<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>埃森哲的季度業績超出預期，報告淨利潤為 14.1 億美元，但其 2025/2026 財年的增長預測令市場失望。該公司預計年收益增長為 5% 至 8%，低於市場預期，收入增長為 3% 至 6%，較去年 7% 的增長有所下降。儘管將季度股息提高近 10% 並宣佈進行 50 億美元的股票回購，埃森哲的股票在盤前交易中仍下跌超過 4%，自年初以來累計下跌 32%</p>

由於埃森哲的增長預測令人失望，股票表現掙扎