Accenture, the technology consulting firm that’s under pressure to show it can help clients adopt AI and can undergo such a transition itself, reported that it booked more business in the fourth quarter than analysts had expected

ACCENTURE $ACN Q4’26 EARNINGS HIGHLIGHTS 🔹 Revenue: $18.7B (Est. $18.03B) 🟢; +6% YoY 🔹 EPS: $3.29 (Est. $3.18) 🟢; +9% YoY vs adj. 🔹 Oper Margin: 15.3% (Est. 15.2%) 🟢; +20 bps vs adj. 🔹 New Bookings: $22.17B; +4% YoY FY27 Guide: 🔹 EPS: $14.39-$14.81 (Est. $14.62) 🟡 🔹 Oper Margin: 15.9%-16.1% (Est. 15.87%) 🟢 🔹 Revenue Growth: 3%-6% LC Q1 FY27 Guide: 🔹 Revenue: $18.95B-$19.60B (Est. $19.36B) 🟡 🔹 Revenue Growth: 2%-6% LC Revenue by Type of Work: 🔹 Consulting: $9.28B; +6% YoY 🔹 Managed Services: $9.4B; +7% YoY Geographic Revenue: 🔹 Americas: $9.4B; +7% YoY 🔹 EMEA: $6.6B; +6% YoY 🔹 Asia Pacific: $2.7B; +3% YoY Other Q4 Metrics: 🔹 Consulting Bookings: $9.4B; 1.0x book-to-bill 🔹 Managed Services Bookings: $12.8B; 1.4x book-to-bill 🔹 Free Cash Flow: $2.9B 🔹 Gross Margin: 32.0%; +10 bps YoY Key Updates: 🔹 FY26 Revenue: $74.2B; +6% YoY 🔹 FY26 Adjusted EPS: $13.97; +8% YoY 🔹 FY26 Bookings: $84.5B 🔹 141 quarterly client bookings of $100M+ 🔹 Returned $11.5B to shareholders, including $2B of additional Q4 buybacks 🔹 FY27 Cash Return: At least $9.5B 🔹 Quarterly Dividend: $1.71/share, +5% YoY Comments: 🔸 “We exceeded our fourth-quarter revenue guidance range and capped off another year of broad-based growth across our business, grew adjusted EPS 8%, returned a record $11.5 billion to shareholders and reached a new high of 141 quarterly client bookings of $100 million or more.”