Accenture plc (ACN) — the earnings record
As of the 2026-09-28 card — updated after each print. An investment research diary, not advice.
The record at a glance
Reactions across the covered prints span -8.9% to +6.0% — the beat column and the reaction column frequently disagree, which is the whole reason the record scores them separately. The street carries Window closed 6 October: −8.9% — sold, the second punishment on the card and the second on a double beat. Next print 17 December, est $3.95 on roughly $19.41 billion. into the next print.
Print by print
| Date | EPS | Revenue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26 | 2026-10-01 | ✓ beat | ✓ beat |
| Jun 26 | 2026-06-18 | ✓ beat | ✗ miss |
| Mar 26 | 2026-03-19 | ✓ beat | ✓ beat |
| Dec 25 | 2025-12-18 | ✓ beat | ✓ beat |
| Sep 25 | 2025-09-25 | ✓ beat | ✓ beat |
| Jun 25 | 2025-06-20 | ✓ beat | ✓ beat |
| Mar 25 | 2025-03-20 | ✓ beat | ✓ beat |
| Dec 24 | 2024-12-19 | ✓ beat | ✓ beat |
| Sep 24 | 2024-09-26 | ✓ beat | ✓ beat |
| Jun 24 | 2024-06-20 | ✗ miss | ✗ miss |
| Mar 24 | 2024-03-21 | ✓ beat | ✗ miss |
The per-print reaction chart, the load-bearing metric and the behavior read live on the full ACN print-record card — free registration.
FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-28
Quick answers
How often does Accenture plc beat earnings estimates?
Across the last 11 covered prints (as of the 2026-09-28 card), Accenture plc beat EPS estimates 10 of 11 times and revenue estimates 8 of 11 times, with 8 double beats.
How does ACN stock react to earnings?
Measured close-of-print-day to the close three sessions later: 2 of the last 11 prints resolved up (beyond +3%), 7 flat, 2 down (as of the 2026-09-28 card) — reactions spanning -8.9% to +6.0%. Beat-or-miss and reaction are scored separately because they frequently disagree.
What was ACN's biggest earnings reaction?
-8.9% over the three sessions after the Oct 26 print (2026-10-01).
When does Accenture plc report earnings next?
2026-12-17 (Window closed 6 October: −8.9% — sold, the second punishment on the card and the second on a double beat. Next print 17 December, est $3.95 on roughly $19.41 billion.). The full print-record card — reaction chart, the load-bearing metric and the behavior read — updates after each print; registration is free. An investment research diary, not advice.
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Long reads
- AI Stocks — The First Week Chose the Users: If the Pattern Holds
The IT-services firm Accenture, a member of the AI Users index, fell from $398.25 in February 2025 to $124.44 on 30 June this year and has since more than doubled, to $260.50 on Friday.
- AI Users — Builders Up 66%, the Companies Using AI Flat
Seven names are implementers — Accenture, Capgemini, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Cognizant, IBM and Genpact.
Dailies
- AI Trade — Chips Bounce 3% Before AMD; Apple, Palantir and Shopify Slip After Their Reports
Among the AI users that led the month, Accenture falls 2.5% and Walmart 2.3%, while Eli Lilly holds a 0.5% gain.
- Sell-Off — Nasdaq −3%, Chips −8%, Bitcoin −4%, Gold −3%; Only Bonds, Oil and Defensives Hold
What holds: the 10-year Treasury yield eases to 4.94%, oil rises 2.0%, and staples, energy, utilities and health care gain, with Accenture up 4.9%, Eli Lilly 3.2% and AstraZeneca 7.4%.
- AI Trade — Sold the Builders, Bought the Users
And the companies that sell AI adoption to everyone else rallied outright: Accenture +7.7%, Cognizant +6.0%, Infosys +3.7%.
- Chips — one day of bounce, then Asia sells it: Kospi −4.3%, SK Hynix −5.3%, Nasdaq futures lower
Accenture, the test for the AI-users trade, added 3.2% to 236.93 and held.
- Chips — the open follows Seoul, then turns: chip index from −2.4% to +0.7%; small caps +1.6%
AI users — still bought: Accenture +1.0% to 239.41, Infosys +2.4%, IBM +1.4% before its report
- AI Trade — builders and runners sold, users bought: chips enter a bear market, Accenture +9.9% on the week
The companies that put AI to work — Accenture, Cognizant, Infosys — rose all week, even on Friday.
- Chips — Bear Market Again, but Not Like July
The companies that put AI to work are the exception: Accenture rose 38.8% in the July leg and 18.8% in this one, Cognizant and Infosys had their best week in years.
- Chips — bounce 2.5% to break an eight-day losing run; QQQ back above 720, AI users still bought
The chip index is up for the first time in nine sessions, software follows, Accenture rises again.
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