---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001467373-25-000221"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACN"
cik: "0001467373"
company_name: "Accenture plc"
filed_at: "2025-12-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:43:48.305126+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Accenture Q1 FY2026: bookings $20.9B (+10% CC), revenue $18.7B (+5% CC), adj EPS $3.94 (+10%)

## Summary
- New bookings of $20.9B, up 12% USD / 10% local currency; 33 clients with quarterly bookings >$100M and $2.2B in advanced AI bookings.
- Revenue $18.7B, up 6% USD / 5% local currency (top of guided range); GAAP op margin 15.3% (-140bps), adjusted op margin 17.0% (+30bps).
- GAAP diluted EPS $3.54 (-1%); adjusted diluted EPS $3.94 (+10%); free cash flow $1.5B.
- Returned $3.3B to shareholders: $2.3B in buybacks (9.5M shares) and $1.0B in dividends ($1.63/sh, +10% YoY).
- FY2026 outlook reaffirms revenue growth 2-5% CC; GAAP EPS guidance revised to $13.12-$13.50; adjusted EPS unchanged at $13.52-$13.90.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001467373-25-000221
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACN
- cik: 0001467373
- company_name: Accenture plc
- filed_at: 2025-12-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737325000221/0001467373-25-000221-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737325000221/acn-20251218.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001467373-25-000221.txt

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