For the quarter ended August 2025, Accenture (ACN) reported revenue of $17.6 billion, up 7.3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $3.03, compared to $2.79 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.56% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $17.33 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $2.98, the EPS surprise was +1.68%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Accenture performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- New Bookings - Total: $21.31 billion compared to the $20.97 billion average estimate based on two analysts.
- New Bookings - Managed Services: $12.44 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $12.02 billion.
- New Bookings - Consulting: $8.87 billion versus $8.95 billion estimated by two analysts on average.
- Geographic Revenue- Americas: $8.8 billion versus $8.72 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +10.5% change.
- Geographic Revenue- Asia Pacific: $2.6 billion versus $2.43 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -7.3% change.
- Geographic Revenue- EMEA: $6.2 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $6.11 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +9.9%.
- Revenues- Type of Work- Consulting: $8.77 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $8.57 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.2%.
- Revenues- Type of Work- Managed Services: $8.82 billion versus $8.75 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8.3% change.
- Revenues- Industry Groups- Product: $5.38 billion versus $5.22 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8.6% change.
- Revenues- Industry Groups- Health & Public Service: $3.56 billion compared to the $3.77 billion average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.4% year over year.
- Revenues- Industry Groups- Financial services: $3.32 billion versus $3.06 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +15.4% change.
- Revenues- Industry Groups- Communications, Media & Technology: $2.95 billion versus $2.86 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +7.4% change.
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Shares of Accenture have returned -7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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