Gartner key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Gartner had return on equity of 86.9%, an operating margin of 15.8%, debt equal to 939.3% of equity and a current ratio of 1.00. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Gartner: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMSept 2026
Gross margin	56.4%	57.6%	58.8%	59.6%	60.4%	61.1%	—	61.3%	60.1%	63.1%	63.5%	67.2%	69.5%	69.7%	68.3%	68.3%	68.8%	70.6%
Operating margin	11.8%	11.6%	14.6%	15.2%	15.4%	14.2%	13.3%	12.5%	−0.2%	6.5%	8.7%	12.0%	19.3%	20.1%	20.9%	18.4%	15.8%	20.3%
Net margin	7.3%	7.5%	9.3%	10.3%	10.2%	9.1%	8.1%	7.9%	0.1%	3.1%	5.5%	6.5%	16.8%	14.8%	14.9%	20.0%	11.2%	14.8%
Free-cash-flow margin	12.9%	14.3%	14.5%	14.6%	15.6%	15.3%	13.8%	12.9%	4.3%	8.7%	9.8%	20.0%	26.5%	18.1%	17.8%	22.1%	18.1%	20.1%
Return on equity	73.7%	64.3%	74.2%	67.9%	54.7%	70.3%	—	—	0.6%	13.4%	26.1%	26.3%	108.6%	—	194.3%	122.9%	86.9%	—
Return on assets	6.8%	7.7%	10.3%	11.1%	10.7%	10.0%	8.6%	8.5%	0.1%	1.8%	3.5%	3.7%	10.8%	11.0%	11.7%	15.3%	8.8%	12.5%
Asset turnover	0.94	1.03	1.10	1.08	1.05	1.10	1.06	1.08	0.69	0.59	0.64	0.57	0.64	0.74	0.78	0.77	0.78	0.85
Current ratio	0.62	0.77	0.77	0.87	0.94	0.90	0.86	0.92	0.92	0.69	0.71	0.79	0.78	0.77	0.91	1.06	1.00	0.91
Debt to equity	292.4%	117.7%	192.5%	104.3%	94.4%	251.3%	—	>999%	337.9%	271.8%	235.2%	184.0%	671.9%	>999%	364.3%	182.4%	939.3%	—
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	8.0x	—	19.1x	24.8x	26.5x	23.3x	12.8x	11.1x	n/m	2.0x	3.6x	4.2x	7.7x	8.7x	9.3x	8.8x	8.2x	8.7x
Effective tax rate	28.2%	28.2%	32.3%	29.6%	31.4%	33.1%	35.5%	32.9%	—	32.4%	15.4%	18.2%	18.2%	21.4%	23.1%	9.6%	24.7%	21.5%
SG&A as % of revenue	41.8%	42.2%	41.8%	42.0%	42.6%	43.3%	44.5%	44.6%	48.3%	47.4%	49.5%	49.7%	45.5%	45.3%	45.7%	46.0%	47.2%	47.1%
Capital spending as % of revenue	1.3%	1.7%	2.9%	2.7%	2.0%	1.9%	2.1%	2.0%	3.3%	3.2%	3.5%	2.0%	1.3%	2.0%	1.7%	1.6%	1.8%	1.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	176.9%	190.9%	156.0%	141.9%	152.7%	167.8%	170.5%	163.1%	>999%	281.1%	178.5%	307.2%	157.9%	123.0%	119.3%	110.3%	161.2%	135.7%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	2.6%	54.3%	99.2%	47.3%	65.1%	140.1%	170.0%	18.7%	28.7%	75.8%	47.8%	21.5%	132.2%	105.1%	57.6%	53.2%	169.4%	132.7%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Gartner: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026	2026 Q3Sept 2026
Gross margin	66.8%	69.4%	68.6%	69.3%	67.8%	71.9%	71.5%	71.5%
Operating margin	18.5%	18.1%	19.4%	5.7%	19.1%	20.9%	22.6%	18.7%
Net margin	23.2%	13.7%	14.3%	2.3%	13.8%	14.7%	16.4%	14.2%
Free-cash-flow margin	18.2%	18.8%	20.6%	17.7%	15.4%	24.5%	22.6%	18.3%
Current ratio	1.06	1.09	1.11	0.88	1.00	0.94	0.88	0.91
Debt to equity	181.0%	164.3%	160.6%	442.6%	932.0%	>999%	—	—
SG&A as % of revenue	45.0%	47.6%	46.1%	50.0%	45.5%	48.1%	45.6%	49.6%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 5 checks passed · September 30, 2026

What it owns · $7.2bn

Short-term assets $3.2bnLonger-term assets $3.9bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $7.2bn

Short-term liabilities $3.5bnLonger-term liabilities $3.7bnShareholders' equity $-35m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $3.2bn of assets due within a year against $3.5bn of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $3.2bn short-term assets against $3.7bn of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $1.6bn of cash against $3.0bn of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.4bn of operating cash flow against $3.0bn of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.3bn against $151m of interest.

From Gartner's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

67 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Gartner's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 20 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 22.3% of total assets over 6 years.
Pricing power 17 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 61.0%, moving by 4.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 7 years.
Durability 6 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 16.8%; its worst year was 1.3%.
Cash conversion 19 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 18.2% of revenue.
Discipline 20 / 20

The diluted share count fell 22.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 2.0% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (82 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Gartner's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 3, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Gartner.