The company Accenture, the second largest IT consultant in the world, today showed weak quarterly report, which led to a 7% drop in its shares traded.
Alleged by figures were worse than analysts' forecast amid falling sales and revenues. In addition, Accenture forecast for the current quarter also looks promising.
In the current quarter, the Irish company expects revenue of $ 6.7-7.0 billion, lower than the 7.36 billion dollars expected by analysts. Now Accenture said that faced with a change in the behavior of large customers, who are now planning IT contracts for short-term periods, and refrain from large-scale long-term investment in technology. For the most Accenture and other players in the market of IT consulting it expects the lack of hope for a speedy profit growth.
