Gartner (IT) Earnings: Q3 2026 Results and Next Report Date

The quarter ended September 30, 2026 and Gartner published the results on November 3, 2026. Revenue and diluted EPS are shown against Q3 2025, the same quarter a year earlier, which takes seasonal swings out of the comparison. Gartner reports EPS two ways: GAAP, under the accounting rules every US filer follows, and Adjusted EPS, which leaves out items the company considers outside its operating results. The release reconciles the two, and when they diverge, the reconciliation says why.

• Gartner sold its Digital Markets business on February 5, 2026. It was reported in the Other segment, so Q3 2025 revenue includes $55.2 million that has no counterpart in Q3 2026. Gartner's Adjusted Revenues exclude it.
• Q3 2025 GAAP results included a $150.0 million goodwill impairment on Digital Markets, which is why GAAP EPS rose from $0.47 to $3.35.
• Gartner's release says it raised its full-year 2026 outlook but gives the figures only in an earnings supplement on its investor relations website, so no guidance is quoted here.

Source: Gartner Q3 2026 results, November 3, 2026. Also in the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2026. Figures as reported; checked against the release on November 10, 2026.

How Gartner splits revenue in its own release, under its own labels, for Q3 2026 against Q3 2025. Indented lines are parts of the line above them.

• Gartner's Insights revenue was $1.3 billion in Q3 2026, up 2% from $1.3 billion in Q3 2025, 86% of total revenue.
• Gartner's Conferences revenue was $86.0 million in Q3 2026, up 15% from $74.6 million in Q3 2025, 6% of total revenue.
• Gartner's Consulting revenue was $126 million in Q3 2026, up 2% from $124 million in Q3 2025, 8% of total revenue.

Segment lines are the figures writers cite most often, because they show where the growth in a quarter came from. Companies redraw their segments from time to time and restate the prior year to match, so a year-ago figure here can differ from the one printed a year ago. When that has happened, the note above says so.

Revenue and diluted EPS for the last 5 quarters. Each date links to that quarter's release.

GAAP total revenues and diluted EPS, each as first reported in that quarter's release. Quarters up to and including Q1 2026 include revenue from Digital Markets, which Gartner sold on February 5, 2026.

Gartner's next report is expected around February 2, 2027, a date estimated from its reporting history that the company has not yet confirmed. This page will show Q3 2026 until those results are out and have been checked against the release.

Each quarter keeps its own page with the figures as reported, so a link to one stays pointed at the same numbers after the next report.

• Q3 2026 (this page), reported Nov 3, 2026

Gartner's total revenues were $1,504.8 million in Q3 2026, down 1.3% from $1,524.1 million, because it sold its Digital Markets business in February 2026; that business had $55.2 million of revenue in Q3 2025. Gartner's Adjusted Revenues, which remove the divested business, rose 2.4% to $1,505 million from $1,469 million, or 2.6% excluding currency. (Gartner Q3 2026 release, Nov 3, 2026; Gartner Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 3, 2026)

Gartner's Insights segment, its subscription research business, had revenues of $1,292.4 million, up 2%, and a gross contribution margin of 77.6%. Contract value, the annualized value of Insights subscriptions, was $5.3 billion on a currency-neutral basis, up 2.5% from a year earlier and 1.1% from the prior quarter: $4.0 billion in Global Technology Sales (up 2.1%) and $1.3 billion in Global Business Sales (up 3.7%). Gartner said contract value growth came mainly from new clients and was led by the banking sector. (Gartner Q3 2026 release, Nov 3, 2026; Gartner Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 3, 2026)

Gartner's Global Technology Sales client retention was 85%, up from 84%, and wallet retention was 98% in both years. In Global Business Sales, client retention was 87% in both years and wallet retention fell to 99% from 102%, which Gartner attributed largely to lower spending by existing clients. (Gartner Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 3, 2026)

Conferences revenues rose 15% to $86.0 million, mainly on higher exhibitor revenue, as Gartner held 13 destination conferences against 10 and drew 13,575 attendees against 11,454. Consulting revenues rose 2% to $126.4 million: labor-based consulting was flat and contract optimization revenue rose 9%. Consulting billable headcount fell to 817 from 924, and backlog rose 9% to $216.9 million. (Gartner Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 3, 2026)

Gartner serves over 13,000 enterprises in approximately 90 countries and territories. In 2025, United States and Canada revenues were $4,032.6 million of $6,497.2 million, with $1,693.7 million from Europe, Middle East and Africa and $770.9 million from other international markets. (Gartner Form 10-K, 2025, Feb 12, 2026)

Gartner's GAAP diluted EPS rose to $3.35 from $0.47 because Q3 2025 carried a $150.0 million goodwill impairment on Digital Markets, worth $2.06 a share with other asset impairments. Adjusted EPS rose 30.1% to $3.59 from $2.76. The Q3 2026 adjustments were amortization of acquired intangibles ($20 million, $0.31 a share), workforce reduction and other non-recurring items ($0.03), a $0.02 gain adjustment on the divested operation and a $0.09 tax impact. (Gartner Q3 2026 release, Nov 3, 2026)

Gartner's effective income tax rate was 16.1%, against 49.1% a year earlier. Gartner attributed the decrease to a favorable release of reserves after related inquiries were resolved, and to the 2025 goodwill impairment, which was not deductible for tax purposes. (Gartner Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 3, 2026)

Buybacks cut Gartner's diluted share count to 63.9 million from 75.0 million. Gartner repurchased 886,818 shares for $138.2 million in Q3 2026 at an average price of $143.14, against 3,955,033 shares at $265.38 a year earlier, and said it repurchased $1.7 billion of stock over the last four quarters. At September 30, 2026, $1.1 billion remained under its repurchase authorization. (Gartner Q3 2026 release, Nov 3, 2026; Gartner Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 3, 2026)

Diluted EPS divides net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding in the quarter, plus the shares that options and other equity awards could add. Buybacks shrink that count and lift EPS for the same profit; share issuance and stock awards enlarge it.

Gartner's release says it increased its full-year 2026 guidance for Revenues, Adjusted EBITDA excluding divested operation, Adjusted EPS and free cash flow, but the release and the 8-K give no figures. Gartner publishes the numbers in an earnings supplement on its investor relations website, which is not filed with the SEC. (Gartner Q3 2026 release, Nov 3, 2026)

Gartner's CEO Gene Hall said Revenues, Adjusted EBITDA excluding divested operation, Adjusted EPS and free cash flow were ahead of expectations in Q3 2026. Adjusted EBITDA excluding divested operation was $364 million, up 7.5%, and free cash flow was $275 million, up 2.2%. (Gartner Q3 2026 release, Nov 3, 2026)

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The consensus figures on this page are Yahoo Finance's, as pulled on the date shown. Each comes with the number of analysts behind it; the smaller that number, the more one revised estimate can move the average.

The figures below are the ones Gartner's own release and filings put weight on for Q3 2026, with the latest reported value for each.

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