Gartner management check
IT · Information Technology · IT Consulting & Other Services · CEO Eugene A Hall
Filings as of
4 good · 3 to watch · 0 flagged, across the seven questions below.
- Good
Have owners done well?
Beat its chosen peers$100 invested at the start of fiscal 2021 grew to $158, against $130 for the peer group the company picked itself.
- Watch
Does pay follow performance?
Pay only loosely tracked returnsOver 5 years, the CEO's pay actually paid (equity valued at the share price) had a correlation of 0.28 with shareholder return. 1 means pay moved in step; below 0, the opposite way.
- Watch
What does the CEO cost owners?
2.6% of net income$19.2m of reported pay in fiscal 2025, against $729.0m of net income.
- Watch
Do they own the stock?
CEO stake ≈ 12 years of payThe CEO holds 1,188,228 shares, directly or through trusts (unvested awards not counted): about 12 years of pay. 5 insiders sold $1.4m in the last six months and none bought.
- Good
Are owners being diluted?
Share count shrinkingDiluted shares changed -2.6% a year over the last three fiscal years. Stock-based pay was 2.4% of revenue in the latest year.
- Good
Is leadership stable?
6 leadership filings in 3 yearsCEO in the pay table: Mr. Hall. 6 filings under 8-K item 5.02 (officers or directors leaving or joining, or new pay arrangements) in the last 3 years.
- Good
Are the books clean?
No red flags on fileNo restatements, auditor changes or late filings since 2022.
Against the S&P 500
Each check's score (0–100) and how it compares: the share of ranked S&P 500 companies it matches or beats, and the median in Information Technology.
| Check | Score | At or above | Sector median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner returns | 77 | 33 | |
| Pay for performance | 64 | 87 | |
| CEO cost | 15 | 35 | |
| Skin in the game | 68 | 47 | |
| Dilution | 82 | 56 | |
| Stable leadership | 95 | 85 | |
| Clean books | 100 | 100 |
Closest peers
Others in IT Consulting & Other Services, by management score. Gartner is 19th of 73 in its sector.
- 15IBMIBM86
- 139CIENCiena73
- 158ITGartner72
- 177GLWCorning Inc.71
- 363ACNAccenture57
- 410CTSHCognizant52
Pay versus performance
From the proxy statement filed April 15, 2026. "Actually paid" values stock awards at the share price, so it rises and falls with the stock.
| Fiscal year | CEO | CEO pay | Actually paid | Other executives (avg) | $100 became | Peers | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mr. Hall | $19.2m | −$7.0m | $4.8m | $158 | $130 | $729.0m |
| 2024 | Mr. Hall | $18.4m | $26.0m | $4.8m | $302 | $129 | $1.3bn |
| 2023 | Mr. Hall | $16.3m | $40.0m | $4.2m | $282 | $115 | $882.0m |
| 2022 | Mr. Hall | $15.5m | $16.0m | $4.0m | $210 | $85 | $808.0m |
| 2021 | Mr. Hall | $14.1m | $80.4m | $3.7m | $209 | $105 | $794.0m |
The board says pay is tied most to Contract Value (“CV”). Its other key measures: Contract Value (CV), Revenue, Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA).
Insiders and the CEO's stake
Eugene A Hall (Chairman and CEO) held 1,188,228 shares directly after their latest Form 4 on Aug 31, 2026, roughly $223.6m at that filing's price.
5 insiders sold $1.4m in the last six months and none bought.
- SoldRobin B KranichEVP & CHRO$644kAug 27, 2026
- SoldYvonne GenoveseEVP, Bus. & Tech. Insights$229kAug 10, 2026
- SoldClaire HerkesEVP, Conferences$198kAug 7, 2026
- SoldAnne Sutherland FuchsDirector$159kAug 7, 2026
Leadership and governance on file
- Oct 8, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jan 29, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jan 7, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Dec 3, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jul 1, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Dec 11, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jun 14, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 7, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jul 15, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
Latest shareholder vote results: Jun 2, 2026, including the say-on-pay vote.
Where the money went
Over 2021–2025: $6.0bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, 135% of net income, and $629.6m of pay in stock.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.7bn | $5.5bn | $5.9bn | $6.3bn | $6.5bn |
| Net income | $794.0m | $808.0m | $882.0m | $1.3bn | $729.0m |
| Stock-based pay | $98.6m | $90.6m | $129.8m | $154.8m | $155.9m |
| Buybacks | $1.7bn | $1.0bn | $606.2m | $735.4m | $2.0bn |
| Dividends | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diluted shares | 86m | 81m | 80m | 78m | 76m |
Educational only, not investment advice. Figures are as filed with the SEC: pay from the proxy's pay-versus-performance table, capital allocation from 10-K XBRL data, insider trades from Form 4s over the last six months, events from the last 5 years of filings. The peer group is the one the company chose. See the method.