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Gartner (IT) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Gartner (IT) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.14% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 9.0% year-over-year to 0.14%, compared with a TTM value of 0.11% through Dec 2025, down 9.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.11%, down 9.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.14% for Q4 2025 at Gartner, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.28% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.15%, with a median of 0.14% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales grew 22bps in 2021, then decreased -26bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.16% in 2021, then rose by 6bps to 0.17% in 2022, then decreased by -23bps to 0.13% in 2023, then surged by 77bps to 0.23% in 2024, then crashed by -41bps to 0.14% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for IT at 0.14% in Q4 2025, 0.02% in Q3 2025, and 0.14% in Q2 2025.