Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT – Get Free Report) CEO Eugene A. Hall sold 34,060 shares of Gartner stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $505.40, for a total value of $17,213,924.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 1,143,401 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $577,874,865.40. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.
Gartner Stock Performance
IT stock traded down $0.48 during trading on Monday, reaching $510.08. The company had a trading volume of 249,294 shares, compared to its average volume of 388,179. The company has a market cap of $39.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.89 and a beta of 1.32. Gartner, Inc. has a twelve month low of $323.61 and a twelve month high of $515.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.80, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a current ratio of 0.90. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $477.01 and a 200-day simple moving average of $460.61.
Gartner (NYSE:IT – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 30th. The information technology services provider reported $3.22 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.02 by $0.20. Gartner had a net margin of 13.67% and a return on equity of 142.05%. The business had revenue of $1.60 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.58 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.85 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Gartner, Inc. will post 11.59 earnings per share for the current year.
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Institutional Trading of Gartner
Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Gartner in the fourth quarter worth $27,000. DSM Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Gartner during the 4th quarter worth about $32,000. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division acquired a new stake in Gartner during the 1st quarter worth about $36,000. Crewe Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Gartner by 223.3% in the 2nd quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC now owns 97 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $44,000 after buying an additional 67 shares during the period. Finally, J.Safra Asset Management Corp boosted its stake in shares of Gartner by 58.7% in the first quarter. J.Safra Asset Management Corp now owns 146 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $70,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.51% of the company’s stock.
About Gartner
Gartner, Inc operates as a research and advisory company in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Research, Conferences, and Consulting. The Research segment delivers its research primarily through a subscription service that include on-demand access to published research content, data and benchmarks, and direct access to a network of research experts.
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