Accenture (ACN) Earnings: Q4 Fiscal 2026 Results and Next Report Date

The quarter ended August 31, 2026 and Accenture published the results on October 1, 2026. Revenue and diluted EPS are shown against Q4 fiscal 2025, the same quarter a year earlier, which takes seasonal swings out of the comparison. Accenture reports EPS two ways: GAAP, under the accounting rules every US filer follows, and adjusted, which leaves out items the company considers outside its operating results. The release reconciles the two, and when they diverge, the reconciliation says why.

• Accenture's reportable segments are its three geographic markets: Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. It also reports revenue by industry group and by type of work (Consulting and Managed Services).
• Accenture's adjusted figures exclude business optimization costs, primarily employee severance, of $615 million in Q4 fiscal 2025 and $308 million in Q1 fiscal 2026. Q4 fiscal 2026 had none, so its adjusted EPS equals GAAP EPS of $3.29.
• Accenture's fiscal year ends on August 31, so Q4 fiscal 2026 covers June through August 2026.

Source: Accenture Q4 fiscal 2026 results, October 1, 2026. Also in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2026. Figures as reported; checked against the release on November 10, 2026.

How Accenture splits revenue in its own release, under its own labels, for Q4 fiscal 2026 against Q4 fiscal 2025. Indented lines are parts of the line above them.

• Accenture's Americas revenue was $9.4 billion in Q4 fiscal 2026, up 7% from $8.8 billion in Q4 fiscal 2025, 50% of total revenue.
• Accenture's EMEA revenue was $6.6 billion in Q4 fiscal 2026, up 6% from $6.2 billion in Q4 fiscal 2025, 35% of total revenue.
• Accenture's Asia Pacific revenue was $2.7 billion in Q4 fiscal 2026, up 3% from $2.6 billion in Q4 fiscal 2025, 14% of total revenue.

Segment lines are the figures writers cite most often, because they show where the growth in a quarter came from. Companies redraw their segments from time to time and restate the prior year to match, so a year-ago figure here can differ from the one printed a year ago. When that has happened, the note above says so.

From the earnings release

In its Q4 fiscal 2026 release, Accenture said:

“Company expects full-year revenue growth of 3% to 6% in local currency”

“Expects full-year GAAP diluted EPS of $14.39 to $14.81, a 6% to 9% increase, and a 3% to 6% increase over adjusted EPS”

“Company expects to return at least $9.5 billion in cash to shareholders in fiscal year 2027”

Source: Accenture Q4 FY26 release, Oct 1, 2026.

This is the company's own guidance as of Oct 1, 2026, quoted as given. Walnut does not make forecasts of its own. Analyst estimates for the coming quarters are on the ACN forecast page.

Revenue and diluted EPS for the last 5 quarters. Each date links to that quarter's release.

GAAP revenue and diluted EPS, each as first reported in that quarter's release. Q4 fiscal 2025 and Q1 fiscal 2026 GAAP EPS include business optimization costs.

Accenture's next report is scheduled for December 17, 2026. This page will show Q4 fiscal 2026 until those results are out and have been checked against the release.

Each quarter keeps its own page with the figures as reported, so a link to one stays pointed at the same numbers after the next report.

• Q4 fiscal 2026 (this page), reported Oct 1, 2026

Accenture's revenues were $18,679 million in Q4 fiscal 2026, up 6% in U.S. dollars and 7% in local currency from $17,596 million, and above its guided range of $17.75 billion to $18.40 billion. The two types of work were close to even: Consulting brought in $9,280 million and Managed Services $9,398 million. Accenture said foreign exchange reduced revenue by approximately 0.8%, against the approximately negative 0.5% it had assumed. (Accenture Q4 FY26 release, Oct 1, 2026)

By geographic market, the Americas produced $9,432 million, up 7%, EMEA $6,580 million, up 6% in U.S. dollars and 7% in local currency, and Asia Pacific $2,665 million, up 3% in U.S. dollars and 7% in local currency. By industry group, Products was the largest at $5,563 million (up 3%), followed by Health & Public Service at $3,858 million (up 8%), Financial Services at $3,473 million (up 5%), Communications, Media & Technology at $3,262 million (up 10%) and Resources at $2,521 million (up 6%). (Accenture Q4 FY26 release, Oct 1, 2026)

Accenture's 10-K says it experienced lower pricing in many areas of the business during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, while pricing for the full year was relatively stable compared to fiscal 2025. Accenture defines pricing as the contract profitability or margin on the work it sells. Consulting revenue comes from finite projects with defined deliverables; Managed Services revenue comes from ongoing operation of client systems or business functions under contracts that typically span several years. (Accenture Form 10-K, fiscal 2026, Oct 16, 2026)

Accenture serves more than 9,000 clients and has 317 Diamond clients, its largest relationships. Work for the U.S. federal government, delivered through Accenture Federal Services, was approximately 7% of total revenues in fiscal 2026, 14% of Americas revenues and 34% of Health & Public Service revenues. Ireland, Accenture's country of domicile, was approximately 1% of revenues. (Accenture Form 10-K, fiscal 2026, Oct 16, 2026)

New bookings were $22.17 billion in the quarter, a book-to-bill of 1.2, with Consulting at $9.40 billion and Managed Services at $12.77 billion. Remaining performance obligations were approximately $37 billion at August 31, 2026, against $34 billion a year earlier, and the 10-K notes that the majority of Accenture's contracts are terminable by the client on short notice. (Accenture Q4 FY26 release, Oct 1, 2026; Accenture Form 10-K, fiscal 2026, Oct 16, 2026)

Accenture's GAAP diluted EPS was $3.29 in Q4 fiscal 2026, up 46% from $2.25. The year-ago quarter carried $615 million of business optimization costs, primarily employee severance, which cut EPS by $0.78. Excluding them, Q4 fiscal 2025 adjusted EPS was $3.03, and the latest quarter's $3.29 was 9% higher. No business optimization costs were recorded in Q4 fiscal 2026, so GAAP and adjusted EPS are the same. (Accenture Q4 FY26 release, Oct 1, 2026)

Accenture's own bridge from $3.03 to $3.29 credits higher revenue and operating results with $0.22, a lower share count with $0.13 and a lower effective tax rate with $0.03, offset by $0.11 from lower non-operating income and $0.01 from higher noncontrolling interests. The GAAP effective tax rate was 27.3%, against 30.1% GAAP and 27.9% adjusted a year earlier, and GAAP operating margin was 15.3%. (Accenture Q4 FY26 release, Oct 1, 2026)

Diluted weighted average shares fell to 605,283,767 from 629,418,129. Accenture repurchased or redeemed 17.6 million shares for $2.3 billion in the quarter and 39.9 million shares for $7.5 billion in fiscal 2026, and had approximately 596 million shares outstanding at August 31, 2026. Full-year GAAP diluted EPS was $13.56 and adjusted EPS $13.97. (Accenture Q4 FY26 release, Oct 1, 2026)

Diluted EPS divides net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding in the quarter, plus the shares that options and other equity awards could add. Buybacks shrink that count and lift EPS for the same profit; share issuance and stock awards enlarge it.

Accenture publishes a numeric outlook in its release. For Q1 fiscal 2027 it expects revenues of $18.95 billion to $19.60 billion, 2% to 6% growth in local currency, with a foreign-exchange impact of approximately negative 1%. For full fiscal 2027 it expects revenue growth of 3% to 6% in local currency, operating margin of 15.9% to 16.1%, an annual effective tax rate of 24.5% to 26.5%, GAAP diluted EPS of $14.39 to $14.81 and free cash flow of $11.0 billion to $11.8 billion. (Accenture Q4 FY26 release, Oct 1, 2026)

Accenture gives full-year revenue guidance in local currency, not U.S. dollars, because it says foreign exchange impact could vary significantly from its stated assumptions. It expects to return at least $9.5 billion to shareholders in fiscal 2027, after $11.5 billion in fiscal 2026, and declared a quarterly dividend of $1.71 per share, 5% above the fiscal 2026 rate. (Accenture Q4 FY26 release, Oct 1, 2026)

A consensus figure is the average of the models published by the analysts who cover Accenture, collected by a data provider and revised up to the day of the report. A quarter that lands above it says how expectations were set as much as how the business did, and the share price on the day also reflects the guidance and the lines no consensus covers.

The consensus figures on this page are Yahoo Finance's, as pulled on the date shown. Each comes with the number of analysts behind it; the smaller that number, the more one revised estimate can move the average.

The figures below are the ones Accenture's own release and filings put weight on for Q4 fiscal 2026, with the latest reported value for each.

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