William Blair Analysts Lower Earnings Estimates for Gartner

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT) – Analysts at William Blair cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Gartner in a research note issued on Wednesday, May 7th. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now anticipates that the information technology services provider will earn $3.28 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $3.40. The consensus estimate for Gartner’s current full-year earnings is $12.50 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Gartner’s Q3 2025 earnings at $2.71 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.51 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $12.48 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $3.11 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.61 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.02 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.96 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $13.70 EPS.

Several other research firms also recently commented on IT. Robert W. Baird dropped their target price on Gartner from $605.00 to $557.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, March 21st. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their target price on shares of Gartner from $622.00 to $535.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Barclays decreased their price objective on shares of Gartner from $510.00 to $475.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, April 21st. StockNews.com lowered Gartner from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, March 21st. Finally, UBS Group increased their price objective on Gartner from $500.00 to $525.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $518.67.

Gartner Price Performance

Shares of IT opened at $432.12 on Thursday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $423.97 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $482.39. Gartner has a fifty-two week low of $366.05 and a fifty-two week high of $584.01. The stock has a market cap of $33.19 billion, a PE ratio of 26.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.30 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.81, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 1.06.

Gartner (NYSE:IT) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The information technology services provider reported $2.98 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.72 by $0.26. Gartner had a net margin of 20.00% and a return on equity of 116.56%. The firm had revenue of $1.54 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.53 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.93 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Trading of Gartner

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Czech National Bank boosted its holdings in shares of Gartner by 6.5% in the 4th quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 16,725 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $8,103,000 after purchasing an additional 1,028 shares during the period. Entropy Technologies LP purchased a new position in shares of Gartner during the 4th quarter worth about $366,000. D.A. Davidson & CO. raised its position in Gartner by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 1,137 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $551,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares during the period. Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Gartner by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC now owns 31,626 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $15,322,000 after purchasing an additional 480 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC grew its stake in shares of Gartner by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 3,379 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $1,637,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. 91.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Eileen Serra sold 1,200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $489.77, for a total value of $587,724.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 1,627 shares in the company, valued at approximately $796,855.79. The trade was a 42.45 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, SVP John J. Rinello sold 109 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $436.35, for a total value of $47,562.15. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 3,280 shares in the company, valued at $1,431,228. This trade represents a 3.22 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 2,138 shares of company stock valued at $1,005,606. Company insiders own 3.60% of the company’s stock.

About Gartner

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.