Increased dividend to $0.75 from $0.50 for shareholders of record on October 16.

From a recent Mad Money show"I've been kicking this name around. At $30 I think it's a terrific company."

ROI

Good momentum in a weak market.

Outperform - Price 33 on Jan. 13
by First Global

The Satyam Computers fiasco should help companies like Accenture gain market share in offshoring business. Growing Indian operations [will] become key drivers of revenues and margins ahead...[its] total debt [is] merely $1 million as of Q1FY09 (versus debt of $32 million in Q1FY07), while the company's cash and investments stood at almost $3.6 billion at the end of the quarter....Accenture's newly developed products and consulting business, which help clients reduce [information-technology] budgets and improve cost efficiency amid the slowdown, will also aid...margins....We expect ACN to record revenue of $23.2 billion, down 0.6% year-over-year, and [earnings per share] of $2.81, up 5.3% year-over-year, in FY09. Our operating-margin estimates for FY09 and FY10 stand at 13.3% and 13.4%, respectively. Market cap: $24.5 billion.

Did you forget that HPQ now owns EDS, which, along with Accenture (ACN), leads all U.S. outsource companies?

Magic Formula 081208

magic formula July 20 08

With a pristine balance sheet and impressive holdings of cash and short-term investments, Accenture may be worth somewhere in the high 40's, or 20% above its recent price.

Huge cash flow generator and a winning culture!

They have about 170K employees, I dont see them growing much from here