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Gartner, Inc. stock research

Jun 30, 2025

FY2025 Q2

Gartner (IT) Gross Margin — Quarter Ended Jun 30, 2025

Revenue, gross profit, and cost of revenue all increased compared to both the prior quarter and the same quarter last year. Gross margin weakened slightly from the prior quarter but remained stable compared to the same quarter last year.

Gross margin takeaway

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2025 · FY2025 Q2

Revenue, gross profit, and cost of revenue all increased compared to both the prior quarter and the same quarter last year. Gross margin weakened slightly from the prior quarter but remained stable compared to the same quarter last year.

  • The strongest observable margin driver is the relationship between revenue and cost of revenue growth: year-over-year, the two increased proportionally, holding margin stable; sequentially, cost of revenue grew faster than revenue, leading to a slight margin decline.
  • Compared to the prior quarter, revenue was higher while gross margin was lower, indicating a mixed performance. Compared to the same quarter one year earlier, revenue was higher and gross margin was unchanged, showing improvement in scale without margin erosion.

Gross margin snapshot

The selected quarter's reported revenue, gross profit, direct costs, and margin comparisons.

Gross margin

68.6%

Gross profit

$1.2B

Revenue

$1.7B

Cost of revenue

$531.7M

Quarter-over-quarter change

-0.8 pts

Year-over-year change

-0.0 pts

Quarterly gross margin trend

A four-quarter view of the revenue and direct-cost bridge behind gross margin.

PeriodRevenueGross profitCost of revenueGross margin
Sep 30, 2024$1.5B$1.0B$475.3M68.4%
Dec 31, 2024$1.7B$1.1B$574.9M66.8%
Mar 31, 2025$1.5B$1.1B$475.0M69.4%
Jun 30, 2025$1.7B$1.2B$531.7M68.6%

Quarterly comparisons

Compare the selected margin with the preceding quarter and the same fiscal quarter one year earlier.

Previous-quarter change

Mar 31, 2025

-0.8 pts

Year-over-year change

Jun 30, 2024

-0.0 pts

What the margin says

Filing-constrained interpretation of margin direction, comparisons, and what to monitor next.

The strongest observable margin driver is the relationship between revenue and cost of revenue growth: year-over-year, the two increased proportionally, holding margin stable; sequentially, cost of revenue grew faster than revenue, leading to a slight margin decline.

Compared to the prior quarter, revenue was higher while gross margin was lower, indicating a mixed performance. Compared to the same quarter one year earlier, revenue was higher and gross margin was unchanged, showing improvement in scale without margin erosion.

Monitor the trend of cost of revenue relative to revenue, as its faster sequential growth caused the slight margin weakening.