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Gartner (IT) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Gartner filings provide 18 years of FCF Margin readings, the most recent being 24.53% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin rose 576.0% to 24.53% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 19.43%, a 435.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 18.09%, down 398.0% from a year prior.
  • FCF Margin hit 24.53% in Q1 2026 for Gartner, up from 15.45% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 38.06% in Q3 2024 to a low of 10.19% in Q1 2023.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 18.77% (2025), compared with a mean of 19.41%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: skyrocketed 1659bps in 2024 and later plummeted -2040bps in 2025.
  • Gartner's FCF Margin stood at 11.0% in 2022, then rose by 13bps to 12.38% in 2023, then soared by 47bps to 18.16% in 2024, then fell by -15bps to 15.45% in 2025, then surged by 59bps to 24.53% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 24.53% (Q1 2026), 15.45% (Q4 2025), and 17.67% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.