(Reuters) – Accenture Plc
Shares of the company were down nearly 5% in premarket trading.
The company estimates current-quarter revenue to be between $11.15 billion and $11.55 billion, compared with Wall Street estimates of $11.52 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
The COVID-19 pandemic has ripped through the global economy, leading to a slew of layoffs as companies look to cut costs in order to tide over the fall in demand across industries.
Revenue from digital, cloud and security-related services, which the company calls “the New”, constituted about 70% of its total revenue in the fourth quarter.
Total revenue fell 2% to $10.84 billion in the quarter ended August 31, missing analysts’ estimate of $10.91 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
Net income attributable to company rose to $1.29 billion, or $1.99 per share, from $1.13 billion, or $1.74 per share, a year earlier.
(Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)
