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Payments To Acquire Businesses And Interest In Affiliates
Accenture Payments To Acquire Businesses And Interest In Affiliates increased by 326.4% to $1.59B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 535.6%, from $250.80M to $1.59B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Payments To Acquire Businesses And Interest In Affiliates shows a downward trend with a -22.9% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementIncome Statement
SectionOther
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ3 2015
Last reportedQ2 2026Mar 19, 2026
How to read this metric
High spending indicates an aggressive inorganic growth strategy, while low spending suggests a focus on organic growth or capital preservation.
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other_payments_to_acquire_businesses_and_interest_in_affiliatesHistorical Data
20 periods
| 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 | Q2 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $429.24M | $2.63B | $1.74B | $113.75M | $363.61M | $1.24B | $686.46M | $390.53M | $257.02M | $1.20B | $788.03M | $2.12B | $2.33B | $1.34B | $241.56M | $250.80M | $297.14M | $681.76M | $373.79M | $1.59B |
| QoQ Change | — | +511.9% | -33.9% | -93.4% | +219.7% | +239.7% | -44.4% | -43.1% | -34.2% | +365.7% | -34.2% | +169.2% | +9.8% | -42.3% | -82.0% | +3.8% | +18.5% | +129.4% | -45.2% | +326.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -15.3% | -53.0% | -60.4% | +243.3% | -29.3% | -3.1% | +14.8% | +443.2% | +806.4% | +12.3% | -69.3% | -88.2% | -87.2% | -49.3% | +54.7% | +535.6% |
Range$113.75M – $2.63B
CAGR+31.8%
Avg YoY Growth+103.5%
Median YoY Growth-9.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Accenture's payments to acquire businesses and interest in affiliates?
- Accenture (ACN) reported payments to acquire businesses and interest in affiliates of $1.59B in Q4 2025.
- How has Accenture's payments to acquire businesses and interest in affiliates changed year-over-year?
- Accenture's payments to acquire businesses and interest in affiliates increased by 535.6% year-over-year, from $250.80M to $1.59B.
- What is the long-term trend for Accenture's payments to acquire businesses and interest in affiliates?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Accenture's payments to acquire businesses and interest in affiliates has grown at a -22.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $4.17B to $1.47B.
- What does payments to acquire businesses and interest in affiliates mean?
- Cash spent to buy other companies or acquire stakes in business partners.