Accenture plc ($ACN) Cautious Buy or Hold to $60 Confident Investor Rating: Fair

Company name Accenture plc
Stock ticker ACN
Live stock price [stckqut]ACN[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Fair
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $66.93
Target stock price (averages with growth) $61.56
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $48.05
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $62.23

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=acn

Accenture plc (Accenture) is a management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, which has offices and operations in more than 200 cities in 53 countries. Its business is organized in five operating groups and their 19 industry groups. Its five operating groups include communications & high tech, financial services, health & public service, products and resources. In November 2010, the Company acquired Knowledge Rules, Inc. In November 2010, Ariba, Inc. completed the sale of its sourcing services and business process outsourcing (BPO) services assets to the Company. In January 2011, the Company completed its acquisition of CAS Computer Anwendungs- und Systemberatung AG (CAS). In August 2011, the Company acquired Duck Creek Technologies. In November 2011, the Company acquired Zenta, a provider of residential and commercial mortgage processing services in the United States.

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in this stock as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good and while it seems ironic to say this about a consulting company but there are some concerns.

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