The global technology services firm gave bullish guidance.

Bookings reached $84.5 billion with a 1.1 book-to-bill ratio. Accenture targets mid-single-digit local-currency revenue growth in FY27 and FY28.

Generative artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly important tool for holiday shopping, with consumers estimating that GenAI will influence, on average, 45% of their spending across major product categories. Nearly 3 in 10 consumers say they would trust an AI agent more than their own choices when shopping for the holidays, according to the 20th edition of Accenture’s annual Holiday Shopping Survey, conducted among more than 16,000 consumers across several markets.

Accenture (ACN) shares currently trade at a valuation offering a free cash flow yield of 9.7%. That figure is more than double the 4.4% seen at the median S&P 500 company. An elevated yield typically signals one of two scenarios: investors are either discounting a fundamentally sound business, or they anticipate weaker earnings ahead. So what is that cash worth to you, and why does the market pay so little for it.

Accenture (ACN) shares currently trade at a valuation offering a free cash flow yield of 9.7%. That figure is more than double the 4.4% seen at the median S&P 500 company.

Accenture (ACN) shares currently trade at a valuation offering a free cash flow yield of 9.7%. That figure is more than double the 4.4% seen at the median S&P 500 company.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has expanded its AI and cybersecurity partnership with Anthropic to focus on enterprise-grade deployments of advanced models. The consultancy deepened its alliance with Dell Technologies to support private and sovereign AI infrastructure for large corporate and public-sector clients. Accenture agreed to acquire Sagacity and launched a forward deployed engineering program with Workday to scale AI-driven customer intelligence and agentic AI solutions. The deepened...

In part, the deal is designed to help Song's clients better understand their customers. It's primarily aimed at companies with large customer bases and complex customer relationships, including those in retail, banking, telecommunications and utilities.

Accenture (ACN) and Workday (WDAY) said late Tuesday they have launched a joint forward deployed eng