The timing appears opportune to go long in shares of Accenture as we anticipate another pick-up in the underlying trend.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of listed companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility criteria.
● The company has solid fundamentals for a short-term investment strategy.
Strengths
● The company is in a robust financial situation considering its net cash and margin position.
● Predictions on business development from analysts polled by Thomson-Reuters are tight. This results from either a good visibility into core activities or accurate earnings releases.
● Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.
● For the last week, the earnings per share forecast has been revised upwards. According to recent estimates, analysts give a positive overview of the stock
● Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
● The tendency within the weekly time frame is positive above the technical support level at 161.69 USD
Weaknesses
● The firm trades with high earnings multiples: 25.69 times its 2019 earnings per share.
● The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
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Accenture plc specializes in management consulting, technology services and outsourcing services. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- consulting services (50.4%);
- outsourcing services (49.6%).
Net sales break down by sector of activity into automotive/distribution/trips/transport (30.1%), health and public services (21.2%), financial services (18.3%), communication/media/high technology (16.4%), and other (14%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Europe/Middle East/Africa (35.4%), Americas (50.3%) and Asia/Pacific (14.3%).
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