Gartner
Provides subscription insights, executive conferences, and consulting for enterprise decisions.
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Profile
Sells subscription research, benchmarks, decision tools, and expert access to technology and business leaders, alongside executive conferences and project-based consulting. Most revenue comes from subscription-based Insights services, with reusable research distributed through conferences and consulting as well.
Turns expert-led, practitioner-sourced research into subscription insights, benchmarks, tools, and direct access to experts. Business and Technology Insights serves technology users, providers, and functional leaders; Conferences stages Symposium/Xpo and role-focused events; Consulting applies the research through custom analysis and on-the-ground support for technology initiatives.
Serves enterprises across major functions, industries, and regions, with a substantial share of revenue generated outside the United States. Reusable intellectual property is distributed across subscriptions, events, and consulting, while recurring client interactions feed the research agenda. Digital Markets has been sold and is no longer part of the operating mix.
Most revenue depends on renewing Insights subscriptions. Credibility and independence of published research, conference attendance and venue availability, and replacement of project-based consulting engagements are structural dependencies.
Company facts
Categories
Key statistics
Year to date −16.3% · Average volume (30d) 1.5M
Analysts
Ratings
Target range
Latest analyst notes
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Prior target | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | BMO Capital | Reiterate | Market Perform | $188 | $206 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Truist Financial | Target | $170 | $205 | |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Target | $173 | $177 | |
| Aug 5, 2026 | RBC Capital | Reiterate | Sector Perform | $160 | $164 |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Reiterate | Equal Weight | $183 | $173 |
Earnings
EPS
Revenue
History
| Report date | EPS est | EPS | Surprise | Revenue est | Revenue | Surprise | Next session |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026Q2 FY26 | $3.76 | $4.37 | +16.2% | $1.65B | $1.68B | +1.7% | +22.61% |
| May 5, 2026Q1 FY26 | $2.99 | $3.32 | +11.0% | $1.51B | $1.51B | −0.2% | +1.04% |
| Feb 3, 2026Q4 FY25 | $3.50 | $3.94 | +12.6% | $1.75B | $1.75B | +0.2% | −1.45% |
| Nov 4, 2025Q3 FY25 | $2.43 | $2.76 | +13.6% | $1.52B | $1.52B | +0.2% | +4.38% |
Financial highlights
| 12 quarters | Q1 FY25 | Q2 FY25 | Q3 FY25 | Q4 FY25 | Q1 FY26 | Q2 FY26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.53B | $1.69B | $1.52B | $1.75B | $1.51B | $1.68B | |
| Gross profit | $1.06B | $1.15B | $1.05B | $1.13B | $1.08B | $1.19B | |
| Operating income | $278.0M | $327.1M | $86.3M | $334.2M | $316.1M | $379.3M | |
| Net income | $210.9M | $240.8M | $35.4M | $242.1M | $222.3M | $275.5M | |
| Diluted EPS | $2.71 | $3.11 | $0.47 | $3.36 | $3.18 | $4.14 | |
| Gross margin | 69.0% | 68.5% | 68.9% | 64.6% | 71.6% | 70.9% | |
| Operating margin | 18.1% | 19.4% | 5.7% | 19.1% | 20.9% | 22.6% |
Fiscal years (4-quarter sums)FY21 $4.73B · FY22 $5.48B · FY23 $5.91B · FY24 $6.27B · FY25 $6.50B
Revenue by product · Q2 FY26
Revenue by geography · Q2 FY26
Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $1.49B · Total debt $2.98B · Total assets $7.19B · Shareholders' equity −$167.3M
Dividends
No dividends on record.
Ownership
A 13F quarter can total more than the shares outstanding — sub-advisers file the same block twice, and a filer's own share count can be a quarter stale. No split is drawn from it.
Shares outstanding 66.95M · Float 65.25M · 97.5% free float
Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4
| Holder | Shares | % outstanding | Form | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bamco Inc /NY/ | 7.60M | 11.35% | 13F | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Independent Franchise Partners LLP | 5.58M | 8.34% | 13F | Aug 13, 2026 |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 5.22M | 7.79% | 13F | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 4.27M | 6.37% | 13F | Aug 13, 2026 |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 4.18M | 6.24% | 13F | Aug 14, 2026 |
Insider tradesForm 4
| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | Akhil Jain | officer: EVP, Consulting | −700 | $201.73 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Yvonne Genovese | officer: EVP, Bus. & Tech. Insights | −1,205 | $190.06 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Claire Herkes | officer: EVP, Conferences | −1,039 | $190.71 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Anne Sutherland Fuchs | director | −860 | $184.30 |
| Feb 5, 2026 | John J. Rinello | officer: SVP, Global Business Sales | +50 | $154.13 |
Peers
- Forrester Research
Independent research, consulting, and events peer
- Informa TechTarget
Omdia-led tech research, advisory, intent data, and GTM services
- Information Services Group
Research, sourcing, benchmarking, governance, and AI advisory overlap
- The Hackett Group
Business-function benchmarking and transformation advisory overlap
- Accenture
Transformation consulting and AI-services substitute
- IBM
Overlaps in AI, cloud, sourcing, and transformation advisory
- S&P Global
Technology research/data overlap via 451 Research
CompareAfter-hours close
| Company | Price | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gartner | $198.39 | −0.04% | $13.28B | 17.8 | 12.7 | 2.1 | −0.6% |
| Forrester Research | $12.38 | +0.08% | $240.3M | — | 16.0 | 0.6 | −10.2% |
| Informa TechTarget | $3.88 | 0.00% | $280.5M | — | — | 0.8 | −3.2% |
| Information Services Group | $5.14 | 0.00% | $245.4M | 21.7 | 17.1 | 1.0 | +6.4% |
| The Hackett Group | $11.37 | +0.26% | $285.6M | 17.4 | 7.4 | 1.0 | −13.4% |
| Accenture | $189.20 | −0.17% | $116.03B | 15.1 | 13.2 | 1.6 | +5.6% |
| IBM | $235.80 | +0.10% | $221.96B | 20.8 | 18.4 | 3.2 | +1.1% |
| S&P Global | $442.90 | +0.00% | $130.56B | 27.0 | 23.4 | 8.1 | −2.1% |
| Median | 20.8 | 16.5 | 1.0 | −2.1% |