Accenture invests in cloud data security provider Symmetry Systems

  • Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Symmetry Systems, a San Francisco-based provider of data store and object-level security solutions.
  • Symmetry Systems applies machine learning to help companies understand and protect their large fleets of data stores and applications. Its flagship solution, DataGuard, provides granular visibility across all data stores while integrating cleanly into modern security analytics platforms.
  • The economic terms were not disclosed.
  • 'Data no longer resides in physical data centers, as more and more organizations have moved their workloads and applications to the cloud," said Rex Thexton, who leads Accenture Security's applied cybersecurity services globally. 'In this environment, businesses of all sizes continue to wrestle with how to keep themselves secure. Our strategic investment in Symmetry Systems will enhance Accenture 's ability to provide clients with a better way to see who is accessing what in their secure cloud environment."

    For this year the company from Dublin could earn a total revenue around 50.52 billion USD. This is according to the average of the analysts' estimates. This is hugely more than 2020's revenue of 44.33 billion USD.

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    The analysts expect for 2021 a net profit of 5.68 billion USD. For this year most of the analysts expect a profit per share of 8.81 USD. So the price/earnings-ratio equals 34.67.

    Per share the analysts are expecting a dividend of 3.53 USD per share. The dividend yield is then 1.16 percent. The average dividend yield of the IT-companies is a relatively high 1.6 percent.

    Accenture 's market capitalization is around 194.17 billion USD. The Accenture stock was the past 12 months quite volatile. Since last July the stock is even 43 percent higher. This year the stock price moved between 210 and 307 dollar.

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    On Tuesday the stock closed at 305.4 USD.

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