ACN Stock — Accenture Plc

Accenture Plc (ACN)

Updated October 23, 2026.

ACN is a stock. Its distribution rate is 2.74%, its trailing-12-month yield is 2.65%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 83/100 (Safe). Total return is 2349.5% over the past 25.3 years, 1469.2 points ahead of SPY at 880.3%.

Accenture is a global professional services company providing strategy and consulting, technology services, systems integration, and business process outsourcing across industries including financial services, communications, healthcare, and energy. The company distributes dividends on a quarterly basis at a current distribution rate that is moderate. Accenture appeals to income-focused investors seeking dividend payments from an established multinational services firm with exposure to digital transformation and technology trends.

ACN performance versus SPY

As of Oct 23, 2026

Total return is 2349.5% over the past 25.3 years, 1469.2 points ahead of SPY at 880.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 3.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 56.5%.

ACN key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

83 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

2.27%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

07/19/2001

Distribution rate

2.74%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

2.65%

5-year average yield

1.62

Last close

$249.37 (as of 2026-10-23)

Market cap

$152,600,003,721

Average volume

6,844,971

Dividend

$1.71

Ex-dividend date

10/13/2026

Payment date

11/13/2026

Beta

1.102

Payout ratio

47.3%

P/E ratio

18.39

Forward P/E

12.41

EPS

$13.56

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (2.74%) has no calculation basis on file. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (2.65%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

ACN risks and drawbacks

ACN's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 56.5%.

Who may consider ACN — and who may not

ACN may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (ACN pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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