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U.S. IT Consulting Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 01, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies85
  • 7D-1.5%
  • 3M5.4%
  • 1Y-0.5%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the IT Consulting industry has dropped 1.5%, driven by International Business Machines declining 2.7%. Over the last year, the industry has been flat overall. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 9.3% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.S. IT Consulting Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 01 Jan 2026US$580.8bUS$241.4bUS$21.2b22.3x27.4x2.4x
Sat, 29 Nov 2025US$571.1bUS$240.4bUS$21.3b23.9x26.9x2.4x
Mon, 27 Oct 2025US$564.3bUS$239.9bUS$21.6b21.1x26.1x2.4x
Wed, 24 Sep 2025US$496.0bUS$207.0bUS$18.9b21.5x26.2x2.4x
Fri, 22 Aug 2025US$479.5bUS$207.0bUS$18.9b21.7x25.4x2.3x
Sun, 20 Jul 2025US$552.5bUS$205.2bUS$18.7b22.8x29.6x2.7x
Tue, 17 Jun 2025US$562.8bUS$204.0bUS$18.4b25.6x30.5x2.8x
Thu, 15 May 2025US$560.6bUS$204.0bUS$18.0b28.4x31.2x2.7x
Sat, 12 Apr 2025US$495.8bUS$203.4bUS$18.5b26.6x26.8x2.4x
Mon, 10 Mar 2025US$583.7bUS$202.5bUS$18.3b38.8x31.9x2.9x
Wed, 05 Feb 2025US$624.5bUS$202.4bUS$18.1b40.7x34.5x3.1x
Fri, 03 Jan 2025US$555.0bUS$202.4bUS$18.2b35x30.5x2.7x
Sun, 01 Dec 2024US$573.9bUS$201.1bUS$17.8b40.7x32.2x2.9x
Tue, 29 Oct 2024US$551.7bUS$202.3bUS$17.4b38.9x31.7x2.7x
Thu, 26 Sep 2024US$547.0bUS$202.7bUS$19.2b37.9x28.5x2.7x
Sat, 24 Aug 2024US$516.6bUS$202.6bUS$19.2b34.1x26.9x2.5x
Mon, 22 Jul 2024US$501.2bUS$203.0bUS$18.8b30.5x26.7x2.5x
Wed, 19 Jun 2024US$449.8bUS$203.3bUS$18.9b26.8x23.8x2.2x
Fri, 17 May 2024US$469.0bUS$203.4bUS$18.3b25.4x25.6x2.3x
Sun, 14 Apr 2024US$498.0bUS$199.2bUS$17.1b23.2x29.1x2.5x
Tue, 12 Mar 2024US$539.6bUS$199.2bUS$17.0b22.1x31.8x2.7x
Thu, 08 Feb 2024US$529.1bUS$199.1bUS$17.1b19.7x31x2.7x
Sat, 06 Jan 2024US$485.5bUS$199.9bUS$16.4b19.3x29.7x2.4x
Mon, 04 Dec 2023US$483.9bUS$199.4bUS$16.3b20.4x29.7x2.4x
Wed, 01 Nov 2023US$423.9bUS$199.4bUS$16.3b18.6x26x2.1x
Fri, 29 Sep 2023US$432.3bUS$198.8bUS$11.4b21.5x38x2.2x
Sun, 27 Aug 2023US$447.1bUS$198.3bUS$11.7b18.4x38.3x2.3x
Tue, 25 Jul 2023US$441.4bUS$200.5bUS$11.4b24.7x38.6x2.2x
Thu, 22 Jun 2023US$431.8bUS$200.2bUS$11.1b22.7x38.9x2.2x
Sat, 20 May 2023US$410.1bUS$201.4bUS$10.4b21.8x39.4x2x
Mon, 17 Apr 2023US$380.4bUS$193.9bUS$10.7b22.4x35.4x2x
Wed, 15 Mar 2023US$357.5bUS$193.0bUS$10.8b20.3x33.1x1.9x
Fri, 10 Feb 2023US$399.9bUS$191.9bUS$10.9b16.1x36.6x2.1x
Sun, 08 Jan 2023US$389.7bUS$192.9bUS$10.4b19.1x37.4x2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

37.4x


Total Market Cap: US$389.7bTotal Earnings: US$10.4bTotal Revenue: US$192.9bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.S. IT Consulting Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 31x202420252026
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the American IT Consulting and Other Services industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 27.4x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 31.0x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 2.4x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the IT Consulting and Other Services industry have grown 27% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 7.8% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Comparison

How does U.S. IT Consulting compare with similar industries?

US Market-1.43%
Tech-1.53%
IT-2.59%
IT Consulting-1.48%
Data Processing Services-1.77%
Internet Services and Infrastructure-3.85%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
IT GartnerUS$252.280.4%
+US$79.3m		-47.9%PE20.5x
RPGL Republic Power GroupUS$0.56111.3%
+US$5.1m		n/aPE34.4x
BNAI Brand Engagement NetworkUS$2.3266.9%
+US$4.2m		-76.2%PS138.6x
RSSS Research SolutionsUS$2.943.2%
+US$2.8m		-29.2%PE68.6x
HKIT Hitek GlobalUS$2.233.7%
+US$2.3m		55.9%PS36x

Latest News

BNAI
US$2.32
Brand Engagement Network
7D
66.9%
1Y
-76.2%
BBAI
US$5.40
BigBear.ai Holdings
7D
-10.4%
1Y
21.3%

BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) – Strategic Defense Partnership Reinforces Mission-Critical AI Positioning

Author: Qudus Adebara (Founder of Wane Investment House) Executive Summary BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BBAI) continues to deepen its positioning in mission-critical, government-focused artificial intelligence with the announcement of a strategic partnership with C Speed, LLC , a U.S.-based radar and defense solutions provider.
GLOB
US$65.37
Globant
7D
-3.9%
1Y
-69.5%

Globant's (NYSE:GLOB) Returns On Capital Not Reflecting Well On The Business

Dec 27
Globant's (NYSE:GLOB) Returns On Capital Not Reflecting Well On The Business
ACN
US$268.30
Accenture
7D
-0.6%
1Y
-23.7%
DOX
US$80.51
Amdocs
7D
-1.0%
1Y
-5.4%
IT
US$252.28
Gartner
7D
0.4%
1Y
-47.9%

IT: Share Repurchases Will Drive Future Upside As Core Business Strengthens

Analysts have made a slight downward revision to their price target for Gartner, trimming fair value by about $0.55 per share. This reflects modestly higher discount rate assumptions and marginally lower long term valuation multiples, while growth and margin expectations remain essentially unchanged.
HKIT
US$2.23
Hitek Global
7D
3.7%
1Y
55.9%
KD
US$26.56
Kyndryl Holdings
7D
-2.6%
1Y
-23.2%

KD: Agentic AI And Quantum Safe Services Will Drive Future Upside

Analysts have modestly increased their price target for Kyndryl Holdings to 37.60 dollars per share, reflecting slightly lower discount rate assumptions and marginally more favorable long term profitability and valuation expectations. What's in the News Launched Quantum Safe Assessment services to identify cryptographic vulnerabilities across enterprise IT estates and to build roadmaps for transition to post quantum cryptography and Zero Trust aligned security (company announcement) Introduced new agentic AI powered mainframe services on IBM z/OS to automate operations, improve reliability and bring AI inferencing closer to mission critical data via Kyndryl Bridge and IBM Watsonx Assistant for Z (company announcement) Expanded Kyndryl Agentic AI Framework with Digital Trust controls to govern, monitor and secure AI agents across hybrid and multi cloud environments, targeting highly regulated industries (company announcement) Unveiled new advisory and change management services to help customers reskill workforces and redesign processes to scale agentic AI, addressing gaps highlighted in Kyndryl's 2025 Readiness Report (company announcement) Renewed and expanded multi year partnerships with Vodafone Idea and Dow to modernize infrastructure, automate IT operations and strengthen cyber resilience using Kyndryl Bridge and AI driven services (company announcements) Valuation Changes Fair value estimate maintained at 37.60 dollars per share, indicating no change in the intrinsic value assessment.
IBM
US$296.21
International Business Machines
7D
-2.7%
1Y
34.7%

IBM: Quantum Optionality And Software Execution Will Drive Returns Amid Workforce Shift

Analysts have nudged their fair value estimate for International Business Machines slightly higher, lifting the price target by about $3 to reflect steady core software execution, improving long term quantum revenue optionality, and modestly richer earnings multiples, despite only incremental changes to growth and margin assumptions. Analyst Commentary Recent Street research presents a mixed but generally constructive view on IBM, with several bullish analysts lifting price targets on the back of solid execution in software, consulting, and emerging quantum capabilities, while more cautious voices point to valuation and growth hurdles that still need to be cleared.
EPAM
US$204.88
EPAM Systems
7D
-2.0%
1Y
-12.4%

EPAM: Low Recovery Visibility Will Likely Cap Upside Despite Margin Resilience

Analysts have trimmed their fair value estimate for EPAM Systems to $160 from $167 per share. This reflects higher perceived risk and slightly softer revenue growth expectations, partly offset by more resilient margins and a lower projected valuation multiple, as recent Street research highlights both limited visibility into recovery and potential upside to near term estimates.
CTSH
US$83.00
Cognizant Technology Solutions
7D
-2.8%
1Y
7.9%
RSSS
US$2.94
Research Solutions
7D
3.2%
1Y
-29.2%
MASK
US$0.24
3 E Network Technology Group
7D
20.3%
1Y
n/a
CISO
US$0.48
CISO Global
7D
5.1%
1Y
-86.2%
VRAR
US$0.93
Glimpse Group
7D
11.6%
1Y
-62.5%
RPGL
US$0.56
Republic Power Group
7D
111.3%
1Y
n/a