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07-20	Wells Fargo Lowers Price Target on Accenture to $194 From $200, Maintains Overweight Rating	MT
07-16	Soft Landing, Hard Selloff

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Published financial data: ACCENTURE PLC

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Fiscal Period: August	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Revenues	50.53B	61.59B	64.11B	64.9B	69.67B
Total Revenues	50.53B	61.59B	64.11B	64.9B	69.67B
Cost of Goods Sold, Total	34.17B	41.89B	43.38B	43.73B	47.44B
Gross Profit	16.36B	19.7B	20.73B	21.16B	22.24B
Selling General & Admin Expenses, Total	8.74B	10.33B	10.6B	11.19B	11.38B
Other Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-
Other Operating Expenses, Total	8.74B	10.33B	10.6B	11.19B	11.38B
Operating Income	7.62B	9.37B	10.13B	9.97B	10.85B
Interest Expense, Total	-59.49M	-47.32M	-47.52M	-58.97M	-229M
Interest And Investment Income	33.36M	45.13M	280M	272M	336M
Net Interest Expenses	-26.13M	-2.19M	233M	213M	108M
Currency Exchange Gains (Loss)	15.37M	-169M	-136M	-48.84M	-147M
Other Non Operating Income (Expenses)	-121M	96.09M	-274M	3.96M	71.02M
EBT, Excl. Unusual Items	7.49B	9.29B	9.95B	10.14B	10.89B
Restructuring Charges	-	-	-1.06B	-438M	-615M
Gain (Loss) On Sale Of Investments	271M	-	253M	-	-
Gain (Loss) On Sale Of Assets	-	-96.29M	-	-	-
Other Unusual Items	-	-	-200K	-	-
EBT, Incl. Unusual Items	7.76B	9.2B	9.14B	9.7B	10.27B
Income Tax Expense	1.77B	2.21B	2.14B	2.28B	2.44B
Earnings From Continuing Operations	5.99B	6.99B	7B	7.42B	7.83B
Net Income to Company	5.99B	6.99B	7B	7.42B	7.83B
Minority Interest	-83.74M	-112M	-132M	-154M	-154M
Net Income - (IS)	5.91B	6.88B	6.87B	7.26B	7.68B
Net Income to Common Incl Extra Items	5.91B	6.88B	6.87B	7.26B	7.68B
Net Income to Common Excl. Extra Items	5.91B	6.88B	6.87B	7.26B	7.68B
Per Share Items
Net EPS - Basic	9.31	10.87	10.9	11.57	12.29
Basic EPS - Continuing Operations	9.31	10.87	10.9	11.57	12.29
Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	635M	633M	631M	628M	625M
Net EPS - Diluted	9.16	10.71	10.77	11.44	12.15
Diluted EPS - Continuing Operations	9.16	10.71	10.77	11.44	12.15
Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	646M	643M	639M	636M	632M
Normalized Basic EPS	7.24	9	9.65	9.85	10.64
Normalized Diluted EPS	7.12	8.86	9.53	9.72	10.51
Dividend Per Share	3.61	4.03	4.65	5.35	6.07
Payout Ratio	37.81	35.69	41.1	44.57	48.14
American Depositary Receipts Ratio (ADR)	1	1	1	1	1
Supplemental Items
EBITDA	8.45B	10.4B	11.2B	11.05B	12.22B
EBITA	7.93B	9.81B	10.57B	10.5B	11.6B
EBIT	7.62B	9.37B	10.13B	9.97B	10.85B
EBITDAR	9.37B	11.34B	12.26B	11.97B	13.17B
Total Revenues (As Reported)	-	-	-	-	-
Effective Tax Rate - (Ratio)	22.81	24	23.37	23.51	23.74
Total Current Taxes	1.71B	2.42B	2.4B	2.37B	2.08B
Total Deferred Taxes	60.93M	-213M	-269M	-93.99M	357M
Normalized Net Income	4.6B	5.7B	6.09B	6.18B	6.65B
Interest on Long-Term Debt	-	-	-	58.97M	-
Non-Cash Pension Expense	169M	188M	206M	223M	220M
Supplemental Operating Expense Items
Advertising Expense	172M	119M	101M	105M	78.52M
Selling and Marketing Expenses	5.29B	6.11B	6.58B	6.85B	7.04B
General and Administrative Expenses	3.45B	4.23B	4.28B	4.28B	4.35B
Research And Development Expense From Footnotes	1.12B	1.12B	1.3B	1.15B	817M
Net Rental Expense, Total	918M	940M	1.06B	922M	943M
Imputed Operating Lease Interest Expense	125M	104M	125M	120M	280M
Imputed Operating Lease Depreciation	793M	836M	939M	802M	663M
Stock-Based Comp., Other (Total)	1.34B	1.68B	1.91B	1.94B	2.09B
Total Stock-Based Compensation	1.34B	1.68B	1.91B	1.94B	2.09B

Fiscal Period: August	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Assets
Cash And Equivalents	8.17B	7.89B	9.05B	5B	11.48B
Short Term Investments	4.29M	3.97M	4.58M	5.4M	5.94M
Total Cash And Short Term Investments	8.17B	7.89B	9.05B	5.01B	11.48B
Accounts Receivable, Total	9.73B	11.78B	12.23B	13.66B	14.99B
Total Receivables	9.73B	11.78B	12.23B	13.66B	14.99B
Other Current Assets, Total	1.77B	1.94B	2.11B	2.18B	2.43B
Total Current Assets	19.67B	21.61B	23.38B	20.86B	28.9B
Gross Property Plant And Equipment	7.23B	7.17B	6.74B	6.99B	7.23B
Accumulated Depreciation	-2.41B	-2.49B	-2.57B	-2.71B	-2.93B
Net Property Plant And Equipment	4.82B	4.68B	4.17B	4.28B	4.31B
Long-term Investments	330M	318M	197M	335M	721M
Goodwill	11.13B	13.13B	15.57B	21.12B	22.54B
Other Intangibles, Total	-	-	-	2.9B	2.41B
Accounts Receivable Long-Term	38.33M	46.84M	107M	120M	180M
Deferred Tax Assets Long-Term	4.01B	4B	4.15B	4.15B	3.79B
Deferred Charges Long-Term	731M	808M	852M	862M	1.03B
Other Long-Term Assets, Total	2.46B	2.67B	2.81B	1.31B	1.52B
Total Assets	43.18B	47.26B	51.25B	55.93B	65.39B
Liabilities
Accounts Payable, Total	2.27B	2.56B	2.49B	2.74B	2.7B
Accrued Expenses, Total	8.02B	8.98B	9.01B	8.61B	9.88B
Short-term Borrowings	-	-	100M	935M	99.96M
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt	12.08M	9.18M	4.81M	11.23M	-
Current Portion of Leases	744M	708M	690M	726M	744M
Current Income Taxes Payable	423M	646M	721M	719M	701M
Unearned Revenue Current, Total	4.23B	4.48B	4.91B	5.17B	6.07B
Other Current Liabilities	9.48M	145M	88.66M	55.22M	155M
Total Current Liabilities	15.71B	17.52B	18.01B	18.98B	20.35B
Long-Term Debt	53.47M	45.89M	43.09M	78.63M	4.97B
Long-Term Leases	2.7B	2.56B	2.31B	2.37B	2.37B
Unearned Revenue Non Current	700M	713M	654M	641M	642M
Pension & Other Post Retirement Benefits	2.02B	1.69B	1.6B	1.82B	1.86B
Deferred Tax Liability Non Current	244M	319M	395M	429M	472M
Other Non Current Liabilities	1.66B	1.66B	1.78B	2.45B	2.49B
Total Liabilities	23.08B	24.52B	24.79B	26.76B	33.15B
Common Stock, Total	72K	72K	72K	72K	71K
Additional Paid In Capital	8.62B	10.68B	12.78B	14.71B	16.6B
Retained Earnings	13.99B	18.2B	19.32B	23.08B	21.02B
Treasury Stock	-3.41B	-6.68B	-7.06B	-10.56B	-7.75B
Comprehensive Income and Other	331M	-98.96M	660M	1.06B	1.33B
Total Common Equity	19.53B	22.11B	25.69B	28.29B	31.2B
Minority Interest	568M	641M	766M	880M	1.05B
Total Equity	20.1B	22.75B	26.46B	29.17B	32.24B
Total Liabilities And Equity	43.18B	47.26B	51.25B	55.93B	65.39B
Supplemental Items
ECS Total Shares Outstanding on Filing Date	632M	630M	628M	625M	620M
ECS Total Common Shares Outstanding	632M	631M	628M	625M	622M
Book Value / Share	30.9	35.02	40.89	45.24	50.17
Tangible Book Value	8.4B	8.97B	10.12B	4.26B	6.25B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	13.3	14.22	16.11	6.82	10.05
Total Debt	3.51B	3.33B	3.15B	4.12B	8.18B
Net Debt	-4.67B	-4.57B	-5.9B	-889M	-3.3B
Debt Equivalent of Unfunded Proj. Benefit Obligation	1.13B	980M	1B	1.06B	1.12B
Debt Equivalent Oper. Leases	7.34B	7.52B	8.51B	7.37B	7.54B
Minority Interest, Total (Incl. Fin. Div)	568M	641M	766M	880M	1.05B
Equity Method Investments, Total	184M	164M	23.98M	129M	355M
Account Code - Inventory Valuation	3	3	3	3	3
Buildings, Total	60K	5.61M	-	-	-
Machinery, Total	2.52B	2.6B	2.55B	2.59B	2.71B
Full Time Employees	624K	721K	733K	774K	779K
Accumulated Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Supple)	32.21M	25.79M	26.34M	27.56M	32.25M

Fiscal Period: August	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Net Income	5.91B	6.88B	6.87B	7.26B	7.68B
Depreciation & Amortization - CF	516M	592M	633M	548M	622M
Amortization of Goodwill and Intangible Assets - (CF)	313M	439M	441M	530M	746M
Depreciation & Amortization, Total	829M	1.03B	1.07B	1.08B	1.37B
Amortization of Deferred Charges, Total - (CF)	297M	280M	339M	352M	337M
(Gain) Loss From Sale Of Asset	-	-	-	-	-
Stock-Based Compensation (CF)	1.34B	1.68B	1.91B	1.94B	2.09B
Other Operating Activities, Total	567M	480M	512M	653M	1.05B
Change In Accounts Receivable	-1.47B	-2.41B	87.67M	-602M	-1.02B
Change In Accounts Payable	825M	374M	-171M	46.51M	-111M
Change in Unearned Revenues	555M	649M	160M	28.4M	707M
Change In Income Taxes	112M	473M	113M	114M	-300M
Change in Other Net Operating Assets	11.84M	109M	-1.37B	-1.75B	-325M
Cash from Operations	8.98B	9.54B	9.52B	9.13B	11.47B
Capital Expenditure	-580M	-718M	-528M	-517M	-600M
Sale of Property, Plant, and Equipment	-	-	-	-	-
Cash Acquisitions	-4.11B	-3.42B	-2.48B	-6.46B	-1.17B
Divestitures	414M	-108M	424M	28.72M	36.83M
Investment in Marketable and Equity Securities, Total	-61.98M	-30.57M	-48.75M	-126M	-303M
Other Investing Activities, Total	27.94M	12.58M	12.18M	8.67M	14.81M
Cash from Investing	-4.31B	-4.26B	-2.62B	-7.06B	-2.02B
Long-Term Debt Issued, Total	-	-	93.26M	1.6B	5.06B
Total Debt Issued	-	-	93.26M	1.6B	5.06B
Long-Term Debt Repaid, Total	-7.8M	-16.45M	-	-771M	-932M
Total Debt Repaid	-7.8M	-16.45M	-	-771M	-932M
Issuance of Common Stock	1.06B	1.35B	1.5B	1.42B	1.35B
Repurchase of Common Stock	-3.7B	-4.12B	-4.33B	-4.52B	-4.62B
Common Dividends Paid	-2.23B	-2.45B	-2.82B	-3.24B	-3.7B
Common & Preferred Stock Dividends Paid	-2.23B	-2.45B	-2.82B	-3.24B	-3.7B
Other Financing Activities, Total	-46.53M	-71.29M	-83.47M	-545M	-114M
Cash from Financing	-4.93B	-5.31B	-5.65B	-6.06B	-2.95B
Foreign Exchange Rate Adjustments	13.8M	-248M	-101M	-46.26M	-32.16M
Net Change in Cash	-247M	-278M	1.16B	-4.04B	6.47B
Supplemental Items
Cash Interest Paid	36.13M	45.97M	46.5M	37.18M	155M
Cash Income Tax Paid (Refund)	1.57B	1.78B	2.32B	2.39B	2.47B
Levered Free Cash Flow	7.42B	7.73B	8.89B	7.62B	10.48B
Unlevered Free Cash Flow	7.45B	7.76B	8.92B	7.66B	10.62B
Change In Net Working Capital	-800M	369M	208M	1.43B	-637M
Net Debt Issued / Repaid	-7.8M	-16.45M	93.26M	828M	4.13B

Fiscal Period: August	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Profitability
Return on Assets	11.87	12.95	12.85	11.63	11.18
Return on Total Capital	21.37	23.57	22.73	19.81	18.41
Return On Equity %	31.87	32.62	28.47	26.67	25.51
Return on Common Equity	32.34	33.04	28.75	26.92	25.82
Margin Analysis
Gross Profit Margin %	32.38	31.99	32.34	32.61	31.91
SG&A Margin	17.3	16.78	16.54	17.25	16.34
EBITDA Margin %	16.72	16.88	17.47	17.02	17.54
EBITA Margin %	15.7	15.92	16.48	16.18	16.65
EBIT Margin %	15.08	15.21	15.8	15.36	15.58
Income From Continuing Operations Margin %	11.85	11.35	10.92	11.43	11.24
Net Income Margin %	11.69	11.17	10.72	11.19	11.02
Net Avail. For Common Margin %	11.69	11.17	10.72	11.19	11.02
Normalized Net Income Margin	9.1	9.25	9.49	9.53	9.54
Levered Free Cash Flow Margin	14.67	12.55	13.87	11.75	15.04
Unlevered Free Cash Flow Margin	14.75	12.6	13.91	11.8	15.24
Asset Turnover
Asset Turnover	1.26	1.36	1.3	1.21	1.15
Fixed Assets Turnover	10.58	12.97	14.5	15.37	16.23
Receivables Turnover (Average Receivables)	5.75	5.73	5.34	5.01	4.86
Short Term Liquidity
Current Ratio	1.25	1.23	1.3	1.1	1.42
Quick Ratio	1.14	1.12	1.18	0.98	1.3
Operating Cash Flow to Current Liabilities	0.57	0.54	0.53	0.48	0.56
Days Sales Outstanding (Average Receivables)	63.47	63.72	68.33	73.01	75.04
Average Days Payable Outstanding	19.36	21.06	21.25	21.91	20.93
Long Term Solvency
Total Debt/Equity	17.45	14.62	11.9	14.13	25.38
Total Debt / Total Capital	14.86	12.76	10.64	12.38	20.24
LT Debt/Equity	13.69	11.47	8.9	8.39	22.76
Long-Term Debt / Total Capital	11.65	10.01	7.95	7.35	18.16
Total Liabilities / Total Assets	53.45	51.87	48.37	47.85	50.7
EBIT / Interest Expense	128.11	197.95	213.08	169.06	47.49
EBITDA / Interest Expense	157.47	239.6	258.07	202.97	57.6
(EBITDA - Capex) / Interest Expense	147.72	224.43	246.95	194.21	54.98
Total Debt / EBITDA	0.37	0.29	0.26	0.34	0.62
Net Debt / EBITDA	-0.5	-0.4	-0.48	-0.07	-0.25
Total Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	0.4	0.31	0.27	0.36	0.65
Net Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	-0.53	-0.43	-0.5	-0.08	-0.26
Growth Over Prior Year
Total Revenues, 1 Yr. Growth %	14	21.89	4.09	1.22	7.36
Gross Profit, 1 Yr. Growth %	17.09	20.39	5.23	2.08	5.07
EBITDA, 1 Yr. Growth %	16.77	23.11	0.73	-1.26	10.64
EBITA, 1 Yr. Growth %	17.49	23.59	0.45	-0.65	10.48
EBIT, 1 Yr. Growth %	17.01	22.9	0.45	-1.55	8.88
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	15.53	16.67	0.21	5.94	5.57
Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	15.64	16.43	-0.08	5.72	5.69
Normalized Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	16.42	23.89	6.86	1.56	7.57
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 1 Yr. Growth %	15.96	16.98	0.58	6.16	6.27
Accounts Receivable, 1 Yr. Growth %	23.98	21.06	3.82	11.76	9.66
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 1 Yr. Growth %	1.96	-2.99	-10.91	2.66	0.66
Total Assets, 1 Yr. Growth %	16.44	9.47	8.42	9.15	16.92
Tangible Book Value, 1 Yr. Growth %	-9.55	6.77	12.78	-47.01	46.52
Common Equity, 1 Yr. Growth %	14.88	13.19	16.23	10.1	10.28
Cash From Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	9.25	6.31	-0.18	-4.13	25.66
Capital Expenditures, 1 Yr. Growth %	-3.17	23.76	-26.44	-2.21	16.17
Levered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	12.41	4.28	8.63	-14.12	37.43
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	12.62	4.16	8.61	-13.99	38.64
Dividend Per Share, 1 Yr. Growth %	12.81	11.63	15.38	15.05	13.46
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Two Years
Total Revenues, 2 Yr. CAGR %	8.14	17.88	12.64	2.65	4.25
Gross Profit, 2 Yr. CAGR %	10.86	18.73	12.56	3.64	3.56
EBITDA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	10.48	14.1	10.24	3.08	5.73
EBITA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	10.63	20.5	15.41	3.47	6.05
EBIT, 2 Yr. CAGR %	9.95	19.92	15.27	3.16	4.85
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	11.18	16.1	8.12	3.03	5.75
Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	11.17	16.03	7.86	2.78	5.71
Normalized Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	9.42	17.06	13	4.18	3.19
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 2 Yr. CAGR %	11.53	16.47	8.47	3.33	6.22
Accounts Receivable, 2 Yr. CAGR %	9.62	22.51	12.11	7.72	10.7
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 2 Yr. CAGR %	86.17	-0.54	-7.03	-4.36	1.66
Total Assets, 2 Yr. CAGR %	20.39	12.9	8.94	8.78	12.97
Tangible Book Value, 2 Yr. CAGR %	1.21	-1.73	9.74	-31.06	-11.88
Common Equity, 2 Yr. CAGR %	16.42	14.03	14.7	13.12	10.19
Cash From Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	16.38	7.77	3.01	-2.17	9.76
Capital Expenditures, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-1.59	9.47	-4.58	-15.18	6.59
Levered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	16.93	2.57	4.24	-0.68	9.62
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	17.07	2.62	4.18	-0.63	10.18
Dividend Per Share, 2 Yr. CAGR %	11.19	12.22	13.49	15.22	14.25
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Three Years
Total Revenues, 3 Yr. CAGR %	7.22	12.54	13.09	8.7	4.19
Gross Profit, 3 Yr. CAGR %	9.41	13.95	14.05	8.95	4.12
EBITDA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	9.18	14.52	11.94	6.23	5.54
EBITA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	9.34	14.8	16.1	9.79	5.76
EBIT, 3 Yr. CAGR %	8.92	14.11	15.85	9.36	5.03
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	12.44	12.98	10.54	7.39	3.87
Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	13.31	12.9	10.39	7.14	3.74
Normalized Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	9.78	14.04	13.56	9.05	5.3
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 3 Yr. CAGR %	13.03	13.32	10.91	7.69	4.3
Accounts Receivable, 3 Yr. CAGR %	9.08	13.31	15.93	11.99	8.36
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 3 Yr. CAGR %	56.25	49.81	-4.13	-3.91	-2.72
Total Assets, 3 Yr. CAGR %	20.87	16.63	11.39	9.01	11.43
Tangible Book Value, 3 Yr. CAGR %	19.04	3.03	2.89	-20.24	-11.36
Common Equity, 3 Yr. CAGR %	23.51	15.33	14.76	13.15	12.17
Cash From Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	14.2	12.92	5.05	0.58	6.34
Capital Expenditures, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-2.15	6.23	-4.12	-3.8	-5.81
Levered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	16.16	12.53	6.56	-2.32	10.67
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	16.26	12.58	6.58	-2.31	11.03
Dividend Per Share, 3 Yr. CAGR %	10.72	11.34	13.27	14.01	14.63
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Five Years
Total Revenues, 5 Yr. CAGR %	8.97	11.23	9.36	8.47	9.47
Gross Profit, 5 Yr. CAGR %	9.75	12.22	10.66	9.71	9.73
EBITDA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	9.96	12.95	11.52	9.8	8.88
EBITA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	9.99	13.13	11.73	10.13	11.43
EBIT, 5 Yr. CAGR %	9.64	12.74	11.41	9.6	10.75
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	6.61	13.97	10.69	8.89	8.6
Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	7.51	14.83	11.1	8.74	8.49
Normalized Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	11.03	13.08	11.86	9.99	9.85
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 5 Yr. CAGR %	7.25	14.5	11.18	9.21	9.01
Accounts Receivable, 5 Yr. CAGR %	9.35	11.33	10.28	11.04	13.81
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 5 Yr. CAGR %	38.2	32.61	26.95	25.19	-1.85
Total Assets, 5 Yr. CAGR %	15.94	15.81	15.95	13.43	12.02
Tangible Book Value, 5 Yr. CAGR %	16.32	17.85	15.23	-12.26	-7.63
Common Equity, 5 Yr. CAGR %	20.92	19.82	19.91	14.44	12.91
Cash From Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	13.97	13.92	9.58	6.62	6.91
Capital Expenditures, 5 Yr. CAGR %	3.16	6.83	-3.13	-2.92	0.03
Levered Free Cash Flow, 5 Yr. CAGR %	15.27	12.28	13.45	7.05	7.36
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 5 Yr. CAGR %	15.32	12.31	13.46	7.1	7.59
Dividend Per Share, 5 Yr. CAGR %	10.41	10.74	11.82	12.87	13.66