Accenture buys Cygni for undisclosed sum

Again a takeover by Accenture

  • Accenture (NYSE:ACN) acquires Cygni, a cloud native full-stack development firm that helps companies transform their business through advanced technical software development services and innovative technical solutions.
  • Cygni will further enhance the global capabilities of Accenture Cloud First.
  • Karthik Narain, global lead of Accenture Cloud First said, 'Having Cygni's talented team join Accenture Cloud First strengthens our ability to help clients use the cloud and technology innovation to act faster, operate sustainably, and deliver exceptional new experiences. Our new Cygni colleagues bring key skills to help clients master change in an era of compressed transformation."

    For this year Accenture 's revenue will be around 49.16 billion USD. This is according to the average of the analysts' estimates. This is hugely more than 2020's revenue of 44.33 billion USD.

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    The analysts expect for 2021 a net profit of 5.47 billion USD. The majority of the analysts expects for this year a profit per share of 8.47 USD. Based on this the price/earnings-ratio is 32.89.

    For this year the analysts expect a dividend of 3.52 USD per share. Accenture 's dividend yield thus equals 1.26 percent. The average dividend yield of the IT-companies equals a relatively high 1.56 percent.

    Based on the current number of outstanding shares Accenture 's market capitalization is 177.09 billion USD. The Accenture stock was the past 12 months quite unstable. Since last March the stock is even 73 percent higher. This year the stock price moved between 148 and 281 dollar.

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    On Tuesday, the stock closed at 278.55 USD.

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