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Accenture -

- (no index) - IT Consulting & Other Services

Accenture Limited (Accenture) is a management consulting, technology services and outsourcing organization. The Company?s business is structured around five operating groups, which together comprise 17 industry groups serving clients.

MARGIN OF SAFETY of Accenture : 146.80 %
The Margin of Safety of Accenture is OK (>50%).
How is the Margin of Safety calculated ?

QUALITY :
Conservative Investors : Earnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OK
Enterprising Investors : Earnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OK

What are the Stars ?

FORUMS
VISIT Accenture FORUM !
Alerts : BUY at : 38 USD on : 02/05/2008
What are the alerts ?

Price over 1 year :

PRICE, INTRINSIC VALUE & MARGIN OF SAFETY based on GRAHAM's FORMULA
What is the Graham's Formula ?
Accenture price is :
(as of 5/21/2009)
USD
Current Earnings per Share
(2008 est.) are :
USD
Estimated Long Term Growth
(% per Year) is :

%

INTRINSIC VALUE =
2.63 x (8.5 + 2 x 9.77) =

73.75 USD

MARGIN OF SAFETY =
(73.75 - 29.88 ) / 29.88 =

146.80 % (OK)

How is Long Term Growth estimated for Accenture ?


Historical analysis for Accenture - See detail



QUALITATIVE FILTERS FOR Accenture
What are the Stars ?
DEFENSIVE
Earnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OK
ENTERPRISING
Earnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OK
COMPANY SIZE (MKT CAP. Mls $) Very Large 18,593 mls.$ OK
The company's Market cap. is above 5000 millions dollars
-
FINANCIAL CONDITION Current Ratio 1.34
The current ratio is under 2

The current ratio is under 1.5
LT Debt/Net Curr. Assets 0.00
The LTdebt/current assets ratio is under 1

The LTdebt/current assets ratio is under 1.1
EARNINGS STABILITY Losses / 10 - 5 Years 0 / 0
No losses in the past ten years

No losses in the past five years
DIVIDENDS Years of Dividends na
Less than 15 years of dividend in the past 15 years

No dividend for last year
EARNINGS GROWTH Growth 10-5 Years 115% / 150%
Total Earnings growth above 33% for the past 10 years

Last year earnings above earnings 5 years ago
VALUATION P.E. x P/Book 83.43
P.E. x P/Book is above 22.5

P/Book is above 1.20
P.E. 11.4 OK
PE is under 15
-
P/Book 7.32 NO
P/Book is above 1.5
NO
P/Book is above 1.2

Accenture - Competitors for IT Consulting & Other Services

 

STOCK QUALITY
Conservative Investors
MARGIN OF SAFETY
Long Term Growth
Price / Earnings

 

Satyam Computer
- India
Nifty50
IT Consulting & Other Services
Financial Condition OKEarnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OKValuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
999.99 %
Long Term Growth : 13.14 %
Price / Earnings : 1.6 x
53.55 / 33.50 =
CTAC
- Nederland
Next Economy
IT Consulting & Other Services
Earnings Growth OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
405.64 %
Long Term Growth : 15.85 %
Price / Earnings : 7.9 x
3.1 / 0.39 =
Solucom
- France
Next Economy
IT Consulting & Other Services
Earnings Growth OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
274.33 %
Long Term Growth : 15.38 %
Price / Earnings : 10.5 x
15 / 1.43 =
Cap Gemini
- France
CAC 40
IT Consulting & Other Services
Valuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
270.25 %
Long Term Growth : 15.27 %
Price / Earnings : 10.5 x
26.99 / 2.56 =
Econocom
- Belgium
Next Economy
IT Consulting & Other Services
Earnings Growth OKValuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
222.79 %
Long Term Growth : 8.55 %
Price / Earnings : 7.9 x
5.63 / 0.71 =
Sogeclair
- France
Next Economy
IT Consulting & Other Services
Earnings Growth OKValuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
216.85 %
Long Term Growth : 9.22 %
Price / Earnings : 8.5 x
15.56 / 1.83 =
HCL Techno
- India
Nifty50
IT Consulting & Other Services
Financial Condition OKEarnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
201.67 %
Long Term Growth : 9.92 %
Price / Earnings : 9.4 x
166.9 / 17.77 =
Groupe Steria
- France
Mid&Small 190
IT Consulting & Other Services
Earnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OKValuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
194.83 %
Long Term Growth : 7.72 %
Price / Earnings : 8.1 x
14.45 / 1.78 =
CGI Group
- Canada
SP/TSX Comp.
IT Consulting & Other Services
Earnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OKValuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
186.46 %
Long Term Growth : 10.48 %
Price / Earnings : 10.3 x
10.08 / 0.98 =
Alten
- France
Mid&Small 190
IT Consulting & Other Services
Earnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OKValuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
166.15 %
Long Term Growth : 8.76 %
Price / Earnings : 9.8 x
12.42 / 1.27 =
Accenture
- U.S.A.
(no index)
IT Consulting & Other Services
Earnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
146.76 %
Long Term Growth : 9.77 %
Price / Earnings : 11.4 x
29.88 / 2.63 =
Infosys Tech
- India
Nifty50
IT Consulting & Other Services
Earnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
134.21 %
Long Term Growth : 13.74 %
Price / Earnings : 15.4 x
1522.3 / 99.10 =
Wipro Ltd
- India
Nifty50
IT Consulting & Other Services
Financial Condition OKEarnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
132.79 %
Long Term Growth : 12.81 %
Price / Earnings : 14.7 x
369.35 / 25.20 =
Cognizant Tech
- U.S.A.
Nasdaq 100
IT Consulting & Other Services
Financial Condition OKEarnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
129.13 %
Long Term Growth : 14.39 %
Price / Earnings : 16.3 x
24.9 / 1.53 =
Infosys Tech
- U.S.A.
Nasdaq 100
IT Consulting & Other Services
Earnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
120.09 %
Long Term Growth : 13.54 %
Price / Earnings : 16.2 x
31.53 / 1.95 =
NTT DATA
- Tokyo
Nikkei 225
IT Consulting & Other Services
Dividends OKEarnings Growth OKValuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
102.95 %
Long Term Growth : 11.45 %
Price / Earnings : 15.5 x
264700 / 17112.00 =
Reditus
- Portugal
Next Economy
IT Consulting & Other Services
Earnings Growth OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
42.57 %
Long Term Growth : 12.98 %
Price / Earnings : 24.2 x
7.25 / 0.30 =
CSK HLDG
- Tokyo
Nikkei 225
IT Consulting & Other Services
Dividends OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
0.00 %
Long Term Growth : 0.00 %
Price / Earnings : 32.9 x
451 / 13.71 =
Altran Tech
- France
Mid&Small 190
IT Consulting & Other Services
Valuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
0.00 %
Long Term Growth : 0.00 %
Price / Earnings : 8.7 x
2.51 / 0.29 =
Atos Origin
- France
(no index)
IT Consulting & Other Services
Valuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
0.00 %
Long Term Growth : 0.00 %
Price / Earnings : 11.0 x
24.48 / 2.22 =
Aubay
- France
Next Economy
IT Consulting & Other Services
Earnings Growth OKValuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
0.00 %
Long Term Growth : 0.00 %
Price / Earnings : 4.1 x
2.32 / 0.56 =
Busi & Dec
- France
Next Economy
IT Consulting & Other Services
Valuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
0.00 %
Long Term Growth : 0.00 %
Price / Earnings : 4.3 x
3.06 / 0.71 =
Devoteam
- France
Mid&Small 190
IT Consulting & Other Services
Valuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
0.00 %
Long Term Growth : 0.00 %
Price / Earnings : 7.7 x
12.45 / 1.61 =
GFI Informatique
- France
Mid&Small 190
IT Consulting & Other Services
Valuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
0.00 %
Long Term Growth : 0.00 %
Price / Earnings : 9.5 x
2.94 / 0.31 =
Qurius NV
- Nederland
Next Economy
IT Consulting & Other Services
Valuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
0.00 %
Long Term Growth : 0.00 %
Price / Earnings : 4.7 x
0.28 / 0.06 =
Sodifrance
- France
Next Economy
IT Consulting & Other Services
Valuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
0.00 %
Long Term Growth : 0.00 %
Price / Earnings : 9.3 x
4 / 0.43 =
Soft Computing
- France
Next Economy
IT Consulting & Other Services
Valuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
0.00 %
Long Term Growth : 0.00 %
Price / Earnings : 14.0 x
2.8 / 0.20 =
CS Comm et Syst
- France
Mid&Small 190
IT Consulting & Other Services
Valuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
0.00 %
Long Term Growth : 0.00 %
Price / Earnings : 8.2 x
8.4 / 1.02 =
Sopra Group
- France
Mid&Small 190
IT Consulting & Other Services
Earnings Stability OKDividends OKEarnings Growth OKValuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
0.00 %
Long Term Growth : 0.00 %
Price / Earnings : 7.4 x
26.81 / 3.64 =
Tata Consult
- India
Nifty50
IT Consulting & Other Services
Financial Condition OKEarnings Stability OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
0.00 %
Long Term Growth : 0.00 %
Price / Earnings : 12.0 x
634.05 / 52.72 =
Unisys
- U.S.A.
SP 500
IT Consulting & Other Services
Dividends OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
0.00 %
Long Term Growth : 0.00 %
Price / Earnings : -33.0 x
1.32 / -0.04 =