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

Gartner's Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.14% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 9.0% year-over-year to 0.14%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.11%, down 9.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.11%, 9.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.14% in Q4 2025 per IT's latest filing, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.28% in Q3 2024 to a low of 0.02% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.15%, with a median of 0.14% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: grew 22bps in 2021, then decreased -26bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.16% in 2021, then rose by 6bps to 0.17% in 2022, then dropped 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for IT's Return on Sales are 0.14% (Q4 2025), 0.02% (Q3 2025), and 0.14% (Q2 2025).