=Accenture (ACN) reported earnings on Thur 29 Sept 2016 (b/o)

Accenture beats by $0.01, reports revs in-line; guides Q1 revs in-line; guides FY17 EPS in-line, revs in-line; raises dividend 10%  :

• Reports Q4 (Aug) earnings of $1.31 per share, excluding $0.37/share gain from a divestiture,$0.01 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $1.30; revenues rose 7.6% year/year to $8.49 bln vs the $8.44 bln Capital IQ Consensus. 
  • Adjusting for the actual foreign-exchange impact of negative 1.5 percent in the quarter, the company's guided range for quarterly net revenues was ~$8.20 billion to $8.45 billion.
• New bookings for the fourth quarter were $9.0 billion and reflect a negative 2 percent foreign-exchange impact compared with new bookings in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015.
  • Consulting new bookings were $4.8 billion, or 53 percent of total new bookings. Outsourcing new bookings were $4.2 billion, or 47 percent of total new bookings.
• Co issues in-line guidance for Q1, sees Q1 revs of $8.40-8.65 bln vs. $8.58 bln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.
• Co issues in-line guidance for FY17, sees GAAP EPS of $5.75-5.98 vs. $5.82 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; sees FY17 revs +5-8% to ~$34.53-35.51 bln vs. $35.07 bln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate. 
• Accenture's Board of Directors has declared a semi-annual cash dividend of $1.21 per share, an increase of $0.11 per share, or 10 percent, over its previous semi-annual dividend, declared in March.