What is Gartner's change in deferred revenue?

Gartner (IT) reported change in deferred revenue of $213.65M in Q1 2026.

How has Gartner's change in deferred revenue changed year-over-year?

Gartner's change in deferred revenue increased by 63.1% year-over-year, from $131M to $213.65M.

What does change in deferred revenue mean?

Change in payments received from customers for goods/services not yet delivered — a key SaaS and subscription metric.

Gartner IT Change in Deferred Revenue

Change in Deferred Revenue at other companies

AccentureACN

$183.58M-27.6%

CognizantCTSH

$76M+8.6%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.5B-1.5%

Gross profit$1.1B+2.1%

Operating income$316.1M+13.7%

Net income$222.3M+5.4%

EPS (diluted)$3.18+17.3%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.7B-20.3%

Total debt$3.4B+16.5%

Total equity$63.4M-95.8%

Total assets$7.7B-9.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$391.0M+24.7%

CapEx$20.4M-20.1%

Free cash flow$370.6M+28.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$8.54B-65.4%

Enterprise value$10.23B-61.1%

P/E11.5×-8.1×

P/S1.3×-2.6×

Profitability

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Gross margin69%+1.2pp

Operating margin16.4%-1.9pp

Net margin11.4%-8.4pp

FCF margin19.4%-4.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity94.9%-18.3pp

Debt / equity53×+51.1×

Current ratio0.9×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Gartner in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenue.

The official record: Gartner’s 10-Q, filed May 5, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Gartner's change in deferred revenue?: Gartner (IT) reported change in deferred revenue of $213.65M in Q1 2026.
How has Gartner's change in deferred revenue changed year-over-year?: Gartner's change in deferred revenue increased by 63.1% year-over-year, from $131M to $213.65M.
What does change in deferred revenue mean?: Change in payments received from customers for goods/services not yet delivered — a key SaaS and subscription metric.