Accenture PLC (ACN): Today's Featured Technology Winner
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) pushed the Technology sector higher today making it today's featured technology winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, Accenture rose $1.37 (1.9%) to $73.74 on average volume. Throughout the day, 3,971,448 shares of Accenture exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,369,600 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $72.55-$73.92 after having opened the day at $73.36 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $72.37. Other companies within the Technology sector that increased today were:
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), up 17.2%,
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), up 16.8%,
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation
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), up 13.4% and
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), up 12.9%.
Accenture plc provides management consulting, technology, and business process outsourcing services worldwide. Accenture has a market cap of $47.2 billion and is part of the computer software & services industry. Shares are up 8.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Accenture a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Accenture
as a
. 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, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.
- You can view the full Accenture Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 14.4%,
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), down 10.5%,
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), down 10.4% and
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), down 10.2% , were all laggards within the technology sector with
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) being today's technology sector laggard.
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