.

The company also lifted its forecast for yearly earnings per share and gave a forecast for current-quarter revenue largely ahead of analysts' expectations.

Revenue from Accenture's digital, cloud, analytics and security-related services - a... More

Energy and financials power Wall Street's rise

December 21, 2017 7:38 AM EST

By April Joyner

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The three main U.S. stock indexes rose on Thursday, boosted by bank and energy stocks as investors bet on more economically sensitive sectors.

Energy and financial stocks led gains among the 11 major S&P sectors. Financials have gained 21 percent this year, compared with a 20 percent gain for the S&P 500. Energy, by contrast, has underperformed this year, with a 4.2 percent loss year-to-date, and some analysts suggested that Thursday's gains reflected a rotation to stocks particularly responsive to economic growth.

"Today of late, (energy has) picked up significantly,"... More

Accenture (ACN) Tops Q1 EPS by 12c, Offers Outlook

December 21, 2017 6:33 AM EST

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) reported Q1 EPS of $1.79, $0.12 better than the analyst estimate of $1.67. Revenue for the quarter came in at $9.5 billion versus the consensus estimate of $9.26 billion.

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Accenture sees Q2 2018 revenue of $9.15-9.4 billion, versus the consensus of $9.15 billion.

Fiscal Year 2018Accentures business outlook for the full 2018 fiscal year now assumes... More