CGI INC. vs Gartner, Inc., two Consulting stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Both prices say quiet things loudly: Gartner at 13.3 times earnings, a research franchise priced like a commodity, and CGI at 11.8, an IT-services estate priced barely lower. Gartner's headline return on equity, 1168%, is pure arithmetic theater, 47 turns of debt to equity after buybacks consumed the base; its 9.7% return on assets and 71.9% gross margin are the real franchise markers. CGI runs debt-free with a 10.1% return on assets. The cash yields are the loudest line: 14.5% of Gartner's price arrives as free cash each year, 10.5% of CGI's. Two subscription-adjacent service businesses priced as if their renewals were in doubt; the yields are what skepticism pays.
Comparison updated 2026-07-10.
| Metric | GIB | IT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $64.43 | $134.91 |
| Market cap | $14.7B | $9.4B |
| Sector | Consulting | Consulting |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 11.8 | 13.3 |
| P/B | 2.12 | 148.92 |
| P/S | 1.36 | 1.46 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 8.5 |
| Revenue growth | +4.9% | +2.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 71.9% |
| Operating margin | — | 20.9% |
| Net margin | 11.5% | 11.4% |
| Return on equity | 17.9% | 1168.5% |
| Return on assets | 10.1% | 9.7% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 26.6% |
| FCF yield | 10.5% | 14.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 47.06 |
| Current ratio | 1.36 | 0.94 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.22 | 2.96 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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