Gartner, Inc. (IT) Stock Analysis
Falling Knife setup
Technology · Information Technology Services
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $143.19 — A.R:R 0.1:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 52.9): -1.5.
Gartner provides subscription-based business and technology insights, conferences, and consulting to 13,000+ enterprise clients in ~90 countries through its Business and Technology Insights, Conferences, and Consulting segments. Insights subscriptions (multi-year, 12-month... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $143.19 — A.R:R 0.1:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 52.9): -1.5. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 37, MACD bearish. Score 5.2/10, high confidence.
Passes 5/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, earnings proximity 50d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: moderate.
About Gartner, Inc.
About Gartner, Inc.
Gartner's subscription-based Business and Technology Insights segment generated approximately 78% of 2025 total revenues, with Consulting contributing roughly 9% and Conferences the remainder, across more than 13,000 enterprises in approximately 90 countries. Experts logged more than 510,000 direct client interactions in 2025; 53 in-person conferences drew more than 83,000 attendees including 12 Symposium/Xpo events. Gartner employed 20,244 people globally at December 31, 2025, with more than 2,400 business and technology experts located in more than 30 countries.
Gartner earns subscription revenue through Insights contracts typically structured as 12-month or longer commitments, with 77% of contracts multi-year at December 31, 2025 and a client retention rate of 85% in 2025 (84% in 2024). Within Insights, Global Technology Sales (GTS) targets technology users and providers while Global Business Sales (GBS) serves HR, supply chain, finance, and marketing leaders. Consulting engagements are project-based and non-recurring, and contract-optimization sub-practice revenue fluctuates significantly period to period. Conferences are event-driven and exposed to macroeconomic disruptions; the company's conference insurance explicitly excludes cancellations due to communicable diseases. In August 2025, Gartner launched AskGartner, a tool giving subscription clients faster access to research content. On February 5, 2026, the company completed the sale of Digital Markets for approximately $110.0 million.
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Gartner's Insights subscription model faces a structural challenge from AI chatbots and large language models that may provide substantive answers directly to users, potentially reducing the need to visit Gartner portals. The 10-K acknowledges that search engines and LLMs update algorithms in ways that may reduce traffic to Gartner websites, and that chatbots may draw on Gartner content without directing users to the site. A $150.0 million goodwill impairment was recognized in the Digital Markets reporting unit during 2025, ahead of the February 2026 divestiture. Client retention of 85% in 2025 provides a near-term floor, but multi-year contracts subject to renewal and the competitive pressure of AI-generated content introduce ongoing execution risk.
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From Gartner, Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 10, 2026.
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3 floor-breakers
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Revenue shrinking — -1.5% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $143.19 — A.R:R 0.1:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 52.9): -1.5. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 37, MACD bearish. Prior stop was $138.49. Score 5.2/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $144.89 (+1.1% upside). Prior stop was $138.49. Stop-loss: $138.49.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Leverage penalty (D/E 52.9): -1.5; Weak growth.
Gartner, Inc. trades at a P/E of 14.6 (forward 9.6). TrendMatrix value score: 8.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
25 analysts cover IT with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $167.
What does Gartner, Inc. do?Gartner provides subscription-based business and technology insights, conferences, and consulting to 13,000+ enterprise...
Gartner provides subscription-based business and technology insights, conferences, and consulting to 13,000+ enterprise clients in ~90 countries through its Business and Technology Insights, Conferences, and Consulting segments. Insights subscriptions (multi-year, 12-month minimums with 85% client retention) constituted ~78% of 2025 revenues; 20,244 employees globally.