Accenture (ACN) Q4 2026 Earnings
Q4 FY25 included $615 million ($0.78 per share) in business optimization costs primarily for employee severance; Q4 FY26 had no such charges, making the YoY GAAP comparison favorable. The adjusted (non-GAAP) Q4 FY25 EPS was $3.03.
How Did ACN Stock React to Q4 2026 Earnings?
Did ACN Beat Earnings? Q4 2026 Results
Yes. Accenture reported Q4 2026 earnings of $3.29 a share on Oct 1, 2026, beating the $3.18 consensus estimate by 3.4%. Revenue was $18.7B against a $18.0B estimate.
Accenture closed fiscal 2026 on a strong note, posting Q4 revenue of $18.68 billion, up 6.2% year over year and well ahead of the $18.04 billion consensus estimate, while GAAP diluted EPS of $3.29 beat the $3.18 consensus by 3.38%, extending the company's streak of topping Wall Street's per-share estimates to five consecutive quarters. The GAAP figure benefited from the absence of business optimization charges that had reduced results by $0.78 per share in the year-ago quarter; Q4 FY25 carried $615 million in such costs, primarily for employee severance, making the year-over-year comparison notably favorable. Broad-based growth across all five industry groups and all three geographic markets drove the revenue outperformance, with local currency growth of 7% clearing the high end of Accenture's own guided range. New bookings of $22.17 billion and a book-to-bill of 1.2x underscore continued demand for enterprise technology services, even as AI reshapes traditional spending patterns across the sector. Looking ahead, management guided full-year FY27 EPS to $14.39 to $14.81 and free cash flow of $11.00 billion to $11.80 billion, projecting 3% to 6% local currency revenue growth.
- Broad-based growth across all geographic markets, industry groups, and types of work
- Communications, Media & Technology grew 11% in local currency, fastest among industry groups
- 141 quarterly client bookings of $100 million or more, a new high
- New bookings of $22.2 billion with 1.2x book-to-bill ratio
- Managed Services bookings of $12.77 billion with 1.4x book-to-bill
- Absence of business optimization costs in Q4 FY26 boosted GAAP operating margin by 370 bps YoY
“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. These results reflect the continued trust our clients place in us to help them reinvent and create value, the high level of innovation we bring every day and the extraordinary commitment of our Reinventors to our clients' success.”
Accenture CEO, on the earnings call
What Is Accenture's Outlook?
For Q1 FY2027, Accenture expects revenues of $18.95B–$19.60B, representing 2%–6% local currency growth with approximately negative 1% FX impact. For full-year FY2027, the company guides to: 3%–6% local currency revenue growth with flat FX impact; operating margin of 15.9%–16.1% (50–70 bps expansion over FY26 GAAP, 10–30 bps over FY26 adjusted); GAAP diluted EPS of $14.39–$14.81 (6%–9% increase over FY26 GAAP, 3%–6% over FY26 adjusted); annual effective tax rate of 24.5%–26.5%; operating cash flow of $11.9B–$12.7B; property & equipment additions of $900M; free cash flow of $11.0B–$11.8B; and at least $9.5B returned to shareholders.
ACN YoY Financials
| Metric | Q4 2026 | Q4 2025 | Year over year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $18.7B | $17.6B | +6.2% |
| Gross Profit | $6.0B | $5.6B | +6.7% |
| Operating Income | $2.9B | $2.0B | +39.7% |
| Net Income | $2.0B | $1.4B | +43.8% |
ACN Revenue by Segment
ACN Revenue by Geography
When Does Accenture Report Next?
Figures from SEC filings and company reports. Not investment advice.