Stocks · Technology · Information Technology Services
Gartner, Inc. IT
$184.80 -4.15% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $12.37B
High qualityInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 13.9% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +13.4%).
- The shares trade at 16.6× trailing earnings, lower than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 20%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 23%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 23%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 48%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 26%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 7%
- Gross marginTop 28%
- Operating marginTop 20%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 47%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 39%
- Interest coverTop 24%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 12%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 11%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 13%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 30%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 21%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 25%
- 6-month returnBottom 44%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 28%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 49%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 38%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 9%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 7%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 10%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 38%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 20%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 12%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 39%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.3% | 0.7% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -37.0% | -31.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 68.0% | 68.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 18.2% | 17.3% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 23.5% | 19.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.7% | 2.3% | ↓ | Bottom 20% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -31.4% | -37.0% | ↑ | Bottom 23% |
| Gross margin | 68.9% | 68.0% | ↑ | Top 28% |
| Operating margin | 17.3% | 18.2% | ↓ | Top 20% |
| Net margin | 12.0% | 19.7% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 19.9% | 23.5% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 23.8% | — | Top 7% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.9% | — | Bottom 48% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.78×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -5.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.14×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 14.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 21.06%
- Shareholder yield
- 21.06%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -13.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -5.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +13.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -3.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $172.50
- Target vs current price
- -6.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 18
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 28%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +16.2% | +22.6% | +27.5% | +30.7% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +11.0% | +1.2% | +4.1% | +15.5% | +3.5% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | +12.6% | -20.9% | -21.1% | -18.6% | -25.8% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +13.6% | -7.6% | -7.0% | -7.0% | -14.8% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +7.0% | -27.6% | -32.9% | -25.5% | -25.0% |
| May 6, 2025 | +9.6% | +1.4% | +4.7% | +1.2% | -20.7% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | +67.2% | -0.1% | -3.5% | -12.0% | -23.1% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | +5.5% | +1.7% | +8.7% | +2.1% | +8.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $4.37 | $3.76 | +16.2% | $1.68B |
| May 5, 2026 | $3.32 | $2.99 | +11.0% | $1.51B |
| Feb 3, 2026 | $3.94 | $3.50 | +12.6% | $1.75B |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $2.76 | $2.43 | +13.6% | $1.52B |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $3.53 | $3.30 | +7.0% | $1.69B |
| May 6, 2025 | $2.98 | $2.72 | +9.6% | $1.53B |
| Feb 4, 2025 | $5.45 | $3.26 | +67.2% | $1.72B |
| Nov 5, 2024 | $2.50 | $2.37 | +5.5% | $1.48B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 16.6× | 32.3× | 14th | Top 12% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.6× | — | — | Top 13% |
| EV / Sales | 2.14× | — | — | Top 30% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 10.42% | — | — | Top 11% |
| Earnings yield | 6.03% | — | — | Top 12% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 14.8× – 47.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -26.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -31.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +11.0%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 49
- Days above the 200-day average
- 16
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +12.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +6.8%
- RSI (14)
- 50.3
- Relative volume
- 0.58×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 70.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 93th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.79
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.26
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -28.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -77.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2024 | Jun 22, 2026 | -77.2% | 399 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 2, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | -34.0% | 156 days | 102 days (Nov 10, 2022) |
| Dec 1, 2022 | Apr 26, 2023 | -17.4% | 99 days | 36 days (Jun 16, 2023) |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | -14.6% | 27 days | 62 days (Jul 30, 2024) |
| Jul 18, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 | -12.9% | 72 days | 5 days (Nov 3, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $12.37B
- P/E (TTM)
- 16.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $11.15
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.46B
- 52-week range
- $124.25 – $261.84
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.73B | $5.48B | $5.91B | $6.27B | $6.50B |
| Gross profit | $3.29B | $3.78B | $4.00B | $4.24B | $4.40B |
| Operating income | $915.8M | $1.10B | $1.24B | $1.16B | $1.03B |
| Net income | $793.6M | $807.8M | $882.5M | $1.25B | $729.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $9.21 | $9.96 | $11.08 | $16.00 | $9.65 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.48B | $1.72B | $1.53B | $1.69B | $1.52B | $1.75B | $1.51B | $1.68B |
| Net income | $415.0M | $398.6M | $210.9M | $240.8M | $35.4M | $242.1M | $222.3M | $275.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.32 | $5.11 | $2.71 | $3.11 | $0.47 | $3.36 | $3.18 | $4.14 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.31B | $1.10B | $1.16B | $1.48B | $1.29B |
| Capital expenditure | -$59.8M | -$108.0M | -$103.1M | -$101.7M | -$115.1M |
| Free cash flow | $1.25B | $993.4M | $1.05B | $1.38B | $1.18B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.66B | -$1.04B | -$606.2M | -$735.4M | -$1.96B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.49B
- Total assets
- $7.19B
- Total liabilities
- $7.36B
- Total debt
- $2.98B
- Net debt
- $1.49B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$167.3M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1999 | $1.19 | Jul 22, 1999 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 8,315,554
- Days to cover
- 7.60
- Change vs previous report
- +4.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 1, 1996
- 2-for-1
- Jun 29, 1995
- 2-for-1
- Aug 29, 1994
- 2-for-1