On September 25, Accenture PLC fell 3.09% in regular trading, trading at $178.025/share, with turnover of $525 million. The decline came amid broad-based weakness across the IT consulting sector as the company approaches its fiscal Q4 earnings release on October 1.

The IT Consulting & Other Services sector saw widespread selling pressure. Among peers, Cognizant Technology Solutions fell 3.49%, IBM declined 2.53%, Infosys dropped 1.91%, Quantinuum lost 1.74%, while Gartner edged up 0.08%. Analyst sentiment has been mixed heading into the report, with Guggenheim recently downgrading the stock to neutral from buy, while BMO Capital raised its price target to $200 from $150 and maintained a market perform rating. Consensus estimates call for revenue of $18.03 billion, representing 3.87% year-over-year growth, and adjusted EPS of $3.18.

Despite recent strategic announcements including a partnership with Anthropic on AI safety evaluation and a collaboration with AWS targeting mid-market enterprises, broader concerns about AI-driven disruption to the traditional IT consulting model continue to weigh on sector valuations.

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