In this section of the page, you will find all the information you need to understand how Accenture (ACN) dividends work. In addition, you will be able to consult the payment date, the ex-dividend date, the last day to be entitled to the payment, the money to be received per share, the yield and any other doubts that may arise.

Upcoming Accenture dividend
Change(%)
-35.66%
Decrease
Next payment 0.83$
Next payment date Mar 15, 2024
Last payment 1.29$
Last payment date Nov 15, 2023
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Ex-Dividend: 2/8/24
Estimated

Accenture will distribute 0,83 dollars per share in the form of a dividend on March 15, 2024.

The February 8, 2024 is the ex-dividend date. So if you wish to receive Accenture dividends, you must buy one day before this date.

Accenture distributed 1.29 dollars per share in the form of a dividend on November 15, 2023.

Accenture, listed on the American stock exchange under the stock symbol ACN, has been paying dividends consistently since 2005.

Although they have changed the policy on several occasions, since for a while they paid this interest with a single annual installment, becoming semi-annual from 2010, in which they paid the amount in two installments, one in May and one in November, but from 2020 they changed the modality to quarterly, offering four installments, deposited in cash in the middle of the months February, May, August and November of each year.

Accenture's annual dividend yield is close to 1.45%.

Payout Ratio Accenture Dividends

Accenture paid 4% of its net income in the last fiscal period as dividends.
Dividend payout ratio

The dividend payout ratio, also known as the payout ratio, is an essential indicator for assessing the stability of a company's dividends. This ratio shows what proportion of the company's net profit is used to pay dividends to shareholders.

Dividend payout ratio = Total dividends ÷ Net income

Accenture's earnings (64,111,742,976.00$) are sufficient to cover the dividend payment. This payment represents 4% of the total net profit of ACN.
Dividend payout ratio
General recommendations

An appropriate payout ratio may vary depending on the industry, the company's growth stage and its financial health.

Payout Ratio

Dividend calendar of Accenture

This is the Dividend Calendar of Accenture in 2023.

Event Day
Last trading date February 7, 2024
Ex-Dividend (Ex-Date) February 8, 2024
Record date March 14, 2024
Date of payment March 15, 2024
Dividends schedule Accenture
Data pending official confirmation from the company Accenture (ACN).
Estimated
Estimation Policy

Our policy is based on extracting all the financial information available for each company so that our own algorithms weight this information, thus giving us a result as close as possible to the real data.

Source

Historical annual dividend yields of Accenture

Over the past 5 years, Accenture has not consistently increased the annual dividend amount.
Increasing Dividends
Increasing Dividend Program

For a company to have growing dividends by our standards, the annual dividend amount must have increased steadily for at least the last 5 years.

Dividend yield

Dividend yield of Accenture vs. the sector

Accenture's dividend yield (1.53%) is below the sector average (2.97%).
Comparison with industry average
Comparison with industry average

The company's dividend yield is compared to the industry average to determine its positioning.

Accenture's dividend yield is between the top 25% (4.48%) and top 75% (1.46%) of the sector.
Evaluation with respect to competence.
Comparison with competitors

Imagine you have a list of dividend yields for different companies in an industry. If you look for the "top 25%% percentile", you will find a number. This number tells you that the top 25%% of the companies with the highest dividends have a yield higher than that number.

On the other hand, the "top 75%% percentile" shows you another number, which tells you that 75%% of the companies have a higher yield than that number, thus showing a more common and less high yield.

Dividend yield history in Accenture

Over the past 5 years, Accenture's annual dividend income has fallen by more than 10%.
Dividend stability
Dividend stability

For a company to have stable dividends by our standards, it is vital that it has not had an annual decline of more than 10% over the previous year.

Dividend history of Accenture

In this table you can see the dividend history of Accenture:

YearEx-DividendAmountTotal
2023
10/11/2023
07/12/2023
04/12/2023
01/11/2023
1.29 $
1.12 $
1.12 $
1.12 $
4.65 $
2022
10/12/2022
07/13/2022
04/13/2022
01/12/2022
1.12 $
0.97 $
0.97 $
0.97 $
4.03 $
2021
10/13/2021
07/14/2021
04/14/2021
01/13/2021
0.97 $
0.88 $
0.88 $
0.88 $
3.61 $
2020
10/09/2020
07/15/2020
04/15/2020
01/15/2020
0.88 $
0.8 $
0.8 $
0.8 $
3.28 $
2019
10/16/2019
04/10/2019
0.8 $
1.46 $
2.26 $
2018
10/17/2018
04/11/2018
1.46 $
1.33 $
2.79 $
2017
10/18/2017
04/11/2017
1.33 $
1.21 $
2.54 $
2016
10/19/2016
04/13/2016
1.21 $
1.1 $
2.31 $
2015
10/14/2015
04/08/2015
1.1 $
1.02 $
2.12 $
2014
10/15/2014
04/09/2014
1.02 $
0.93 $
1.95 $
2013
10/09/2013
04/10/2013
0.93 $
0.81 $
1.74 $
2012
10/10/2012
04/11/2012
0.81 $
0.675 $
1.485 $
2011
10/12/2011
04/13/2011
0.675 $
0.45 $
1.125 $
2010
10/13/2010
04/14/2010
0.45 $
0.375 $
0.825 $
2009
10/14/2009
0.75 $
0.75 $
2008
10/08/2008
0.5 $
0.5 $
2007
10/10/2007
0.42 $
0.42 $
2006
10/11/2006
0.35 $
0.35 $
2005
10/13/2005
0.3 $
0.3 $
Dividend history of Accenture

Accenture dividend capture strategy

Step 1: Buy Accenture shares (ACN) one day before ex-dividend date
Date of purchase Feb 7, 2024
Next ex-dividend date Feb 8, 2024
Step 2: Sell Accenture shares (ACN) when the price recovers.
Date of sale (estimated) Feb 9, 2024
Average price recovery 1 days
Average return on cost 0.39%
The dividend capture strategy is based on historical Accenture data. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Information about Accenture

Full name Accenture plc
Ticker ACN
Sector Technology
Industry Information Technology Services
Market Capitalization 210.68B $
ISIN N/A
Number of Employees 733,000
Address 1 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin, D02 P820, Ireland
Phone 353 1 646 2000
Website https://www.accenture.com
Description of the company

Accenture Limited, is a multinational company dedicated to strategic consulting and outsourcing.

It was founded in Hamilton, Bermuda, in 1989 under the name "Andersen Consulting", as a division of the company "Arthur Andersen", which, after several disputes, agree a separation agreement in which they change their name to Accenture by the union of the two words "accent" and "future", from 2009 moved its domicile to Ireland.

It divides its activities into four work units, called the Workfaces, although it is a way to distinguish the operations according to the clients, since the work groups, internally, are rotating according to operational reasons in the business.

However, in this distribution there are:

  • "Consulting" focused on management consulting, sales improvement, production process and leadership.
  • "Operation", focused on business processes, outsourcing, IT, maintenance, technical support, among others.
  • "Digital and Technology", focused on technological skills, especially in markets such as Brazil, Argentina, India, Mexico and the Philippines.
  • "Strategy", dedicated to the action plan, includes legal, administration and marketing.

It currently has more than ten subsidiaries, each focused on a specific area of expertise and located in almost 120 countries around the world, with more than 700 thousand employees.

Frequently asked questions about Accenture dividends

Accenture pays dividends on a Semiannual basis.

Accenture is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is part of the Nyse.

Accenture has the Ticker or stock code ACN.

Accenture belongs to the Technology sector and the Information Technology Services industry.

The CEO of Accenture in 2023 is Ms. Julie T. Spellman Sweet.

At this moment, the value of a Accenture share is 335.42$.

Accenture does not have a growing dividend program. Dividends have not shown a steady growth in the last 5 years.

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