Gartner Inc. IT will release first-quarter 2026 results on May 5, before market open.

IT has an impressive earnings surprise history. In the four trailing quarters, it surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate, with an average surprise of 10.3%.

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Gartner’s Q1 Expectations

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the top line is pinned at $1.5 billion, implying a marginal dip from the year-ago quarter’s actual.

The consensus estimate for the Insights segment’s revenues is set at $1.3 billion, suggesting a 2.9% year-over-year dip. The consensus estimate for Conferences’ revenues is kept at $75 million, hinting at a 2.7% rise from that reported in the same quarter last year. For Consulting, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues is set at $139 million, suggesting a marginal dip from the prior-year quarter’s actual.

For gross contribution, the consensus estimate for Insights is kept at $1 billion, indicating 1.9% growth from the year-ago quarter’s actual. For conferences, the Zacks Consensus Estimate is pegged at $29 million, suggesting a 7.4% year-over-year increase. The consensus mark for consulting is at $51 million, implying a 3.8% decline from the year-ago quarter’s actual.

The consensus estimate for earnings per share is $2.99, suggesting slight growth from the year-ago quarter.

What Our Model Says About IT

Our proven model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for Gartner this time around. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. But that is not the case here. You can uncover the best stocks before they are reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.

IT has an Earnings ESP of 0.00% and a Zacks Rank of 4 (Sell) at present.

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Coherent Corp.COHR: The Zacks Consensus Estimate for third-quarter 2026 revenues is pegged at $1.8 billion, hinting at an 18.8% jump from the year-ago quarter’s actual. For earnings, the consensus mark is pegged at $1.41 per share, a 55% year-over-year rally from the year-ago quarter. COHR missed the consensus estimate in the trailing four quarters, with an average surprise of 7.7%.

COHR has an Earnings ESP of +3.08% and a Zacks Rank of 2 at present. You can see  the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

It is scheduled to declare first-quarter 2026 results on May 6.