INVESTOR RELATIONS
We define our value as delivering the financial business case and unique value a client may be seeking, and striving to partner with our clients to achieve greater progress on inclusion and diversity, reskill and upskill our clients’ employees, help our clients achieve their sustainability goals, and create meaningful experiences, both with Accenture and for the customers and employees of our clients.
Our is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 279,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Learn more about how we are measuring value in all directions with Value Integrated Reporting.
OUR FINANCIAL RESULTS
The success of our strategy to be the reinvention partner of our clients is reflected in our fiscal 2024 results, including record bookings, earnings growth, margin expansion and significant cash to shareholders, allowing us to deliver value for all our stakeholders.
Revenues
$64.9B
An increase of 2% in local currency and 1% in U.S. dollars.
New bookings
$81.2B
A 14% increase in local currency and 13% increase in U.S. dollars, with a book-to-bill of 1.3 billion.
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE (ADJUSTED)
$11.95
A 2% increase, after adjusting FY24 GAAP EPS of $11.44 to exclude business optimization costs of $0.51 per share and FY23 GAAP EPS of $10.77 to exclude business optimization costs of $1.28 per share and an investment gain of $0.38 per share. On a GAAP basis, FY24 EPS increased 6%.
OPERATING MARGIN (ADJUSTED)
15.5%
An increase of 10 basis points, after adjusting FY24 GAAP operating margin of 14.8% and FY23 GAAP operating margin of 13.7% to exclude business optimization costs of 70 bps and 170 bps, respectively. On a GAAP basis FY24 operating margin increased 110 bps.
FREE CASH FLOW
$8.6B
Defined as operating cash flow of $9.1 billion net of property and equipment additions of $517 million.
CASH RETURNED TO SHAREHOLDERS
$7.8B
Defined as share repurchases of $4.5 billion plus cash dividends of $3.2 billion For 12 months ended August 31, 2024.
Our ongoing investments
$6.6B
Deployed across 77 strategic acquisitions to scale our business in high-growth areas, add skills and capabilities in new areas and deepen our industry and functional expertise.
$1.2B
Invested in research and development in our assets, platforms and industry and functional solutions.
$1.1B
Invested in learning and professional development of our people.
Our people, our leadership, our purpose
97,000
We celebrated approximately 97,000 promotions, demonstrating our continued commitment to creating vibrant careers and opportunities for our people.
48%
Women represent 48% of our workforce.
44M
Delivered approximately 44 million training hours with our digital learning platform.
Awards & recognition
No. 1
on the FTSE (formerly Refinitiv) Diversity and Inclusion Index for the 5th time in 7 years, marking 9 consecutive years on list.
22
Consecutive years on the Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies list and 11th consecutive year as No. 1 in IT services.
70%+
The Approach Capital is recognized as a top 10 place to work in 11 countries, representing more than 70% of our people.
