---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000749251-21-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IT"
cik: "0000749251"
company_name: "GARTNER INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T15:25:26.099685+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gartner Q3 revenue $1.156B (+16.3% YoY), diluted EPS $1.76 (+826%), raises full-year guidance

## Summary
- Total contract value $4.0B (+13.8% YoY FX neutral); GTS CV $3.2B (+11.8%), GBS CV $0.8B (+22.3%).
- Adjusted EBITDA $305M (+82.3% as reported); adjusted EPS $2.03 (+123.1%); free cash flow $331M (+44.5%).
- Repurchased 1.3M shares for $355M in Q3; year-to-date buyback exceeds $1.4B.
- Research revenue $1.037B (+16.2% as reported); Conferences revenue $24M (+91.7%); Consulting revenue $95M (+6.3%).
- CEO Gene Hall cited momentum and raised guidance to reflect year-to-date performance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000749251-21-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IT
- cik: 0000749251
- company_name: GARTNER INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/749251/000074925121000036/0000749251-21-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/749251/000074925121000036/it-20211102.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000749251-21-000036
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000749251-21-000036.txt

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