Buyback yield (TTM)
4.71%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
7.98%
5Y share count change
-2.4%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$5.67B
Cumulative buybacks
$63.4B
Key takeaways
- Accenture (ACN) repurchased about $5.67B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 2.4% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 2.72× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +9.6% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 66% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Accenture (ACN)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Accenture (ACN)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Accenture (ACN)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Accenture (ACN)
Latest: $4.62B
Overview
As of the 2025 fiscal year, Accenture (ACN) reported buyback spend of $4.62B – edged up 2.1% year-over-year.
Over 2020–2025 (5 years), Accenture buyback spend expanded at a +9.6% compound annual rate, sustaining 7 straight years of year-over-year growth.
$4.62B stands as the all-time-high annual buyback spend, posted in 2025, against a low of $0.00 during 2001.
Accenture Buyback Spend 2025: $4.62B
In 2025, Accenture reported buyback spend of $4.62B, edged up 2.1% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Accenture Buyback Spend 2024: $4.52B
Accenture buyback spend in 2024 was $4.52B, edged up 4.5% from 2023.
Accenture Buyback Spend 2023: $4.33B
2023's buyback spend for Accenture came in at $4.33B, grew 5.2% from 2022.
Accenture Buyback Spend 2022: $4.12B
Accenture posted buyback spend of $4.12B in 2022, grew 11.2% from 2021.
Accenture Buyback Spend 2021: $3.7B
Accenture buyback spend in 2021 was $3.7B.
See more financial history for Accenture (ACN).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $4.62B | $2.09B | $2.53B | 2.85% | 632M | -0.6% | |
| 2024 | $4.52B | $1.94B | $2.58B | 2.09% | 636M | -0.4% | |
| 2023 | $4.33B | $1.91B | $2.42B | 2.12% | 639M | -0.7% | |
| 2022 | $4.12B | $1.68B | $2.44B | 2.26% | 643M | -0.5% | |
| 2021 | $3.7B | $1.34B | $2.36B | 1.74% | 646M | -0.3% | |
| 2020 | $2.92B | $1.2B | $1.72B | 1.91% | 648M | -0.4% | |
| 2019 | $2.69B | $1.09B | $1.6B | 2.13% | 650M | -0.8% | |
| 2018 | $2.64B | $977M | $1.66B | 2.44% | 655M | -0.8% | |
| 2017 | $2.65B | $795M | $1.85B | 3.28% | 660M | -1.1% | |
| 2016 | $2.6B | $758M | $1.85B | 3.64% | 668M | -1.6% | |
| 2015 | $2.45B | $680M | $1.77B | 4.17% | 679M | -2.0% | |
| 2014 | $2.56B | $671M | $1.89B | 5.00% | 692M | -2.9% | |
| 2013 | $2.54B | $616M | $1.93B | 5.48% | 713M | -1.9% | |
| 2012 | $2.1B | $538M | $1.56B | 5.36% | 726M | -2.1% | |
| 2011 | $2.17B | $450M | $1.72B | 6.29% | 742M | -3.1% | |
| 2010 | $2.07B | $426M | $1.65B | 8.88% | 766M | -2.5% | |
| 2009 | $1.86B | $453M | $1.4B | 8.90% | 785M | -4.6% | |
| 2008 | $2.26B | $0.00 | $2.26B | 8.66% | 823M | -4.5% | |
| 2007 | $2.31B | $0.00 | $2.31B | 9.15% | 862M | -3.6% | |
| 2006 | $2.09B | $0.00 | $2.09B | 11.75% | 894M | -6.9% | |
| 2005 | $1.63B | $0.00 | $1.63B | 11.36% | 961M | -4.2% | |
| 2004 | $3.46B | $60.5M | $3.4B | 22.47% | 1B | +0.6% | |
| 2003 | $560M | $0.00 | $560M | 5.10% | 997M | -2.6% | |
| 2002 | $561M | $54.7M | $506M | 7.28% | 1.02B | +9.6% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 934M | — |
- 2025$4.62B
- 2024$4.52B
- 2023$4.33B
- 2022$4.12B
- 2021$3.7B
- 2020$2.92B
- 2019$2.69B
- 2018$2.64B
- 2017$2.65B
- 2016$2.6B
- 2015$2.45B
- 2014$2.56B
- 2013$2.54B
- 2012$2.1B
- 2011$2.17B
- 2010$2.07B
- 2009$1.86B
- 2008$2.26B
- 2007$2.31B
- 2006$2.09B
- 2005$1.63B
- 2004$3.46B
- 2003$560M
- 2002$561M
- 2001$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Accenture (ACN)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 2.72×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Accenture (ACN)
How Accenture splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Accenture, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
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Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $8.65B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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