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GARTNER INC

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News · 2026-08-07

• Liquidity and Debt PositionImportance 30 · Surprise 6
  Gartner was reported to have approximately $3 billion of debt. Coverage identified balance-sheet considerations and liquidity risk as factors investors should weigh alongside strong profitability and free cash flow.…
• Revenue Performance and MixImportance 24 · Surprise 14
  Gartner reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of approximately $1.68 billion, exceeding the $1.65 billion FactSet estimate. Revenue declined slightly year over year, while Consulting remained a source of weakness. The…

News · 2026-08-06

• Capital Return ProgramImportance 40 · Surprise 42
  Gartner used share repurchases to reduce its diluted share count during the second quarter of 2026. The company also announced significant share repurchases and expanded its buyback authorization. The lower diluted…
• Liquidity and Debt PositionImportance 30 · Surprise 6
  Gartner was reported to have approximately $3 billion of debt. Coverage identified balance-sheet considerations and liquidity risk as factors investors should weigh alongside strong profitability and free cash flow.…

News · 2026-08-05

• Enterprise AI Engineering TransitionImportance 23 · Surprise 24
  Gartner’s 2026 Hype Cycle for Enterprise Architecture indicates that organizations are moving from AI experimentation toward full-scale AI engineering. Enterprises are prioritizing engineering, governance and data…
• Cloud-Native Platform CompetitionImportance 23 · Surprise 24
  Gartner’s 2026 Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms identifies Google, Microsoft and AWS as Leaders, while Oracle and Tencent Cloud have emerged as new entrants. The market is placing greater weight on…

10-Q · 2026-08-04

• Capital Return ProgramImportance 89 · Surprise 82
  Gartner repurchased 6.94 million common shares for $1.08 billion during the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared with 0.96 million shares for $437.2 million in the prior-year period. As of June 30, 2026,…
• Liquidity and Cash PositionImportance 60 · Surprise 40
  Cash and cash equivalents declined to $1.489 billion at June 30, 2026 from $1.723 billion at December 31, 2025, after $1.074 billion of financing cash outflows primarily for share repurchases. Total principal debt…
• Operating Margin DriversImportance 57 · Surprise 50
  Second-quarter operating income increased $51.4 million to $378.5 million, and six-month operating income increased $89.5 million to $694.6 million. Cost of services and product development declined 8% in the quarter…
• End-Market Demand TrendsImportance 56 · Surprise 24
  Gartner’s contracted backlog was approximately $6.5 billion at June 30, 2026 for customer contracts longer than one year, with $2.3 billion expected to be recognized during the remainder of 2026, $3.0 billion in 2027…
• Outstanding IndebtednessImportance 56 · Surprise 24
  Gartner had $3.0 billion of principal amount of debt outstanding as of June 30, 2026. The company stated that it may retire or repurchase outstanding debt through open-market repurchases, negotiated block transactions,…
• Revenue Performance and MixImportance 54 · Surprise 40
  Second-quarter 2026 revenue declined 0.6% year over year to $1.676 billion from $1.686 billion, while six-month revenue declined 1.0% to $3.187 billion from $3.221 billion. Insights revenue increased 2.1% in the…
• Operating Income and MarginsImportance 54 · Surprise 40
  Second-quarter 2026 operating income increased 15.7% year over year to $378.5 million from $327.1 million, raising operating margin to 22.6% from 19.4%. Six-month operating income increased 14.8% to $694.6 million from…
• Segment Revenue PerformanceImportance 54 · Surprise 40
  Second-quarter 2026 Insights revenue increased to $1.290 billion from $1.264 billion, while Conferences revenue rose 15.5% to $244.2 million. Consulting revenue declined 8.8% to $141.9 million in the quarter and fell…
• Operating Cash Flow TrendsImportance 54 · Surprise 40
  Cash provided by operating activities increased to $789.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, from $697.1 million in the comparable 2025 period. The $92.2 million year-over-year increase was primarily…
• Acquisitions and DivestituresImportance 53 · Surprise 60
  Gartner completed the sale of its Digital Markets business in February 2026 for approximately $104.8 million net of cash transferred, subject to post-close adjustments. The divested business represented the entirety of…
• Geographic Market CommentaryImportance 49 · Surprise 32
  Gartner generated $1.024 billion of second-quarter 2026 revenue in United States and Canada, $458.2 million in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and $193.5 million in Other International markets. Europe, Middle East and…
• Interest Rate EnvironmentImportance 49 · Surprise 6
  Gartner had approximately $3.0 billion of principal debt outstanding as of June 30, 2026, including a $1.0 billion unused revolving facility. The revolver bears interest at a variable rate based on SOFR or the Base…
• Insights Contract Value GrowthImportance 49 · Surprise 32
  Insights contract value reached $5.3 billion at June 30, 2026, increasing 2% year over year on a foreign-currency-neutral basis. Approximately half of industry sectors grew at mid-single-digit rates, led by banking and…
• FX / Currency HeadwindsImportance 45 · Surprise 64
  Gartner operates globally and reports revenue across the United States and Canada, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Other International markets. Foreign currency translation reduced accumulated other comprehensive…
• Headcount / RestructuringImportance 45 · Surprise 50
  Gartner had 19,285 employees globally at June 30, 2026, down 8% from June 30, 2025. The largest headcount reductions occurred in the Insights segment and Digital Markets business, primarily during the second half of…
• Operating Expense TrendsImportance 43 · Surprise 32
  Cost of services and product development decreased $44.8 million, or 8%, to $486.9 million in the second quarter and decreased $90.5 million, or 9%, to $916.2 million for the first six months. Quarterly reductions…
• Conference Demand TrendsImportance 36 · Surprise 40
  Conferences revenue increased 15% year over year in the second quarter of 2026 and 14% excluding foreign currency effects. Growth was driven primarily by higher exhibitor revenue, with attendee revenue also increasing.…
• Consulting Demand And BacklogImportance 36 · Surprise 40
  Consulting revenue declined 9% year over year in the second quarter of 2026 and 12% in the first six months, with labor-based consulting revenue down 13% in both periods. Second-quarter weakness was concentrated in…
• Income Tax Rate ChangesImportance 25 · Surprise 32
  The second-quarter 2026 income-tax provision increased to $79.1 million from $77.0 million, while the effective tax rate fell to 22.3% from 24.2%. The quarterly rate reduction primarily reflected a favorable change in…
• Distribution ChannelsImportance 6 · Surprise 6
  Gartner primarily sells its products and services directly to clients through domestic and international sales forces. The company also uses several independent international sales agents as an indirect channel. This…

Earnings call · 2026-08-04

• Margin DriversImportance 80 · Surprise 68
  Total contribution margin was 71% in the second quarter, while Insights contribution margin was 77%, up about 140 basis points year-over-year. Conferences contribution margin was 59%, and Consulting contribution margin…
• Guidance and OutlookImportance 80 · Surprise 68
  Gartner raised full-year 2026 EBITDA guidance to at least $1.57 billion, including a $40 million operational increase and a $25 million increase after foreign-exchange effects. Adjusted EPS guidance increased to at…
• Guidance / OutlookImportance 80 · Surprise 68
  Gartner raised its 2026 guidance to revenue of at least $6.375 billion, EBITDA of at least $1.57 billion, adjusted EPS of at least $14, and free cash flow of at least $1.185 billion. The EBITDA outlook increased by $40…
• Capital Return ProgramImportance 74 · Surprise 58
  Gartner repurchased $547 million of stock during the second quarter, reducing its share count by more than 5% sequentially. The company had 67 million weighted-average shares in the quarter, down approximately 14%…
• Acquisition / Partnership / DivestitureImportance 65 · Surprise 42
  Management said it will deploy capital over time through stock repurchases and strategic value-enhancing tuck-in acquisitions. Gartner had approximately $1.5 billion of cash at June 30, including roughly $1 billion…
• Consulting Demand TrendsImportance 62 · Surprise 58
  Consulting bookings increased 17% year-over-year, and backlog reached $214 million, up approximately 9% year-over-year and marking the first annual increase since the first quarter of 2025. Management attributed the…
• Segment Revenue PerformanceImportance 60 · Surprise 40
  Core GBS subscription products grew 7% year-over-year in the second quarter, with the Sales practice growing double digits and Finance and Legal growing mid-single digits. Conferences revenue increased 12%…
• Liquidity and Debt PositionImportance 56 · Surprise 24
  Gartner held approximately $1.5 billion of cash at June 30, 2026. Management identified about $500 million as required to run the business and approximately $1 billion as available for shareholder deployment. June 30…
• Business Segment DemandImportance 54 · Surprise 40
  Core GBS subscription products grew 7% year-over-year, led by offerings for C-level leaders, while the Sales practice grew double digits and Finance and Legal grew mid-single digits. Conferences revenue increased 12%…
• Revenue Performance and MixImportance 49 · Surprise 32
  Second-quarter revenue was $1.7 billion, up 3% year-over-year as reported and 2% on an FX-neutral basis. Insights revenue increased 2% as reported and 1% FX neutral, while Conferences revenue reached $244 million and…
• Contract Value PerformanceImportance 49 · Surprise 32
  Second-quarter total contract value was $5.3 billion, up 2% year-over-year and accelerating 70 basis points from Q1, while increasing 30 basis points sequentially. Contract value excluding the U.S. federal government…
• Products and TechnologyImportance 41 · Surprise 58
  Gartner’s Business and Technology Insights transformation is expanding the breadth, impact, timeliness and usability of its research offering. The Insights library grew 18%, higher-impact documents increased by double…
• Operating Expense TrendsImportance 34 · Surprise 42
  Management said second-quarter EBITDA benefited from effective expense management and a prudent approach to guidance. Gartner is actively aligning in-quarter operating expense rates with revenue and contract-value…
• FX / Currency HeadwindsImportance 34 · Surprise 42
  Management revised its 2026 outlook to reflect a stronger U.S. dollar relative to the guidance issued three months earlier. Insights' operational outlook was unchanged, but reported guidance was adjusted for foreign…
• AI Adoption RecognitionImportance 31 · Surprise 42
  AI was described as Gartner's single most requested topic across CIOs, CHROs, sales, marketing, and other executive functions. Gartner connects more than 80,000 business leaders seeking AI value, over 10,000 CIOs and…
• Midsized Enterprise GrowthImportance 31 · Surprise 32
  Midsized enterprise clients, generally companies with revenue of $100 million or more, delivered mid-single-digit contract value growth across both GTS and GBS. Management attributed their stronger performance partly…
• Market Demand TrendsImportance 25 · Surprise 32
  Client engagement increased 140 basis points year-over-year across digital and human interactions, while contract value growth accelerated for the second consecutive quarter. Midsized enterprise clients across GTS and…
• Customer Retention DynamicsImportance 17 · Surprise 24
  Wallet retention improved sequentially across GTS and GBS as downsell activity stabilized and in-quarter retention rates increased. Management said outright cancellations remain a small issue, with the primary pressure…
• Macroeconomic Factors ImpactImportance 17 · Surprise 24
  Management said persistent macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges are causing executives to scrutinize expenses, escalate approval processes, and delay decisions. Larger enterprises are more exposed because they are…
• Trade Policy and TariffsImportance 17 · Surprise 24
  Management identified tariffs as an ongoing macro factor affecting companies in tariff-exposed industries. These companies are operating under tighter cost constraints than companies without imposed tariffs, which can…

8-K · 2026-08-04

• Acquisition / Partnership / DivestitureImportance 77 · Surprise 82
  Gartner completed the sale of its Digital Markets divested operation in February 2026 and reported a $0.7 million gain from the sale in second-quarter operating results. The divested operation contributed $55.9 million…
• Capital Return ProgramImportance 74 · Surprise 58
  Gartner repurchased 3.6 million common shares for $547 million during the second quarter of 2026. The repurchases reduced diluted weighted-average shares to 66.6 million from 77.4 million in the prior-year quarter. The…
• Free Cash Flow and LiquidityImportance 57 · Surprise 38
  Operating cash flow increased 3.8% to $398 million in the second quarter of 2026 from $384 million. Free cash flow increased 8.9% to $378 million from $347 million. Cash capital expenditures declined to $20 million…
• Operating Margin DriversImportance 54 · Surprise 40
  Operating income increased to $378.5 million in the second quarter of 2026 from $327.1 million in the prior-year quarter, raising operating margin to approximately 22.6% from 19.4%. Cost of services and product…
• Conferences Demand GrowthImportance 54 · Surprise 40
  Gartner’s Conferences segment revenue increased 15.5% year over year, or 14.2% on an FX-neutral basis, to $244 million. The growth materially exceeded the Insights segment’s 2.1% reported increase and contrasted with…
• Guidance / OutlookImportance 51 · Surprise 60
  Gartner increased its full-year 2026 guidance for Adjusted EBITDA excluding the divested operation, Adjusted EPS, and free cash flow. Management said the increases were made despite a stronger U.S. dollar. The release…
• Net Income and EPS PerformanceImportance 50 · Surprise 38
  Second-quarter 2026 net income increased 14.4% to $275 million from $241 million. Diluted EPS rose 33.1% to $4.14 from $3.11 as diluted weighted-average shares declined to 66.6 million from 77.4 million. Adjusted EPS…
• Revenue Performance and MixImportance 49 · Surprise 32
  Second-quarter 2026 GAAP revenue was $1,675.9 million, down 0.6% year over year as reported and down 1.6% on an FX-neutral basis. Adjusted revenue increased 2.8% to $1,676 million as the prior-year comparison included…
• Market Demand TrendsImportance 49 · Surprise 32
  Gartner’s total contract value reached $5.3 billion, increasing 1.7% year over year and 0.3% sequentially on an FX-neutral basis. Global Technology Sales contract value was approximately flat sequentially and rose 1.1%…
• Segment Revenue PerformanceImportance 48 · Surprise 40
  Insights revenue was $1,290 million, increasing 2.1% year over year as reported and 1.0% on an FX-neutral basis. Conferences revenue was $244 million, up 15.5% as reported and 14.2% FX neutral, while its gross…
• FX / Currency HeadwindsImportance 15 · Surprise 14
  Gartner identified a stronger U.S. dollar as a factor in its 2026 outlook. Second-quarter reported revenue declined 0.6% year over year, compared with a 1.6% decline on an FX-neutral basis, indicating that currency…

News · 2026-08-04

• Revenue Performance and MixImportance 24 · Surprise 14
  Gartner reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of approximately $1.68 billion, exceeding the $1.65 billion FactSet estimate. Revenue declined slightly year over year, while Consulting remained a source of weakness. The…
• Cloud-Native Platform CompetitionImportance 23 · Surprise 24
  Gartner’s 2026 Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms identifies Google, Microsoft and AWS as Leaders, while Oracle and Tencent Cloud have emerged as new entrants. The market is placing greater weight on…
• AI Customer Service AdoptionImportance 17 · Surprise 24
  Gartner reported that 87% of customers believe companies using generative AI for customer service must provide access to a human agent. Half of surveyed customers said GenAI makes support interactions easier, but…