Gartner (IT) Q4 Earnings Report Preview: What To Look For

Research and advisory firm Gartner will be announcing earnings results this Tuesday before the bell. Here’s what investors should know.

Gartner met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.52 billion, up 2.7% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and revenue in line with analysts’ estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Gartner’s revenue to grow 2% year on year to $1.75 billion, slowing from the 8.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $3.51 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Gartner has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.

Looking at Gartner’s peers in the it services & other tech segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. IBM delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 12.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.5%, and DXC reported flat revenue, in line with consensus estimates. IBM traded up 5.1% following the results while DXC’s stock price was unchanged.

Read our full analysis of IBM’s results here and DXC’s results here.

Investors in the it services & other tech segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Gartner is down 12.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $284.18 (compared to the current share price of $208.03).