Accenture Q3 2026 Earnings Call: Complete Transcript

Accenture (NYSE: ACN ) held its third-quarter earnings conference call on Thursday.

Below is the complete transcript from the call.

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View the webcast at Summary Accenture PLC reported strong Q3 fiscal 2026 results with revenue growth across all geographic markets, industry groups, and types of work, adding $1 billion in revenue over FY25.

The company faced a $100 million revenue impact from the Middle East conflict, affecting consulting work and delaying large managed services opportunities to FY27.

Accenture announced plans to invest $9 billion in acquisitions, including OT cybersecurity firms Dragos, Run Zero, and Netrise, expanding its capabilities in strategic growth areas.

The company is launching Accenture Edge, targeting the mid-market segment, estimated as a $240 billion addressable market, with solutions tailored for faster deployment.

Accenture continues to strengthen partnerships with AI and data partners, expecting to double bookings from key emerging partners compared to FY25.

Financial highlights include a 9% EPS growth to $3.80, a 17% operating margin, and returning $2.2 billion to shareholders in Q3 through repurchases and dividends.

For FY26, Accenture expects 3-4% revenue growth in local currency, a 15.8% operating margin, and to return at least $9.5 billion to shareholders.

Management highlighted the expansion of AI initiatives and cybersecurity as key growth drivers, with significant client wins and partnerships in these areas.

Full Transcript OPERATOR Good day and welcome to Accenture's third quarter fiscal 2026 earnings conference call.

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Alexia Quadrani, Executive Director and Head of Investor Relations Thank you, Operator, and thanks everyone for joining us today on our third quarter 2026 earnings announcement.

As the operator just mentioned, I'm Alexia Quadrani, Executive Director, Head of Investor Relations.

On today's call, you will hear from Julie Sweet, our Chair and Chief Executive Officer, and Angie Park, our Chief Financial Officer.

We hope you've had an opportunity to review the earnings release which we issued a short time ago.

Let me quickly outline the agenda for today's call.

Julie will begin with an overview of our results.

Angie will take you through the financial details, including the income statement and balance sheet, along with some key operational metrics for the third quarter.

Julie will then provide a brief update on the market positioning before Angie provides our business outlook for the fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2026.

We will then take your questions before Julie provides a wrap-up at the end of the call.

We're also pleased to announce that we will host our Investor Day in New York City on October 14th.

More details to come.

Some of the matters we'll discuss on this call, including our business outlook, are forward-looking and as such are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those factors set forth in today's news release and discussed in our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other SEC filings.

These risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in this call.

During our call today, we will reference certain non-GAAP financial measures which we believe provide useful information for investors.

We include reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures where appropriate to GAAP in our news release or in the Investor Relations section of our website at accenture.com.

As always, Accenture assumes no obligation to update the information presented on this conference call.