secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GARTNER INC (IT)
CIK:        0000749251
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-04T10:01:36+00:00
Accession:  0000749251-26-000243
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Gartner Q2 EPS $4.14 (+33% YoY), raises FY guidance; adds $500M buyback
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- Diluted EPS $4.14 (+33.1% YoY); Adjusted EPS $4.37 (+23.8% YoY); revenues $1.68B (-0.6% as reported, -1.6% FX neutral).
- Adjusted EBITDA ex-divested op $466M (+6.4% as reported, +4.4% FX neutral); free cash flow $378M (+8.9%).
- Contract Value FX neutral $5.3B, +0.3% sequentially, +1.7% YoY; GTS CV $4.0B (+1.1% YoY), GBS CV $1.3B (+3.3% YoY).
- Repurchased 3.6M shares for $547M in Q2; Board authorized additional $500M buyback (total remaining ~$1.14B).
- Raised full-year guidance for Adj. EBITDA ex-divested op, Adj. EPS, and free cash flow despite stronger dollar.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/749251/000074925126000243/0000749251-26-000243-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/749251/000074925126000243/it-20260730.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000749251-26-000243

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