Accenture PLC (ACN): Today's Featured Computer Software & Services Winner

Accenture (ACN) pushed the Computer Software & Services industry higher today making it today's featured computer software & services winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, Accenture rose 85 cents (1.4%) to $61.80 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2.7 million shares of Accenture exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.6 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $60.39-$61.86 after having opened the day at $60.63 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $60.95. Other companies within the Computer Software & Services industry that increased today were: China Information Technology (CNIT), up 20%, CSP (CSPI), up 19%, Evolving Systems (EVOL), up 16.5%, and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), up 15.7%.

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Accenture plc operates as a management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company worldwide. Accenture has a market cap of $38.49 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.6, 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 13.9% 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 eight 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, Jive Software (JIVE), down 21.2%, American Reprographics Company (ARC), down 13.5%, Vringo (VRNG), down 11.8%, and Blackbaud (BLKB), down 9.4%, were all laggards within the computer software & services industry with Citrix Systems (CTXS) being today's computer software & services industry laggard.

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