Archive · 19 Dec 2025
Accenture Q1 Revenue Rises 6% to $18.7 Billion
Accenture, a big company that helps other companies with technology and consulting, just announced its results for the first quarter of its new financial year.
They made $18.7 billion, which is 6% more than last year.
A lot of this money came from places like the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and Asia Pacific.
They also did really well with something called advanced AI, which is like super-smart computer programs.
They got $2.2 billion in new orders for these AI services and made $1.1 billion from them.
The company's boss, Julie Sweet, is happy because they are becoming a top choice for companies that want to use AI.
They also gave some money back to their shareholders and increased their dividend.
Overall, it was a good quarter for Accenture.
However, they decided to stop reporting AI deals separately because AI is now part of almost everything they do.
Accenture's Q1 FY26 revenue rose 6% year-on-year to $18.7 billion, hitting the top of its guided range.
Advanced AI bookings surged to $2.2 billion, with over 1,300 advanced AI clients and $1.1 billion in AI revenues.
New bookings totaled $21 billion, a slight decrease from Q4 but a 12% year-on-year increase, including 33 large clients with quarterly bookings over $100 million.
Gross margin was 33.1%, up from 32.9% in the corresponding quarter of FY25, and adjusted operating margins rose 190 basis points over Q4 to 17%.
Accenture returned $3.3 billion to shareholders and declared a cash dividend of $1.63 per share for Q2 FY26, a 10% increase year-on-year, and will no longer disclose separate revenue and bookings data for AI deals.
- Who
- Accenture, an IT services and consulting company
- What
- Reported a 6% year-on-year rise in revenue to $18.7 billion in Q1 FY26 and will no longer disclose separate AI deal data
- When
- September-November 2025
- Where
- Global, with significant operations in India
- Why
- Due to increased demand for advanced AI services and strategic partnerships, and the integration of AI across nearly all projects
AI Integration
Separate AI Disclosure
AI Reporting
AI Integration
Accenture will no longer disclose separate revenue and bookings data for AI deals, as AI is now embedded across nearly all projects, making separate reporting less meaningful.
Separate AI Disclosure
Some may argue that separate AI reporting is still valuable for transparency and tracking the growth of AI-specific services.
- Revenue
- $18.7 billion
- Revenue Growth
- 6% year-on-year
- Advanced AI Bookings
- $2.2 billion
- New Bookings
- $21 billion
- Gross Margin
- 33.1%
- Dividend per Share
- $1.63
- AI Revenue
- $1.1 billion
- AI Clients
- Over 1,300
- Adjusted Operating Margins
- 17%
- Net Income
- $2.21 billion
- Employee Count
- 783,691
- Attrition Rate
- 13%
Sources
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