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Accenture (Accenture) Dividends per Share

: $4.82 (TTM As of Feb. 2024)
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Accenture's dividends per share for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $1.29. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $4.82. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.47. As of today, Accenture's Dividend Yield % is 1.58%.

Good Sign:

Accenture PLC stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

During the past 12 months, Accenture's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 15.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.10% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Accenture was 47.60% per year. The lowest was 9.20% per year. And the median was 11.90% per year.

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Accenture Dividends per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Accenture's Dividends per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Accenture Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Dividends per Share
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.92 3.20 3.52 3.88 4.48

Accenture Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Dividends per Share Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.12 1.12 1.12 1.29 1.29

Competitive Comparison

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Accenture's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Accenture Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Accenture's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Accenture's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Accenture Dividends per Share Calculation

Dividends paid to per common share.


Accenture  (NYSE:ACN) Dividends per Share Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Accenture's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Feb. 2024 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=1.29/ 2.77
=0.47

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Accenture was 0.45. The lowest was 0.36. And the median was 0.41.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Accenture Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 1.2902024-04-102024-04-112024-05-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 1.2902024-01-172024-01-182024-02-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 1.2902023-10-112023-10-122023-11-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 1.1202023-07-122023-07-132023-08-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.


Accenture's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=4.99/316.88
=1.57 %

Current Share Price is $316.88.
Accenture's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $4.99.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Accenture was 2.43%. The lowest was 0.87%. And the median was 1.65%.

Good Sign:

Accenture PLC stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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Accenture (Accenture) Business Description

Address
1 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin, IRL, 2
Accenture is a leading global IT-services firm that provides consulting, strategy, and technology and operational services. These services run the gamut from aiding enterprises with digital transformation to procurement services to software system integration. The company provides its IT offerings to a variety of sectors, including communications, media and technology, financial services, health and public services, consumer products, and resources. Accenture employs just under 500,000 people throughout 200 cities in 51 countries.
Executives
Julie Spellman Sweet officer: General Counsel, Sec & CCO C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
Manish Sharma officer: Chief Operating Officer 161 NORTH CLARK, CHICAGO IL 60601
Jean-marc Ollagnier officer: Group Chief Exec-Resources C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
Jaime Ardila director 300 RENAISSANCE CENTER, M/C: 482-C25-A36, DETROIT MI 48265-3000
Paula A Price director ONE CVS DRIVE, WOONSOCKET RI 02895
Joel Unruch officer: General Counsel, Sec & CCO C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
John F Walsh officer: Grp Chief Exec-Com, Med & Tech C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
Ellyn Shook officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
Leonardo Framil officer: CEO-Growth Markets 500 W. MADISON STREET, CHICAGO IL 60661
Melissa A Burgum officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O SRA INTERNATIONAL, INC., 4300 FAIR LAKES COURT, FAIRFAX VA 22033
Alan C. Jope director 500 W. MADISON STREET, CHICAGO IL 60661
James O Etheredge officer: Group Chief Exec-North America C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
Gianfranco Casati officer: Group Chief Executive?Products C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHCIAGO IL 60601
Kathleen R Mcclure officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
Richard P Clark officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601