Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Accenture plc shares valued at $191,108 were sold by Clifford Katherine Lee on Jan 20 ’26. At $280.63 per share, Clifford Katherine Lee sold 681 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 6,788 shares worth approximately $1.94 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Clifford Katherine Lee purchased 681 shares, netting a total of over 192,341 in proceeds.
Before that, Macchi Mauro had sold 500 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $140,000, the Chief Executive Officer-EMEA traded Accenture plc shares for $280.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 500 shares, worth approximately $2.03 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Berenberg on January 22, 2026, Accenture plc [ACN] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $313. Analysts at Truist started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early January. As of December 16, 2025, Morgan Stanley has increased its “an Equal-weight” rating to a “an Overweight” for ACN. Earlier on October 23, 2025, Citigroup initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Neutral” for ACN stock.
Analyzing ACN Stock Performance
On last trading session, Accenture plc [NYSE: ACN] rose 1.56% to $285.09. The stock’s lowest price that day was $283.39, but it reached a high of $289.0 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.20%. Over the course of the year, Accenture plc shares have dropped approximately -20.01%.
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.
Which companies own the most shares of Accenture plc (ACN)?
In terms of Accenture plc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 304.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 8.47% from the previous closing price of $280.72. 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 October 22, 2025, Wells Fargo assigned a price target of “an Equal weight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $251.
