What is Accenture plc (ACN) DCF Fair Value and Intrinsic Value in 2026?

Accenture plc (ACN) intrinsic value is calculated using conservative multi-stage Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) models, 5-year free cash flow trajectories, Graham Numbers, and owner earnings multiples. LocalAlpha tracks real-time margin of safety against live market prices.

What is Accenture plc's historical Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and Moat Rating?

Accenture plc operates in the Technology sector (Information Technology Services) with an economic moat rating of WIDE. LocalAlpha tracks 5-year audited quarterly ROIC, operating margin stability, and balance sheet solvency ratios.

What is Accenture plc's financial health rating and Piotroski F-Score?

Accenture plc's balance sheet quality is evaluated using the 9-point Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score solvency model, debt-to-equity ratio, and quick/current liquidity coverage to guard against financial distress.

How does LocalAlpha monitor Accenture plc (ACN) for quarterly SEC filing thesis breaks?

LocalAlpha audits Accenture plc's 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K regulatory filings on SEC EDGAR within 15 minutes of release. If reported metrics breach an investor's custom ROIC floor, operating margin boundary, or qualitative risk criteria, an autonomous breach audit is dispatched immediately.

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Accenture plc provides strategy and consulting, industry X, song, and technology and operation services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers systems integration and application management; security; intelligent platform; infrastructure; software engineering; data, AI, cloud; and automation and global delivery services. The company also operates business processes for specific enterprise functions, including finance and accounting, sourcing and procurement, supply chain, marketing and sales, and human resources, as well as industry-specific services, such as platform trust and safety, banking, insurance, network and health services; and designs, manufactures, and assembles automation equipment, robotics, and other commercial hardware products. It serves communications, media, and technology; financial services; banking and capital markets, and insurance; health and public service; consumer goods, retail, travel services; industrial; life science; and chemicals, natural resources, energy, and utilities sectors. Accenture plc has collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver transformative digital services to public sector, defense, and national security organizations. It has a collaboration with OpenAI to help enterprise clients unlock new levels of innovation and growth by bringing agentic AI systems; has a strategic collaboration with Microsoft and Avanade for the development of an agentic factory intelligence system; and INFRONEER Holdings Inc. and SAP Japan Co., Ltd. to develop a new financial data and insights platform. It also has strategic partnership with Netomi, Inc. to help enterprises reinvent customer experience using agentic AI systems. The company has a strategic alliance with ServiceNow for integrated risk management and third-party risk management solutions. Accenture plc was founded in 1951 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Share Price

$183.90

52W: $118.15 - $291.09

DCF Fair Value

$432.73

+57.5% MoS

Thesis Hub

P/E (TTM)

14.7x

ROIC

12.8%

Operating Margin

17%

FCF Yield

10.7%

Debt / Equity

0.25x

Piotroski Score

9/9

Altman Z-Score

4.21

Market Cap

$112.5B

Price vs. Intrinsic Value Corridor

Margin of Safety Buy Zone (<25% Discount)

Historical market price overlaid against conservative DCF Fair Value & Benjamin Graham Margin of Safety bands.

Period Return (1Y)

—()

Period Range

$— - $—

DCF Fair Value

$432.73

MOS Buy Target (-25%)

$324.55

Valuation Overlays: DCF Fair Value ($432.73) 25% MOS Buy Target ($324.55) Revised Graham ($244.45) Graham Number ($121.17)

2-Stage Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Workbench

Conservative intrinsic value model based on owner cash generation over a 10-year investment horizon. Opens with LocalAlpha's baseline assumptions (matching the fair value shown above) — adjust any input to stress-test.

Current Market Price

$183.90

DCF Fair Value

$432.12

+57.4% MoS

Starting Free Cash Flow ($M)$12,089M

$100M$12,089M (Reported)$50,000M

Stage 1 Growth (Years 1-5)8.5%

-5%10% (Target)35%

Stage 2 Growth (Years 6-10)4.5%

0%5%20%

Discount Rate (WACC / Hurdle)9.0%

6%9% (Standard)15% (High Risk)

Terminal Perpetual Growth2.5%

1% (GDP Floor)2.5% (Inflation)4.0%

Net Debt ($M)-$1,800M (Net Cash)

-$100B CashBalance Sheet+$150B Debt

10-Yr PV of Cash Flows

$111.8B

PV of Terminal Value

$150.9B

Implied Enterprise Value

$262.7B

Implied Equity Value

$264.5B

Year	Yr 1	Yr 2	Yr 3	Yr 4	Yr 5	Yr 6	Yr 7	Yr 8	Yr 9	Yr 10
Projected FCF ($M)	$13,117	$14,231	$15,441	$16,754	$18,178	$18,996	$19,851	$20,744	$21,677	$22,653
Present Value (PV)	$12,034	$11,978	$11,923	$11,869	$11,814	$11,327	$10,859	$10,411	$9,981	$9,569

Benjamin Graham & Buffett Value Models

Classical deep value metrics based on asset backing, normalized earnings power, and owner cash yield.

Graham Number-51.8% Premium

$121.17

Calculated as √(22.5 × EPS × BVPS). The maximum theoretical price a defensive investor should pay based purely on asset book value and current earnings.

EPS: $12.52BVPS: $52.12

Revised Graham Formula+24.8% MoS

$244.45

Formula: V = (EPS × (8.5 + 2g) × 4.4) / Y where g is the conservative 7-10 yr growth rate and Y is AAA Bond Yield.

Growth Rate (g%)

Bond Yield (Y%)

Buffett Owner Earnings10.2% Yield

$18.77 / share

True distributable cash flow: Net Income + D&A - Maintenance CapEx. Reflects the cash Buffett would extract without hurting unit volume.

Total: $11.5BYield: 10.2%

Reverse DCF: Market Growth Expectation

EXTREMELY LOW BARRIER

-4.6% CAGR (Next 10 Yrs)

At the current price of $183.90, the market is assuming the business will compound Free Cash Flow at -4.6% per year for the next decade with a 9% hurdle rate.

Value Investor Verdict

✓ Low market hurdle: Easy for a wide-moat compounder to beat.

Autonomous Thesis Underwriting

Surveil ACN with Mathematical Margin of Safety Rules

Set non-negotiable floor rules for Accenture plc. If a newly filed quarterly 10-Q breaks your ROIC floor, operating margin boundary, or balance sheet leverage rules, receive an autonomous breach audit within 15 minutes.

Buffett Quality

ROIC > 15% • Margin > 15% • D/E < 0.5x

Margin Floor Guard

Current Margin 17% • Floor > 10%

Solvency Guard

Altman-Z > 2.6 • Current Ratio > 1.5x

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Frequently Asked Questions: Accenture plc (ACN) Intrinsic Valuation

Audited fundamentals, DCF intrinsic value sensitivity, and thesis break detection parameters for Accenture plc.

Based on institutional multi-stage Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modeling on audited SEC cash flows, Accenture plc has an estimated DCF intrinsic fair value of $432.73 per share compared to its current market price of $183.90. This represents an estimated 57.5% margin of safety (trading below fair value). Additionally, its classic Benjamin Graham Number stands at $121.17.