Accenture raises lower band of full-year sales growth guidance to 3% from 2%
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MUMBAI – Accenture Plc. Thursday raised the lower band of its sales growth guidance for 2025-26 (Sept-Aug) to 3% from 2?rlier. The company now expects the full-year sales growth to be 3-5% in local currency compared with 2-5% guided after the November quarter.
For the quarter ended February, the company reported a revenue of $18.04 billion, up 4% on year in local currency. It was slightly higher than the expectations of $17.80 billion, Dow Jones reported. For the May quarter, Accenture expects sales to rise 1-5% on year to $18.35 billion-$19.00 billion.
"Accenture's third-quarter and full-year 2026 business outlook reflect the company's best view of the potential impact of the conflict in the Middle East in the second half of this fiscal year," the company said in a press release. "It does not take into account a significant escalation, or the occurrence of major economic disruption."
The company saw the highest growth from Asia Pacific during the February quarter, with revenue from the region up 10% on year in local currency to $2.58 billion. Revenue from Americas grew 3% on year in local currency to $8.90 billion and revenue from Europe, Middle East, and Africa was up 2% on year in local currency to $6.57 billion. Among segments, revenue from consulting was up 3% on year in local currency at $8.86 billion and revenue from managed services was up 5% on year at $9.18 billion.
The company's gross margin improved by 40 basis points to 30.3% and operating margin improved by 30 bps to 13.8%. Its adjusted operating margin for the six months ended February, excluding business optimisation costs, was up 30 bps at 15.4%. The company has retained its guidance for adjusted operating margin at 15.7-15.9% for the full year. End
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Reported by Anshul Choudhary
Edited by Ashish Shirke
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