Accenture (ACN) Q4 FY2026 earnings: revenue $18.7 billion, up 6.2% on the year

Accenture plc (ACN) reported revenue of $18.7 billion for Q4 FY2026, the quarter ended 31 August 2026, up 6.2% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $2.0 billion, up 40.8% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $3.29. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 16 October 2026.

Revenue$18.7 billionup 6.2%

Net income$2.0 billionup 40.8%

Diluted EPS$3.29

QuarterQ4 FY2026ended 31 August 2026

What management said

Guidance figures: 13 new.

Fourth-quarter revenue above guided range: Fourth-quarter revenue was $18.68 billion, up 6% in U.S. dollars and 7% in local currency, above the guided range of $17.75 billion to $18.40 billion.
Full-year revenue above guided growth: Full-year revenue was $74.18 billion, up 6% in U.S. dollars and 5% in local currency. Foreign exchange added about 2%, consistent with the third-quarter assumption.
Adjusted EPS up 8% for the year: GAAP diluted EPS was $13.56, up 12%. Adjusted EPS was $13.97, up 8%, excluding $0.41 of business optimization costs in fiscal 2026.

Read the earnings call summary

The quarter, against the one before and a year earlier

Line	Q4 FY2026	Q3 FY2026	Q4 FY2025	Change on the year
Revenue	18,679	18,718	17,596	+6.2%
Cost of revenue	12,694	12,584	11,985	+5.9%
Gross profit	5,985	6,134	5,611	+6.7%
Gross margin	32.0%	32.8%	31.9%
Operating income	2,863	3,175	2,050	+39.7%
Operating margin	15.3%	17.0%	11.6%
Interest expense	104	70.6	66.2	+56.7%
Pre-tax income	2,798	3,150	2,075	+34.8%
Income tax	764	762	625	+22.2%
Effective tax rate	27.3%	24.2%	30.1%
Net income	1,991	2,339	1,414	+40.8%
Net margin	10.7%	12.5%	8.0%
Diluted EPS	$3.29	$3.80	$2.25	+46.2%

$ million except per share.

Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow and capital returned

Line	Q4 FY2026	Q3 FY2026	Q4 FY2025	Change on the year
Operating cash flow	3,095	3,786	3,914	-20.9%
Capital expenditure	250	186	108	+131.9%
Free cash flow	2,845	3,600	3,806	-25.3%
Free cash flow margin	15.2%	19.2%	21.6%
Cash from investing	-2,184	-1,207	-771	n/a
Cash from financing	1,776	-1,766	-1,275	n/a
Depreciation and amortisation	321	308	497	-35.5%
Share-based compensation	456	462	440	+3.7%
Buybacks	2,328	1,184	474	+391.2%
Dividends paid	974	995	922	+5.7%
Dividend per share	n/a	$1.63	n/a	n/a
Diluted shares, weighted	605m	616m	629m	-3.8%

Cash flow lines for the quarter; where the company files them year to date, the quarter is the difference between two filings.

Balance sheet at quarter end

Line	Q4 FY2026	Q3 FY2026	Q4 FY2025	Change on the year
Shareholders' equity	31,567	31,891	31,195	+1.2%
Non-controlling interest	1,157	1,123	1,046	+10.7%
Redeemable equity	533	494	0.0	n/a
Debt	10,112	5,142	5,149	+96.4%
Operating lease liabilities	2,517	2,496	2,305	+9.2%
Other liabilities	27,712	27,661	25,700	+7.8%
Total liabilities and equity	73,598	68,807	65,395	+12.5%
Fixed assets	1,722	1,620	1,566	+9.9%
Goodwill	26,819	25,323	22,536	+19.0%
Intangible assets	2,907	2,499	2,411	+20.6%
Investments	947	932	727	+30.2%
Cash and equivalents	12,831	10,165	11,479	+11.8%
Receivables	14,216	13,993	13,065	+8.8%
Other assets	14,156	14,275	13,610	+4.0%
Total assets	73,598	68,807	65,395	+12.5%

Questions

What was Accenture's revenue in Q4 FY2026?

Accenture (ACN) reported revenue of $18.7 billion for Q4 FY2026, the quarter ended 31 August 2026, up 6.2% on the same quarter a year earlier.

How much did Accenture earn in Q4 FY2026?

Net income for Q4 FY2026 was $2.0 billion, up 40.8% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $3.29.

When did Accenture report Q4 FY2026 results?

Accenture filed its 10-K for the quarter ended 31 August 2026 with the SEC on 16 October 2026.

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

	Q1 FY2022	Q2 FY2022	Q3 FY2022	Q4 FY2022	Q1 FY2023	Q2 FY2023	Q3 FY2023	Q4 FY2023	Q1 FY2024	Q2 FY2024	Q3 FY2024	Q4 FY2024	Q1 FY2025	Q2 FY2025	Q3 FY2025	Q4 FY2025	Q1 FY2026	Q2 FY2026	Q3 FY2026	Q4 FY2026
Revenue	14,965	15,047	16,159	15,424	15,748	15,814	16,565	15,985	16,224	15,800	16,467	16,406	17,690	16,659	17,728	17,596	18,742	18,044	18,718	18,679
Cost of revenue	10,048	10,523	10,844	10,478	10,562	10,979	11,036	10,804	10,776	10,921	10,968	11,068	11,867	11,684	11,901	11,985	12,545	12,585	12,584	12,694
Gross profit	4,917	4,524	5,315	4,946	5,186	4,835	5,529	5,182	5,448	4,878	5,498	5,337	5,823	4,975	5,827	5,611	6,197	5,459	6,134	5,985
Gross margin	33%	30%	33%	32%	33%	31%	33%	32%	34%	31%	33%	33%	33%	30%	33%	32%	33%	30%	33%	32%
Operating income	2,434	2,062	2,603	2,268	2,593	1,945	2,359	1,913	2,565	2,046	2,631	2,354	2,948	2,245	2,983	2,050	2,874	2,494	3,175	2,863
Operating margin	16%	14%	16%	15%	16%	12%	14%	12%	16%	13%	16%	14%	17%	13%	17%	12%	15%	14%	17%	15%
Interest expense	11.2	11.2	12.1	12.9	7.3	11.6	11.2	17.4	14.5	10.3	11.3	22.8	30.0	64.7	67.6	66.2	65.4	63.6	70.6	104
Pre-tax income	2,406	2,050	2,495	2,245	2,602	1,947	2,632	1,959	2,617	2,096	2,654	2,333	2,955	2,289	2,951	2,075	2,968	2,457	3,150	2,798
Tax rate	24%	19%	27%	25%	23%	20%	22%	28%	23%	18%	25%	26%	22%	20%	24%	30%	24%	24%	24%	27%
Net income	1,791	1,635	1,786	1,665	1,965	1,524	2,010	1,373	1,973	1,675	1,932	1,684	2,279	1,788	2,198	1,414	2,212	1,825	2,339	1,991
Net margin	12%	11%	11%	11%	12%	10%	12%	9%	12%	11%	12%	10%	13%	11%	12%	8%	12%	10%	12%	11%
Diluted EPS	$2.78	$2.54	$2.79	$2.60	$3.08	$2.39	$3.15	$2.15	$3.10	$2.63	$3.04	$2.66	$3.59	$2.82	$3.49	$2.25	$3.54	$2.93	$3.80	$3.29
Operating cash flow	531	2,155	3,065	3,790	495	2,330	3,289	3,409	499	2,101	3,142	3,389	1,022	2,853	3,684	3,914	1,664	3,818	3,786	3,095
Capital expenditure	182	165	195	177	98.8	108	142	180	68.9	110	124	214	152	171	169	108	157	150	186	250
Free cash flow	349	1,991	2,870	3,613	397	2,223	3,148	3,229	430	1,991	3,018	3,176	870	2,683	3,515	3,806	1,508	3,668	3,600	2,845
Buybacks	845	1,693	972	605	1,419	1,118	789	1,005	1,191	1,322	1,383	628	898	1,448	1,800	474	2,331	1,679	1,184	2,328
Dividends paid	613	617	614	614	706	708	708	706	810	813	811	808	926	929	924	922	1,010	1,008	995	974
Filing	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K

Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.

Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Source

10-K for the period ended 31 August 2026, filed 16 October 2026, accession 0001467373-26-000049: the filing on EDGAR. All of Accenture plc's filings: EDGAR company page.