Accenture (ACN) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $3.29
- Estimate
- $3.18
- Surprise
- +3.4%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.6 → 6.0/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Accenture (ACN) beat the $3.18 estimate with adjusted EPS of $3.29 — a clear 3.4% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.6/10) to Hold at 6.0/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates ACN Hold at 6.0/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +3.4% surprise compares with a +3.7% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Positive news sentiment (+0.53)
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8
- Weak growth
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $212.30
- Price target
- $223.08
- Stop
- $197.44
- Upside to target
- +5.1%
At 14.6× trailing and 13.4× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Risk check: trading volume is running 4.4× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-02 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
ACN at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Information Technology Services
- Market cap
- $129.92B
- P/E (fwd)
- 13.4
- P/E (ttm)
- 14.6
- 52-week range
- $118.15–$291.09
- Off 52-week high
- 27.1%
- RSI (14)
- 68
- Volume vs avg
- 4.37×
- Score today
- 6.0/10