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Accenture misses by $0.02, beats on revs; guides Q1 revs just below consensus; guides FY15 EPS and rev below consensus; raises dividend 10%
Reports Q4 (Aug) earnings of $1.08 per share, $0.02 worse than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $1.10; revenues rose 9.7% year/year to $7.78 bln vs the $7.62 bln consensus.
Co issues downside guidance for FY15, sees EPS of $4.74-4.88 vs. $4.96 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; sees FY15 revs +4-7% in constant FX, with 200 bps FX heawind: +2-5% to ~$30.6-31.5 bln vs. $31.59 bln Capital IQ Consensus.
- New bookings for the fourth quarter were $8.3 billion and reflect a 1 percent positive foreign-exchange impact compared with new bookings in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013.
- Consulting new bookings were $3.9 billion, or 47 percent of total new bookings. Outsourcing new bookings were $4.4 billion, or 53 percent of total new bookings.
- During Q4, Accenture repurchased or redeemed 8.2 million shares, including 6.9 million shares repurchased in the open market, for a total of $658 million.
Co issues downside guidance for FY15, sees EPS of $4.74-4.88 vs. $4.96 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; sees FY15 revs +4-7% in constant FX, with 200 bps FX heawind: +2-5% to ~$30.6-31.5 bln vs. $31.59 bln Capital IQ Consensus.
- Accenture is targeting new bookings for fiscal 2015 in the range of $34 billion to $36 billion.