Accenture Set to Report Q1 Earnings: Here's What You Should Know

Accenture plc ACN is scheduled to release first-quarter fiscal 2025 results on Dec. 19, before market open.ACN has an impressive earnings surprise history. Its earnings surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in the trailing four quarters, the average being 2.2%.Accenture PLC Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise Accenture PLC price-consensus-eps-surprise-chart | Accenture PLC QuoteAccenture’s Q1 ExpectationsThe Zacks Consensus Estimate for the top line is pegged at $17.2 billion, indicating a 5.9% rise from that reported in the first quarter of fiscal 2024. The top line is likely to have benefited from the rise in revenues across the segments.Our estimate for revenues from the Managed Services segment is pegged at $8.2 billion, implying a 5.6% increase from the year-ago quarter’s reported number. Accenture’s ability to leverage its SynOps Platform to drive automation and deliver measurable efficiencies across the fuels marketing business is likely to have led to this segment’s growth.Our anticipation for Consulting revenues is pegged at $8.9 billion, indicating 5.8% growth year over year. We expect the Health & Public Services segment’s revenues to be $3.7 billion, indicating an 8.3% rise from the year-ago quarter’s actual. We anticipate revenues from the Resources segment to be $2.4 billion, suggesting 4.8% growth on a year-over-year basis. Revenues from the Communications, Media & Technology segment are expected to rise 7.3% from first-quarter fiscal 2025 actuals to $2.9 billion.Our estimate for the Products segment’s revenues is pegged at $5.2 billion, indicating an increase of 6.3% from the year-ago reported level. We expect Financial Services revenues to be $3.1 billion, implying a 1.1% rise from the year-ago quarter’s actual.Moving to geographical markets, we expect revenues from North America to increase 7.1% to $8.6 billion. Our estimate for revenues from the EMEA region is pegged at $6 billion, suggesting a 3.9% rise from the year-ago quarter’s actual. We anticipate revenues from Asia Pacific to grow 5.1% to $2.5 billion from the year-ago quarter’s actual.The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the bottom line is pegged at $3.4 per share, which indicates a 3.4% increase from the year-ago quarter’s reported number. A business optimization strategy to lower structural costs is anticipated to have driven the bottom line.What Our Model Says About ACN StockOur model predicts an earnings beat for ACN this time around. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. You can uncover the best stocks before they are reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.Accenture has an Earnings ESP of +1.45% and a Zacks Rank of 3. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.Earnings Snapshot of ACN’s PeersDocuSign, Inc. DOCU reported impressive third-quarter fiscal 2025 results.DOCU’s EPS (excluding 60 cents from non-recurring items) was 90 cents, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4.7% and increased 13.9% from the year-ago quarter. Total revenues of $754.8 million beat the consensus mark by 1.4% and gained 7.8% from third-quarter fiscal 2024.Corpay CPAY reported impressive third-quarter 2024 results.CPAY’s EPS of $5 beat the consensus estimate by a slight margin and increased 11.4% on a year-over-year basis. Total revenues of $1 billion outpaced the consensus estimate marginally and grew 6% from the year-ago quarter.7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 DaysJust released: Experts distill 7 elite stocks from the current list of 220 Zacks Rank #1 Strong Buys. They deem these tickers "Most Likely for Early Price Pops."Since 1988, the full list has beaten the market more than 2X over with an average gain of +24.1% per year. So be sure to give these hand picked 7 your immediate attention. See them now >>Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Accenture PLC (ACN): Free Stock Analysis Report Docusign Inc. (DOCU): Free Stock Analysis Report Corpay, Inc. (CPAY): Free Stock Analysis ReportTo read this article on Zacks.com click here.Zacks Investment ResearchWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Zacks Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Zacks