Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) Stake Lifted by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its position in Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN – Free Report) by 40.6% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 952,713 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 275,145 shares during the quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company’s holdings in Accenture were worth $289,063,000 [...]

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The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its position in Accenture plc ( NYSE:ACN – Free Report ) by 40.6% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports.

The firm owned 952,713 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 275,145 shares during the quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company’s holdings in Accenture were worth $289,063,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ACN.



Annapolis Financial Services LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Accenture by 507.7% in the first quarter. Annapolis Financial Services LLC now owns 79 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 66 shares during the period.

Ables Iannone Moore & Associates Inc. bought a new stake in Accenture in the fourth quarter worth about $29,000. Atwood & Palmer Inc.

boosted its position in shares of Accenture by 214.8% during the 1st quarter. Atwood & Palmer Inc.

now owns 85 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 58 shares in the last quarter. Unique Wealth Strategies LLC acquired a new position in shares of Accenture in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $26,000. Finally, Grayhawk Investment Strategies Inc.

bought a new stake in shares of Accenture in the 4th quarter worth approximately $35,000. 75.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Accenture In related news, CFO Kathleen R. Mcclure sold 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $309.

22, for a total value of $927,660.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 40,070 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,390,445.

40. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink . In related news, CFO Kathleen R.

Mcclure sold 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $309.22, for a total value of $927,660.

00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 40,070 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,390,445.40.

The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link . Also, insider Ellyn Shook sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $329.

82, for a total transaction of $1,649,100.00. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 8,989 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,964,751.

98. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . In the last quarter, insiders sold 21,421 shares of company stock worth $6,912,635.

0.07% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth View Our Latest Report on ACN Accenture Trading Up 5.

6 % ACN stock opened at $355.81 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $222.

98 billion, a PE ratio of 32.58, a PEG ratio of 3.69 and a beta of 1.

24. Accenture plc has a 1 year low of $278.69 and a 1 year high of $387.

51. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $333.51 and a 200 day simple moving average of $321.

39. Accenture declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, September 26th that allows the company to repurchase $4.00 billion in outstanding shares.

This repurchase authorization allows the information technology services provider to repurchase up to 1.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Accenture Company Profile ( Free Report ) Accenture plc, a professional services company, provides strategy and consulting, industry X, song, and technology and operation services worldwide. The company offers application services, including agile transformation, DevOps, application modernization, enterprise architecture, software and quality engineering, data management; intelligent automation comprising robotic process automation, natural language processing, and virtual agents; and application management services, as well as software engineering services; strategy and consulting services; data and analytics strategy, data discovery and augmentation, data management and beyond, data democratization, and industrialized solutions comprising turnkey analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions; metaverse; and sustainability services. Read More Want to see what other hedge funds are holding ACN? Visit HoldingsChannel.

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