Accenture Q4 revenue rises 7% to $17.6 billion, beats estimates

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Information technology (IT) services firm Accenture reported a revenue of $17.6 billion for the fourth quarter ended August 31, a 7 percent year-on-year increase and above analyst expectations of $17.37 billion.

The growth improved from the 2.6 percent rise the company posted in the same quarter last year. Accenture follows the September-August financial year.

New bookings stood at $21.3 billion, up 6 percent from a year earlier, while generative AI-related bookings touched $1.8 billion in the quarter.

For the full fiscal year, revenues grew 7 percent to $69.7 billion, while adjusted EPS rose 8 percent to $12.93.

Accenture expects revenue growth of 2-5 percent in local currency in FY26 and plans to return at least $9.3 billion in cash to shareholders.

Accenture wrapped up fiscal 2025 with strong fourth-quarter results, on the back of soaring demand for generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) services.

Bookings tied to generative and advanced AI nearly doubled in fiscal 2025 to $5.9 billion, compared with the prior year, while revenue from those projects tripled to $2.7 billion.

The company said these figures exclude traditional AI and data work embedded in its broader services.

“Advanced AI is becoming part of everything we do,” CEO Julie Sweet told investors, adding that more than 550,000 employees have been trained in AI skills. “Our early and decisive decision to invest significantly in Gen AI is clearly paying off as we capture this new area of spend for our clients.”

Sweet said Accenture now has 77,000 AI and data professionals, up from 40,000 two years ago, and has delivered more than 6,000 advanced AI projects in the past year alone.

Across fiscal 2025, Accenture booked a record $80.6 billion in new deals, including 129 client contracts worth more than $100 million each.

Growth was broad-based: consulting revenues rose 6 percent, managed services revenues grew 9 percent, and security services surged 16 percent, bolstered by acquisitions such as CyberCX in Australia.

Going forward, management struck a cautious tone.