Accenture had its best day in 19 months. It is still 21% down for 2026.
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Accenture rose 15.8% on 1 October, nearly double its next-best day since February 2025, and is up 71% from its June low. It still closed 21% below its 2025 year-end price.
$ACN rose 15.8% to $212.30 on Thursday, adding about $17.7 billion in market value. That is its biggest one-day gain in the 400 sessions of history the site holds, going back to February 2025, and nearly double the next best (8.3% on 26 February 2026). The shares still finished 21% below where they closed 2025, at $268.30.
The day's headlines put the jump next to fourth-quarter results that included a record $84.5 billion in annual bookings. Volume was about 29 million shares, roughly 4.5 times the July-to-September daily average of 6.4 million.
The June hole
Most of this year's damage came in one session. On 18 June, the day Accenture cut its fiscal 2026 growth forecast, the stock fell 18% to $127.98, its worst day in the site's records. It kept drifting and closed at $124.44 on 30 June, the lowest close in the history we hold.
From that low, Thursday's close is up 71%. Most of that recovery happened before this week's report: the stock had already reached $183.37 by Wednesday's close.
| Date | Close | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | $268.30 | Year-end close |
| 18 Jun 2026 | $127.98 | Down 18% on the guidance cut |
| 30 Jun 2026 | $124.44 | Lowest close on record here |
| 1 Oct 2026 | $212.30 | Up 15.8% on Q4 results |
The rest of IT services
Other IT services names in the S&P 500 rose too, by less. $CTSH rose 6.0% and $IBM 2.6%. In dollars, IBM's gain was about $5.4 billion, under a third of Accenture's. Reuters reported the results lifted IT services stocks that had been hit by fears that AI would cut into their business.
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Sources
- Accenture Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Fiscal 2026 Results — Business Wire (1 Oct 2026)
- ACN Stock Jumps After Accenture Posts Record $84.5B Annual Bookings, Q4 Earnings Beat — Yahoo Finance (1 Oct 2026)
- Accenture's forecast eases AI disruption fears, lifts battered IT services stocks — Reuters (1 Oct 2026)
- Why IBM Stock Is Getting a Much-Needed Boost From Accenture Earnings — Barron's (1 Oct 2026)
- Accenture Stock Plummets to 52-Week Low on Weaker Outlook — SentiSense (18 Jun 2026)
- Reduced full year guidance proves costly for Accenture — TechMarketView (19 Jun 2026)
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