Deferred Revenue
Accenture Deferred Revenue increased by 13.8% to $827.85M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 29.7%, from $638.45M to $827.85M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Deferred Revenue shows relatively stable performance with a 1.7% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase suggests strong sales of subscription-based services or bundled offerings, providing a predictable pipeline for future revenue recognition.
Detailed definition
Represents cash payments received from customers in advance of the company fulfilling its performance obligations, speci...
Peer comparison
High-growth software and services companies typically maintain larger deferred revenue balances relative to pure hardware manufacturers.
deferred_revenue_currentHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $698.74M | $700.08M | $701.63M | $746.60M | $733.98M | $712.72M | $710.02M | $726.09M | $687.10M | $653.95M | $634.98M | $647.02M | $621.25M | $641.09M | $623.75M | $638.45M | $647.35M | $642.36M | $727.39M | $827.85M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.2% | +0.2% | +6.4% | -1.7% | -2.9% | -0.4% | +2.3% | -5.4% | -4.8% | -2.9% | +1.9% | -4.0% | +3.2% | -2.7% | +2.4% | +1.4% | -0.8% | +13.2% | +13.8% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +5.0% | +1.8% | +1.2% | -2.7% | -6.4% | -8.2% | -10.6% | -10.9% | -9.6% | -2.0% | -1.8% | -1.3% | +4.2% | +0.2% | +16.6% | +29.7% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Accenture's deferred revenue?
- Accenture (ACN) reported deferred revenue of $827.85M in Q1 2026.
- How has Accenture's deferred revenue changed year-over-year?
- Accenture's deferred revenue increased by 29.7% year-over-year, from $638.45M to $827.85M.
- What is the long-term trend for Accenture's deferred revenue?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Accenture's deferred revenue has grown at a 1.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $668.27M to $727.39M.
- What does deferred revenue mean?
- Money collected from customers for products or services that haven't been delivered yet but will be within a year.