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  • After Post-Earnings Plunge, Is This Stock an Opportunity?

    By Alex Bastardas - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, HPQ, IBM

    For the first time in years, International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) missed analyst estimates, and reported weaker-than-expected earnings and revenue. As a result, the company's stock plunged over 8% last week. Has the market overreacted? Are current price levels an opportunity for value investors?

    Valuation

    After the recent earnings report and price drop, it is interesting to see how the valuation ratios for IBM are now. With regards to more »

  • Big Growth But Government Dependent

    By Mike Thiessen - April 24, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, BAH

    Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) is a management and technology consultancy in the United States. It has strong cash flow, a low P/E versus peers and the stock is flat on the year whereas the S&P is up 8%. Maybe there is an opportunity here for investors to find a good company lagging the market. Booz Allen offers services in strategy and change management, organizational efficiency, HR, cloud more »

  • Technology Will Be Driven By Human Needs Rather Than Faster Speeds

    By Alexander Cho - April 18, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, ATVI, AMD, AMZN, AAPL, T, BBRY, DELL, FB, GE, GOOG, HPQ, INTC, IBM, MSFT, NFLX, NWS, PCLN, QCOM, SSNLF, YHOO

    Intel is facing some serious pressure due to the stagnating growth of the personal computer. Intel belongs to a product eco-system that relies heavily on the inter-connected co-operation of the members. Intel’s dominance in desk top semiconductors is not questioned (AMD has lost a lot of market share in the desktop or laptop space).

    The problem comes from Intel’s unwillingness, or slowness, to adopt product strategies that can more »

  • IT and Consulting - 2 Winners 1 Loser

    By Austin Higgins - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, CTSH, INFY

    The technology and consulting firm Accenture PLC (NYSE: ACN) announced strong quarterly growth for its second quarter. Here are the highlights from Accenture’s most recent quarter:

    • Earnings per share were $1
    • New client bookings rose by 15% compared to the same time last year
    • New client bookings rose by 21% from the previous quarter
    • Revenue rose by 3% to $7.49 billion
    • A semi-annual cash dividend of $0.81 more »

  • This Stock Rose 67% in the First Quarter

    By BA McKenna - April 4, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, HPQ, IBM

    Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) stock rose 67% in the first quarter 2013, making it the best-performing stock among the 86 large cap technology stocks trading on major U.S. exchanges. 

    Why the big jump? HP posted better than expected earnings in its fiscal Q1 2013, ending Jan. 31. Better here means "less bad," given the behemoth's turnaround status. The quarterly jump places the stock's share price 3% above where more »

  • Could this Tech Stock Earn Big Bucks?

    By Sonam Chamaria - April 3, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, BAH, IBM

    In its second quarter results, Accenture (NYSE: ACN) reported some good numbers, with record new bookings. Its take on the year ahead, however, is not so great. What does this mean for its investors? Let us take a look.

    Good show there!

    Accenture's net revenue went up by 4% this quarter to $7.1 billion. Net income saw an impressive 71% increase from the same quarter last year, to more »

  • Will This Tech Giant Be Able to Sustain Its Momentum?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 3, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, DELL, HPQ, IBM, MSFT

    A nearly 60% rally so far this year hasn’t been of much help to long-term investors in Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), with the stock still down over 50% from its levels in early 2010, but it has been quite welcome to any who bought the stock recently as HP fights to be one of the top-returning large cap stocks of 2013.

    Technology hardware businesses have not done well recently, hitting more »

  • IT and Consulting - 2 winners 1 loser

    By Austin Higgins - April 1, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, CTSH, INFY

    The technology and consulting firm Accenture PLC (NYSE: ACN) announced a strong quarterly growth for its second quarter. Here are the highlights from Accenture’s most recent quarter:

    • Earnings per share were $1
    • New client bookings rose by 15% compared to the same time last year
    • New client bookings rose by 21% from the previous quarter
    • Revenue rose by 3% to $7.49 billion
    • A semi-annual cash dividend of $0 more »

  • Why You Shouldn't be Afraid of Offshoring Call Centers

    By Arturo Cuevas - April 1, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, CVG

    If you’re a member of the of the Communication Workers of America (CWA) and a Wall Street follower too, chances are quite remote that you’d consider TeleTech Holdings (NASDAQ: TTEC) as a candidate for your portfolio, despite the strong buy that this equity got from five out seven analysts polled for NASDAQ rankings recently.

    TeleTech, as you may already know, is one of the players in the offshoring more »

  • Don’t Imitate the Insider Purchase of This Financial Stock

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 29, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, AON, BAH, MMC, WSH

    Lloyd Yates, a member of Marsh & McLennan's (NYSE: MMC) Board of Directors, purchased 4,000 shares of the stock on March 22 at an average price of $37.32 per share, according to a filing with the SEC. Marsh & McLennan provides insurance and consulting services, and has a market capitalization of over $20 billion.

    We track insider purchases because it generally doesn’t make economic sense for insiders to more »

  • Is IBM a Good Stock to Buy?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 29, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, HPQ, INTC, IBM, MSFT

    International Business Machines' (NYSE: IBM) stock price did take a hit during the financial crisis, but the company has since recovered and is up 84% in the last five years, following a more or less successful conversion towards software and services.

    Last year, revenue declined 2% from 2011, but the company reduced its costs of goods sold and as a result, earnings actually increased 5%. With share count decreasing as more »

  • Professional Services and Going Public?

    By Boris Kreiman - March 28, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, BAH, OMC

    Professional services, once a staid solidly profitable white-shoe industry, has been upended since the two recessions of the 21st century and the implications of Sarbanes-Oxley regarding possible conflicts of interest. In white paper “The Seven MegaTrends of Professional Services,” Ross Dawson of Advanced Human Technologies highlights those challenges Professional services players, ranging from law firm Dewey LeBouf to management consultant Monitor Group founded by brand name Michael Porter, filed more »

  • Are There Irish Stocks That Could Keep the St. Patrick’s Day Celebration Going?

    By BA McKenna - March 25, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, IR, IBM, STX, TRIB

    While dancing leprechauns and other St. Patty's levity was at the fore last weekend, I got to wondering:  Are there Irish stocks that could keep the feel-good feeling going?

    The Irish Stock Sea

    There are 19 Irish stocks trading on major US exchanges.

    The sector breakdown: 6 healthcare, 4 techs, 4 financials, 3 industrial goods, and 2 services. Size-wise, there are 6 Large Caps, 5 Mid Caps, 6 Small more »

  • Will the “Third Platform” Provide IBM Much Needed Growth?

    By Ashit Gulati - March 21, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, HPQ, IBM

    During the Partner World Leadership Conference 2013, International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) announced a new initiative to plug itself the “third platform.” The third platform comprises of big data analytics, cloud services, and mobile computing. The cloud computing and analytics segment of IBM performed exceptionally in the last few years, as the revenue growth reported was fairly consistent. Going forward, these divisions in combination with the third platform are expected more »

  • Should You Invest Like a Real-Life Knight?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 21, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, GOOG, JPM, NKE, WFC

    Lansdowne Partners is not only managed by a real-life knight, but has an impressive pedigree. Sir Paul Ruddock was once the head of international business at Schroeder’s, and Steve Heinz helmed Harvard Management. Together, they have built a $6 billion fund that is one of the most respected funds internationally. As our research has shown, hedge funds like Landsdowne’s top small-cap picks have historically outpaced the market by more »

  • Telecommuting: Plus or Minus for Your Portfolio?

    By Marie Flanigan - March 20, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, CSCO, INTC, ULTI

    As someone who works from home and has had several jobs which allowed me to telecommute at least part of the time, I started to think about all the telecommuting talk in the news lately. How are companies with high rates of telecommuting faring in the market? Do companies need that Google-like campus environment to stay creative and current, or is that just one successful model?

    I looked at some more »

  • 3 IT Stocks to Buy in 2013

    By Madhu Dube - March 19, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, CTSH

    2012 was a tough year for IT stocks with major cutbacks in IT spending. For this year, things seem to be settling down, with market optimism surrounding this industry as well as increased IT spending. Gartner recently revised the expected growth rate in IT spending from 3.8% to 4.2% for the year 2013. I see this increase as an opportunity to invest in IT stocks, which should see more »

  • Accelerate your portfolio with ACCENTURE(NYSE:ACN)

    By bishwanath baheti - March 11, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, DELL, IBM

    Hey folks you already know that Accenture is one of the world's leading management consulting, technology services and outsourcing organizations, with approximately 259,000 employees.It has got offices and operations in more than 200 cities situated in 54 countries.The revenue of this company is around US$27.9 billion for fiscal 2012.This "high performance business" strategy builds on our expertise in consulting, technology and outsourcing to more »

  • Telecommuting: Plus or Minus for Your Portfolio?

    By Marie Flanigan - March 9, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, CSCO, INTC, ULTI

    As someone who works from home and has had several jobs which allowed me to telecommute at least part of the time, I started to think about all the telecommuting talk in the news lately. How are companies with high rates of telecommuting faring in the market? Do companies need that Google-like campus environment to stay creative and current or is that just one successful model? I looked at some more »

  • INVEST IN CLEAN WATER

    By ishita saraogi - February 10, 2013 | Tickers: ACN, INFY, IBM, CRM, SI

     

    listed on the new york stock exchange, accenture (NYSE: ACN) is a global management consulting, technology servicing and outsourcing company having about 259,000 people serving clients across 120 countries.

    with its headquarters in dublin (republic of ireland), it is one of the world’s largest consulting firm if measured by revenues and reported revenue of us$29.77 billion (2012)

     

    ipo

    accenture came out with initial public offering (ipo more »

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