Gartner Past Earnings Performance
Past criteria checks 2/6
Gartner has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 9.9%, while the IT industry saw earnings growing at 8.1% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 8.3% per year. Gartner's return on equity is 1168.5%, and it has net margins of 11.4%.
Key information
9.86%
Earnings growth rate
12.34%
EPS growth rate
| IT Industry Growth | 22.43% |
| Revenue growth rate | 8.26% |
| Return on equity | 1,168.49% |
| Net Margin | 11.44% |
| Last Earnings Update | 31 Mar 2026 |
Recent past performance updates
Recent updates
Seeking Alpha • May 11
The Bottom Fishing Club: Gartner - Approaching 2009 Great Recession Low Valuation
Summary Gartner trades near its best underlying valuation since early 2009, driven by SaaS sector pessimism and aggressive short selling. IT's free cash flow yield of 10.8% significantly outpaces Treasury yields, with low valuation multiples highlighting a multi-decade opportunity despite only marginal operational downgrades. Momentum indicators have turned positive, and a technical breakout above $162 could trigger a reversal, especially if shorts begin to cover. I rate IT a Buy under $160, with Strong Buy territory below $139, citing deep undervaluation, resilient fundamentals, and potential for a sharp rebound. Read the full article on Seeking Alpha
Narrative Update • May 10
IT: Expanded Buybacks And Higher Margins Will Support Long Term Returns
Analysts have reduced their price target for Gartner to $199 from about $253, citing a combination of updated assumptions for revenue growth, profit margins and future P/E that now point to a lower fair value estimate. What's in the News From January 1, 2026 to March 31, 2026, Gartner repurchased 3,198,430 shares, representing 4.51% of its stock for US$507.23 million, under the long running buyback program announced on May 7, 2015 (Key Developments).
Narrative Update • Apr 20
IT: Share Repurchases And Event Platform Role Will Support Future Upside
Analysts have trimmed their price target on Gartner to around $184 from about $190, reflecting slightly adjusted assumptions on the discount rate, revenue growth, profit margins and future P/E multiples. What's in the News A securities fraud class action lawsuit has been filed against Gartner, covering investors who bought common stock between February 4, 2025 and February 2, 2026, with lead plaintiff motions due by May 18, 2026 (Key Developments).
Narrative Update • Apr 05
IT: Future Lawsuit Risks Will Outweigh Support From Expanded Buybacks
Analysts have trimmed their price target on Gartner from $150 to $140, citing updated assumptions around discount rates, revenue growth, profit margins, and future P/E that change their overall valuation view. What's in the News A securities fraud class action lawsuit has been filed against Gartner covering investors who bought common stock between February 4, 2025 and February 2, 2026.Narrative Update • Mar 22
IT: Ongoing Buybacks Will Support Future Upside Despite Lower Fair Value Assumptions
Analysts have revised their price target on Gartner down from about $284 to roughly $190, citing updates to fair value estimates that reflect changes in discount rate assumptions, revenue growth expectations, profit margin outlook, and projected future P/E levels. What's in the News From October 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, Gartner repurchased 2,124,317 shares, representing 2.91% of its shares, for a total of $507.84 million under its ongoing buyback program (Key Developments).Narrative Update • Mar 08
IT: Expanded Buybacks Will Support Long Term Shareholder Returns
Analysts have revised their price target for Gartner to reflect a lower implied fair value of about $253, citing updated assumptions around revenue growth, profitability, discount rates, and a materially reduced future P/E multiple. What's in the News From October 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, Gartner repurchased 2,233,218 shares, representing 3.06% of its shares, for US$599.11 million under its existing buyback authorization (Key Developments).Narrative Update • Feb 21
IT: Fair Outlook Will Balance Expanded Buybacks With Reset Earnings Assumptions
Analysts have maintained their $150 price target for Gartner, citing a slightly higher discount rate, a modestly adjusted revenue growth outlook, a small uplift in profit margin, and a lower assumed future P/E multiple as the key factors in their updated assessment. What's in the News From October 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, Gartner repurchased 2,233,218 shares, representing 3.06% of its shares, for $599.11 million under its existing buyback program.Narrative Update • Feb 06
IT: Fair Outlook Will Balance Expanded Buybacks With Reset Earnings Assumptions
Analysts have reset their price expectations for Gartner, cutting the fair value estimate from US$218 to US$150, citing revised assumptions for revenue growth, profit margins and future P/E multiples. What's in the News Between October 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025, Gartner repurchased 2,233,218 shares, about 3.06% of its shares, for US$599.11 million under its existing buyback program (Key Developments).Analysis Article • Feb 04
Benign Growth For Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT) Underpins Stock's 32% Plummet
The Gartner, Inc. ( NYSE:IT ) share price has fared very poorly over the last month, falling by a substantial 32%. The...Narrative Update • Jan 23
IT: Fair Outlook Balances Share Repurchases With Recent Impairment And Guidance
Analysts now set their fair value estimate for Gartner at $218, down from $225. This reflects updated assumptions for slightly higher discount rates, stronger revenue growth and profit margins, and a lower future P/E multiple.Narrative Update • Jan 09
IT: Ongoing Buybacks Will Support Future Upside Despite Recent Impairment Charges
Analysts have made modest updates to their price target for Gartner, keeping fair value effectively steady at about $283.73. They are fine-tuning assumptions such as discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin and future P/E to reflect slightly adjusted expectations rather than a major shift in outlook.Narrative Update • Dec 23
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.Narrative Update • Dec 09
IT: Expanded Buybacks Will Drive Future Upside Despite Modest Growth Reset
Narrative Update on Gartner Analysts have modestly raised their price target on Gartner by a few dollars per share, reflecting slightly higher long term profit margin expectations and a marginally richer forward earnings multiple, despite a small trim to projected revenue growth and a slightly higher discount rate. What's in the News Completed a major share repurchase tranche in Q3 2025, buying back 3.95 million shares for about $1.05 billion and bringing total repurchases under the long standing program to 23.9 million shares, or 28.83% of shares outstanding, for $5.83 billion (Key Developments) Raised full year 2025 guidance for consolidated revenue to at least $6.475 billion, reflecting FX neutral growth of about 3%, with higher expected revenue across Insights and Conferences, and stable growth in Consulting (Key Developments) Recorded Q3 2025 impairment charges including $4 million of lease related asset impairments and a $150 million goodwill impairment, up from $2 million of lease related impairments a year earlier (Key Developments) Expanded its share repurchase authorization by an additional $1.0 billion on September 10, 2025, lifting the total program size to $7.0 billion (Key Developments) Valuation Changes Fair Value: Unchanged at $284.27 per share, indicating no revision to the intrinsic value estimate.Narrative Update • Nov 25
IT: Repurchase Acceleration And Robust Margins Will Drive Upside Momentum
Analysts have slightly lowered their price target for Gartner from $285.45 to $284.27. This change reflects updated expectations on key financial metrics and a more cautious revenue outlook.Narrative Update • Nov 06
IT: Share Buybacks And Strong Margins Will Drive Upside Potential
Analysts have lowered their price target for Gartner from $295.55 to $285.45. This modest decrease is driven by updated expectations for profit margins, revenue growth, and valuation multiples.Narrative Update • Oct 22
Analysts Lower Gartner Price Target Amid Modest Valuation Updates and Expanded Buyback Program
Narrative Update on Gartner Analyst Price Target Analysts have revised Gartner's fair value estimate downward by approximately $5 to $295.55. This reflects modest updates to growth and profitability assumptions in their latest models.Analysis Article • Oct 03
Gartner (NYSE:IT) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet
Some say volatility, rather than debt, is the best way to think about risk as an investor, but Warren Buffett famously...Narrative Update • Sep 10
Enterprise AI Adoption Will Drive Expansion While Risks Will Persist
The slight downward revision in Gartner's consensus analyst price target to $300.60 primarily reflects marginally lower revenue growth expectations, with all key valuation inputs remaining effectively unchanged. What's in the News Repurchased 1,081,245 shares for $438.77 million, completing 24.24% of the $4.95 billion buyback plan since 2015.Analysis Article • Aug 06
Earnings Working Against Gartner, Inc.'s (NYSE:IT) Share Price Following 39% Dive
NYSE:IT 1 Year Share Price vs Fair Value Explore Gartner's Fair Values from the Community and select yours The Gartner...Narrative Update • Aug 06
Enterprise AI Adoption Will Drive Expansion While Risks Will Persist
A downward revision in Gartner’s price target reflects reduced expectations for revenue growth and a lower forward P/E multiple, lowering the consensus fair value from $458.56 to $417.89. What's in the News Gartner added to the Russell 1000 Defensive Index.Analysis Article • Jul 30
Why We Like The Returns At Gartner (NYSE:IT)
Finding a business that has the potential to grow substantially is not easy, but it is possible if we look at a few key...Analysis Article • Jul 03
We Think Gartner (NYSE:IT) Can Stay On Top Of Its Debt
The external fund manager backed by Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger, Li Lu, makes no bones about it when he says...Analysis Article • May 22
Here's Why Gartner (NYSE:IT) Has Caught The Eye Of Investors
The excitement of investing in a company that can reverse its fortunes is a big draw for some speculators, so even...Seeking Alpha • Feb 07
Gartner: Remain Bullish On The Business Outlook
Summary IT delivered strong 4Q24 results with 8.1% y/y revenue growth, driven by research, conferences, and consulting, and plans to expand the sales force. RCV growth accelerated for three consecutive quarters, indicating sustained future revenue growth and potential for research revenue to exceed 10% in FY25. Consulting and conference segments showed significant growth, reinforcing the view that underlying demand is back, with strong forward bookings for FY25. Despite near-term margin pressure from increased hiring, I maintain a buy rating due to a positive growth outlook and attractive upside potential if IT performs as modeled. Read the full article on Seeking AlphaSeeking Alpha • Nov 06
Gartner: Confident That Growth Can Accelerate In The Next 2 Years
Summary I reiterate my buy rating for Gartner stock, driven by improved demand and expected growth acceleration with increased sales force hiring. Gartner's Q3 revenue of $1.484 billion beat expectations, with strong growth in research and conference segments, despite a decline in consulting revenue. Management's revised FY24 guidance and robust new business pipeline indicate continued demand momentum, supporting my positive growth outlook. Read the full article on Seeking AlphaRevenue & Expenses Breakdown
Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
How Gartner makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.
Earnings and Revenue History
| Date | Revenue | Earnings | G+A Expenses | R&D Expenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 26 | 6,474 | 741 | 3,061 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 25 | 6,497 | 729 | 3,065 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 25 | 6,460 | 886 | 3,030 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 25 | 6,420 | 1,265 | 2,981 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 25 | 6,329 | 1,254 | 2,916 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 24 | 6,267 | 1,254 | 2,875 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 24 | 6,138 | 1,064 | 2,814 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 24 | 6,063 | 829 | 2,765 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 24 | 5,971 | 797 | 2,723 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 23 | 5,907 | 882 | 2,682 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 23 | 5,826 | 931 | 2,609 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 23 | 5,749 | 924 | 2,559 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 23 | 5,622 | 931 | 2,482 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 22 | 5,476 | 808 | 2,428 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 22 | 5,277 | 760 | 2,417 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 22 | 5,102 | 736 | 2,319 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 22 | 4,893 | 802 | 2,214 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 21 | 4,734 | 794 | 2,107 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 21 | 4,540 | 704 | 2,015 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 21 | 4,379 | 572 | 2,024 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 21 | 4,185 | 356 | 2,030 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 20 | 4,099 | 267 | 2,040 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 20 | 4,190 | 215 | 2,068 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 20 | 4,196 | 239 | 2,060 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 20 | 4,294 | 288 | 2,081 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 19 | 4,245 | 233 | 2,104 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 19 | 4,131 | 250 | 2,037 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 19 | 4,052 | 220 | 1,972 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 19 | 3,982 | 163 | 1,917 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 18 | 3,975 | 122 | 1,885 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 18 | 3,901 | 146 | 1,861 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 18 | 3,807 | 86 | 1,835 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 18 | 3,650 | -53 | 1,783 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 17 | 3,311 | 3 | 1,600 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 17 | 3,000 | -38 | 1,423 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 17 | 2,746 | 41 | 1,272 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 17 | 2,512 | 185 | 1,136 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 16 | 2,445 | 194 | 1,089 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 16 | 2,385 | 193 | 1,058 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 16 | 2,311 | 193 | 1,025 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 16 | 2,249 | 192 | 991 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 15 | 2,163 | 176 | 963 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 15 | 2,103 | 169 | 940 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 15 | 2,074 | 172 | 920 | 0 |
Quality Earnings: IT has high quality earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: IT's current net profit margins (11.4%) are lower than last year (19.8%).
Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: IT's earnings have grown by 9.9% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: IT's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: IT had negative earnings growth (-40.9%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the IT industry average (25.7%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: Whilst IT's Return on Equity (1168.49%) is outstanding, this metric is skewed due to their high level of debt.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/05/17 07:44 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/05/15 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2026/03/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
Data Sources
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Gartner, Inc. is covered by 22 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Jeffrey Meuler | Baird |
| Manav Patnaik | Barclays |
| Jeffrey Silber | BMO Capital Markets Equity Research |