Gartner Reports Fourth Quarter 2025 Financial Results

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Contract Value $5.2 billion, +1% YoY FX Neutral

FOURTH QUARTER 2025 HIGHLIGHTS

• Revenues: $1.8 billion, +2% as reported and unchanged FX neutral.
• Net income: $242 million, -39%; adjusted EBITDA: $436 million, +5% as reported, +1% FX neutral.
• Diluted EPS: $3.36, -34%; adjusted EPS: $3.94, -28%.
• Operating cash flow: $295 million, -12%; free cash flow: $271 million, -13%.
• Board of Directors increased the share repurchase authorization by $500 million in January 2026.

FULL YEAR 2025 HIGHLIGHTS

• Revenues: $6.5 billion, +4% as reported and +3% FX neutral.
• Net income: $0.7 billion, -42%; adjusted EBITDA: $1.6 billion, +4% as reported, +2% FX neutral.
• Diluted EPS: $9.65, -40%; adjusted EPS: $13.17, -7%.
• Operating cash flow: $1.3 billion, -13%; free cash flow: $1.2 billion, -15%.
• Repurchased 7.0 million common shares for $2.0 billion; 8% reduction in outstanding share count YoY.

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT), today reported results for the fourth quarter of 2025 and provided its financial outlook for the full year 2026. Additional information regarding the Company’s results and 2026 financial outlook are provided in an earnings supplement available on the Company’s Investor Relations website at https://investor.gartner.com.

Gene Hall, Gartner’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Fourth quarter financial results were ahead of expectations. We repurchased $2 billion of Gartner stock in 2025. Over the past few months, we increased our leverage through the successful completion of our first investment-grade bond issuance, we entered into a definitive agreement to divest the Digital Markets business, and the Board appointed two new directors who bring unique and valuable skills. Looking ahead, we expect CV to accelerate throughout 2026.”

CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION

The Company will host a webcast call at 8:00 a.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 to discuss the Company’s financial results. Listeners can access the webcast live at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/r5a2z28y. To participate actively in the live call via dial-in, please register at https://register-conf.media-server.com/register/BI43acc100ccc54980a1727b9fa737ffe8. Once registered, participants will receive a dial-in number and a unique PIN to access the call. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Company’s website for approximately 30 days following the call.

CONSOLIDATED RESULTS HIGHLIGHTS
(Unaudited; $ in millions, except per share amounts)		Three Months Ended
		December 31,									Inc/(Dec)
		2025			2024			Inc/(Dec)			FX Neutral
GAAP Metrics:
Revenues		$	1,753		$	1,715		2	%		—	%
Net income			242			399		(39	)%		na
Diluted EPS			3.36			5.11		(34	)%		na
Operating cash flow			295			335		(12	)%		na

Non-GAAP Metrics:
Adjusted EBITDA		$	436		$	417		5	%		1	%
Adjusted EPS			3.94			5.45		(28	)%		na
Free cash flow			271			311		(13	)%		na
na=not available

CONTRACT VALUE HIGHLIGHTS

• Global Technology Sales Contract Value (GTS CV): $3.9 billion, flat YoY FX Neutral
• Global Business Sales Contract Value (GBS CV): $1.2 billion, +3% YoY FX Neutral

SEGMENT RESULTS HIGHLIGHTS

Our segment results for the three months ended December 31, 2025 were as follows:

(Unaudited; $ in millions)
		Insights				Conferences				Consulting				Other
Revenues		$	1,283			$	286			$	134			$	50
Inc/(Dec)			3	%			14	%			(13	)%			(22	)%
Inc/(Dec) - FX neutral			1	%			11	%			(15	)%			(22	)%
Gross contribution		$	989			$	147			$	36			$	16
Inc/(Dec)			4	%			23	%			(33	)%			(8	)%
Contribution margin			77	%			51	%			27	%			32	%

Additional details regarding our segment results can be obtained in the earnings supplement and on our webcast call.

Certain financial metrics contained in this Press Release are considered non-GAAP financial measures. Definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures are included in this Press Release under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and the related reconciliations are under “Supplemental Information — Non-GAAP Reconciliations.” In this Press Release, some totals may not add due to rounding. The percentage changes are based on the unrounded whole number and recalculation based on millions may yield a different result.

ABOUT GARTNER

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) delivers actionable, objective business and technology insights that drive smarter decisions and stronger performance on an organization’s mission-critical priorities.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements contained in this press release regarding the Company’s growth and prospects, projected financial results, long-term objectives, and all other statements in this release other than recitation of historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, estimates, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, estimates, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the following: our ability to maintain and expand our products and services; our ability to keep pace with technological developments in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and comply with evolving AI regulations; our ability to achieve continued customer renewals and achieve new contract value, backlog and deferred revenue growth in light of competitive pressures; our ability to grow or sustain revenue from individual customers; our ability to expand or retain our customer base; our ability to carry out our strategic initiatives and manage associated costs; the timing of conferences and meetings, in particular our Gartner Symposium/Xpo series that normally occurs during the fourth quarter; our ability to achieve and effectively manage growth, including our ability to integrate our acquisitions and consummate and integrate future acquisitions; our ability to attract and retain a professional staff of analysts and consultants as well as experienced sales personnel upon whom we are dependent, especially in light of labor competition; our ability to successfully compete with existing competitors and potential new competitors; our ability to enforce and protect our intellectual property rights; the impact of cybersecurity incidents or other disruptions to our information systems; our ability to pay our debt obligations; the impact of global economic and geopolitical conditions, including inflation (and related monetary policy by governments in response to inflation) and recession; uncertain effects, both direct and indirect, of changes and volatility in tariffs and trade policies; risks associated with the creditworthiness, budget cuts, priorities and shutdown of governments and agencies; additional risks associated with international operations, including foreign currency fluctuations; the impact on our business resulting from changes in international conditions, including those resulting from tensions in the Middle East, the war in Ukraine and current and future sanctions imposed by governments or other authorities; the impact of restructuring and other charges on our businesses and operations; our ability to meet sustainability commitments and comply with applicable regulatory requirements, as well as potential reactions by customers to these commitments; the impact of changes in tax policy (including global minimum tax legislation) and heightened scrutiny from various taxing authorities globally; changes to laws and regulations; and other risks and uncertainties described under “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, which can be found on Gartner’s website at https://investor.gartner.com and the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forward-looking statements included herein speak only as of the date hereof and Gartner disclaims any obligation to revise or update such statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events or circumstances, except as required by applicable law.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

Certain financial measures used in this Press Release are not defined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and as such are considered non-GAAP financial measures. We provide these measures to enhance the user’s overall understanding of the Company’s current financial performance and the Company’s prospects for the future. Investors are cautioned that these non-GAAP financial measures may not be defined in the same manner by other companies and, as a result, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures used by other companies. Also, these non-GAAP financial measures should not be construed as alternatives, or superior, to other measures determined in accordance with GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures used in this Press Release are defined below.

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin: Represents GAAP net income (loss) adjusted for: (i) interest expense, net; (ii) tax provision (benefit); (iii) gain on event cancellation insurance claims, as applicable; (iv) other (income) expense, net; (v) stock-based compensation expense; (vi) depreciation, amortization, and accretion; (vii) goodwill impairment and other asset impairments, as applicable and (viii) workforce reduction expenses and certain other non-recurring items. Adjusted EBITDA Margin represents Adjusted EBITDA divided by GAAP Revenue. We believe Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are important measures of our recurring operations as they exclude items not representative of our core operating results.

Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EPS: Represents GAAP net income (loss) and diluted net income (loss) per share adjusted for the impact of certain items directly related to acquisitions and other non-recurring items. These adjustments include (on a per share basis, in the case of Adjusted EPS): (i) the amortization of acquired intangibles*; (ii) workforce reduction expenses and other non-recurring items; (iii) gain on event cancellation insurance claims, as applicable; (iv) the non-cash (gain) loss on de-designated interest rate swaps, as applicable; (v) goodwill impairment and other asset impairments, as applicable and (vi) the related tax effect. We believe Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EPS are important measures of our recurring operations as they exclude items that may not be indicative of our core operating results.

* The Company excludes amortization of acquired intangibles because it is generally a fixed non-cash expense that can be significantly impacted by the timing and/or size of acquisitions and management does not use it to evaluate core operating results. Although the Company excludes the amortization of acquired intangibles from Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EPS, management believes that it is important for investors to understand that such intangible assets were recorded as part of acquisition accounting and contribute to revenue generation.

Free Cash Flow: Represents cash provided by operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP less payments for capital expenditures. We believe Free Cash Flow is an important measure of the recurring cash generated by the Company’s core operations that may be available to be used to repay debt obligations, repurchase our stock, invest in future growth through new business development activities, or make acquisitions.

Foreign Currency Neutral (FX Neutral): We provide foreign currency neutral dollar amounts and percentages for our contract values, revenues, certain expenses, and other metrics. These foreign currency neutral dollar amounts and percentages eliminate the effects of exchange rate fluctuations and thus provide a more accurate and meaningful trend in the underlying data being measured. We calculate foreign currency neutral dollar amounts by converting the underlying amounts in local currency for different periods into U.S. dollars by applying the same foreign exchange rates to all periods presented.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION - NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS

The tables below provide reconciliations of certain Non-GAAP financial measures used in this Press Release with the most directly comparable GAAP measure. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” above for definitions of these measures.

Reconciliation - GAAP Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA (Unaudited; $ in millions)
		Three Months Ended December 31,							Year Ended December 31,
		2025			2024				2025				2024
GAAP net income		$	242		$	399			$	729			$	1,254
Interest expense, net			19			12				61				69
Gain on event cancellation insurance claims (a)			—			—				—				(300	)
Other expense (income), net			1			4				(3	)			(1	)
Tax provision (benefit)			72			(97	)			239				134
Operating income			334			318				1,026				1,156
Adjustments:
Stock-based compensation expense (b)			32			30				156				155
Depreciation, amortization and accretion (c)			48			51				201				203
Goodwill and other asset impairments (d)			—			8				155				11
Workforce reduction expenses and other non-recurring items (e)			22			10				74				30
Adjusted EBITDA		$	436		$	417			$	1,611			$	1,556
(a) Consists of the gain on event cancellation insurance claims for events cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
(b) Consists of charges for stock-based compensation awards.
(c) Includes depreciation expense, amortization of intangibles and accretion on asset retirement obligations.
(d) Includes $150 million of goodwill impairment related to Digital Markets in 2025 in addition to impairment loss for lease related assets, net of a reduction in lease liabilities.
(e) Consists of workforce reduction expenses, direct and incremental expenses related to acquisitions and divestitures, facility-related exit costs and other non-recurring items.

Reconciliation - GAAP Net Income and GAAP income per share to Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EPS (Unaudited; $ in millions, except per share amounts)
		Three Months Ended December 31,
		2025								2024
		Amount				Per Share				Amount				Per Share
GAAP net income		$	242			$	3.36			$	399			$	5.11
Acquisition and other adjustments:
Amortization of acquired intangibles (a)			20				0.28				22				0.28
Workforce reduction expenses and other non-recurring items (b), (c)			23				0.32				11				0.14
Goodwill and other asset impairments (e)			—				—				8				0.10
Gain on de-designated interest rate swaps (f)			—				—				(2	)			(0.02	)
Tax impact of adjustments (g)			(1	)			(0.02	)			(13	)			(0.16	)
Adjusted net income and Adjusted EPS (h)		$	284			$	3.94			$	425			$	5.45

		Year Ended December 31,
		2025								2024
		Amount				Per Share				Amount				Per Share
GAAP net income		$	729			$	9.65			$	1,254			$	16.00
Acquisition and other adjustments:
Amortization of acquired intangibles (a)			82				1.09				90				1.15
Workforce reduction expenses and other non-recurring items (b), (c)			78				1.03				35				0.45
Gain on event cancellation insurance claims (d)			—				—				(300	)			(3.83	)
Goodwill and other asset impairments (e)			155				2.05				11				0.14
Gain on de-designated interest rate swaps (f)			—				—				(4	)			(0.05	)
Tax impact of adjustments (g)			(48	)			(0.63	)			18				0.22
Adjusted net income and Adjusted EPS (h)		$	996			$	13.17			$	1,103			$	14.09
(a) Consists of non-cash amortization charges from acquired intangibles.
(b) Consists of workforce reduction expenses, direct and incremental expenses related to acquisitions and divestitures, facility-related exit costs and other non-recurring items.
(c) Includes the amortization and write-off of deferred financing fees, which are recorded in Interest expense, net in the Company’s accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and in the Adjusted EBITDA table above.
(d) Consists of the gain on event cancellation insurance claims for events cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
(e) Includes $150 million of goodwill impairment related to Digital Markets in Q3 2025 in addition to impairment loss for lease related assets, net of a reduction in lease liabilities.
(f) Represents the fair value adjustment for interest rate swaps after de-designation.
(g) The blended effective tax rates on the adjustments were approximately 3% and 32% for the three months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and 15% and 10% for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
(h) Adjusted EPS was calculated based on 72.1 million and 78.0 million diluted shares for the three months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and 75.6 million and 78.3 million diluted shares for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Reconciliation - GAAP Cash Provided by Operating Activities to Free Cash Flow (Unaudited; $ in millions)
		Three Months Ended December 31,								Year Ended December 31,
		2025				2024				2025				2024
GAAP cash provided by operating activities		$	295			$	335			$	1,290			$	1,485
Cash paid for capital expenditures			(24	)			(24	)			(115	)			(102	)
Free cash flow		$	271			$	311			$	1,175			$	1,383

GARTNER, INC. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited; in millions, except per share data)
	Three Months Ended
	December 31,
	2025				2024
Revenues:
Insights	$	1,282.8			$	1,246.8
Conferences		286.2				251.3
Consulting		133.6				153.2
Other		50.0				63.8
Total revenues		1,752.6				1,715.1
Costs and expenses:
Cost of services and product development		572.6				574.9
Selling, general and administrative		797.9				771.2
Depreciation		27.9				29.1
Amortization of intangibles		20.0				22.1
Total costs and expenses		1,418.4				1,397.3
Operating income		334.2				317.8
Interest expense, net		(19.1	)			(12.3	)
Other expense, net		(1.3	)			(3.8	)
Income before income taxes		313.8				301.7
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		71.7				(96.9	)
Net income	$	242.1			$	398.6
Net income per share:
Basic	$	3.36			$	5.14
Diluted	$	3.36			$	5.11
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		72.0				77.5
Diluted		72.1				78.0

Source: Gartner, Inc.

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Source: Gartner, Inc.