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 ($575.8m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $303.30. Options: 49 managers hold calls ($1.4bn notional), 60 hold puts ($1.2bn).
Trends to Q2 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 1,939 |
| Q4 2022 | 2,037 |
| Q1 2023 | 2,056 |
| Q2 2023 | 2,110 |
| Q3 2023 | 2,132 |
| Q4 2023 | 2,310 |
| Q1 2024 | 2,340 |
| Q2 2024 | 2,301 |
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 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,047 | 849 |
| Q3 2023 | 984 | 904 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,005 | 952 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,112 | 1,014 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,116 | 1,057 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $1.1bn | $1.0bn | 0.90 |
| Q4 2023 | $1.4bn | $1.4bn | 1.03 |
| Q1 2024 | $1.6bn | $1.3bn | 0.82 |
| Q2 2024 | $1.4bn | $1.2bn | 0.87 |
Biggest buyers
| Capital International Investors | Added | +4.5m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +1.5m |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +1.4m |
| GENERATION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLP | Added | +1.2m |
| FLOSSBACH VON STORCH SE | Added | +988.5k |
| Capital Research Global Investors | Added | +979.0k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | Added | +837.7k |
| FIL Ltd | Added | +759.5k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Added | +756.6k |
| AKO CAPITAL LLP | Added | +718.7k |
Biggest sellers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -33.7m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -6.2m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -5.9m |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -3.0m |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | Reduced | -2.5m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -2.0m |
| Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd | Sold out | -1.2m |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC | Reduced | -1.0m |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | Reduced | -920.4k |
| Winslow Capital Management, LLC | Sold out | -806.8k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $337.5m1.1m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $324.2m1.1m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $112.2m369.7k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $94.0m309.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $56.5m186.2k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $56.3m185.4k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $44.0m145.1k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $43.7m144.0k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Added | $40.0m131.7k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $29.9m98.7k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $235.2m775.2k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $102.7m338.5k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $80.8m266.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $54.0m177.9k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | Added | $53.1m175.0k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $52.3m172.3k shares |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | $50.5m166.4k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | $48.3m159.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $48.1m158.6k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Reduced | $44.4m146.5k 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 Q2 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 4 | $3.1m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 6 | $11.6m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 7 | $13.9m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $4.6m | $4.6m |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $7.7m | $7.7m |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 8 | $14.9m | $9.5m |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 8 | $16.3m | $16.3m |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 7 | $10.2m | $8.0m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-13 | PELISSON Gilles Director · See footnote | Sold | $2.2m7.3k shares |
| 2024-04-25 | Shook Ellyn Chief Leadership & HR Officer | Sold plan | $1.5m5.0k shares |
| 2024-04-19 | Unruch Joel General Counsel/Corp Secretary | Sold plan | $1.4m4.3k shares |
| 2024-04-12 | Ollagnier Jean-Marc CEO EMEA | Sold plan | $2.0m6.2k shares |
| 2024-04-12 | McClure Kathleen R Chief Financial Officer | Sold plan | $1.4m4.5k shares |
| 2024-04-12 | Sweet Julie Spellman Chair and CEO, director | Sold plan | $1.2m3.8k shares |
| 2024-04-12 | Sharma Manish CEO-North America | Sold plan | $474.2k1.5k 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, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.35% of their portfolio | 59.7m $18.1bn | Reduced -43.4k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.34% of their portfolio | 49.0m $14.9bn | Added +115.5k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.36% of their portfolio | 26.9m $8.2bn | Reduced -246.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.21% of their portfolio | 15.9m $4.8bn | Reduced -5.9m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.37% of their portfolio | 15.6m $4.7bn | Reduced -33.7m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.36% of their portfolio | 13.6m $4.1bn | Added +458.3k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 1.02% of their portfolio | 10.9m $3.3bn | Added +131.5k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.54% of their portfolio | 9.9m $3.0bn | Reduced -2.0m |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.64% of their portfolio | 9.6m $2.9bn | Added +979.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.37% of their portfolio | 7.3m $2.2bn | Reduced -383.3k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.25% of their portfolio | 6.9m $2.1bn | Reduced -111.2k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.40% of their portfolio | 6.8m $2.1bn | Reduced -280.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.19% of their portfolio | 6.7m $2.0bn | Reduced -73.4k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.52% of their portfolio | 6.6m $2.0bn | Reduced -84.4k |
| NORGES BANK 0.26% of their portfolio | 5.7m $1.7bn | Reduced -580.5k |
| Capital International Investors 0.34% of their portfolio | 5.5m $1.7bn | Added +4.5m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.31% of their portfolio | 5.5m $1.7bn | Reduced -291.1k |
| FMR LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 5.4m $1.6bn | Reduced -6.2m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.28% of their portfolio | 4.8m $1.4bn | Added +229.1k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.40% of their portfolio | 4.7m $1.4bn | Reduced -96.2k |
| POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 3.30% of their portfolio | 4.3m $1.3bn | Reduced -295.4k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 1.57% of their portfolio | 4.1m $1.3bn | Added +325.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.31% of their portfolio | 3.8m $1.2bn | Reduced -156.7k |
| UBS Group AG 0.30% of their portfolio | 3.2m $978.2m | Reduced -205.7k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 3.2m $974.4m | Reduced -340.7k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 1.18% of their portfolio | 3.2m $971.6m | Added +157.5k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.28% of their portfolio | 3.1m $926.8m | Added +57.9k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.38% of their portfolio | 2.8m $849.3m | Added +86.7k |
| Amundi 0.33% of their portfolio | 2.8m $849.6m | Reduced -57.8k |
| GENERATION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLP 4.00% of their portfolio | 2.7m $831.5m | Added +1.2m |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.29% of their portfolio | 2.7m $823.0m | Added +756.6k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.67% of their portfolio | 2.7m $822.2m | Added +837.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.21% of their portfolio | 2.7m $813.7m | Added +154.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.20% of their portfolio | 2.7m $813.7m | Added +547.3k |
| JENSEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 6.06% of their portfolio | 2.4m $741.2m | Added +26.6k |
| COMGEST GLOBAL INVESTORS S.A.S. 10.00% of their portfolio | 2.4m $727.9m | Added +244.7k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.15% of their portfolio | 2.3m $710.1m | Reduced -341.4k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.24% of their portfolio | 2.2m $681.3m | Reduced -171.3k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.99% of their portfolio | 2.2m $669.3m | Added +51.4k |
| Swedbank AB 0.89% of their portfolio | 2.2m $663.9m | Reduced -180.1k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.46% of their portfolio | 2.1m $623.0m | Added +438.4k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 2.08% of their portfolio | 2.0m $616.7m | Added +155.2k |
| FIL Ltd 0.60% of their portfolio | 2.0m $605.8m | Added +759.5k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.64% of their portfolio | 1.9m $565.6m | Reduced -16.7k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.39% of their portfolio | 1.9m $564.8m | Reduced -16.3k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 1.8m $545.1m | Reduced -1.0m |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.95% of their portfolio | 1.7m $528.3m | Added +52.1k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.69% of their portfolio | 1.6m $493.9m | Added +1.5m |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 1.6m $493.8m | Reduced -189.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.89% of their portfolio | 1.6m $482.4m | Added +1.4m |
| PROVIDENT TRUST CO 8.81% of their portfolio | 1.6m $474.8m | Added +4.5k |
| GUARDCAP ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd 6.73% of their portfolio | 1.6m $470.9m | Reduced -207.1k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.34% of their portfolio | 1.5m $461.7m | Reduced -409.5k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.5m $468.1m | Added +94.3k |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 0.47% of their portfolio | 1.4m $431.4m | Reduced -920.4k |
| FLOSSBACH VON STORCH SE 1.73% of their portfolio | 1.4m $411.6m | Added +988.5k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.66% of their portfolio | 1.3m $381.2m | Added +60.0k |
| AKO CAPITAL LLP 5.09% of their portfolio | 1.2m $370.1m | Added +718.7k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.35% of their portfolio | 1.2m $369.8m | Reduced -41.3k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.39% of their portfolio | 1.2m $358.5m | Added +665.2k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.57% of their portfolio | 1.2m $351.1m | Added +208.1k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.1m $347.9m | Reduced -2.5m |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.47% of their portfolio | 1.1m $342.8m | Reduced -27.7k |
| National Pension Service 0.39% of their portfolio | 1.1m $341.2m | Added +31.2k |
| WELLCOME TRUST LTD (THE) as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST 4.27% of their portfolio | 1.1m $333.8m | Unchanged |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.37% of their portfolio | 1.0m $317.9m | Added +37.8k |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP 2.96% of their portfolio | 1.0m $314.3m | Added +387.7k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.82% of their portfolio | 1.0m $313.5m | Reduced -387.9k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.20% of their portfolio | 1.0m $310.8m | Reduced -87.3k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.38% of their portfolio | 1.0m $309.5m | Added +1.9k |
| AXA S.A. 0.46% of their portfolio | 1.0m $308.8m | Added +585.2k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 0.55% of their portfolio | 995.9k $302.2m | Added +712.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.39% of their portfolio | 986.5k $299.3m | Reduced -112.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 980.9k $297.6m | Added +664.0k |
| Rathbones Group PLC 1.62% of their portfolio | 978.5k $296.9m | Reduced -24.5k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.18% of their portfolio | 972.8k $295.1m | Reduced -15.4k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.27% of their portfolio | 952.7k $289.1m | Added +275.1k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.55% of their portfolio | 943.7k $286.3m | Added +50.1k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.46% of their portfolio | 930.9k $282.4m | Added +35.5k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.19% of their portfolio | 919.9k $279.1m | Reduced -35.3k |
| KBC Group NV 0.82% of their portfolio | 894.2k $271.3m | Reduced -153.8k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.27% of their portfolio | 868.6k $263.5m | Reduced -413.7k |
| Vontobel Holding Ltd. 0.84% of their portfolio | 856.2k $259.8m | Added +543.9k |
| Navera Investment Management Ltd. 4.76% of their portfolio | 835.9k $253.7m | Added +47.7k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 815.3k $247.4m | Reduced -251.6k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.23% of their portfolio | 794.5k $241.1m | Added +218.1k |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. 1.14% of their portfolio | 792.5k $240.4m | Added +29.4k |
| ABN AMRO Bank N.V. 3.60% of their portfolio | 774.1k $237.7m | Added +11.8k |
| Haverford Trust Co 2.47% of their portfolio | 773.1k $234.6m | Added +17.5k |
| USS Investment Management Ltd 1.86% of their portfolio | 765.5k $232.3m | Added +51.2k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 747.5k $226.6m | Reduced -4.2k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.75% of their portfolio | 746.0k $226.4m | Reduced -86.4k |
| FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. 0.72% of their portfolio | 740.6k $224.7m | Added +13.4k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.42% of their portfolio | 732.9k $222.5m | Added +56.6k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.21% of their portfolio | 731.3k $221.9m | Reduced -451.4k |
| Aristotle Capital Management, LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 699.5k $212.2m | Added +292 |
| Harding Loevner LP 1.13% of their portfolio | 675.0k $204.8m | Reduced -7.7k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 667.0k $202.4m | Reduced -359.4k |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 0.60% of their portfolio | 637.9k $193.5m | Added +3.3k |
| Williams Jones Wealth Management, LLC. 2.37% of their portfolio | 628.3k $190.6m | Reduced -43.2k |