Accenture PLC Cl A Stock Slips 3.0%, Underperforms Peers

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Shares of Accenture PLC Cl A slid 3.0% to $181.38 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index remaining mostly unchanged at 7,675.70 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.2% to 53,463.88.

The stock's fall snapped a three-day winning streak.

Accenture PLC Cl A closed 37.7% below its 52-week high of $291.09, which the company achieved on January 14th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as International Business Machines Corp. fell 1.8% to $229.87, Automatic Data Processing Inc. fell 0.5% to $281.39, and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. fell 1.54% to $62.09.

Trading volume totaled 4.4 million, compared to the 50-day average of 9.4 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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August 26, 2026 16:35 ET (20:35 GMT)