Market research firm Gartner Fiscal Quarterly net profit rose 50%

Market research firm Gartner published its first-quarter results for the fiscal year in Thursday, Beijing time, May 6.　　Gartner's net profit rose 50% per cent to $29.2 million in the previous quarter, boosted by research income growth. Gartner's net profit for the previous quarter was $29.2 million trillion, earning 29 cents per share, up from 19.4 million and 19 cents a year earlier.　　Excluding one-off items, the company's earnings per share were 31 cents.　　Gartner's revenues amounted to $329.6 million in the previous quarter, up 11% per cent year-on-year, with research revenues of 243.4 million dollars, up 16% per cent, and consulting revenue of 70.6 million dollars, down 1% year-on-year. Gartner maintains a full-year revenue forecast of 1.43 billion to 1.48 billion dollars. The median expected interval was slightly lower than the average analyst expected for 1.46 billion dollars. (Yan Fei)