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Accenture PLC (NYSE:ACN)

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Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data

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Accenture PLC, consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)

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May 31, 2026 Feb 28, 2026 Nov 30, 2025 Aug 31, 2025 May 31, 2025 Feb 28, 2025 Nov 30, 2024 Aug 31, 2024 May 31, 2024 Feb 29, 2024 Nov 30, 2023 Aug 31, 2023 May 31, 2023 Feb 28, 2023 Nov 30, 2022 Aug 31, 2022 May 31, 2022 Feb 28, 2022 Nov 30, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 May 31, 2021 Feb 28, 2021 Nov 30, 2020 Aug 31, 2020 May 31, 2020 Feb 29, 2020 Nov 30, 2019
Current portion of long-term debt and bank borrowings 112,816 114,063 113,676 114,484 115,064 115,179 114,321 946,229 1,610,025 111,141 104,819 104,810 10,389 10,815 9,430 9,175 8,768 9,092 9,089 12,080 9,157 9,040 8,925 7,820 8,697 6,697 3,698
Accounts payable 3,176,740 3,116,735 2,971,647 2,695,589 2,678,917 2,614,866 2,579,165 2,743,807 2,251,330 2,228,446 2,574,700 2,491,173 2,388,474 2,470,896 2,417,777 2,559,485 2,384,352 2,229,221 2,210,163 2,274,057 1,926,910 1,740,395 1,513,442 1,349,874 1,405,977 1,526,135 1,581,112
Deferred revenues 6,529,286 6,620,100 5,494,732 6,073,170 6,036,875 5,460,618 4,711,553 5,174,923 5,299,334 5,363,972 4,459,593 4,907,152 5,101,692 5,112,570 4,326,633 4,478,048 4,561,147 4,663,024 4,006,078 4,229,177 4,230,907 4,181,625 3,524,781 3,636,741 3,536,521 3,594,142 2,986,524
Accrued payroll and related benefits 8,701,843 7,813,959 7,937,214 8,084,214 6,984,147 6,071,242 6,602,324 7,050,833 6,416,460 5,955,341 7,260,479 7,506,030 6,632,448 5,974,677 6,872,860 7,611,794 7,047,124 6,151,644 6,445,109 6,747,853 6,195,545 5,551,999 5,179,301 5,083,950 4,426,829 4,101,115 4,652,038
Income taxes payable 331,211 529,543 665,737 701,219 653,915 622,374 863,673 719,084 557,561 420,452 755,929 720,778 688,525 535,001 694,354 646,471 615,959 517,660 547,883 423,400 489,096 439,820 445,824 453,542 443,881 371,462 448,010
Current operating lease liabilities 750,922 754,699 729,244 729,003 724,278 691,158 709,964 726,202 680,484 682,553 683,628 690,417 690,584 700,570 707,863 707,598 733,805 728,381 738,285 744,164 733,571 733,082 732,878 756,057 738,642 737,781 710,787
Other accrued liabilities 2,006,289 2,008,341 1,984,271 1,954,418 1,575,639 1,554,918 1,605,968 1,615,049 1,392,559 1,374,109 1,441,090 1,588,678 1,580,416 1,544,993 1,431,329 1,510,925 1,211,437 1,241,100 1,275,400 1,278,136 1,344,373 1,434,707 1,413,948 1,374,606 1,267,734 840,243 817,239
Current liabilities 21,609,107 20,957,440 19,896,521 20,352,097 18,768,835 17,130,355 17,186,968 18,976,127 18,207,753 16,136,014 17,280,238 18,009,038 17,092,528 16,349,522 16,460,246 17,523,496 16,562,592 15,540,122 15,232,007 15,708,867 14,929,559 14,090,668 12,819,099 12,662,590 11,828,281 11,177,575 11,199,408
Long-term debt, excluding current portion 5,029,449 5,030,322 5,031,646 5,034,169 5,035,975 5,042,111 5,039,460 78,628 68,878 71,635 42,309 43,093 43,865 45,155 45,122 45,893 51,546 52,152 55,884 53,473 61,629 59,323 59,881 54,052 60,342 13,183 15,935
Deferred revenues 1,038,253 827,849 727,393 642,361 647,351 638,448 623,750 641,091 621,251 647,020 634,981 653,954 687,098 726,092 710,017 712,715 733,982 746,596 701,629 700,080 698,740 685,193 668,267 690,931 638,821 629,505 585,301
Retirement obligation 1,910,231 1,917,262 1,828,303 1,858,499 1,973,513 1,862,043 1,845,092 1,815,867 1,629,907 1,607,405 1,586,945 1,595,638 1,678,405 1,641,782 1,601,619 1,692,152 2,026,018 2,049,603 2,045,443 2,016,021 1,944,392 1,919,561 1,875,976 1,859,444 1,820,410 1,810,338 1,784,347
Deferred tax liabilities 551,538 497,623 459,236 471,931 528,724 451,648 453,066 428,845 516,745 454,496 415,386 395,280 402,984 364,510 373,006 318,584 364,951 335,515 320,163 243,636 278,306 240,741 201,376 179,703 208,146 167,467 144,659
Income taxes payable 1,396,944 1,368,702 1,329,110 1,291,921 1,392,242 1,274,620 1,366,759 1,514,869 1,389,233 1,304,336 1,374,062 1,313,971 1,270,733 1,250,019 1,273,738 1,198,139 1,197,105 1,232,982 1,144,011 1,105,896 1,128,791 960,322 995,478 930,695 907,590 866,392 905,952
Non-current operating lease liabilities 2,495,583 2,448,283 2,327,433 2,305,210 2,289,941 2,211,882 2,282,652 2,369,490 2,242,156 2,293,252 2,249,466 2,310,714 2,351,375 2,451,961 2,537,632 2,563,090 2,694,489 2,763,519 2,674,020 2,696,917 2,643,509 2,672,945 2,627,185 2,667,584 2,704,540 2,652,548 2,651,651
Other non-current liabilities 1,267,743 1,241,720 1,176,539 1,197,742 1,175,933 1,076,701 967,900 939,198 845,654 836,889 462,530 465,024 539,358 440,970 448,444 462,233 452,792 440,369 562,928 553,839 545,994 514,221 594,833 534,421 405,544 265,616 282,251
Non-current liabilities 13,689,741 13,331,761 12,879,660 12,801,833 13,043,679 12,557,453 12,578,679 7,787,988 7,313,824 7,215,033 6,765,679 6,777,674 6,973,818 6,920,489 6,989,578 6,992,806 7,520,883 7,620,736 7,504,078 7,369,862 7,301,361 7,052,306 7,022,996 6,916,830 6,745,393 6,405,049 6,370,096
Total liabilities 35,298,848 34,289,201 32,776,181 33,153,930 31,812,514 29,687,808 29,765,647 26,764,115 25,521,577 23,351,047 24,045,917 24,786,712 24,066,346 23,270,011 23,449,824 24,516,302 24,083,475 23,160,858 22,736,085 23,078,729 22,230,920 21,142,974 19,842,095 19,579,420 18,573,674 17,582,624 17,569,504
Redeemable noncontrolling interests 493,874 475,823
Ordinary shares, par value 1.00 euros per share 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0000225 per share 15 15 15 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Class X ordinary shares, par value $0.0000225 per share
Restricted share units 2,468,623 2,098,413 2,954,675 2,790,652 2,369,010 1,983,239 2,777,423 2,614,608 2,242,122 1,863,338 2,553,022 2,403,374 2,030,576 1,636,155 2,167,437 2,091,382 1,753,930 1,438,596 1,931,366 1,750,784 1,482,357 1,207,161 1,721,681 1,585,302 1,337,761 1,095,560 1,525,898
Additional paid-in capital 19,142,972 18,683,496 17,236,636 16,603,344 17,216,686 16,685,363 15,364,338 14,710,857 15,013,157 14,555,758 13,353,477 12,778,782 12,637,709 12,163,671 11,051,309 10,679,180 10,534,282 10,065,790 9,097,934 8,617,838 8,756,315 8,389,344 7,551,089 7,167,227 7,190,179 6,884,963 6,162,252
Treasury shares, at cost (11,946,797) (10,974,844) (9,875,573) (7,751,973) (13,995,682) (12,324,187) (11,304,512) (10,564,572) (9,997,842) (8,790,812) (8,032,018) (7,062,512) (6,127,121) (5,593,010) (5,169,967) (6,678,037) (6,122,402) (5,297,349) (4,079,625) (3,408,491) (4,639,423) (3,913,917) (3,163,841) (2,565,761) (3,085,444) (2,571,256) (1,977,391)
Retained earnings 24,025,992 22,804,025 22,148,070 21,018,731 26,450,228 25,209,996 24,402,568 23,082,423 22,242,224 21,151,637 20,429,413 19,316,224 18,692,118 17,500,001 16,981,432 18,203,842 17,177,358 16,028,399 15,110,688 13,988,748 15,004,281 14,035,805 13,276,702 12,375,533 12,565,857 11,867,507 11,236,275
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (1,800,296) (1,400,486) (1,596,377) (1,465,379) (1,485,589) (2,308,430) (2,049,394) (1,554,742) (1,755,244) (1,657,140) (1,627,215) (1,743,101) (1,900,923) (1,944,270) (2,055,672) (2,190,342) (1,954,146) (1,675,485) (1,707,236) (1,419,497) (1,260,757) (1,410,438) (1,479,202) (1,561,837) (1,993,819) (1,802,257) (1,779,968)
Total Accenture plc shareholders’ equity 31,890,566 31,210,676 30,867,503 31,195,446 30,554,725 29,246,053 29,190,495 28,288,646 27,744,489 27,122,853 26,676,751 25,692,839 25,332,431 23,762,619 22,974,611 22,106,097 21,389,094 20,560,023 20,353,199 19,529,454 19,342,845 18,308,027 17,906,501 17,000,536 16,014,606 15,474,589 15,167,138
Noncontrolling interests 1,123,273 1,088,516 1,054,779 1,045,521 994,789 935,895 911,928 879,602 875,253 833,571 808,686 765,754 729,498 694,659 691,339 640,991 622,629 596,956 585,459 567,660 551,119 534,400 519,715 498,637 469,039 446,217 434,070
Total shareholders’ equity 33,013,839 32,299,192 31,922,282 32,240,967 31,549,514 30,181,948 30,102,423 29,168,248 28,619,742 27,956,424 27,485,437 26,458,593 26,061,929 24,457,278 23,665,950 22,747,088 22,011,723 21,156,979 20,938,658 20,097,114 19,893,964 18,842,427 18,426,216 17,499,173 16,483,645 15,920,806 15,601,208
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity 68,806,561 67,064,216 64,698,463 65,394,897 63,362,028 59,869,756 59,868,070 55,932,363 54,141,319 51,307,471 51,531,354 51,245,305 50,128,275 47,727,289 47,115,774 47,263,390 46,095,198 44,317,837 43,674,743 43,175,843 42,124,884 39,985,401 38,268,311 37,078,593 35,057,319 33,503,430 33,170,712

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-30).


The balance sheet exhibits a sustained expansion in both total liabilities and total shareholders' equity over the analyzed period. Total liabilities and shareholders' equity increased from 33.17 billion USD in November 2019 to 68.81 billion USD by May 2026, indicating a significant growth in the company's total capital base.

Liability Structure and Trends
Total liabilities nearly doubled, rising from 17.57 billion USD to 35.30 billion USD. Current liabilities grew from 11.20 billion USD to 21.61 billion USD, driven primarily by increases in deferred revenues, which rose from 2.99 billion USD to 6.53 billion USD, and accrued payroll and related benefits, which increased from 4.65 billion USD to 8.70 billion USD. These trends suggest a scaling of operations and an increase in contracted future obligations.
A significant structural shift in financing is observed in the long-term debt profile. Long-term debt, excluding the current portion, remained relatively negligible (below 100 million USD) until November 2022, at which point it jumped to approximately 5.04 billion USD and remained stable at that level through May 2026. Additionally, the current portion of long-term debt showed extreme volatility in May 2024, peaking at 1.61 billion USD before returning to a baseline of approximately 113 million USD.
Non-current liabilities grew from 6.37 billion USD to 13.69 billion USD, with the increase largely attributable to the aforementioned shift in long-term borrowing and a gradual rise in other non-current liabilities, which grew from 282 million USD to 1.27 billion USD.
Shareholders' Equity and Capital Allocation
Total shareholders' equity expanded from 15.60 billion USD to 33.01 billion USD. This growth was supported by a substantial increase in retained earnings, which climbed from 11.24 billion USD to 24.03 billion USD, and additional paid-in capital, which rose from 6.16 billion USD to 19.14 billion USD.
There is a pronounced trend of aggressive capital return to shareholders via share repurchases. Treasury shares, recorded at cost, increased from negative 1.98 billion USD in November 2019 to negative 11.95 billion USD by May 2026, reflecting a consistent and expanding buyback program.
Accumulated other comprehensive loss remained a persistent negative factor, fluctuating between approximately negative 1.26 billion USD and negative 2.31 billion USD throughout the period.
Operational Liability Insights
The growth in accounts payable, rising from 1.58 billion USD to 3.18 billion USD, aligns with the overall increase in operational scale. Similarly, income taxes payable showed an upward trend, with both current and non-current tax obligations increasing over the analyzed timeframe, reflecting higher taxable obligations as the business expanded.
Operating lease liabilities remained relatively stable, with current liabilities fluctuating around 700 million USD and non-current liabilities maintaining a range between 2.2 billion USD and 2.7 billion USD, suggesting that lease obligations have not scaled at the same rate as other liabilities.

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