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Reasons Why You Should Retain Gartner Stock in Your Portfolio.
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Key Takeaways
IT shares gained 8.6% in a month, beating the industry's 4.6% rise, backed by a Growth Score of A.
IT's research unit, enhanced by the CEB acquisition, drives revenues via analyst-led insights and advice.
IT boosts value through AskGartner, conferences and share repurchases despite a sub-1 current ratio.
Shares of Gartner (IT - Free Report) have gained 9.5% over the past month, outperforming the industry’s 5.9% growth.
IT has a Growth Score of A, which condenses key financial metrics to reflect a fair sense of the quality and sustainability of its growth. The company’s revenues are expected to grow 3.5% in 2025 and 3.3% in 2026.
Factors That Bode Well for IT
IT’s revenue growth is primarily driven by its indispensable technologically advanced research segment, which provides key insights and decision-support solutions for an informed decision-making process. The acquisition of CEB Inc. in 2017, a provider of best-practice and talent-management insights, combined with Gartner’s advanced analyst-driven syndicated research and advisory services, has enabled the company with commendable market strength.
IT's continuous effort to accelerate and enhance the capabilities of AskGartner, an AI-driven tool, which enables quicker access and generates in-depth summaries of business and technology insights, sets the company ahead of its competitors. The insights are derived from the company’s vast pool of highly differentiated and unique proprietary data, including the industry's largest Gartner IT Key Metrics database.
The company also generates considerable client value through its Conferences, uniquely designed to combine actionable and objective insights with expert guidance and consultation. The company recently organized the 35th Annual IT Symposium/Xpo in Orlando, FL, hosting more than 7,000 technology leaders over a four-day in-person conference.
IT enhances shareholder value through consistent share buybacks. It repurchased 7.3, 3.8, 3.9 and 1.6 million shares for $1.7 billion, $1 billion, $600 million and $700 million in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, respectively. These indicate the company’s commitment to instill investors’ confidence in the stock.
Key Risk Factor
IT had a current ratio of 0.88, lower than the industry's average of 1.19 in the last quarter. A current ratio below 1 often suggests that a company may not be well-positioned to meet its short-term obligations.
A couple of better-ranked stocks are Genpact (G - Free Report) and Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR - Free Report) .
Genpact carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) at present. G has a long-term earnings growth expectation of 9.6%. The company delivered a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 5.5% on average.
Palantir Technologies also holds a Zacks Rank of 2 at present, with a long-term earnings growth expectation of 50%. PLTR beat earnings estimates in three of the last four quarters and matched once, with an earnings surprise of 16.3% on average.
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Reasons Why You Should Retain Gartner Stock in Your Portfolio.
Key Takeaways
Shares of Gartner (IT - Free Report) have gained 9.5% over the past month, outperforming the industry’s 5.9% growth.
IT has a Growth Score of A, which condenses key financial metrics to reflect a fair sense of the quality and sustainability of its growth. The company’s revenues are expected to grow 3.5% in 2025 and 3.3% in 2026.
Factors That Bode Well for IT
IT’s revenue growth is primarily driven by its indispensable technologically advanced research segment, which provides key insights and decision-support solutions for an informed decision-making process. The acquisition of CEB Inc. in 2017, a provider of best-practice and talent-management insights, combined with Gartner’s advanced analyst-driven syndicated research and advisory services, has enabled the company with commendable market strength.
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IT's continuous effort to accelerate and enhance the capabilities of AskGartner, an AI-driven tool, which enables quicker access and generates in-depth summaries of business and technology insights, sets the company ahead of its competitors. The insights are derived from the company’s vast pool of highly differentiated and unique proprietary data, including the industry's largest Gartner IT Key Metrics database.
The company also generates considerable client value through its Conferences, uniquely designed to combine actionable and objective insights with expert guidance and consultation. The company recently organized the 35th Annual IT Symposium/Xpo in Orlando, FL, hosting more than 7,000 technology leaders over a four-day in-person conference.
IT enhances shareholder value through consistent share buybacks. It repurchased 7.3, 3.8, 3.9 and 1.6 million shares for $1.7 billion, $1 billion, $600 million and $700 million in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, respectively. These indicate the company’s commitment to instill investors’ confidence in the stock.
Key Risk Factor
IT had a current ratio of 0.88, lower than the industry's average of 1.19 in the last quarter. A current ratio below 1 often suggests that a company may not be well-positioned to meet its short-term obligations.
Zacks Rank & Stocks to Consider
Gartner currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here
A couple of better-ranked stocks are Genpact (G - Free Report) and Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR - Free Report) .
Genpact carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) at present. G has a long-term earnings growth expectation of 9.6%. The company delivered a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 5.5% on average.
Palantir Technologies also holds a Zacks Rank of 2 at present, with a long-term earnings growth expectation of 50%. PLTR beat earnings estimates in three of the last four quarters and matched once, with an earnings surprise of 16.3% on average.