Gartner (IT)

Technology · Information Technology Services · S&P 500
$184.92 -1.51% on the day Market cap $13.2B 52-week range $124.25 to $261.10 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
-3% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $13.2B, Gartner's free cash flow of $1.2B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about -3% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Gartner's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price-2.6% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years15.7% a year
Revenue, same period11.5% a year
Price to free cash flow11.2x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from IT's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability8
Growth4
Financial health1
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)19.5x
P/E (forward)15.6x
Price / free cash flow11.2x
EV / EBITDA11.1x
Price / sales2.04x
Price / book214.5x
Revenue growth-0.6%
Operating margin17.2%
Net margin12.0%
Return on equity—
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity—

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Gartner's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$4.7B$5.5B$5.9B$6.3B$6.5B
Net income$794M$808M$882M$1.3B$729M
Free cash flow$1.3B$993M$1.1B$1.4B$1.2B
EPS (diluted)$9.21$9.96$11.08$16.00$9.65
Operating margin19.3%20.1%20.9%18.4%15.8%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Insights$5.1B78%
Conferences$645M10%
Consulting$552M9%
Other$227M4%

Superinvestors who own IT

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 6 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Ron Baron
Baron Capital (BAMCO)
Added $985M1.5%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $541M0.19%Q2 2026
Bill Nygren
Harris Associates LP
Trimmed $369M0.49%Q2 2026
Ric Dillon
Diamond Hill Capital Management
Added $47M0.37%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $26M0.06%Q2 2026
PRIMECAP Management
PRIMECAP Management Co
Held $15M0.01%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Gartner's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Mar 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$162.73—
Mar 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$162.73—
Mar 13, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$166.54—
Mar 13, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$166.54—
Feb 10, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$159.52—
Feb 10, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$159.52—
Feb 9, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$159.86—
Feb 9, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$159.86—
Feb 6, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$156.29—
Feb 6, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$156.29—

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Gartner's stock price imply?

At a market value of $13.2B, Gartner would need its free cash flow to grow about -3% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 16% a year.

Are Gartner insiders buying the stock?

10 open-market insider purchases of IT in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Gartner?

6 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold IT in their latest 13F, including Ron Baron, Cliff Asness, Bill Nygren.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.