Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Accenture plc shares valued at $786,870 were purchased by Sharma Manish on Jan 14 ’26. At $288.13 per share, Sharma Manish acquired 2,731 shares.
Also, Macchi Mauro purchased 500 shares, netting a total of over 140,000 in proceeds.
Before that, Sweet Julie Spellman had added 1,694 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $468,577, the Officer bought Accenture plc shares for $276.61 each.
As published in their initiating research note from Truist on January 06, 2026, Accenture plc [ACN] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $317. Analysts at Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal-weight”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid December. As of October 23, 2025, Citigroup has initiated its “Neutral” rating for ACN. Earlier on October 22, 2025, Wells Fargo initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Equal weight” for ACN stock.
Analyzing ACN Stock Performance
On last trading session, Accenture plc [NYSE: ACN] rose 4.24% to $288.54. The stock’s lowest price that day was $276.175, but it reached a high of $291.08 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 5.31%. Over the course of the year, Accenture plc shares have dropped approximately -17.36%.
Is Accenture plc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Accenture plc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -2.69 million shares to 11.33 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 14.03 million shares. A decline of -23.77% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.85 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.85.
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In terms of Accenture plc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 300 in the next 12 months, up nearly 8.38% from the previous closing price of $276.8. Analysts anticipate Accenture plc stock to reach 330 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 265. In spite of this, 20 analysts ranked Accenture plc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On September 03, 2025, Rothschild & Co Redburn assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $250.
