Gartner 2025 Q2 Earnings Strong Performance as Net Income Grows 4.9%

Gartner reported solid results for its fiscal 2025 Q2 earnings on August 5, 2025, with revenue and earnings growth exceeding expectations. The company updated its full-year guidance and announced strategic initiatives to enhance shareholder value.

Gartner delivered a 5.7% year-over-year revenue increase to $1.69 billion in 2025 Q2, driven by growth across its business segments. Research remained the company’s largest revenue driver at $1.32 billion, while Conferences and Consulting contributed $211.41 million and $155.59 million, respectively, reflecting a balanced performance across the enterprise.

Earnings also showed robust growth, with net income rising to $240.78 million in 2025 Q2, a 4.9% increase from $229.55 million in the prior year. Earnings per share (EPS) rose 5.8% to $3.12, reinforcing the company’s positive momentum and profitability. The strong EPS and net income performance underscore Gartner’s effective cost management and strategic execution.

Despite a challenging stock market environment, Gartner’s post-earnings trading strategy yielded notable results. A strategy of buying the stock following an earnings beat and selling 30 days later returned 19.05%, significantly outperforming the benchmark. The approach recorded a CAGR of 3.76% with a maximum drawdown of 0.00% and a Sharpe ratio of 0.21, suggesting a low-risk and steady-growth approach.

CEO Gene Hall highlighted that Q2 results exceeded expectations across key metrics, including revenue, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EPS, and free cash flow. The company has accelerated stock buybacks to enhance shareholder value and launched AskGartner, an AI-powered tool designed to improve client access to insights, as part of its ongoing innovation efforts.

Gartner provided updated full-year 2025 guidance, though it did not specify exact figures. The company remains focused on revenue growth, profitability, and shareholder returns, with the CEO expressing confidence in the trajectory of performance. The updated guidance is available on the Investor Relations website via the earnings supplement.

In related news, Gartner announced that AI agents and AI-ready data are among the fastest advancing technologies on the 2025 Hype Cycle for Artificial Intelligence. These innovations are at the Peak of Inflated Expectations, signaling strong interest and investment in AI. Additionally, multimodal AI and AI TRiSM (Trust, Risk, and Security Management) are expected to reach mainstream adoption within the next five years, offering robust and responsible AI applications. The company also announced plans to explore these trends further at the Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo in September.