Accenture forecasts 2024 revenue growth above estimates on AI demand
Accenture projected annual revenue growth largely above estimates on Thursday, as growing adoption of artificial intelligence offsets sluggish growth in enterprise spending, sending its shares up 3% in premarket trading.
Generative AI technologies used to automate certain operations are helping companies boost productivity and save costs.
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The company expects annual revenue to grow between 1.5% and 2.5%, compared with analysts' expectations of 1.6%, according to LSEG data. It had earlier expected growth between 1% and 3%.
Revenue for the quarter ended May 31 stood at $16.47 billion, compared with estimates of $16.53 billion.
Its reported third-quarter profit of $1.93 billion, compared with $2.01 billion a year earlier.
Quarterly new bookings, a metric indicating value of customer contracts with a spending commitment, was $21.06 billion, compared with $17.25 billion a year ago. Accenture reported new bookings of $21.58 billion in the prior three-month period.
