Gartner, Inc. (IT) Key Metrics
IT valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $12.97B
- Enterprise value
- $13.03B
- P/E (TTM)
- 18.6 10-yr median 40.7
- Forward P/E
- 11.3
- PEG ratio
- 0.71
- Price / sales
- 2.0 10-yr median 3.5
- Price / book
- 160.1 10-yr median 40.4
- EV / EBITDA
- 9.6 10-yr median 24.4
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.98
IT key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsIT valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
IT returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
IT per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
IT financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
IT efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
IT valuation history
IT returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
IT debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
IT cash returned to shareholders
IT price vs earnings per share
IT key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $18.19B | $37.95B | $35.94B | $27.25B | $28.81B | $14.42B | $14.02B | $11.78B | $11.06B | $8.47B |
| Enterprise value | $20.09B | $38.92B | $37.70B | $29.71B | $31.30B | $16.55B | $16.83B | $13.90B | $13.80B | $8.69B |
| P/E ratio | 24.9 | 30.3 | 40.7 | 33.7 | 36.3 | 54.1 | 60.1 | 96.2 | — | 43.8 |
| Price / sales | 2.8 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| Price / book | 56.9 | 27.9 | 52.8 | 119.6 | 77.6 | 13.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 11.2 | 139.2 |
| Price / free cash flow | 15.5 | 27.4 | 34.1 | 27.4 | 23.0 | 17.6 | 33.7 | 34.2 | 76.9 | 26.8 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 14.1 | 25.6 | 31.1 | 24.7 | 22.0 | 16.0 | 24.8 | 25.0 | 43.4 | 23.2 |
| EV / sales | 3.1 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.3 | 22.6 | 25.6 | 22.1 | 24.1 | 25.0 | 28.5 | 24.7 | 57.4 | 23.0 |
| EV / free cash flow | 17.1 | 28.1 | 35.8 | 29.9 | 25.0 | 20.2 | 40.4 | 40.4 | 96.0 | 27.5 |
| Earnings yield | 4.0% | 3.3% | 2.5% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 2.3% |
| Free cash flow yield | 6.5% | 3.6% | 2.9% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 5.7% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 1.3% | 3.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | — | 1.6% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | — | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 10.9% | 1.9% | 3.3% | 3.9% | 5.8% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 0.4% | 0.7% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $252.28 | $484.47 | $451.11 | $336.14 | $334.32 | $160.19 | $154.10 | $127.84 | $123.15 | $101.07 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $90.11 | $80.00 | $74.13 | $67.55 | $54.93 | $45.54 | $46.67 | $43.15 | $36.88 | $29.16 |
| Earnings per share | $10.11 | $16.00 | $11.08 | $9.96 | $9.21 | $2.96 | $2.56 | $1.33 | $0.04 | $2.31 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $17.90 | $18.96 | $14.50 | $13.59 | $15.23 | $10.03 | $6.22 | $5.11 | $2.83 | $4.36 |
| Free cash flow per share | $16.30 | $17.66 | $13.21 | $12.25 | $14.54 | $9.10 | $4.58 | $3.74 | $1.60 | $3.77 |
| Cash per share | $23.89 | $24.68 | $16.55 | $8.61 | $8.78 | $7.92 | $3.09 | $1.70 | $6.00 | $5.66 |
| Book value per share | $4.44 | $17.35 | $8.54 | $2.81 | $4.31 | $12.11 | $10.32 | $9.24 | $10.95 | $0.73 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$38.24 | −$25.28 | −$34.62 | −$40.55 | −$38.23 | −$29.57 | −$32.14 | −$33.81 | −$36.71 | −$9.00 |
| Dividends per share | — | — | $7.39 | $0.27 | $0.21 | $0.20 | $0.19 | — | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Capex per share | $1.60 | $1.30 | $1.29 | $1.33 | $0.69 | $0.93 | $1.64 | $1.38 | $1.23 | $0.59 |
| Debt per share | $50.18 | $37.02 | $38.53 | $38.96 | $37.72 | $31.58 | $34.00 | $24.77 | $36.52 | $8.28 |
| Shares outstanding | 72.1M | 78.3M | 79.7M | 81.1M | 86.2M | 90.0M | 91.0M | 92.1M | 89.8M | 83.8M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −8.0% | −1.7% | −1.7% | −5.9% | −4.3% | −1.0% | −1.2% | +2.6% | +7.1% | −1.5% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 86.9% | 122.9% | 194.3% | 269.8% | 108.6% | 26.3% | 26.1% | 13.4% | 0.6% | — |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 34.0% | 43.9% | 37.2% | 31.2% | 24.6% | 11.5% | 9.3% | 5.2% | −0.2% | 68.9% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 8.8% | 15.3% | 11.7% | 11.0% | 10.8% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 1.8% | 0.1% | 8.5% |
| Return on tangible assets | 14.6% | 24.1% | 20.1% | 21.3% | 21.2% | 7.5% | 7.1% | 5.5% | 0.1% | 12.5% |
| Free cash flow margin | 18.1% | 22.1% | 17.8% | 18.1% | 26.5% | 20.0% | 9.8% | 8.7% | 4.3% | 12.9% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.77 | 1.18 | 1.31 | 1.36 | 1.65 | 3.39 | 2.42 | 3.85 | 77.62 | 1.89 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $3.62B | $2.90B | $3.07B | $3.16B | $3.25B | $2.84B | $3.09B | $2.28B | $3.28B | $694.4M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $1.72B | $1.93B | $1.32B | $698.0M | $756.5M | $712.6M | $280.8M | $156.4M | $538.9M | $474.2M |
| Net debt | $1.90B | $966.9M | $1.75B | $2.46B | $2.49B | $2.13B | $2.81B | $2.13B | $2.74B | $220.2M |
| Debt / equity | 11.31 | 2.13 | 4.51 | 13.86 | 8.76 | 2.61 | 3.29 | 2.68 | 3.33 | 11.41 |
| Debt / assets | 0.45 | 0.34 | 0.39 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.39 | 0.43 | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.29 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.54 | 0.56 | 1.19 | 1.83 | 1.92 | 3.22 | 4.76 | 3.77 | 11.40 | 0.58 |
| Current ratio | 1.00 | 1.06 | 0.91 | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.71 | 0.69 | 0.92 | 0.92 |
| Quick ratio | 1.00 | 1.06 | 0.91 | 0.66 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.71 | 0.69 | 0.92 | 0.92 |
| Interest coverage | 9.2 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.0 | -0.0 | 11.1 |
| Working capital | −$5.8M | $227.5M | −$349.8M | −$811.5M | −$758.7M | −$624.4M | −$837.8M | −$809.2M | −$234.0M | −$117.1M |
| Invested capital | $2.22B | $2.33B | $2.43B | $2.69B | $2.86B | $3.22B | $3.75B | $2.98B | $3.72B | $281.0M |
| Tangible asset value | −$2.76B | −$1.98B | −$2.76B | −$3.29B | −$3.29B | −$2.66B | −$2.92B | −$3.11B | −$3.30B | −$754.4M |
| Net current asset value | −$3.70B | −$2.98B | −$3.73B | −$4.29B | −$4.43B | −$3.90B | −$4.19B | −$3.54B | −$3.71B | −$963.3M |
| Graham number | $31.78 | $79.04 | $46.14 | $25.10 | $29.87 | $28.42 | $24.40 | $16.62 | $3.00 | $6.14 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$66.29 | −$50.68 | −$58.21 | −$61.68 | −$61.09 | −$50.90 | −$54.27 | −$46.17 | −$54.33 | −$16.11 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | — | — | $588.9M | $22.2M | $18.2M | $18.1M | $17.6M | — | $0 | $0 |
| Share buybacks (net) | $1.99B | $735.4M | $606.2M | $1.04B | $1.66B | $176.3M | $199.0M | $260.8M | $41.3M | $59.0M |
| Dividend payout ratio | — | — | 66.7% | 2.8% | 2.3% | 6.8% | 7.6% | — | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 169.4% | 53.2% | 113.5% | 107.3% | 133.6% | 23.7% | 52.0% | 75.8% | 28.7% | 18.7% |
| Capex / revenue | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 1.3% | 2.0% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 2.0% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 8.9% | 6.9% | 8.9% | 9.8% | 4.6% | 9.3% | 26.4% | 26.9% | 43.5% | 13.6% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.57 | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.56 | 0.28 | 0.38 | 0.70 | 0.50 | 0.46 | 0.80 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 1.7% | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 1.9% |
| R&D / revenue | 16.1% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 30.9% | 0.7% | 32.8% | 36.5% | 36.9% | 39.9% | 38.7% |
| SG&A / revenue | 47.2% | 46.0% | 45.7% | 45.3% | 42.3% | 49.7% | 49.5% | 47.4% | 48.3% | 44.6% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 95.0 | 96.0 | 97.6 | 97.4 | 100.5 | 114.3 | 111.0 | 111.6 | 100.3 | 91.4 |
| Days of inventory on hand | — | — | 38.9 | 88.8 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — | 0.0 |
| Days payables outstanding | 9.2 | 10.7 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 12.4 | 14.0 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 85.8 | 85.3 | 122.5 | 171.9 | 89.4 | 104.6 | 102.7 | 100.9 | 87.9 | 77.4 |
| Receivables turnover | 3.84 | 3.80 | 3.74 | 3.75 | 3.63 | 3.19 | 3.29 | 3.27 | 3.64 | 4.00 |
| Payables turnover | 39.81 | 34.02 | 26.01 | 25.57 | 32.87 | 37.58 | 43.99 | 33.96 | 29.33 | 26.06 |
| Inventory turnover | — | — | — | 4.11 | — | 1,345,024,000.00 | 1,550,568,000.00 | — | — | 1,891,296,000.00 |
| Asset turnover | 0.78 | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.74 | 0.64 | 0.57 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.69 | 1.08 |
| Average receivables | $1.69B | $1.65B | $1.58B | $1.46B | $1.30B | $1.28B | $1.29B | $1.22B | $909.9M | $611.9M |
| Average payables | $52.8M | $59.5M | $73.2M | $66.3M | $43.9M | $35.8M | $35.3M | $43.3M | $45.0M | $36.3M |
| Average inventory | — | — | $203.1M | $412.1M | — | $1 | $1 | — | $0 | $0 |
| Intangibles / total assets | 38.1% | 39.1% | 43.9% | 48.2% | 49.4% | 51.3% | 54.0% | 63.9% | 58.8% | 34.4% |
Computed from IT's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 12, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
IT valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Gartner traded at 24.9 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 40.7. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 18.6 and the forward P/E is 11.3. Gartner earned a return on equity of 86.9% and a return on invested capital of 34.0% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $3.6 billion of debt and $1.7 billion in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $1.9 billion. It returned $2.0 billion to shareholders: $0 in dividends and $2.0 billion in share buybacks, 169% of free cash flow. The share count fell 14.0% from 83.8M to 72.1M over 9 years.
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IT key metrics FAQ
What is Gartner's P/E ratio?
Gartner's trailing P/E ratio is 18.6 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 11.3. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 24.9, compared with a 10-year median of 40.7.
What is Gartner's EV/EBITDA?
Gartner's enterprise value was 16.3 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $20.1 billion, EBITDA $1.2 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 9.6.
What is Gartner's return on equity?
Gartner's return on equity (ROE) was 86.9% in fiscal 2025: net income of $729.2 million on average shareholders' equity of $839.5 million. ROE is high partly because years of buybacks have reduced equity on the balance sheet.
What is Gartner's ROIC?
Gartner's return on invested capital was 34.0% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Gartner have?
Gartner had total debt of $3.6 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.31 and $1.9 billion of net debt (1.54 times EBITDA).
Does Gartner buy back its shares?
Yes. Gartner spent $2.0 billion on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −8.0% over the year, to 72.1M..
What is Gartner's free cash flow yield?
Gartner generated $1.2 billion of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 6.5% on its market value at year-end ($18.2 billion).
What is Gartner's current ratio?
Gartner's current ratio was 1.00 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.00 times current liabilities.