Accenture "Expert Call Sees Accenture Poised for AI Spend" (Buy) McVeigh

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Accenture "Expert Call Sees Accenture Poised for AI Spend" (Buy) McVeigh

Global Research

8 June 2026ab

Accenture Equities

United StatesExpert Call Sees Accenture Poised for AI Spend

Industrial Services

12-month rating Buy

AI Impact on ACN + IT Services with Expert Balbinder Bhatia

Amid continued bouts of volatility, we host Balbinder Bhatia—former Principal, Strategy, 12m price target US$320.00

M&A and Private Equity + AI at Accenture. Mr. Bhatia has 15+ years experience including

a decade focused on Accenture M&A and advising companies on AI transformation. As

Price (08 Jun 2026) US$174.59

part of this effort we leveraged Mr. Bhatia's industry knowledge to understand—AI

innovation vs. other cycles, AI spend, M&A strategy, and how its competitive RIC: ACN.N BBG: ACN US

positioning. We came away with even more conviction Accenture is poised to benefit

Trading data and key metrics

from tech modernization, benefitting from large AI projects. We believe the market is

52-wk range US$320.92-159.64

meaningfully mispricing secular risk and remain Buy with $320 PT. Key takes:

Market cap. US$110b

AI vs. other cycles—AI is a step change vs. previous cycles fueling productivity Shares o/s 628m (COM)

gains and enabled revenue growth decoupled from headcount, but requiring full Free float 100%

enterprise redesign, an area where Accenture is well positioned. Avg. daily volume ('000) 1,647

AI and IT spend—budgets are shifting to AI from IT—mostly compute and Avg. daily value (m) US$310.7

models with limited returns so far—creating a tailwind and setting a shift toward Common s/h equity (08/26E) US$30.9b

deployment and implementation. P/BV (08/26E) 3.5x

Net debt to EBITDA (08/26E) 0.1x

Well positioned as AI surfaces—well-positioned as vendor-agnostic