Accenture plc (ACN) — Quality & forensics
As of 2026-11-10 — refreshed nightly. Closelooknet readings from an investment research diary, not ratings or advice.
The Closelooknet module scores
- Valuation 53
- Quality 65
- Growth 47
- Balance sheet 67
- Cash quality 55
- Capital allocation 72
- Momentum 86
Scores are computed nightly across the coverage universe and read relative to it — the methodology lives in the company-scoring explainer.
Financial forensics — the academic screens
Sits in the safe zone (above 2.99). The Z-Score estimates financial-distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.
Nine binary fundamental-strength checks across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.
Screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns — below the −1.78 manipulation-risk threshold. A screen, not an accusation.
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Quick answers
What is Accenture plc's Closelooknet quality reading?
The composite reads 62/100 across 7 modules, as of 2026-11-10: valuation 53, quality 65, growth 47, balance sheet 67, cash quality 55, capital allocation 72, momentum 86. Closelooknet scores are research diary readings, not ratings or investment advice.
What is Accenture plc's Altman Z-Score?
4.44, which sits in the safe zone (above 2.99) as of 2026-11-10. The Altman Z-Score estimates financial distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.
What is Accenture plc's Piotroski F-Score?
6 of 9, as of 2026-11-10. The F-Score counts nine binary fundamental-strength signals across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.
What does Accenture plc's Beneish M-Score indicate?
-2.71 — below the −1.78 manipulation-risk threshold, as of 2026-11-10. The M-Score screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns; it is a screen, not an accusation.
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Long reads
- AI Stocks — The First Week Chose the Users: If the Pattern Holds
The IT-services firm Accenture, a member of the AI Users index, fell from $398.25 in February 2025 to $124.44 on 30 June this year and has since more than doubled, to $260.50 on Friday.
- AI Users — Builders Up 66%, the Companies Using AI Flat
Seven names are implementers — Accenture, Capgemini, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Cognizant, IBM and Genpact.
Dailies
- AI Trade — Chips Bounce 3% Before AMD; Apple, Palantir and Shopify Slip After Their Reports
Among the AI users that led the month, Accenture falls 2.5% and Walmart 2.3%, while Eli Lilly holds a 0.5% gain.
- Sell-Off — Nasdaq −3%, Chips −8%, Bitcoin −4%, Gold −3%; Only Bonds, Oil and Defensives Hold
What holds: the 10-year Treasury yield eases to 4.94%, oil rises 2.0%, and staples, energy, utilities and health care gain, with Accenture up 4.9%, Eli Lilly 3.2% and AstraZeneca 7.4%.
- AI Trade — Sold the Builders, Bought the Users
And the companies that sell AI adoption to everyone else rallied outright: Accenture +7.7%, Cognizant +6.0%, Infosys +3.7%.
- Chips — one day of bounce, then Asia sells it: Kospi −4.3%, SK Hynix −5.3%, Nasdaq futures lower
Accenture, the test for the AI-users trade, added 3.2% to 236.93 and held.
- Chips — the open follows Seoul, then turns: chip index from −2.4% to +0.7%; small caps +1.6%
AI users — still bought: Accenture +1.0% to 239.41, Infosys +2.4%, IBM +1.4% before its report
- AI Trade — builders and runners sold, users bought: chips enter a bear market, Accenture +9.9% on the week
The companies that put AI to work — Accenture, Cognizant, Infosys — rose all week, even on Friday.
- Chips — Bear Market Again, but Not Like July
The companies that put AI to work are the exception: Accenture rose 38.8% in the July leg and 18.8% in this one, Cognizant and Infosys had their best week in years.
- Chips — bounce 2.5% to break an eight-day losing run; QQQ back above 720, AI users still bought
The chip index is up for the first time in nine sessions, software follows, Accenture rises again.
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