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How Accenture plc stacks up
ACN · against 46 other Technology companies of similar size
Profitability
87/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #22 of 47 · scores higher than 54% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score10 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including ACN · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 87?
Weighted metrics compared with all Technology companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Technology peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 77% of peers. Operating margin: 15.4% vs peer median 6.3%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 89% of peers. Return on assets: 11.4% vs peer median 2.9%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 89% of peers. Return on invested capital: 31.2% vs peer median 6.8%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = ACN, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | ACN | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 45 reported | 31.2% | 20.2% | 75% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 47 reported | 15.4% | 23.2% | 37% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 46 reported | 11.4% | 9.9% | 56% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 45 reported | 26.0% | 26.0% | 50% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 47 reported | 32.0% | 54.2% | 11% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ACN| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 561.7B CNY (≈$78.6B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 1 | 25.82T JPY (≈$175.6B) | 99 | 73 | |
| 1 | 95.8B USD | 99 | 67 | |
| 1 | 181.7B EUR (≈$199.8B) | 99 | 56 | |
| 1 | 203.8B USD | 99 | 56 | |
| 18 | 259.7B USD | 90 | 63 | |
| 18 | 92.1B USD | 90 | 68 | |
| 20 | 207.6B USD | 89 | 61 | |
| 21 | 81.3B USD | 88 | 48 | |
| 22 | 155.8B USD | 87 | 63 | |
| 23 | 22.73T JPY (≈$154.5B) | 86 | 62 | |
| 23 | 265.8B USD | 86 | 68 | |
| 25 | 214.3B USD | 85 | 62 | |
| 26 | 203.4B USD | 84 | 61 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score