<div id="readability-page-1"><div><div><p>Accenture reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Thursday, but its outlook for the new 2025/2026 fiscal year suggests a slowdown in business growth, which seemed to disappoint the market.</p><p>The US consulting and technology services group announced this morning that its net profit for the quarter ending at the end of August was $1.41bn, or $2.25 per share, down from $1.68bn ($2.66 per share) a year earlier.</p><p>Adjusted EPS came in at $3.03, while analysts had expected EPS of $2.98 on average.</p><p>Its quarterly revenue increased by 7% to $17.6bn, again above the consensus of $17.4bn.</p><p>For its new FY 2025/2026, the us group said it is targeting annual earnings of between $13.52 and $13.90, an increase of 5% to 8%, while the market was targeting $13.78.</p><p>It also said it expects annual revenue growth of 3% to 6% in local currencies, a sharp slowdown compared with 7% growth in the previous fiscal year.</p><p>Accenture also announced that it was increasing its quarterly dividend by almost 10% to $1.63, up from $1.48 previously, while its board of directors approved an additional $5bn share buyback plan, bringing the current total to $7.9bn.</p><p>The stock, down 32% since the beginning of the year, fell more than 4% in pre-market trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday in the wake of these announcements.</p></div></div></div>

埃森哲

<p>埃森哲的季度业绩超出预期，报告净利润为 14.1 亿美元，但其 2025/2026 财年的增长预测令市场失望。该公司预计年收益增长为 5% 至 8%，低于市场预期，收入增长为 3% 至 6%，较去年 7% 的增长有所下降。尽管将季度股息提高近 10% 并宣布进行 50 亿美元的股票回购，埃森哲的股票在盘前交易中仍下跌超过 4%，自年初以来累计下跌 32%</p>

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