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ACN (Accenture) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.56% (As of Aug. 2024)


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What is Accenture Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Accenture's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was $213,805 Mil. Accenture's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2024 was $9,758 Mil. Accenture's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was 4.56%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Accenture's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

ACN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.1   Med: 5.23   Max: 8.51
Current: 4.52

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Accenture was 8.51%. The lowest was 3.10%. And the median was 5.23%.

ACN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
65.74% of 2843 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.36 vs ACN: 4.52

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Accenture's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was 13.39%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Accenture Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Accenture's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Accenture Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Accenture Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.61 3.75 5.19 4.63 4.56

Accenture Quarterly Data
Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.63 4.48 3.99 5.31 4.56

Competitive Comparison of Accenture's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Accenture's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Accenture's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Accenture's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Accenture's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Accenture Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Accentures Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=9758.292/213804.782
=4.56 %

Accenture's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9,758 Mil.



Accenture  (NYSE:ACN) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Accenture is a leading global IT-services firm that provides consulting, strategy, and technology and operational services. These services run the gamut from aiding enterprises with digital transformation to procurement services to software system integration. The company provides its IT offerings to a variety of sectors, including communications, media and technology, financial services, health and public services, consumer products, and resources. Accenture employs just under 500,000 people throughout 200 cities in 51 countries.
Executives
Ellyn Shook officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
Joel Unruch officer: General Counsel, Sec & CCO C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
Kathleen R Mcclure officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
Leonardo Framil officer: CEO-Growth Markets 500 W. MADISON STREET, CHICAGO IL 60661
Julie Spellman Sweet officer: General Counsel, Sec & CCO C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
Jean-marc Ollagnier officer: Group Chief Exec-Resources C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
Gilles Pelisson director 161 N. CLARK STREET, C/O ACCENTURE CORPORATE SECRETARY, CHICAGO IL 60601
Manish Sharma officer: Chief Operating Officer 161 NORTH CLARK, CHICAGO IL 60601
John F Walsh officer: Grp Chief Exec-Com, Med & Tech C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
Melissa A Burgum officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O SRA INTERNATIONAL, INC., 4300 FAIR LAKES COURT, FAIRFAX VA 22033
Jaime Ardila director 300 RENAISSANCE CENTER, M/C: 482-C25-A36, DETROIT MI 48265-3000
Paula A Price director ONE CVS DRIVE, WOONSOCKET RI 02895
Alan C. Jope director 500 W. MADISON STREET, CHICAGO IL 60661
James O Etheredge officer: Group Chief Exec-North America C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
Gianfranco Casati officer: Group Chief Executive?Products C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHCIAGO IL 60601