Gartner (IT) Stock Buybacks: 44.8% of Shares Retired Since 2005

Name: Gartner (IT) shares outstanding since 2004, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 2004 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2004, 89,502,4962026-07-31, 63,148,976

A share bought in 2004

1.4× more of Gartner today, without buying another share. It was one of 89,502,496 shares then. It is one of 63,148,976 now.

Every filing we read22 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2004	2005-02-28	89,502,496	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-28	114,376,119	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-01-31	104,080,204	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-01-31	98,533,148	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-01-30	93,883,711	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-01-31	95,924,910	10-K	cover page
2010	2011-01-31	95,993,389	10-K
2011	2012-01-31	93,368,900	10-K
2012	2013-01-31	93,366,230	10-K
2013	2014-01-31	91,968,869	10-K
2014	2015-01-31	87,522,468	10-K
2015	2016-01-31	82,340,012	10-K
2016	2017-01-31	82,652,880	10-K
2017	2018-01-31	90,833,817	10-K
2018	2019-01-31	89,711,737	10-K
2019	2020-01-31	89,101,606	10-K
2020	2021-02-12	88,721,548	10-K
2021	2022-02-17	82,287,402	10-K
2022	2023-02-03	79,060,595	10-K
2023	2024-02-02	77,967,884	10-K
2024	2025-02-07	76,818,191	10-K
2025	2026-02-05	70,450,294	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Gartner on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

Gartner buybacks, answered

Is Gartner buying back its stock?

Yes. Gartner has 12.4% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 63,148,976 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 23.2%.

How many shares has Gartner bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Gartner has 51.2 million fewer shares than at its 2005 peak. That is 44.8% of the company.

How many shares does Gartner have outstanding?

63,148,976 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2005 peak it had 114,376,119.

What do Gartner's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Gartner stock in 2005 owns 1.8 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Gartner compare with other cannibal stocks?

Gartner ranks No. 92 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Union Pacific (45.1%), Citigroup (44.8%), Boston Beer (44.7%), Sirius XM (44.7%).

Every answer is computed from Gartner's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Insider buying, last 12 months

Rinello John JSVP, Global Business Sales2026-02-05, 50 shares at $154.13 $8K total

PAGLIUCA STEPHEN GDirector2025-12-10, 43,300 shares at $229.57 $9.9M total

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