Accenture plc said its normalized net income for the fiscal first quarter ended Nov. 30 amounted to $1.00 per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus estimate of $1.20 per share.
EPS increased 15.6% year over year from 87 cents.
Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was $684.3 million, a gain of 12.9% from $606.2 million in the year-earlier period.
The normalized profit margin rose to 8.7% from 8.2% in the year-earlier period.
Total revenue climbed 7.3% year over year to $7.90 billion from $7.36 billion, and total operating expenses climbed 6.7% on an annual basis to $6.71 billion from $6.29 billion.
Reported net income rose 10.1% on an annual basis to $882.2 million, or $1.29 per share, from $800.9 million, or $1.15 per share.
