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Gartner (IT) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Gartner filings provide 18 years of Free Cash Flow readings, the most recent being $370.6 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow rose 28.71% to $370.6 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was $1.3 billion, a 16.42% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $1.2 billion, down 15.04% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $370.6 million in Q1 2026 for Gartner, up from $270.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $565.0 million in Q3 2024 to a low of $143.6 million in Q1 2023.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $287.9 million (2025), compared with a mean of $292.6 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: surged 86.78% in 2024 and later tumbled 52.34% in 2025.
  • Gartner's Free Cash Flow stood at $165.5 million in 2022, then increased by 18.63% to $196.4 million in 2023, then surged by 58.6% to $311.4 million in 2024, then decreased by 13.07% to $270.7 million in 2025, then skyrocketed by 36.9% to $370.6 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were $370.6 million (Q1 2026), $270.7 million (Q4 2025), and $269.3 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.