Gartner

Consulting Services · Industrials

Also trades as: 0ITV.L

Price

$195.90

+2.22 (+1.15%)

Market Cap

$13.12B

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Strong

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Exceptional

Stability

Mixed

Valuation

Strong

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Share count falling — buybacks

−16.3% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 86.2M (2021) → 72.1M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Gartner is a research and advisory company that helps business leaders make decisions about technology. It sells subscriptions to research reports, data, and expert advice, mainly to large companies and government agencies around the world. Gartner is best known for its "Magic Quadrant" reports, which rank technology vendors in hundreds of different categories.

Most of Gartner's revenue comes from subscription contracts, where clients pay annually to access its research and talk to analysts. It operates globally, with a large portion of revenue coming from North America, and serves clients in over 90 countries. Its main competitive advantage is the sheer volume of proprietary data it has collected over decades, which is hard for a new competitor to replicate quickly. The key risk is that if companies cut budgets during an economic slowdown, research subscriptions are often among the first expenses reduced.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-0.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+32.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$1.0B/ year

16.1% of revenue

4.0x the sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

2.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.5B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Gartner's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

70.9%

Premium pricing power — 70.9% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

22.6%

Excellent — 22.6% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

13.5%

Good — 13.5% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+0.7%

Nearly flat sales (+0.7% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-31.7%

Earnings shrinking (-31.7% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

178%

Turns 178% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

19.9%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (19.9%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

14.18x

Comfortably covers interest (14.2x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

17.6x

Fair value — P/E 17.6

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+7.8

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (17.6 → 9.7)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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