Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Accenture PLC, consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

US$ in thousands

3 months ended:	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
Net income	2,387,893)	1,859,388)	2,241,896)	1,449,806)	2,243,963)	1,822,441)	2,316,190)	1,718,666)	1,981,348)	1,709,202)	2,009,981)	1,408,212)	2,048,335)	1,550,683)	1,996,300)	1,692,385)	1,819,316)	1,657,529)	1,819,730)	1,437,423)	1,569,572)	1,461,493)	1,522,057)	1,305,424)	1,252,639)	1,252,082)	1,375,168)
Depreciation, amortization and other	584,579)	585,500)	581,791)	758,932)	568,452)	544,870)	569,340)	596,405)	521,305)	528,928)	521,400)	641,281)	601,099)	532,476)	506,229)	534,905)	524,186)	528,260)	500,865)	486,281)	478,986)	457,775)	468,200)	486,890)	444,660)	442,116)	399,458)
Share-based compensation expense	462,140)	713,386)	468,992)	439,547)	497,792)	686,114)	470,425)	402,788)	473,931)	641,871)	423,000)	383,017)	472,695)	631,870)	425,469)	360,234)	407,257)	546,607)	365,691)	275,700)	331,038)	424,892)	311,321)	259,706)	290,866)	372,305)	274,929)
Deferred tax expense (benefit)	95,735)	97,675)	53,856)	75,540)	88,453)	134,133)	59,222)	(171,731)	111,883)	(9,769)	(24,371)	(132,716)	(43,942)	(37,758)	(54,537)	(185,510)	(12,114)	14,521)	(30,191)	120,643)	(64,219)	23,602)	(19,096)	42,706)	41,256)	50,398)	36,591)
Other, net	(22,075)	23,816)	(74,083)	(82,403)	(45,547)	(52,620)	(19,903)	79,283)	(57,106)	(173,892)	6,795)	9,840)	(286,256)	103,274)	(45,940)	(95,996)	10,479)	(39,976)	(70,482)	(51,753)	(30,874)	(156,416)	(103,806)	(100,924)	26,343)	(48,359)	(120,927)
Receivables and contract assets, current and non-current	(422,983)	441,968)	(1,098,877)	208,134)	(307,226)	303,007)	(1,225,106)	(14,720)	60,120)	188,896)	(836,231)	497,883)	(51,695)	250,914)	(609,433)	182,829)	(794,219)	(446,150)	(1,354,195)	(159,629)	(625,060)	(92,449)	(594,475)	817,865)	224,342)	116,165)	(436,872)
Other current and non-current assets	80,254)	(453,763)	(285,276)	30,791)	(211,068)	(445,907)	(441,514)	40,706)	(266,345)	31,084)	(658,647)	62,730)	(53,685)	(227,313)	(307,960)	(3,278)	(102,939)	(390,171)	(220,522)	(221,948)	(30,508)	(321,251)	(18,129)	(19,657)	(45,369)	(337,360)	(101,096)
Accounts payable	60,592)	92,546)	291,909)	(6,936)	(23,244)	44,025)	(124,399)	394,655)	(34,202)	(362,669)	48,728)	71,416)	(90,895)	50,444)	(202,182)	232,063)	187,761)	13,086)	(58,561)	303,385)	157,581)	216,011)	148,495)	(113,964)	(124,721)	(59,068)	(61,929)
Deferred revenues, current and non-current	183,583)	1,105,186)	(369,028)	7,130)	253,660)	759,192)	(313,397)	(284,481)	(119,967)	943,240)	(510,391)	(221,302)	(38,192)	690,301)	(270,988)	63,009)	14,939)	721,243)	(150,685)	77,714)	30,812)	597,660)	(151,356)	(27,067)	(159,782)	608,369)	(185,313)
Accrued payroll and related benefits	967,463)	(245,305)	(74,333)	1,042,409)	646,609)	(477,339)	(307,357)	496,119)	429,909)	(1,267,036)	(273,763)	802,664)	648,891)	(941,725)	(771,743)	782,256)	1,031,217)	(264,509)	(276,965)	529,603)	564,848)	302,174)	48,385)	467,338)	356,428)	(570,019)	(261,592)
Income taxes payable, current and non-current	(146,028)	(138,814)	26,415)	(80,679)	74,743)	(345,206)	50,891)	205,547)	217,732)	(394,345)	85,142)	55,506)	168,573)	(226,015)	115,187)	113,051)	104,865)	66,425)	188,972)	(80,567)	212,340)	(54,733)	34,755)	(19,140)	111,604)	(122,106)	84,840)
Other current and non-current liabilities	(444,941)	(263,945)	(99,165)	71,876)	(102,221)	(119,310)	(11,906)	(73,806)	(176,606)	265,533)	(293,092)	(169,143)	(85,557)	(47,040)	(285,004)	114,162)	(126,093)	(251,372)	(182,786)	(280,420)	(193,366)	(324,037)	(43,506)	56,957)	323,200)	(173,882)	(216,346)
Change in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions	277,940)	537,873)	(1,608,355)	1,272,725)	331,253)	(281,538)	(2,372,788)	764,020)	110,641)	(595,297)	(2,438,254)	1,099,754)	497,440)	(450,434)	(2,332,123)	1,484,092)	315,531)	(551,448)	(2,054,742)	168,138)	116,647)	323,375)	(575,831)	1,162,332)	685,702)	(537,901)	(1,178,308)
Adjustments to reconcile Net income to Net cash provided by operating activities	1,398,319)	1,958,250)	(577,799)	2,464,341)	1,440,403)	1,030,959)	(1,293,704)	1,670,765)	1,160,654)	391,841)	(1,511,430)	2,001,176)	1,241,036)	779,428)	(1,500,902)	2,097,725)	1,245,339)	497,964)	(1,288,859)	999,009)	831,578)	1,073,228)	80,788)	1,850,710)	1,488,827)	278,559)	(588,257)
Net cash provided by operating activities	3,786,212)	3,817,638)	1,664,097)	3,914,147)	3,684,366)	2,853,400)	1,022,486)	3,389,431)	3,142,002)	2,101,043)	498,551)	3,409,388)	3,289,371)	2,330,111)	495,398)	3,790,110)	3,064,655)	2,155,493)	530,871)	2,436,432)	2,401,150)	2,534,721)	1,602,845)	3,156,134)	2,741,466)	1,530,641)	786,911)
Purchases of property and equipment	(186,224)	(149,685)	(156,582)	(107,915)	(169,107)	(170,812)	(152,205)	(213,636)	(124,117)	(109,823)	(68,933)	(180,294)	(141,500)	(107,548)	(98,830)	(177,051)	(194,616)	(164,660)	(181,671)	(236,295)	(158,212)	(92,510)	(93,115)	(188,718)	(149,981)	(165,370)	(95,063)
Purchases of businesses and investments, net of cash acquired	(1,036,238)	(1,593,971)	(373,794)	(681,760)	(297,140)	(250,795)	(241,560)	(1,343,522)	(2,329,700)	(2,121,455)	(788,025)	(1,196,856)	(257,020)	(390,527)	(686,460)	(1,235,164)	(363,614)	(113,746)	(1,735,028)	(2,626,711)	(429,237)	(611,332)	(503,843)	(205,233)	(742,062)	(474,456)	(109,848)
Proceeds from the sale of businesses and investments, net of cash transferred	13,673)	348)	22,633)	14,086)	7,315)	10,163)	5,270)	7,816)	—)	20,905)	—)	6,274)	400,238)	17,279)	596)	440)	(111,660)	3,474)	87)	3,725)	(314)	261,140)	149,002)	145,507)	5,686)	40,000)	39,200)
Other investing, net	2,236)	2,431)	2,868)	4,299)	3,380)	4,160)	2,971)	2,168)	2,851)	2,125)	1,528)	3,786)	3,273)	2,499)	2,620)	3,183)	2,936)	2,430)	4,031)	7,965)	15,075)	3,347)	1,549)	2,102)	1,362)	2,537)	(182)
Net cash used in investing activities	(1,206,553)	(1,740,877)	(504,875)	(771,290)	(455,552)	(407,284)	(385,524)	(1,547,174)	(2,450,966)	(2,208,248)	(855,430)	(1,367,090)	4,991)	(478,297)	(782,074)	(1,408,592)	(666,954)	(272,502)	(1,912,581)	(2,851,316)	(572,688)	(439,355)	(446,407)	(246,342)	(884,995)	(597,289)	(165,893)
Proceeds from issuance of shares	452,123)	289,455)	466,199)	156,110)	509,989)	210,287)	477,367)	150,808)	504,516)	285,373)	477,434)	156,432)	537,016)	341,914)	465,707)	149,213)	497,974)	292,747)	409,130)	126,211)	392,478)	208,195)	338,891)	105,743)	349,165)	200,000)	300,400)
Purchases of shares	(1,183,625)	(1,679,059)	(2,330,593)	(473,888)	(1,799,527)	(1,447,818)	(898,264)	(628,430)	(1,383,242)	(1,321,846)	(1,191,128)	(1,004,553)	(788,937)	(1,118,211)	(1,418,702)	(605,487)	(972,171)	(1,693,354)	(845,366)	(914,648)	(834,995)	(1,184,586)	(768,895)	(589,892)	(626,688)	(970,056)	(729,211)
Proceeds from debt	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	5,061,085)	—)	1,599,033)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Repayments of debt	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	(931,885)	(671,246)	(100,000)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Proceeds from (repayments of) debt, net (legacy)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	93,622)	44)	1,203)	(1,611)	(4,923)	(2,653)	(5,429)	(3,448)	(6,512)	(562)	(642)	(82)	(6,512)	159)	204)	(570)
Cash dividends paid	(995,333)	(1,007,696)	(1,009,816)	(921,725)	(923,894)	(928,992)	(925,558)	(807,869)	(810,976)	(812,578)	(810,056)	(706,063)	(707,742)	(708,022)	(705,567)	(613,730)	(613,785)	(616,583)	(613,208)	(557,930)	(559,070)	(561,042)	(558,052)	(509,201)	(508,913)	(511,238)	(508,381)
Other financing, net	(39,310)	(16,065)	(36,840)	(35,571)	(6,548)	(38,505)	(30,997)	(472,213)	(26,235)	(16,690)	(28,163)	(19,739)	(13,205)	(32,225)	(16,687)	(26,485)	(12,804)	(14,096)	(16,568)	(14,906)	(10,219)	(8,658)	(11,313)	(13,680)	(11,773)	(8,186)	(10,462)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(1,766,145)	(2,413,365)	(2,911,050)	(1,275,074)	(2,219,980)	(2,205,028)	2,751,748)	(2,428,950)	(216,904)	(1,865,741)	(1,551,913)	(1,480,301)	(972,824)	(1,515,341)	(1,676,860)	(1,101,412)	(1,103,439)	(2,036,715)	(1,069,460)	(1,367,785)	(1,012,368)	(1,546,733)	(999,451)	(1,013,542)	(798,050)	(1,289,276)	(948,224)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(47,452)	86,382)	(77,496)	(20,661)	132,335)	(56,705)	(87,124)	53,945)	(58,022)	(46,788)	4,601)	(52,411)	(24,879)	2,611)	(26,594)	(93,841)	(56,810)	(17,277)	(79,887)	(58,537)	26,708)	23,942)	21,686)	76,819)	(52,616)	(18,157)	10,890)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	766,062)	(250,222)	(1,829,324)	1,847,122)	1,141,169)	184,383)	3,301,586)	(532,748)	416,110)	(2,019,734)	(1,904,191)	509,586)	2,296,659)	339,084)	(1,990,130)	1,186,265)	1,237,452)	(171,001)	(2,531,057)	(1,841,206)	842,802)	572,575)	178,673)	1,973,069)	1,005,805)	(374,081)	(316,316)

The financial data indicates a consistent growth trajectory in operational profitability and cash generation over the observed period. Net income exhibits an overall upward trend, rising from approximately 1.38 billion in late 2019 to peaks exceeding 2.3 billion by 2026. This growth is mirrored in the net cash provided by operating activities, which demonstrates strong liquidity generation, frequently exceeding 3 billion per quarter in the later years of the sequence.

Operating Cash Flow Dynamics: Cash flow from operations remains robust, characterized by significant non-cash adjustments. Depreciation, amortization, and share-based compensation provide steady additive effects to net income. However, substantial volatility is observed in working capital, particularly regarding receivables, contract assets, and accrued payroll, which creates periodic fluctuations in the quarterly cash provided by operations.
Investment and Growth Strategy: A strategic emphasis on inorganic growth is evident through consistent and often large-scale expenditures on the purchase of businesses and investments. Outflows for acquisitions frequently reach several billion dollars in single quarters, such as the 2.6 billion expenditure in August 2021 and 2.3 billion in May 2024. In contrast, capital expenditures for property and equipment remain relatively stable, typically ranging between 100 million and 200 million per quarter.
Shareholder Returns and Capital Allocation: The organization maintains an aggressive capital return policy. Cash dividends show a steady increase, evolving from approximately 500 million per quarter in 2019 to nearly 1 billion per quarter by 2026. Simultaneously, share repurchases are a primary driver of financing outflows, with quarterly purchases frequently exceeding 1 billion, indicating a consistent effort to reduce share count and return value to shareholders.
Financing and Liquidity Management: Financing activities are predominantly negative due to the combined impact of dividends and buybacks. To balance these outflows and fund acquisitions, the organization occasionally utilizes debt markets, as evidenced by a significant 5.06 billion proceed from debt in November 2024. The net increase or decrease in cash and cash equivalents varies significantly quarter-to-quarter, reflecting the timing of large acquisitions and debt issuances relative to operating cash inflows.

Overall, the cash flow profile reveals a business model capable of generating high levels of operational cash, which is then systematically deployed toward strategic acquisitions and substantial shareholder distributions, with debt utilized selectively to optimize the capital structure.

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