ACCENTURE PLC IRELAND ACN
SHS CLASS A · Common Stock · CUSIP G1151C101
Multinational management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryServices-Business Services, NEC
- HeadquartersDublin, Ireland
- Founded2001
- Websiteaccenture.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($435.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $285.68. Options: 47 managers hold calls ($1.2bn notional), 46 hold puts ($864.2m).
Trends to Q1 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 1,939 |
| Q4 2022 | 2,037 |
| Q1 2023 | 2,056 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 876 | 848 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,025 | 823 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $1.1bn | $811.3m | 0.76 |
| Q4 2022 | $1.0bn | $967.0m | 0.94 |
| Q1 2023 | $1.2bn | $864.2m | 0.73 |
Biggest buyers
| FMR LLC | Added | +10.7m |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP | New | +2.2m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +2.1m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +865.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +791.4k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +736.0k |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | New | +725.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +704.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +671.1k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +634.5k |
Biggest sellers
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -1.8m |
| Winslow Capital Management, LLC | Sold out | -1.3m |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -970.1k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -687.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | Reduced | -601.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -520.4k |
| NORGES BANK | Reduced | -492.3k |
| Amundi | Reduced | -489.0k |
| TD Asset Management Inc | Reduced | -415.9k |
| Capital Research Global Investors | Reduced | -394.0k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $274.2m959.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $267.9m937.2k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $135.2m473.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $65.7m229.8k shares |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | New | $49.3m172.4k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $43.5m154.0k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | Added | $33.2m116.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $33.1m115.8k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | $29.7m104.0k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $29.5m103.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $116.5m407.5k shares |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | $107.5m376.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $103.6m362.6k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $79.5m278.2k shares |
| Laurion Capital Management LP | Reduced | $50.1m175.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $39.9m139.5k shares |
| Eisler Capital (UK) Ltd. | Added | $38.7m135.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $33.8m118.1k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $26.7m94.3k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $26.2m91.7k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2026-01-21 | 8.3% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 7.5% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 9 | $16.7m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 8 | $11.8m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 5 | $4.4m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 4 | $3.1m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 6 | $11.6m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 7 | $13.9m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-03 | Sweet Julie Spellman Chair & CEO, director | Sold | $1.9m6.5k shares |
| 2023-02-03 | Sharma Manish Chief Operating Officer | Sold | $538.2k1.9k shares |
| 2023-01-23 | Unruch Joel General Counsel/Corp Secretary | Sold | $156.0k556 shares |
| 2023-01-20 | Shook Ellyn Chief Leadership & HR Officer | Sold | $1.4m5.2k shares |
| 2023-01-20 | Sweet Julie Spellman Chair & CEO, director | Sold | $1.3m4.6k shares |
| 2023-01-17 | Etheredge James O Chief Exec-North America | Sold | $1.4m5.0k shares |
| 2023-01-13 | Sweet Julie Spellman Chair & CEO, director | Sold | $2.9m10.3k shares |
| 2023-01-13 | Ollagnier Jean-Marc Chief Executive - Europe | Sold | $1.8m6.2k shares |
| 2023-01-13 | Etheredge James O Chief Exec-North America | Sold | $1.2m4.4k shares |
| 2023-01-13 | Sharma Manish Chief Operating Officer | Sold | $966.5k3.4k shares |
| 2023-01-13 | Burgum Melissa A Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $288.6k1.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.42% of their portfolio | 57.8m $16.5bn | Added +12.5k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.41% of their portfolio | 48.0m $13.7bn | Added +634.5k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.43% of their portfolio | 26.5m $7.6bn | Added +704.7k |
| FMR LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 24.8m $7.1bn | Added +10.7m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.53% of their portfolio | 17.3m $4.9bn | Added +671.1k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 1.48% of their portfolio | 15.1m $4.3bn | Reduced -57.1k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.49% of their portfolio | 11.5m $3.3bn | Added +2.1m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.42% of their portfolio | 11.5m $3.3bn | Added +191.6k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.61% of their portfolio | 10.8m $3.1bn | Reduced -687.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.47% of their portfolio | 8.2m $2.4bn | Reduced -318.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.24% of their portfolio | 7.3m $2.1bn | Added +791.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.27% of their portfolio | 7.2m $2.1bn | Added +252.5k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.41% of their portfolio | 6.5m $1.8bn | Reduced -135.0k |
| NORGES BANK 0.40% of their portfolio | 6.4m $1.8bn | Reduced -492.3k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.51% of their portfolio | 6.2m $1.8bn | Reduced -394.0k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.52% of their portfolio | 6.0m $1.7bn | Added +107.0k |
| POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 4.03% of their portfolio | 5.3m $1.5bn | Reduced -111.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.40% of their portfolio | 5.2m $1.5bn | Reduced -393.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.51% of their portfolio | 5.0m $1.4bn | Added +203.6k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 4.5m $1.3bn | Reduced -970.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.37% of their portfolio | 4.3m $1.2bn | Added +83.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.49% of their portfolio | 3.6m $1.0bn | Added +28.3k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 1.33% of their portfolio | 3.6m $1.0bn | Reduced -103.2k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.33% of their portfolio | 3.5m $997.6m | Reduced -223.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.26% of their portfolio | 3.2m $928.8m | Added +342.8k |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.92% of their portfolio | 3.2m $915.0m | Reduced -1.8m |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.42% of their portfolio | 2.9m $830.4m | Reduced -601.4k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 1.92% of their portfolio | 2.8m $808.8m | Added +488.7k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 2.7m $766.6m | Added +263.4k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.25% of their portfolio | 2.6m $743.9m | Added +18.4k |
| UBS Group AG 0.34% of their portfolio | 2.6m $738.9m | Added +58.8k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.49% of their portfolio | 2.5m $714.7m | Reduced -70.3k |
| JENSEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 5.56% of their portfolio | 2.5m $704.9m | Added +147.3k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.62% of their portfolio | 2.4m $699.4m | Reduced -282.3k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.38% of their portfolio | 2.4m $681.7m | Reduced -35.2k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.50% of their portfolio | 2.4m $672.2m | Added +107.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.20% of their portfolio | 2.3m $655.9m | Reduced -249.1k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 1.00% of their portfolio | 2.2m $638.5m | New |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.25% of their portfolio | 2.1m $589.0m | Added +112.2k |
| AKO CAPITAL LLP 8.14% of their portfolio | 1.9m $534.8m | Reduced -48.4k |
| Amundi 0.27% of their portfolio | 1.8m $509.2m | Reduced -489.0k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.70% of their portfolio | 1.7m $490.1m | Added +22.2k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.68% of their portfolio | 1.7m $469.4m | Added +119.3k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.22% of their portfolio | 1.6m $447.8m | Added +51.5k |
| PROVIDENT TRUST CO 11.44% of their portfolio | 1.6m $443.4m | Added +48.6k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.43% of their portfolio | 1.5m $421.6m | Reduced -100.8k |
| COMGEST GLOBAL INVESTORS S.A.S. 7.89% of their portfolio | 1.5m $420.6m | Reduced -26.9k |
| GUARDCAP ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd 5.77% of their portfolio | 1.4m $412.9m | Reduced -5.5k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 1.03% of their portfolio | 1.4m $408.4m | Added +221.4k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 1.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $408.8m | Added +60.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.65% of their portfolio | 1.4m $405.6m | Added +865.9k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.22% of their portfolio | 1.4m $395.6m | Added +372.5k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 1.98% of their portfolio | 1.4m $389.8m | Added +162.0k |
| Swedbank AB 0.74% of their portfolio | 1.3m $373.6m | Reduced -111.4k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 1.3m $366.4m | Reduced -38.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.49% of their portfolio | 1.3m $362.4m | Reduced -25.1k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.3m $357.9m | Reduced -91.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.44% of their portfolio | 1.2m $354.5m | Added +85.7k |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.57% of their portfolio | 1.2m $339.1m | Reduced -11.4k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 1.2m $338.0m | Added +464.0k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.67% of their portfolio | 1.1m $320.3m | Added +36.5k |
| WELLCOME TRUST LTD (THE) as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST 4.39% of their portfolio | 1.1m $314.4m | Unchanged |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.40% of their portfolio | 1.1m $307.2m | Reduced -386.9k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.45% of their portfolio | 1.1m $305.1m | Reduced -13.3k |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 0.52% of their portfolio | 1.1m $304.3m | Reduced -285.3k |
| Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd 6.43% of their portfolio | 1.0m $287.1m | Added +282.7k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.50% of their portfolio | 1.0m $286.4m | Reduced -8.7k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 988.4k $282.5m | Reduced -309.3k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.25% of their portfolio | 987.3k $282.2m | Added +104.4k |
| Harding Loevner LP 1.60% of their portfolio | 981.1k $280.4m | Reduced -8.5k |
| DSM CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC 4.56% of their portfolio | 975.1k $278.7m | Reduced -32.1k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.20% of their portfolio | 969.8k $277.2m | Added +6.0k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.54% of their portfolio | 962.3k $274.8m | Reduced -24.6k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.22% of their portfolio | 959.8k $273.7m | Added +97.8k |
| Perpetual Ltd 2.32% of their portfolio | 939.9k $268.6m | First filing |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.45% of their portfolio | 914.0k $261.2m | Reduced -27.4k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.23% of their portfolio | 909.3k $259.9m | Reduced -5.8k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.30% of their portfolio | 899.1k $257.0m | Reduced -100.4k |
| Rathbones Group PLC 2.62% of their portfolio | 896.6k $256.2m | Added +27.3k |
| PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 893.2k $255.3m | Reduced -22.1k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.55% of their portfolio | 892.9k $255.2m | Added +425.4k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.47% of their portfolio | 851.0k $223.9m | Reduced -130.3k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.64% of their portfolio | 827.4k $236.5m | Added +374.2k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.04% of their portfolio | 821.0k $234.7m | Added +87.6k |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. 1.26% of their portfolio | 811.1k $231.8m | Added +4.8k |
| Haverford Trust Co 2.65% of their portfolio | 777.3k $222.2m | Added +7.5k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.10% of their portfolio | 772.9k $220.9m | Added +736.0k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO 1.14% of their portfolio | 772.3k $220.7m | Reduced -20.8k |
| FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. 0.83% of their portfolio | 759.0k $216.9m | Reduced -13.3k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.51% of their portfolio | 757.0k $216.4m | Reduced -12.5k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.25% of their portfolio | 738.2k $211.0m | Reduced -415.9k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.31% of their portfolio | 731.0k $208.9m | Added +55.8k |
| STRS OHIO 0.32% of their portfolio | 725.1k $207.2m | Added +483.9k |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP 2.19% of their portfolio | 725.0k $207.2m | New |
| Railway Pension Investments Ltd 2.11% of their portfolio | 721.6k $206.2m | Reduced -23.8k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.51% of their portfolio | 721.3k $206.4m | Added +5.6k |
| ABN AMRO Bank N.V. 4.46% of their portfolio | 698.6k $199.9m | First filing |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.46% of their portfolio | 688.1k $196.7m | Reduced -6.4k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.68% of their portfolio | 685.6k $196.0m | Added +27.4k |
| CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO 3.86% of their portfolio | 674.2k $192.7m | Unchanged |