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Based in Stamford, Connecticut, Gartner, Inc. (IT) is a leading information technology research and advisory firm. With a market cap of $35.5 billion, the company operates in the research, consulting, and conferences sectors, providing expert insights and services to clients globally. The company is expected to unveil its fiscal Q2 earnings results before the market opens on Tuesday, Jul. 30.
Before the upcoming earnings report, analysts forecast IT to post a profit of $3.04 per share, a 6.7% increase from $2.85 per share in the same quarter last year. The company has consistently outperformed Wall Street's bottom-line projections in each of the past four quarters. IT reported an EPS of $2.93 in the most recent quarter, surpassing the consensus EPS estimate by a margin of 16.3% due to steady demand for IT services.