[Accenture's outlook came up short](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/two-big-reasons-accentures-stock-is-sliding-in-the-wake-of-earnings-9353b184) and the market blamed deal complexity. Wrong diagnosis. The real signal: enterprise software integration budgets are rolling over *faster than consulting firms can pivot*. ACN carries real debt, and when transformation cycle momentum breaks, the math gets ugly fast.

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