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Screener / SEC EDGAR /CIK 0001467373 /10-K filed Oct 16, 2026, compared with Oct 10, 2025 /Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks
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Accenture ACN

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Accenture is a business reinvention and technology company. 10-K, Item 1

Employees
814,000
Headquarters
Dublin, L2
CEO
Julie Spellman Sweet
Next results
around Dec 17, 2026
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Where each dollar of revenue went, FY2026

Revenue of $74.2B through the costs to a net profit of $8.4B · income statement of the 10-K

15% operating margin
Revenue to Gross profit: $23.8BRevenue to Cost of revenue: $50.4BGross profit to Operating profit: $11.4BGross profit to Operating expenses: $12.4BOperating profit to Net profit: $8.4BOperating profit to Tax & other: $3.0BOperating expenses to R&D: $1.0BOperating expenses to Sales, admin & other: $11.4B Revenue: $74.2B REVENUE $74.2B +6% Y/Y Gross profit: $23.8B · 32% margin GROSS PROFIT $23.8B 32% margin Cost of revenue: $50.4B · 68% of revenue COST OF REVENUE $50.4B 68% of revenue Operating profit: $11.4B · 15% margin OPERATING PROFIT $11.4B 15% margin · +12% Y/Y Operating expenses: $12.4B · 17% of revenue OPERATING EXPENSES $12.4B 17% of revenue Net profit: $8.4B · 11% margin NET PROFIT $8.4B 11% margin · +9% Y/Y Tax & other: $3.0B · 4% of revenue TAX & OTHER $3.0B 4% of revenue R&D: $1.0B · 1% of revenue R&D $1.0B 1% of revenue Sales, admin & other: $11.4B · 15% of revenue SALES, ADMIN & OTHER $11.4B 15% of revenue
Gross profit $23.8B 32% margin
Operating profit $11.4B 15% margin · +12% Y/Y
Net profit $8.4B 11% margin · +9% Y/Y
The full income statement, year by year

ACN among Technology peers

Six ratios from the latest 10-K. Each corner is the share of 74 peers the company is above, not a score.

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Revenue growth: 6.5%, above 16% of 74 peers (their median 14.1%) REVENUE GROWTH 6.5% · above 16% Gross margin: 32.0%, above 9% of 67 peers (their median 58.0%) GROSS MARGIN 32.0% · above 9% Operating margin: 15.4%, above 30% of 70 peers (their median 23.8%) OPERATING MARGIN 15.4% · above 30% Net margin: 11.3%, above 28% of 74 peers (their median 19.2%) NET MARGIN 11.3% · above 28% FCF margin: 15.7%, above 29% of 70 peers (their median 23.7%) FCF MARGIN 15.7% · above 29% Return on capital: 20.5%, above 79% of 61 peers (their median 12.6%) RETURN ON CAPITAL 20.5% · above 79%
ACN Peer median Below the median

What changed

7 new risk paragraphs. 10-K filed Oct 16, 2026 against Oct 10, 2025.

Risk factors
7 new paragraphs, nothing like them in the previous 10-K
10-K Item 1A
Accounting checks
10 other checks clear
10-K · XBRL
Insiders
3 open-market buys in the last 90 days
Form 4
Filings
3 in the last 30 days
EDGAR

Each row opens the detail with the quote and the filing. A row is a change worth reading, not a verdict.

Accounting checks

10 checks on the latest 10-K. Checks, not verdicts.

How it works

0facts worth reading about all 10 checks found nothing to note

  • Receivables +8.8% vs revenue +6.5% (+2.3 pts)
  • Cash from operations $12.4B vs net income $8.4B (FY ending Aug 31, 2026)
  • Same auditor in both 10-Ks: KPMG LLP
7 more checks with nothing to note
  • No statement of substantial doubt about going concern
  • No 8-K item 4.02 in the last 2 years
  • No NT 10-K or NT 10-Q in the last 2 years
  • The same matters as last year: Estimated costs to complete certain technology integration consulting services and some non-technology consulting services contracts; Unrecognized tax benefits
  • No sentence in the 10-K concludes that controls were not effective because of a material weakness
  • No 8-K item 2.06 in the last 2 years
  • No 8-K item 1.03 in the last 2 years

In their words

7 paragraphs in Risk Factors that were not in the 10-K filed Oct 10, 2025. Quoted as filed.

All 7 new paragraphs
  1. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Oct 10, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    Technological developments may materially affect the cost and use of technology by our clients and, in the case of cloud, AI
  2. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Oct 10, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    Moreover, many of our contracts tie our compensation to agreed-upon performance standards, milestones or outcome-based measures such as cost savings, revenue enhancement or business goals. If we fail to satisfy these measures, or if we experience delivery difficulties, our contracts could yield lower profit margins than planned or be…
  3. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Oct 10, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    Sovereignty initiatives, procurement preferences, local ownership or control requirements and other similar measures, together with changes in geopolitical relationships, trade restrictions or extraterritorial laws, may reduce our ability to standardize and scale solutions across markets or favor local providers or technologies.…
  4. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Oct 10, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    We are subject to, and may become a party to, a variety of litigation or other claims and suits that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of our business. Our business is subject to the risk of litigation involving current and former employees,

New risk paragraphs, against peers

Latest 10-K of each, Technology companies closest in revenue

Paragraphs in Risk Factors with nothing like them in the company's 10-K the year before. A count of text, not of risk.

From the same starting line, FY2017 to FY2026

Revenue, net income and free cash flow, each set to 100 in FY2017. What happened, from the 10-Ks. Not a forecast.

FY2017 = 100
100 150 200 250 Revenue: $36.2B in FY2017, $74.2B in FY2026 REVENUE $74.2B · 2.1x Net income: $3.4B in FY2017, $8.4B in FY2026 NET INCOME $8.4B · 2.4x Free cash flow: $4.5B in FY2017, $11.6B in FY2026 FREE CASH FLOW $11.6B · 2.6x FY2017 = 100FY2022FY2026
Revenue 2.1x $36.2B to $74.2B
Net income 2.4x $3.4B to $8.4B
Free cash flow 2.6x $4.5B to $11.6B

Financial performance

Last 4 fiscal years · 10-K XBRL

All years
MetricFY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Revenue$64.1B$64.9B$69.7B$74.2B
Net income$6.9B$7.3B$7.7B$8.4B
Operating cash flow$9.5B$9.1B$11.5B$12.4B
Free cash flow$9.0B$8.6B$10.9B$11.6B

Revenue, FY2017 to FY2026

Ten fiscal years, each from its own 10-K · XBRL · USD

$74.2B ▲ 6.5% in FY2026

FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Every number, year by year

Recent filings

3 filings in the last 30 days · SEC EDGAR

All filings
New risks7 new paragraphs in Risk Factors in the new 10-K

About the company

Accenture, Dublin, L2 · from the 10-K filed Oct 16, 2026

Accenture is a business reinvention and technology company. Our ambition is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. Our people bring deep insights across industries and functions, with capabilities spanning strategy, process, operating model, change management, talent, data, technology and AI. We deliver this expertise through consulting, managed services, proprietary assets and platforms, and increasingly, software.

Headquarters
Dublin, L2
Country
United States
Listed on
NYSE
Fiscal year ends
August 31
Last results
Oct 1, 2026
Incorporated in
Ireland

Employees, at the top of the page: "As of August 31, 2026, we employed approximately 814,000 people" (10-K). Address and exchange: SEC's company file.

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The 10-K filed Oct 16, 2026 (open at SEC), compared with the 10-K filed Oct 10, 2025. Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks; filings from SEC EDGAR.

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