Accenture PLC (ACN): Today's Featured Technology Winner

Accenture (ACN) pushed the Technology sector higher today making it today's featured technology winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.7%. By the end of trading, Accenture rose 91 cents (1.6%) to $57.84 on average volume. Throughout the day, three million shares of Accenture exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.8 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $57-$58.12 after having opened the day at $57.14 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $56.93. Other companies within the Technology sector that increased today were: New Energy Systems Group (NEWN), up 27.9%, Winland Electronics (WEX), up 18.2%, Kingtone Wirelessinfo Solution (KONE), up 14.6%, and International Game Technology (IGT), up 14.4%.

Accenture plc operates as a management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company worldwide. Accenture has a market cap of $36.96 billion and is part of the computer software & services industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.2, equal to the average computer software & services industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 6.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 14 analysts that rate Accenture a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and seven rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Accenture as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, good cash flow from operations and impressive record of earnings per share growth. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

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On the negative front, Nokia Oyj (NOK), down 15.8%, Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (LSCC), down 14.3%, Daqo New Energy (DQ), down 10.7%, and Interphase (INPH), down 10.6%, were all losers within the technology sector with Micron Technology (MU) being today's technology sector loser.

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