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Accenture (Accenture) Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF

: $195.09 (As of Today)
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Since the intrinsic value calculations based on Discounted Cash Flow Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based), or Discounted Earnings Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) cannot be applied to companies without consistent revenue and earnings, GuruFocus developed a valuation model based on normalized Free Cash Flow and Book Value of the company. The details of how we calculate the intrinsic value of stocks are described in detail here.

As of today (2024-04-19), Accenture's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF is $195.09. The stock price of Accenture is $316.88. Therefore, Accenture's Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF of today is 1.6.

The historical rank and industry rank for Accenture's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF or its related term are showing as below:

ACN' s Price-to-Projected-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.17   Med: 1.72   Max: 2.47
Current: 1.62

During the past 13 years, the highest Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF of Accenture was 2.47. The lowest was 1.17. And the median was 1.72.

ACN's Price-to-Projected-FCF is ranked worse than
51.38% of 1265 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.59 vs ACN: 1.62

Accenture Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Accenture's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF 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.

* Premium members only.

Accenture Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 102.78 121.83 144.84 180.63 198.89

Accenture Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF 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 186.63 199.76 198.89 193.77 195.09

Competitive Comparison

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Accenture's Price-to-Projected-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Projected-FCF 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 Price-to-Projected-FCF Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Accenture's Price-to-Projected-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Accenture's Price-to-Projected-FCF falls into.



Accenture Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Calculation

Since the intrinsic value calculations based on Discounted Cash Flow Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based), or Discounted Earnings Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) cannot be applied to companies without consistent revenue and earnings, GuruFocus developed a valuation model based on normalized Free Cash Flow and Book Value of the company.

The details of how we calculate the intrinsic value of stocks are described in detail here.

This method smooths out the free cash flow over the past 6-7 years, multiplies the results by a growth multiple, and adds a portion of Total Stockholders Equity.

Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF = ( Growth Multiple * Free Cash Flow (6 year avg) + 0.8 * Total Stockholders Equity (most recent) ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

In the case of negative Total Stockholders Equity, the following formula is used (see Explanation section below for the reason):

Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF = ( Growth Multiple * Free Cash Flow (6 year avg) + Total Stockholders Equity (most recent) / 0.8 ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)


Add all the Free Cash Flow together and divide 6 will get Accenture's Free Cash Flow(6 year avg) = $7,490.25.

Accenture's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF for today is calculated as

Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF=(Growth Multiple*Free Cash Flow (6 year avg)+Total Stockholders Equity (Feb24)*0.8)/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
=(13.689378362526*7490.25008+27122.853*0.8)/636.798
=195.09

* 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.


Accenture  (NYSE:ACN) Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Explanation

The growth multiple is capped between 8.35 and 17.74.

Total Stockholders Equity weighting is more art than science and it should always be revisited in more detail when researching a company. Weightings from 0% to 100% to more than 100% are possible. 80% was chosen as a happy median after taking the above ideas into consideration.

Accenture's Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF for today is calculated as

Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF=Share Price/Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF
=316.88/195.09349868414
=1.62

* 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

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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

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