How Will Gartner's (IT) Top Line Shape Up In Q1 Earnings?
Zacks Investment Research | May 07, 2018 05:48AM ET
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT) will report first-quarter 2018 results on May 8 before the bell.
In the to-be-reported quarter, the company’s top line is expected to be driven by strength in the Research and the Events segments. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues is pegged at $929 million, mirroring an increase of 48.6%.
In a year’s time, shares of the company have gained 8.5%, underperforming the industry ’s rally of 24.2%.
Given this backdrop, let’s delve deeper to find out the factors likely to have a bearing on the company’s first-quarter revenues.
Research and Events Revenues Likely to Increase
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the Research segment’s first-quarter revenues is pegged at $729 million, reflecting an improvement of 44.4% from the year-ago quarter’s actual figure. As far as Events revenues are concerned, the consensus estimate stands at $40.1 million indicating 13.8% year-over-year growth.
Notably, the projected improvement in revenues at these two segments is likely to be driven by strength in the heritage Gartner business.
In the fourth quarter of 2017, revenues at the Research segment increased 43%, with heritage Gartner Research revenues increasing 19%. Meanwhile, the Events segment’s revenues were up 22%, with heritage Gartner Events revenues increasing 7%.
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Consulting Revenues Expected to Decline
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for first-quarter revenues at the Consulting segment is pegged at $84 million, reflecting a year-over-year decline of 1.2%. The downturn can be attributed to higher turnover at Managing Partners in certain regions and underperformance in the company’s Contract Optimization business. In the last reported quarter, this segment’s revenues were up 5%.
Zacks Rank & Stocks to Consider
Gartner currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).
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In the trailing four quarters, CRA International, FTI Consulting and NV5 Global have delivered a positive earnings surprise of 41.7%, 31.9% and 10.3%, respectively.
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