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Company Description

We are one of the world’s leading management consulting, technology services and outsourcing organizations, with approximately 177,000 employees; offices and operations in more than 200 cities in 52 countries; and revenues before reimbursements (“net revenues”) of $21.58 billion for fiscal... More

Sector: Services

Industry: Management Services

Country: United States

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Thursday, June 13, 11:25 AM Well, this is one way to get employees on your side: less than 2 weeks after returning as chairman, Infosys (INFY -1%) founder Narayana Murthy has announced across-the-board pay hikes. Shortly before Murthy returned, Infosys announced it would simplify its compensation structure. Meanwhile, Infosys and other IT outsourcing firms (ACN, WIT, CTSH) are closely watching the progress of a U.S. immigration reform bill. Many tech companies are pleased the bill could increase the number of H-1B visas granted each year to as many as 180K from a current 65K, but outsourcing firms are worried about a potential doubling of visa application fees. 2 Comments [Tech]
Friday, May 17, 5:28 PM Accenture (ACN) is acquiring e-commerce/online ad consulting firm Acquity Group (AQ) for $316M, or $13/share, in cash. The price represents an 118% premium to Acquity's close today. Much like Accenture's recent purchases of Fjord and avVenta, the deal is about increasing Accenture's exposure to a burgeoning Web/digital marketing services space, and pitch more comprehensive solutions to CMOs and ad agencies. Accenture notes Acquity brings expertise in popular platforms such as Adobe and hybris. Acquity shares +111% AH to $12.56. Comment! [Tech, M&A, On the Move]
Tuesday, May 7, 6:20 PM Accenture (ACN) has acquired Fjord, a consulting firm that has helped develop digital services for PayPal, Citi, Nokia, Telefonica, the BBC, and others. Fjord's offerings will complement Accenture's existing arsenal of digital service and marketing offerings. The deal, whose terms are undisclosed, comes 7 months after Accenture bought digital production services provider avVenta to strengthen its marketing services arm. 1 Comment [Tech, M&A]
Thursday, March 28, 9:10 AM More on Accenture: CFO Pamela Craig is resigning from the position, effective July 1. Finance SVP David Rowland will replace her. FQ3 guidance is for revenue of $7.25B-$7.5B, below a $7.6B consensus. FY13 revenue growth is now expected to be "in the lower half" of a prior guidance range of 5%-8%; consensus is already at 5.1%. Adjusted FY13 EPS guidance of $4.24-$4.32, in-line with $4.26 consensus, maintained. New bookings were $9.1B in FQ2, +15% Y/Y. $31B-$34B in FY13 bookings still expected. $609M worth of buybacks. ACN -3% premarket. (PR) Comment! [Tech, Earnings, On the Move]
Thursday, March 28, 8:31 AM Accenture (ACN) announces that Pamela Craig will step down from her role as CFO on July 1 to be replaced by senior VP David P. Rowland. Comment! [Tech]
Thursday, March 28, 7:31 AM Accenture (ACN): FQ2 EPS of $1.00 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $7.1B beats by $0.03B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Tech]
Thursday, March 28, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: ACN, BBRY, CMC, FINL, GME, MOS 3 Comments [Earnings]
Wednesday, March 27, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: ACN, BBRY, CMC, FINL, GME, MOS 5 Comments [Earnings]
Wednesday, January 23, 10:09 AM Deutsche Bank's David Bianco lists his 30 favorite big-cap stocks, each with a P-E ratio on 2013 EPS below 18 and EPS growth above 5%: DD, APD, MSFT, INTC, IBM, ACN, GOOG, APH, EMC, AAPL, QCOM, ITW, ROK, UTX, HON, GD, ALL, C, USB, PNC, SLB, HAL, CAM, BHI, LYB, DIS, VIAB, NWSA, CBS, MCD. 10 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Friday, January 11, 9:38 AM Low expectations are doing wonders for Infosys (INFY +18.4%), which has taken off following its FQ3 beat. With full-year figures aided by the beat, the company is now guiding for FY13 (ends March 31) revenue of at least $7.45B and EPS of at least $2.97, above a consensus of $7.32B and $2.95. 8 major outsourcing deals with a combined value of $731M were signed, and cloud engagements (previous) rose by 20 Q/Q to 190. Gross margin, hurt by rising wages, fell 100 bps Q/Q and 600 bps Y/Y to 37%. WIT +6.6%. CTSH +4.2%. ACN +1%. (PR) Comment! [Tech, On the Move, Earnings]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 5:40 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: SD +8%. APOL +7%. TTWO +6%. JBL +6%. GNCMA +5%.
After-hours top losers: FOLD -52%. RGR -7%. VRTX -6%. HMA -5%. ACN -5%. 3 Comments [On the Move]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 5:19 PM More on Accenture: FQ2 guidance is for revenue of $6.9B-$7.15B, below a $7.17B consensus. FY13 guidance is for 4%-7% revenue growth (after forex impact) and EPS of $4.24-$4.32, in-line with a consensus of 5.6% growth and $4.27. $225M in shares were repurchased in FQ1, helping EPS beat estimates in spite of the revenue miss. New bookings were $7.5B, down from $7.8B in year-ago period. Americas sales +8% and Asia-Pac +7%, but EMEA -6%. ACN -4.8% AH. (PR) Comment! [Tech, Earnings]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 4:02 PM Accenture (ACN): FQ1 EPS of $1.06 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $7.22B (+2% Y/Y) misses by $70M. Shares -2% AH. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Tech, On the Move]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Wednesday’s close: ACN, BBBY, JBL, PAYX Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Wednesday’s close: ACN, BBBY, JBL, PAYX Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, November 26, 2012, 7:28 AM Accenture (ACN) announces it landed a five year contract from the TSA with an upper bound of $250M. The company will help the government agency to create and manage a system to track identities of workers through a single channel. 1 Comment [Consumer]

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$ACN and $WY @ 52 week highs this AM
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Dividend Sheet
$AZN $SJR and $BBL are the highest yielding foreign dividend growth stocks - http://stks.co/pDU6 - 20 stocks with 2.86% Yield - $ACN $NVO
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Ian Farbrother
Traded out half of my $IBM for $ACN. Tired of waiting for IBM to get back on a growth path, plus ACN has a better yield!
May 15, 3:42 PM
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chopchop0: $IBM is having a nice pop today
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Ian Farbrother: so I noticed ... <sigh> ...
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Chines33
Would infinitely rather but $ACN or $EMC over $IBM as all 3 are getting hit.
Apr 21, 2:19 PM
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wenlock00: Good call; Many of IBMs bespoke solutions are now commodity and margins are too high?
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Chines33: Yes, $IBM being squeezed by both companies above. One in services, the other in cloud. Not to mention the other players in the space.
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ltfinger
Potential Upgrades (4/1/13): $ACN, $CIB, $CTRX, $CTSH, $CYNO, $INFY, $RE, $SWI, $UGA, $WPPGY, $WEX
Apr 2, 1:12 AM
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Today's New Downgrades (3/21/13): $ACN, $ARG, $BID, $CLR, $CTSH, $EOG, $EWZ, $JPM, $OAS, $PCYC, $PH, $RKT, $SIAL, $TD, $TUMI, $UPS
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Today's Potential Downgrades (3/18/13): $ACN, $ADBE, $APH, $ATHN, $ATW, $AVGO, $BAX, $BPL, $BRK.B, $BWA, $CAM, $CELG, $CERN
Mar 19, 7:41 AM
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$CIMT $FDUS and $CLNY are the best yielding stocks at all-time-highs - http://stks.co/iMBg - I like $GIS $ACN and $LEG
Feb 19, 8:10 AM
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$VIP $NTT and $INTC are the best yielding technology growth stocks + http://stks.co/jKpg + I like $ORCL $ACN and $QCOM
Feb 4, 9:18 AM
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MagicDiligence
Magic Formula Investing and MagicDiligence 2012 Performance Review $GTAT $TWX $ACN $USNA and others... http://bit.ly/12ZWRkk
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Ian Farbrother
Traded out half of my $IBM for $ACN. Tired of waiting for IBM to get back on a growth path, plus ACN has a better yield!
May 15, 3:42 PM
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chopchop0: $IBM is having a nice pop today
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Chines33
Would infinitely rather but $ACN or $EMC over $IBM as all 3 are getting hit.
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wenlock00: Good call; Many of IBMs bespoke solutions are now commodity and margins are too high?
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Chines33: Yes, $IBM being squeezed by both companies above. One in services, the other in cloud. Not to mention the other players in the space.
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Chines33
ACN is one to watch on a massive selloff. Will get smoked on anything bad EU but a great company.
5/8/12
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OneLongTrade: Remember during the flash crash where it had a 0.01 print? Great company for a cent.
5/8/12
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Chines33: Lol I remember plenty similar moves that day...but lucky to have decent cash at time.
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Marc Chaikin
$ACN Raised Guidance Analysts Upping Ests. Power Gauge Bullish - Buy Dips
4/9/12
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firstinsnow: I'm on it.
4/10/12
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Chines33
3 tech stocks I want to buy on a larger pullback EMC ACN LRCX
4/9/12
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Hillbilly Stock Star: XLK.......bullish on tech as Valley starting to crank imo, Long.
4/9/12
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Apple TV & TGT deal starts to make sense, personally bullish iPhone5, imo.
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Stone Fox Capital
$ACN & $NKE report no slowdown in sight. China sales remain off the chart.
3/22/12
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Maria Auziliadora: Agreed
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O. Young Kwon
TSM.1-2-3 (IBM) TSM.1-2 (JOY BEN) TSM.2-3 (MA ISRG BAC) TSM.1 (HD ACN KO FCX NFLX) TSM.2 (PRGO BIDU) TSM.3 (KSU JWN CME NVR) <c>
2/7/12
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O. Young Kwon: SUMMARY OF TANER STOCK MOMENTUM (TSM) (2/7/2012) 1,2,3 = 1-m, 2-m, 3-month term. yk
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Chines33
ACN and ADOBE actually quite bullish reports for tech..a day after BRCM maintained guidance..if not for EU tech would explode higher.
12/15/11
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dak269: it sucks, tech is fun to trade...instead I want to buy QID
12/15/11
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cheme: BRCM is doing fine though can't break away from 52-wk low. We're breaking down.
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Stone Fox Capital
ACN reports record bookings. What recession?
9/27/11
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Stone Fox Capital: Recession for IT workers? Most IT companies can't find quality workers.
9/27/11
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fxmaven: excuses, excuses. no incentive to create jobs in USA with obamacare & high health insurance costs, full stop..
9/28/11
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