Accenture PLC (ACN): Today's Featured Diversified Services Winner

Accenture (ACN) pushed the Diversified Services industry higher today making it today's featured diversified services winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.1%. By the end of trading, Accenture rose 64 cents (1.1%) to $58.94 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.8 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 $58.04-$59.04 after having opened the day at $58.04 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $58.30. Other companies within the Diversified Services industry that increased today were: American Reprographics Company (ARP), up 15.4%, Swisher Hygiene (SWSH), up 11.7%, AthenaHealth (ATHN), up 11.7%, and Infinity Pharmaceuticals (INFI), up 11.6%.

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Accenture plc operates as a management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company worldwide. Accenture has a market cap of $36.86 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 15, 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 9.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 13 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, growth in earnings per share and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

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On the negative front, New Oriental Education & Technology Group I (EDU), down 35.2%, United Rentals (URI), down 13.8%, Lime Energy (LIME), down 11.6%, and Management Network Group (TMNG), down 10.3%, were all losers within the diversified services industry with SBA Communications (SBAC) being today's diversified services industry loser.

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