Accenturevs.IBM
ACN vs IBM · both in IT consultants & integrators, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Help enterprises adopt and scale AI in practice.
IBM is about 3.3× larger than Accenture by market cap; Accenture trades at the lower P/E (10.6 vs 25.4); year to date, IBM leads (−2.9% vs −49.6%).
Side by side
| ACN | IBM | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $82.8B | $273B |
| Price | $135.23 | $287.56 |
| Today | −2.8% | −2.6% |
| Return YTD | −49.6% | −2.9% |
| Return 1Y | −53.1% | +0.0% |
| P/E | 10.6 | 25.4 |
| P/S | 1.1 | 4.0 |
| P/B | 2.6 | 8.3 |
Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
AccentureACN
The world’s largest IT consultancy — helps enterprises implement AI, cloud and digital transformation at scale.
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Enterprise IT veteran with the watsonx platform, hybrid cloud (Red Hat) and a large consulting business building AI solutions for enterprises.
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