William Blair Has Pessimistic Outlook of Gartner Q1 Earnings

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT) – Stock analysts at William Blair cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Gartner in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, February 5th. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now forecasts that the information technology services provider will earn $2.75 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.98. The consensus estimate for Gartner’s current full-year earnings is $11.87 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Gartner’s Q2 2025 earnings at $3.40 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.79 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.12 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $4.15 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $14.13 EPS.

Gartner (NYSE:IT) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The information technology services provider reported $5.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.22 by $2.23. The company had revenue of $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.69 billion. Gartner had a return on equity of 118.27% and a net margin of 17.33%. Gartner’s quarterly revenue was up 8.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $3.04 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on Gartner from $564.00 to $555.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 16th. StockNews.com cut Gartner from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price objective on Gartner from $529.00 to $531.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on Gartner from $579.00 to $605.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Barclays upgraded Gartner from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $525.00 to $600.00 in a report on Friday, January 10th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $552.63.

Gartner Trading Down 1.3 %

Shares of IT stock opened at $534.12 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $41.20 billion, a PE ratio of 39.39, a P/E/G ratio of 3.37 and a beta of 1.34. Gartner has a 1-year low of $411.15 and a 1-year high of $584.01. The business has a 50-day moving average of $509.71 and a 200 day moving average of $506.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.31, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 1.02.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP William James Wartinbee III sold 189 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $523.54, for a total transaction of $98,949.06. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 7,311 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,827,600.94. This trade represents a 2.52 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director James C. Smith sold 2,450 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $554.68, for a total value of $1,358,966.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 529,844 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $293,893,869.92. This trade represents a 0.46 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 8,050 shares of company stock worth $4,292,245 in the last quarter. 3.60% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Gartner

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Eastern Bank bought a new stake in shares of Gartner in the third quarter worth $26,000. Kestra Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Gartner in the fourth quarter worth $29,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC bought a new stake in shares of Gartner in the third quarter worth $44,000. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Gartner in the fourth quarter worth $49,000. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC grew its holdings in shares of Gartner by 2,350.0% in the third quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 98 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $50,000 after acquiring an additional 94 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 91.51% of the company’s stock.

Gartner Company Profile

Gartner, Inc operates as a research and advisory company in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Research, Conferences, and Consulting. The Research segment delivers its research primarily through a subscription service that include on-demand access to published research content, data and benchmarks, and direct access to a network of research experts.