Why Accenture Is Poised to Keep Popping
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, global consulting giant has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Accenture and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Accenturefacts
Headquarters (founded) | Dublin, Ireland (1995) |
Market Cap | $49.9 billion |
Industry | IT consulting and other services |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $28.3 billion |
Management | CEO Pierre Nanterme (since 2011) CFO Pamela Craig (since 2006) |
49.8% | |
Cash/Debt | $5.6 billion / $29.0 thousand |
Dividend Yield | 2.1% |
Competitors | IBM Computer Sciences Infosys |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 1,344 members who have rated Accenture believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, mcjc12, offered some insight into the Accenture bull case:
Having been an employee at Accenture for 2 years, it's a good company with a management that is focused on financial results. They should continue to prove profitable and at minimum meet analyst expectations. Their two biggest, most recent bets right now are on Cloud technologies, investing [$400M] on a full SAAS platform, and a JV with GE Aviation on a company called Taleris. Accenture will provide the system architecture/integration support to GEA's design capability. ...
I wouldn't expect this stock to make you big bucks, but will provide a staple to your buy/hold portfolio.
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