Infosys, Wipro ADRs Drop Nearly 3% On NYSE After Accenture Hikes FY26 Revenue Guidance
Infosys ADR dropped nearly three per cent to $16.625 on the American stock exchange after Accenture hiked its year-end revenue guidance over AI services demand.
Infosys, Wipro ADRs: American Depository Receipt (ADR) shares of India's leading information technology (IT) giants Infosys and Wipro witnessed a sharp decline on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after Accenture declared its fourth-quarter earnings results and hiked its full-year revenue guidance to a range of 2-5%, higher than Wall Street estimates.
ADR is a tool for multinationals/foreign companies (primarily based outside the US) or organisations to trade on US stock markets, just like regular shares of US companies. In theory, an ADR is similar to a special certificate issued by a US bank. It is a negotiable certificate representing shares in a foreign company traded on US stock exchanges.
Infosys, Wipro ADRs Today
Infosys ADR dropped 2.41% to $16.62 on the American stock exchange, while Wipro ADR fell 1.84% to $2.67 on the NYSE. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was trading 268.81 points, or 1.19% lower, at 22,228.72. The Nifty IT index ended at 34,548.30, down 1.27% on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025.
On Thursday, shares of India's second-largest IT major, Infosys, settled 0.23% lower at Rs 1,491.20 apiece after an intraday high of Rs 1,502.70 on the NSE. Shares of Wipro settled 0.96% lower at Rs 242.25 apiece on the NSE.
Accenture Q4 Results
The Dublin-based tech giant beat Wall Street estimates during the fourth quarter as the revenue rose 7% year-on-year to $17.6 billion, driven by resilient demand from enterprise clients for its AI-driven consulting and services.
The GAAP operating margin for the fourth quarter came in at 11.6%, down 270 basis points, while the adjusted operating margin improved slightly to 15.1%, up 10 basis points. Accenture recorded new bookings of $21.3 billion for the quarter, bringing the full-year total to $80.6 billion.
For Q1 FY26, revenue guidance is hiked to $18.1-18.75 billion, representing 1-5% growth. The full-year revenue growth is seen at 2%-5% in local currency, or 3%-6% when excluding a 1%-1.5% drag from US federal business. Accenture boosted the dividend payout as it plans to give $9.3 billion to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, a 12% rise from FY25.
