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Accenture plc

ACN#29 of 134 by buybacks

NYSE · Technology · Information Technology Services · USA

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Buybacks · TTM to Aug 2026$7.52Blatest four quarters
Buyback yield5.9%repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · TTM to Aug 2026$3.99Bdividend yield 3.1%
Shareholder yield9.0%buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−6.1%605M shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flow65%payout incl. dividends 99%
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in USD. Fiscal years end in August.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 6.1% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in USD. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

From the cash-flow statement as reported, in USD. Negative repurchases mean net share issuance.

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2026Aug 2026$7.52B$3.99B$11.6B
FY2025Aug 2025$4.62B$3.70B$10.9B
FY2024Aug 2024$4.52B$3.24B$8.61B
FY2023Aug 2023$4.33B$2.83B$9.00B
FY2022Aug 2022$4.12B$2.46B$8.82B
FY2021Aug 2021$3.70B$2.24B$8.40B
FY2020Aug 2020$2.92B$2.04B$7.62B

Repurchases in FY2026 were +62.8% versus the prior year.

About Accenture plc

Accenture plc provides strategy and consulting, industry X, song, and technology and operation services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers systems integration and application management; security; intelligent platform; infrastructure; software engineering; data, AI, cloud; and automation and global delivery services. The company also operates business processes for specific enterprise functions, including finance and accounting, sourcing and procurement, supply chain,…

Market cap
$128B
P/E (trailing)
15.4×
Fiscal year end
August
ISIN
IE00B4BNMY34
Reporting currency
USD
Data updated
Oct 9, 2026
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