10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(MARK ONE)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED March 31, 2021

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 000-21433

FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	04-2797789
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
60 Acorn Park Drive Cambridge, Massachusetts	02140 (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)

(617) 613-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $.01 Par Value	FORR	Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ☒     No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes  ☒     No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☒
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by checkmark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☐     No  ☒

As of May 3, 2021, 19,129,000 shares of the registrant’s common stock were outstanding.

FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.

INDEX TO FORM 10-Q

		Page
PART I	FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)	3
	Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020	3
	Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020	4
	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020	5
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020	6
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	7
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	19
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	26
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	26
PART II	OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	27
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	27
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	27
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	27
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	27
Item 5.	Other Information	27
Item 6.	Exhibits	28
SIGNATURES		29

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PART I.

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except per share data, unaudited)

	March 31,			December 31,
	2021			2020
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	125,600		$	90,257
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for expected credit losses of $731 and $708 as    of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively		68,822			84,695
Deferred commissions		21,937			23,620
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		19,913			18,588
Total current assets		236,272			217,160
Property and equipment, net		26,513			27,032
Operating lease right-of-use assets		73,810			69,296
Goodwill		245,691			247,211
Intangible assets, net		73,898			77,995
Other assets		7,535			5,524
Total assets	$	663,719		$	644,218
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	380		$	657
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		54,747			76,620
Current portion of long-term debt		12,500			12,500
Deferred revenue		216,522			179,968
Total current liabilities		284,149			269,745
Long-term debt, net of deferred financing fees		92,319			95,299
Non-current operating lease liabilities		74,567			70,323
Other non-current liabilities		20,447			23,085
Total liabilities		471,482			458,452
Commitments and contingencies (Note 4, 13)
Stockholders' Equity (Note 11):
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value
Authorized - 500 shares; issued and outstanding - none		—			—
Common stock, $0.01 par value
Authorized - 125,000 shares
Issued - 23,755 and 23,648 shares as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020,    respectively
Outstanding - 19,124 and 19,017 shares as of March 31, 2021 and    December 31, 2020, respectively		238			236
Additional paid-in capital		234,752			230,128
Retained earnings		131,937			127,981
Treasury stock - 4,631 shares as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020		(171,889	)		(171,889	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(2,801	)		(690	)
Total stockholders’ equity		192,237			185,766
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	663,719		$	644,218

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data, unaudited)

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2021			2020
Revenues:
Research	$	74,968		$	74,267
Consulting		38,550			31,988
Events		263			90
Total revenues		113,781			106,345
Operating expenses:
Cost of services and fulfillment		47,477			43,353
Selling and marketing		39,279			40,273
General and administrative		13,178			12,005
Depreciation		2,290			2,406
Amortization of intangible assets		3,903			4,712
Integration costs		118			2,875
Total operating expenses		106,245			105,624
Income from operations		7,536			721
Interest expense		(1,129	)		(1,538	)
Other income (expense), net		(470	)		310
Gain on investments, net		—			13
Income (loss) before income taxes		5,937			(494	)
Income tax expense		1,981			19
Net income (loss)	$	3,956		$	(513	)
Basic income (loss) per common share	$	0.21		$	(0.03	)
Diluted income (loss) per common share	$	0.21		$	(0.03	)
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding		19,061			18,705
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding		19,288			18,705

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(In thousands, unaudited)

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2021			2020
Net income (loss)	$	3,956		$	(513	)
Other comprehensive loss net of tax:
Foreign currency translation		(2,301	)		(1,920	)
Net change in market value of interest rate swap		190			(1,181	)
Other comprehensive loss		(2,111	)		(3,101	)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	1,845		$	(3,614	)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands, unaudited)

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2021			2020
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	3,956		$	(513	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation		2,290			2,406
Impairment of property and equipment		—			626
Amortization of intangible assets		3,903			4,712
Net gains from investments		—			(13	)
Deferred income taxes		(2,395	)		(251	)
Stock-based compensation		2,492			2,802
Operating lease right-of-use assets, amortization, and impairments		2,666			4,535
Amortization of deferred financing fees		232			244
Foreign currency (gains) losses		521			(229	)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		15,181			24,556
Deferred commissions		1,683			1,723
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		(1,255	)		(6,943	)
Accounts payable		(275	)		(143	)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		(22,235	)		(27,264	)
Deferred revenue		36,505			18,574
Operating lease liabilities		(2,718	)		(2,999	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		40,551			21,823
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		(1,468	)		(2,401	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(1,468	)		(2,401	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments on borrowings		(3,125	)		(16,344	)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee equity incentive plans		2,614			1,955
Taxes paid related to net share settlements of stock-based compensation awards		(480	)		(902	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(991	)		(15,291	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(478	)		(2,683	)
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		37,614			1,448
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period		90,652			69,192
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	$	128,266		$	70,640
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	$	902		$	1,286
Cash paid for income taxes	$	1,719		$	1,356

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Note 1 — Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures required for complete financial statements are not included herein. The year-end balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. It is recommended that these financial statements be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes that appear in the Forrester Research, Inc. (“Forrester”) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair statement of the financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows as of the dates and for the periods presented have been included. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 may not be indicative of the results for the year ending December 31, 2021, or any other period.

Reclassification

Effective for the first quarter of 2021, the Company modified its key metrics, as further described in Item 2. Management’s Discussions and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. As part of these changes, beginning January 1, 2021, the Company is classifying all components of its subscription research products within the Research revenues financial statement line on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. In prior periods, the separate advisory session performance obligations included in any of the Company’s subscription research products were classified within the Consulting revenues financial statement line. Prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation which resulted in approximately $1.4 million of revenue being reclassified from Consulting revenues to Research revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2020. This reclassification had no impact on the amount of total revenues previously reported.

Presentation of Restricted Cash

The following table summarizes the end-of-period cash and cash equivalents from the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets and the total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as presented on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands).

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020
Cash and cash equivalents	$	125,600	$	69,815
Restricted cash classified in (1):
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		360		787
Other assets		2,306		38
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in statement of cash flows	$	128,266	$	70,640

(1) Restricted cash consists of collateral required for leased office space, letters of credit, and credit card processing outside of the U.S. The short-term or long-term classification regarding the collateral for the leased office space and letters of credit is determined in accordance with the expiration of the underlying leases.

Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

The Company adopted the guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2019-12, Income Taxes – Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes on January 1, 2021. The standard provides guidance to simplify the accounting for income taxes in certain areas, changes the accounting for select income tax transactions, and makes other minor improvements. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“Topic 326”). The standard amends the existing financial instrument incurred loss impairment model by requiring entities to use a forward-looking approach based on expected losses and to consider a broader range of reasonable and

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supportable information to estimate credit losses on certain types of financial instruments, including trade receivables. On January 1, 2020, the Company adopted the standard using the modified retrospective method in which prior periods are not adjusted and recorded a cumulative effect adjustment of $0.2 million to decrease retained earnings.

The Company adopted the guidance in ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment on January 1, 2020. The new standard simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test and requires that instead, an entity should perform its goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. The adoption of this standard did not impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

The Company adopted the guidance in ASU No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement on January 1, 2020. The new standard modifies the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements in Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, including changes to fair value transfers and Level 3 fair value measurements. Changes required upon adoption of this standard are included in Note 7 – Fair Value Measurements and did not impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

The Company adopted the guidance in ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software: Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That is a Service Contract on January 1, 2020. The new standard aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software (and hosting arrangements that include an internal-use software license). The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) – Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Finance Reporting. The new standard provides optional guidance for a limited period of time to ease the potential burden in accounting for, or recognizing the effects of, reference rate reform on financial reporting due to the risk of cessation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The updates apply to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR, or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform, and as a result require a modification. An entity may elect to apply the amendments immediately or at any point through December 31, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact that this standard may have on its financial position and results of operations, including the standard’s potential impact on any contractual changes in the future that may result from reference rate reform.

Note 2 — Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of acquired businesses over the estimated fair values of the tangible and identifiable intangible net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized; however, it is required to be tested for impairment annually, which requires assessment of the potential impairment at the reporting unit level. Testing for impairment is also required on an interim basis if an event or circumstance indicates it is more likely than not an impairment loss has been incurred.

The Company performed its annual impairment testing as of November 30, 2020 utilizing a qualitative assessment to determine if it was more likely than not that the fair values of each of its reporting units was less than their respective carrying values and concluded that no impairments existed. Subsequent to completing the annual test and through March 31, 2021, there were no events or circumstances that required an interim impairment test. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2021, the Company had no accumulated goodwill impairment losses. Approximately $8.2 million of goodwill is allocated to the Company’s Consulting reporting unit, which has a negative carrying value as of March 31, 2021.

The change in the carrying amount of goodwill for the three months ended March 31, 2021 is summarized as follows (in thousands):

	Total
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	247,211
Translation adjustments		(1,520	)
Balance at March 31, 2021	$	245,691

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Finite-Lived Intangible Assets

The carrying values of finite-lived intangible assets are as follows (in thousands):

	March 31, 2021
	Gross				Net
	Carrying		Accumulated		Carrying
	Amount		Amortization		Amount
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer relationships	$	78,375	$	19,384	$	58,991
Technology		16,740		10,929		5,811
Trademarks		12,463		3,367		9,096
Total	$	107,578	$	33,680	$	73,898

	December 31, 2020
	Gross				Net
	Carrying		Accumulated		Carrying
	Amount		Amortization		Amount
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer relationships	$	78,450	$	17,277	$	61,173
Technology		16,956		10,197		6,759
Trademarks		12,495		2,432		10,063
Total	$	107,901	$	29,906	$	77,995

Estimated intangible asset amortization expense for each of the five succeeding years is as follows (in thousands):

2021 (remainder)	$	11,212
2022		13,179
2023		11,938
2024		9,895
2025		8,879
Thereafter		18,795
Total	$	73,898

Note 3 — Debt

On January 3, 2019, the Company entered into a $200.0 million credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement provides for: (1) senior secured term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $125.0 million (the “Term Loans”) and (2) a senior secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $75.0 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility”). The Credit Agreement is scheduled to mature on January 3, 2024.

The Credit Agreement permits the Company to borrow incremental term loans and/or increase commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount up to $50.0 million, subject to approval by the administrative agent and certain customary terms and conditions.

The Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility can be repaid early, in part or in whole, at any time and from time to time, without premium or penalty, other than customary breakage reimbursement requirements for LIBOR based loans. The Term Loans must be prepaid with net cash proceeds of (i) certain debt incurred or issued by Forrester and its restricted subsidiaries and (ii) certain asset sales and condemnation or casualty events, subject to certain reinvestment rights.

Amounts borrowed under the Credit Agreement bear interest, at Forrester’s option, at a rate per annum equal to either (i) LIBOR for the applicable interest period plus a margin that is between 1.75% and 2.50% based on Forrester’s consolidated total leverage ratio, or (ii) the alternate base rate plus a margin that is between 0.75% and 1.50% based on Forrester’s consolidated total leverage ratio. In addition, the Company pays a commitment fee that is between 0.25% and 0.35% per annum, based on Forrester’s consolidated total leverage ratio, on the average daily unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility, payable quarterly, in arrears.

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The Term Loans require repayment of the outstanding principal balance in quarterly installments each year, with the balance repayable on the maturity date, subject to customary exceptions. As of March 31, 2021, the amount payable in each year is set forth in the table below (in thousands):

2021 (remainder)		9,375
2022		12,500
2023		15,625
2024		68,750
Total remaining principal payments	$	106,250

The Revolving Credit Facility does not require repayment prior to maturity, subject to customary exceptions. The Company has $74.1 million of available borrowing capacity on the revolver (not including the expansion feature) as of March 31, 2021. Proceeds from the Revolving Credit Facility can be used towards working capital and general corporate purposes. Up to $5.0 million of the Revolving Credit Facility is available for the issuance of letters of credit, and any drawings under the letters of credit must be reimbursed within one business day. As of March 31, 2021, $0.9 million in letters of credit were issued under the Revolving Credit Facility.

Forrester incurred $1.8 million in costs related to the Revolving Credit Facility, which are recorded in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. These costs are being amortized as interest expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations on a straight-line basis over the five-year term of the Revolving Credit Facility. Forrester incurred $2.8 million in costs related to the Term Loans, which are recorded as a reduction to the face value of long-term debt on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. These costs are being amortized as interest expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations utilizing the effective interest rate method.

Outstanding Borrowings

The following table summarizes the Company’s total outstanding borrowings as of the dates indicated (in thousands):

Description:	March 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Principal amount outstanding (1) (2)	$	106,250		$	109,375
Less: Deferred financing fees		(1,431	)		(1,576	)
Net carrying amount	$	104,819		$	107,799

(1) This amount consists entirely of the outstanding Term Loan balance.

(2) The contractual annualized interest rate as of March 31, 2021 on the Term loan facility was 2.125%, which consisted of LIBOR of 0.125% plus a margin of 2.000%. However, the Company has an interest rate swap that effectively converts the floating LIBOR base rates on a portion of the amounts outstanding to a fixed base rate. Refer to Note 6 – Derivatives and Hedging for further information on the swap. The weighted average annual effective rate on the Company's total debt outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2021, was 2.146%.

The Credit Agreement contains certain customary restrictive loan covenants, including among others, financial covenants that apply a maximum leverage ratio and minimum fixed charge coverage ratio. The maximum leverage ratio is based on total debt outstanding at the measurement date divided by EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the fixed charge coverage ratio is based upon EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement), less capital expenditures, as a ratio to certain fixed charges, including Term Loan amortization, cash interest expense and cash taxes. The negative covenants limit, subject to various exceptions, the Company’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, create liens on assets, merge, consolidate, liquidate or dissolve any part of the Company, sell assets, pay dividends or other payments in respect to capital stock, change fiscal year, or enter into certain transactions with affiliates and subsidiaries. The Credit Agreement also contains customary events of default, representations, and warranties.

As of March 31, 2021, the Company is in compliance with its financial covenants under the Credit Agreement. The Company currently forecasts that it will be in compliance with its financial covenants for at least one year from the issuance of these interim financial statements.

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All obligations under the Credit Agreement are unconditionally guaranteed by each of the Company’s existing and future, direct and indirect material wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries, other than certain excluded subsidiaries, and are collateralized by a first priority lien on substantially all tangible and intangible assets including intellectual property and all of the capital stock of the Company and its subsidiaries (limited to 65% of the voting equity of certain subsidiaries).

Note 4 — Leases

All of the Company’s leases are operating leases, the majority of which are for office space. Operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and non-current operating lease liabilities are included as individual line items on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, while short-term operating lease liabilities are recorded within accrued expenses and other current liabilities. Leases with an initial term of twelve months or less are not recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and are not material.

The components of lease expense were as follows (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021			2020
Operating lease cost	$	3,819		$	3,991
Short-term lease cost		88			81
Variable lease cost		1,436			1,356
Sublease income		(61	)		(61	)
Total lease cost	$	5,282		$	5,367

Additional lease information is summarized in the following table (in thousands, except lease term and discount rate):

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021			2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating    lease liabilities	$	2,718		$	2,999
Operating lease ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease    obligations	$	7,433		$	1,466
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases (years)		6.5			6.3
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases		4.4	%		5.1	%

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases as of March 31, 2021 are as follows (in thousands):

2021 (remainder)	$	11,642
2022		16,623
2023		16,582
2024		16,208
2025		14,233
Thereafter		27,076
Total lease payments		102,364
Less imputed interest		(15,623	)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	86,741

Lease balances as of March 31, 2021 are as follows (in thousands):

Operating lease ROU assets	$	73,810
Short-term operating lease liabilities (1)	$	12,174
Non-current operating lease liabilities		74,567
Total operating lease liabilities	$	86,741

(1) Included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company’s leases do not contain residual value guarantees, material restrictions or covenants, and all sublease transactions are not material. The Company incurred $1.4 million of ROU asset impairments during the three months ended March 31, 2020 related to facility leases from the SiriusDecisions, Inc. acquisition that the Company no longer used as a result of the integration of SiriusDecisions. These impairments are recorded in integration costs on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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Note 5 – Revenue and Related Matters

Disaggregated Revenue

The Company disaggregates revenue as set forth in the following tables (in thousands):

Revenue by Geography

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
Revenues: (1)	2021		2020
North America	$	90,896	$	88,410
Europe		15,081		11,787
Asia Pacific		6,393		5,051
Other		1,411		1,097
Total	$	113,781	$	106,345

(1) Revenue location is determined based on where the products and services are consumed.

Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable includes amounts billed and currently due from customers. Since the only condition for payment of the Company’s invoices is the passage of time, a receivable is recorded on the date an invoice is issued. Also included in accounts receivable are unbilled amounts resulting from revenue exceeding the amount billed to the customer, where the right to payment is unconditional. If the right to payment for services performed was conditional on something other than the passage of time, the unbilled amount would be recorded as a separate contract asset. There were no contract assets as of March 31, 2021 or 2020.

The majority of the Company’s contracts are non-cancellable. However, for contracts that are cancellable by the customer, the Company does not record a receivable when it issues an invoice. The Company records accounts receivable on these contracts only up to the amount of revenue earned but not yet collected.

In addition, since the majority of the Company’s contracts are for a duration of one year and payment is expected within one year from the transfer of products and services, the Company does not adjust its receivables or transaction prices for the effects of a significant financing component.

Deferred Revenue

The Company refers to contract liabilities as deferred revenue on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Payment terms in the Company’s customer contracts vary, but generally require payment in advance of fully satisfying the performance obligation(s). Deferred revenue consists of billings in excess of revenue recognized. Similar to accounts receivable, the Company does not record deferred revenue for unpaid invoices issued on a cancellable contract.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized $72.3 and $69.9 million of revenue, respectively, related to its deferred revenue balances at January 1 of each such period. To determine revenue recognized in each period from deferred revenue at the beginning of each period, the Company first allocates revenue to the individual deferred revenue balance outstanding at the beginning of each period, until the revenue equals that balance.

Approximately $489.0 million of revenue is expected to be recognized during the next 24 months from remaining performance obligations as of March 31, 2021.

Reserves for Credit Losses

The allowance for expected credit losses on accounts receivable for the three months ended March 31, 2021 is summarized as follows (in thousands):

	Total Allowance
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	708
Provision for expected credit losses		86
Write-offs		(63	)
Balance at March 31, 2021	$	731

When evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for expected credit losses, the Company makes judgments regarding the collectability of accounts receivable based, in part, on the Company’s historical loss rate experience, customer concentrations, management’s expectations of future losses as informed by current economic conditions, and changes in customer payment terms. If

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the expected financial condition of the Company’s customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required. If the expected financial condition of the Company’s customers were to improve, the allowances may be reduced accordingly.

Cost to Obtain Contracts

The Company capitalizes commissions paid to sales representatives and related fringe benefits costs that are incremental to obtaining customer contracts. These costs are included in deferred commissions on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company accounts for these costs at a portfolio level as the Company’s contracts are similar in nature and the amortization model used closely matches the amortization expense that would be recognized on a contract-by-contract basis. Costs to obtain a contract are amortized to earnings over the initial contract term, which is the same period the related revenue is recognized. Amortization expense related to deferred commissions for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $8.8 million and $8.1 million, respectively. The Company evaluates the recoverability of deferred commissions at each balance sheet date and there were no impairments recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

Note 6 — Derivatives and Hedging

The Company has a derivative contract (an interest rate swap) to mitigate the cash flow risk associated with changes in interest rates on its variable rate debt (refer to Note 3 – Debt). The Company accounts for its derivative contract in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 815 – Derivatives and Hedging (“Topic 815”), which requires all derivatives, including derivatives designated as accounting hedges, to be recorded on the balance sheet at fair value.

Interest Rate Swap

At March 31, 2021, the Company had a single interest rate swap contract that matures in 2022, with an initial notional amount of $95.0 million. The notional amount at March 31, 2021 was $52.7 million. The Company pays a base fixed rate of 1.65275% and in return receives the greater of (1) 1-month LIBOR, rounded up to the nearest 1/16 of a percent, or (2) 0.00%. The fair value of the swap on March 31, 2021 was a liability of $0.9 million (refer to Note 7 – Fair Value Measurements for information on determining the fair value). The liability is included in other non-current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The swap has been designated and accounted for as a cash flow hedge of the forecasted interest payments on the Company’s debt. As long as the swap continues to be a highly effective hedge of the designated interest rate risk, changes in the fair value of the swap are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), a component of equity in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Any ineffective portion of a change in the fair value of a hedge is recorded in earnings.

As required under Topic 815, the swap’s effectiveness is assessed on a quarterly basis. Since its inception, and through March 31, 2021, the interest rate swap was considered highly effective. Accordingly, the entire negative fair value as of March 31, 2021 of $0.6 million, net of taxes, is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss. The Company expects $0.5 million of this loss, net of taxes, to be reclassified into earnings within the next 12 months. Realized gains or losses related to the interest rate swap are included as operating activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

The Company’s derivative counterparty is an investment grade financial institution. The Company does not have any collateral arrangements with this counterparty and the derivative contract does not contain credit risk related contingent features. The table below provides information regarding amounts recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the derivative contract for the periods indicated (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31,
Amount recorded in:	2021			2020
Interest expense (1)	$	(259	)	$	13
Total	$	(259	)	$	13

(1) Consists of interest expense from the interest rate swap contract.

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Note 7 — Fair Value Measurements

The carrying amounts reflected on the Consolidated Balance Sheets for cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses approximate fair value due to their short-term maturities. The Company’s financial instruments also include its outstanding variable-rate borrowings (refer to Note 3 – Debt). The Company believes that the carrying amount of its variable-rate borrowings reasonably approximate their fair values because the rates of interest on those borrowings reflect current market rates of interest.

Additionally, the Company measures certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis including cash equivalents and its derivative contract. The fair values of these financial assets and liabilities have been classified as Level 1, 2, or 3 within the fair value hierarchy as described in the accounting standards for fair value measurements:

Level 1 — Fair value based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 — Fair value based on inputs other than Level 1 inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3 — Fair value based on unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and such inputs are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

The following table represents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):

	As of March 31, 2021
	Level 1		Level 2			Total
Assets:
Money market funds (1)	$	503	$	—		$	503
Total Assets	$	503	$	—		$	503
Liabilities:
Interest rate swap (2)		—	$	(880	)	$	(880	)
Total Liabilities	$	—	$	(880	)	$	(880	)

	As of December 31, 2020
	Level 1		Level 2			Total
Assets:
Money market funds (1)	$	503	$	—		$	503
Total Assets	$	503	$	—		$	503
Liabilities:
Interest rate swap (2)		—	$	(1,144	)	$	(1,144	)
Total Liabilities	$	—	$	(1,144	)	$	(1,144	)

(1) Included in cash and cash equivalents on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

(2) The Company has an interest rate swap contract that hedges the risk of variability from interest payments on its borrowings (refer to Note 3 – Debt and Note 6 – Derivatives and Hedging). The fair value of the interest rate swap is based on valuations prepared by a third-party broker. Those valuations are based on observable interest rates and other observable market data, which the Company considers Level 2 inputs.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company did not transfer assets or liabilities between levels of the fair value hierarchy. Additionally, there have been no changes to the valuation techniques for Level 2 liabilities.

Note 8 — Income Taxes

Forrester provides for income taxes on an interim basis according to management’s estimate of the effective tax rate expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year. Certain items such as changes in tax rates, tax benefits or expense related to settlements of share-based payment awards, and foreign currency gains or losses are treated as discrete items and are recorded in the period in which they arise.

Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $2.0 million resulting in an effective tax rate of 33.4% for the period. Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $19 thousand resulting in an effective tax rate of

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negative 3.8% for the period. The increase in income tax expense during the 2021 period was primarily due to the increase in overall U.S. profitability.

The Company anticipates that its effective tax rate for the full year 2021 will be approximately 32%.

On March 27, 2020, Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security ("CARES") Act to provide certain relief as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. The Company evaluated the impact of the CARES Act and determined it was not material to its financial position or results of operations.

Note 9 — Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (“AOCI/L”)

The components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are as follows (net of tax, in thousands):

	Interest Rate			Translation
	Swap			Adjustment			Total AOCI/L
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	(821	)	$	131		$	(690	)
Foreign currency translation (1)		—			(2,301	)		(2,301	)
Unrealized gain before reclassification, net     of tax of $(1)		4			—			4
Reclassification of AOCI/L to income, net     of tax of $(73) (2)		186			—			186
Balance at March 31, 2021	$	(631	)	$	(2,170	)	$	(2,801	)

	Interest Rate			Translation
	Swap			Adjustment			Total AOCI/L
Balance at December 31, 2019	$	(104	)	$	(4,753	)	$	(4,857	)
Foreign currency translation (1)		—			(1,920	)		(1,920	)
Unrealized loss, net of tax of $462		(1,181	)		—			(1,181	)
Balance at March 31, 2020	$	(1,285	)	$	(6,673	)	$	(7,958	)

(1) The Company does not record tax provisions or benefits for the net changes in foreign currency translation adjustments as it intends to permanently reinvest undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries.

(2) Reclassification is related to the Company’s interest rate swap (cash flow hedge) and was recorded in interest expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Refer to Note 6 – Derivatives and Hedging.

Note 10 — Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

Basic net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the basic weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the diluted weighted average number of common shares and common equivalent shares outstanding during the period. The weighted average number of common equivalent shares outstanding has been determined in accordance with the treasury-stock method. Common equivalent shares consist of common stock issuable on the exercise of outstanding stock options and the vesting of restricted stock units.

Basic and diluted weighted average common shares are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2021		2020
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding		19,061		18,705
Weighted average common equivalent shares		227		—
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding		19,288		18,705
Options and restricted stock units excluded from diluted    weighted average share calculation as effect would have    been anti-dilutive		3		980

Note 11 — Stockholders’ Equity

The components of stockholders’ equity are as follows (in thousands):

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	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
	Common Stock								Treasury Stock					Accumulated
	Number of Shares		$0.01 Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings		Number of Shares		Cost			Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Total Stockholders' Equity
Balance at December 31, 2020		23,648	$	236	$	230,128	$	127,981		4,631	$	(171,889	)	$	(690	)	$	185,766
Issuance of common stock under    stock plans, including tax effects		107		2		2,132		—		—		—			—			2,134
Stock-based compensation expense		—		—		2,492		—		—		—			—			2,492
Net income		—		—		—		3,956		—		—			—			3,956
Net change in interest rate swap,    net of tax		—		—		—		—		—		—			190			190
Foreign currency translation		—		—		—		—		—		—			(2,301	)		(2,301	)
Balance at March 31, 2021		23,755	$	238	$	234,752	$	131,937		4,631	$	(171,889	)	$	(2,801	)	$	192,237

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Common Stock									Treasury Stock					Accumulated
	Number of Shares		$0.01 Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings			Number of Shares		Cost			Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Total Stockholders' Equity
Balance at December 31, 2019		23,275	$	233	$	216,454	$	118,147			4,631	$	(171,889	)	$	(4,857	)	$	158,088
Issuance of common stock under    stock plans, including tax effects		114		1		1,052		—			—		—			—			1,053
Stock-based compensation expense		—		—		2,802		—			—		—			—			2,802
Cumulative effect adjustment due    to adoption of new accounting    pronouncement, net of tax		—		—		—		(157	)		—		—			—			(157	)
Net loss		—		—		—		(513	)		—		—			—			(513	)
Net change in interest rate swap,    net of tax		—		—		—		—			—		—			(1,181	)		(1,181	)
Foreign currency translation		—		—		—		—			—		—			(1,920	)		(1,920	)
Balance at March 31, 2020		23,389	$	234	$	220,308	$	117,477			4,631	$	(171,889	)	$	(7,958	)	$	158,172

Equity Plans

Restricted stock unit activity for the three months ended March 31, 2021 is presented below (in thousands, except per share data):

				Weighted-
				Average
	Number of			Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value
Unvested at December 31, 2020		642		$	38.99
Granted		7			46.04
Vested		(38	)		41.24
Forfeited		(13	)		39.44
Unvested at March 31, 2021		598		$	38.93

Stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2021 is presented below (in thousands, except per share data and contractual term):

				Weighted -		Weighted -
				Average		Average
				Exercise		Remaining		Aggregate
	Number			Price Per		Contractual		Intrinsic
	of Shares			Share		Term (in years)		Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2020		292		$	35.46
Exercised		(30	)		36.04
Outstanding at March 31, 2021		262		$	35.40		3.15	$	1,859
Vested and Exercisable at March 31, 2021		262		$	35.40		3.15	$	1,859

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No stock options were granted or forfeited during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Stock-Based Compensation

Forrester recognizes the fair value of stock-based compensation over the requisite service period of the individual grantee, which generally equals the vesting period. Stock-based compensation was recorded in the following expense categories on the Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2021		2020
Cost of services and fulfillment	$	1,435	$	1,593
Selling and marketing		449		362
General and administrative		608		847
Total	$	2,492	$	2,802

Forrester utilizes the Black-Scholes valuation model for estimating the fair value of shares subject to purchase under the employee stock purchase plan, which were valued using the following assumptions:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2021			2020
Average risk-free interest rate		0.05	%		0.30	%
Expected dividend yield		0.0	%		0.0	%
Expected life	0.5 Years			0.5 Years
Expected volatility		35	%		26	%
Weighted average fair value	$	11.50		$	8.10

Dividends

In 2019, the Company suspended its dividends program as a result of the acquisition of SiriusDecisions, Inc. and the related debt incurred to fund the acquisition (refer to Note 3 – Debt). The Company did not declare or pay any dividends in the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Treasury Stock

As of March 31, 2021, Forrester’s Board of Directors had authorized an aggregate $535.0 million to purchase common stock under its stock repurchase program. The shares repurchased may be used, among other things, in connection with Forrester’s equity incentive and purchase plans. In the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company did not repurchase any shares of common stock. From the inception of the program through March 31, 2021, the Company repurchased 16.3 million shares of common stock at an aggregate cost of $474.9 million.

Note 12 — Operating Segments

The Company’s operations are grouped into three segments: Research, Consulting, and Events. These segments are based on the management structure of the Company and how management uses financial information to evaluate performance and determine how to allocate resources. The Company’s products and services are delivered through each segment as described below. Additionally, the tables below include the reclassification of revenues for the components of the Company’s CV subscription research products, as described further in Note 1: Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Research segment includes the revenues from all of the Company’s research products as well as consulting revenues from advisory services (such as speeches and advisory days) delivered by the Company’s research organization. Research segment costs include the cost of the organizations responsible for developing and delivering these products in addition to the costs of the product management organization responsible for product pricing and packaging, and the launch of new products. In May 2021, the Company announced the launch of a new research portfolio called Forrester Decisions, anticipated to be available in August 2021. This new portfolio of products will help executives, functional leaders, and their teams, across technology, marketing, customer experience, sales, and product management, plan ​and pursue initiatives for driving growth. The Forrester Decisions product combines the research, frameworks, models, and methodologies of the Company’s Forrester Research and SiriusDecisions Research product offerings, as well as features of the Company’s Connect and Analytics products. In connection with the launch of Forrester Decisions, the Company will no longer provide disaggregation of revenue by its research products in the segment tables below (refer to Note 5 – Revenue and Related Matters for disclosure of disaggregated revenue).

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The Consulting segment includes the revenues and the related costs of the Company’s project consulting organization. The project consulting organization delivers a majority of the Company’s project consulting revenue and certain advisory services.

The Events segment includes the revenues and the costs of the organization responsible for developing and hosting in-person and virtual events.

Segment expenses include the direct expenses of each segment organization and exclude selling and marketing expenses, general and administrative expenses, stock-based compensation expense, depreciation expense, adjustments to incentive bonus compensation from target amounts, amortization of intangible assets, interest and other expense, and gains on investments. The accounting policies used by the segments are the same as those used in the consolidated financial statements.

The Company provides information by reportable segment in the tables below (in thousands):

	Research Segment			Consulting Segment			Events Segment			Consolidated
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
Research revenues	$	74,968		$	—		$	—		$	74,968
Consulting revenues		12,731			25,819			—			38,550
Events revenues		—			—			263			263
Total segment revenues		87,699			25,819			263			113,781
Segment expenses		(30,717	)		(12,325	)		(714	)		(43,756	)
Selling, marketing, administrative and other expenses											(58,468	)
Amortization of intangible assets											(3,903	)
Integration costs											(118	)
Interest expense, other expense, and gains on investments											(1,599	)
Loss before income taxes										$	5,937

	Research Segment			Consulting Segment			Events Segment			Consolidated
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Research revenues	$	74,267		$	—		$	—		$	74,267
Consulting revenues		12,582			19,406			—			31,988
Events revenues		—			—			90			90
Total segment revenues		86,849			19,406			90			106,345
Segment expenses		(27,464	)		(10,021	)		(677	)		(38,162	)
Selling, marketing, administrative and other expenses											(59,875	)
Amortization of intangible assets											(4,712	)
Integration costs											(2,875	)
Interest expense, other income, and gains on investments											(1,215	)
Loss before income taxes										$	(494	)

Note 13 — Contingencies

From time to time, the Company may be subject to legal proceedings and civil and regulatory claims that arise in the ordinary course of its business activities. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have a material adverse effect on the Company because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” or similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Reference is made in particular to our statements about possible acquisitions, future dividends, future share repurchases, future growth rates, results from operations and tax rates, the launch of Forrester Decisions, future compliance with financial covenants under our credit facility, future interest expense, anticipated increases in, and productivity of, our sales force and headcount, the adequacy of our cash, and cash flows to satisfy our working capital and capital expenditures, and the anticipated impact of accounting standards. These statements are based on our current plans and expectations and involve risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual future activities and results to differ include, among others, our ability to retain and enrich subscriptions to, and licenses of, our Research products and services, our ability to fulfill existing or generate new consulting engagements and advisory services, our ability to generate and increase demand for the Events we host, technology spending, our ability to mitigate the adverse impact from the widespread outbreak of COVID-19 which could disrupt or restrict our ability to sell or fulfill, or reduce demand for, our products, services, and events, the risks and challenges inherent in international business activities including any impact of Brexit, our ability to offer new products and services, our dependence on key personnel, our ability to attract and retain qualified professional staff, our ability to respond to business and economic conditions and market trends, the impact of our outstanding debt, competition and industry consolidation, possible variations in our quarterly operating results, concentration of our stock ownership, the possibility of network disruptions and security breaches, our ability to enforce and protect our intellectual property rights, compliance with privacy laws, taxation risks, and any weakness identified in our system of internal controls. These risks are described more completely in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected us beginning in March 2020 primarily through lower contract bookings and a reduction in revenues from the conversion of our events from in-person events to virtual events. While the duration and severity of the pandemic is uncertain, we did experience a rebound in contract bookings beginning in the fourth quarter of 2020 and continuing through the first quarter of 2021. We expect that trend to continue in 2021. Our events business continues to be negatively affected by the pandemic. As we previously announced, all events in the first half of 2021 will be held as virtual events, including two of our flagship events, B2B Summit North America and CX North America. We hope to hold our events during the second half of 2021 as hybrid events, consisting of both in-person and virtual experiences.

The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic ultimately impacts our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and liquidity may differ from our current estimates due to inherent uncertainties regarding the duration and further spread of the outbreak, its severity, actions taken to contain the virus or treat its impact, and how quickly and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume.

We derive revenues from subscriptions to our Research products and services, licensing electronic “reprints” of our Research, performing consulting projects and advisory services, and hosting Events. We offer contracts for our Research products that are typically renewable annually and payable in advance. Subscription products are recognized as revenue ratably over the term of the contract. Accordingly, a substantial portion of our billings are initially recorded as deferred revenue. Reprints include an obligation to deliver a customer-selected research document and certain usage data provided through an on-line platform, which represents two performance obligations. We recognize revenue for the performance obligation for the data portion of the reprint ratably over the license term. We recognize revenue for the performance obligation for the research document at the time of providing access to the document. Billings for licensing of reprints are initially recorded as deferred revenue. Clients purchase consulting projects and advisory services independently and/or to supplement their access to our subscription-based products. Consulting project revenues, which are based upon fixed-fee agreements, are recognized as the services are provided. Advisory service revenues, such as speeches and advisory days, are recognized when the service is complete or the customer receives the agreed upon deliverable. Billings attributable to consulting projects and advisory services are initially recorded as deferred revenue. Events revenues consist of ticket and sponsorship sales for a Forrester-hosted event. Billings for Events are also initially recorded as deferred revenue and are recognized as revenue upon completion of each Event.

Our primary operating expenses consist of cost of services and fulfillment, selling and marketing expenses, and general and administrative expenses. Cost of services and fulfillment represents the costs associated with the production and delivery of our products and services, including salaries, bonuses, employee benefits, and stock-based compensation expense for all personnel that produce and deliver our products and services, including all associated editorial, travel, and support services. Selling and marketing expenses include salaries, sales commissions, bonuses, employee benefits, stock-based compensation expense, travel expenses, promotional costs, and other costs incurred in marketing and selling our products and services. General and administrative expenses include the costs of the technology, operations, finance, and human resources groups and our other administrative functions, including

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salaries, bonuses, employee benefits, and stock-based compensation expense. Overhead costs such as facilities and annual fees for cloud-based information technology systems are allocated to these categories according to the number of employees in each group.

Effective for the first quarter of 2021, we have modified our key metrics to focus on our contract value (“CV”) products (as described below) in comparison to our prior metrics which included measures of our broader product portfolio. For 2021, we have focused on increasing our CV product bookings and have modified our compensation programs and metrics accordingly. We are focusing on CV products as these products are our most profitable products and historically our contracts for CV products have renewed at high rates (as measured by our client retention and wallet retention metrics). Our CV products make up essentially all of our research revenues.

We have included the historical calculation of the metrics below, dating back to the first quarter of 2019, on the investor relations section of our website.

Contract value, client retention, wallet retention, and number of clients are metrics that we believe are important to understanding our research business. We define these metrics as follows:

• Contract value (CV) — is defined as the value attributable to all of our recurring research-related contracts. Contract value is calculated as the annualized value of all contracts in effect at a specific point in time, without regard to how much revenue has already been recognized. Contract value primarily consists of subscription-based contracts for which revenue is recognized on a ratable basis, except for the entitlements embedded in our subscription products, such as event tickets and advisory sessions, for which the revenue is recognized when the item is utilized. Contract value also includes our reprint products, as these products are used throughout the year by our clients and are typically renewed.

• Client retention — represents the percentage of client companies (defined as all clients that buy a CV product) at the prior year measurement date that have active contracts at the current year measurement date.

• Wallet retention — represents a measure of the CV we have retained with clients over a twelve-month period. Wallet retention is calculated on a percentage basis by dividing the annualized contract value of our current clients, who were also clients a year ago, by the total annualized contract value from a year ago.

• Clients — is calculated at the enterprise level as all clients that have an active CV contract.

Client retention and wallet retention are not necessarily indicative of the rate of future retention of our revenue base. A summary of our key metrics is as follows (dollars in millions):

	As of						Absolute			Percentage
	March 31,						Increase			Increase
	2021			2020			(Decrease)			(Decrease)
Contract value	$	307.3		$	308.0		$	(0.7	)		—
Client retention		75	%		74	%		1			1	%
Wallet retention		89	%		90	%		(1	)		(1	%)
Number of clients		2,907			2,835			72			3	%

Contract value and our retention metrics were essentially flat at March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period. These metrics were at their lows during the second and third quarters of 2020 as contract booking declined during 2020 due to the pandemic. We have seen an improvement in these metrics from their lows in the middle of 2020 as contract bookings expanded during the second half of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021.

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our policies and estimates, including but not limited to, those related to our revenue recognition, leases, goodwill, intangible and other long-lived assets, and income taxes. Management bases its estimates on historical experience, data available at the time the estimates are made and various assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Our critical accounting policies and estimates are described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth our statement of operations as a percentage of total revenues for the periods indicated:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2021			2020
Revenues:
Research revenues		65.9	%		69.8	%
Consulting revenues		33.9			30.1
Events revenues		0.2			0.1
Total revenues		100.0			100.0
Operating expenses:
Cost of services and fulfillment		41.7			40.8
Selling and marketing		34.5			37.9
General and administrative		11.6			11.3
Depreciation		2.1			2.2
Amortization of intangible assets		3.4			4.4
Integration costs		0.1			2.7
Income from operations		6.6			0.7
Interest expense		(1.0	)		(1.4	)
Other income (expense), net		(0.4	)		0.2
Gain on investments, net		—			—
Income (loss) before income taxes		5.2			(0.5	)
Income tax expense		1.7			—
Net income (loss)		3.5	%		(0.5	%)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

Revenues

	Three Months Ended						Absolute		Percentage
	March 31,						Increase		Increase
	2021			2020			(Decrease)		(Decrease)
	(dollars in millions)
Total revenues	$	113.8		$	106.3		$	7.4		7	%
Research revenues	$	75.0		$	74.3		$	0.7		1	%
Consulting revenues	$	38.6		$	32.0		$	6.6		21	%
Events revenues	$	0.3		$	0.1		$	0.2		192	%
Revenues attributable to customers outside of the U.S.	$	26.8		$	21.4		$	5.5		26	%
Percentage of revenue attributable to customers    outside of the U.S.		24	%		20	%		4		20	%
Number of events		—			—			—		—

Total revenues increased 7% during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period, with 1% of the increase due to changes in foreign currencies. Revenues from customers outside the U.S. increased 25% during the three months ended March 31, 2021, due to an increase in revenues in the United Kingdom, Asia Pacific region, Europe and Canada. Approximately 7% of the increase was due to changes in foreign currencies.

Research revenues are recognized as revenue primarily on a ratable basis over the term of the contracts, which are generally twelve-month periods. Research revenues increased 1% during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period, which primarily resulted from flat contract value growth during this period.

Consulting revenues increased 21% during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period due to continued strong demand for our content marketing offerings and growth in our advisory services.

Events revenues were insignificant and remained essentially consistent during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period as no events took place during either period.

Refer to the “Segments Results” section below for a discussion of revenues and expenses by segment.

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Cost of Services and Fulfillment

	Three Months Ended						Absolute			Percentage
	March 31,						Increase			Increase
	2021			2020			(Decrease)			(Decrease)
Cost of services and fulfillment (dollars in millions)	$	47.5		$	43.4		$	4.1			10	%
Cost of services and fulfillment as a percentage of    total revenues		41.7	%		40.8	%		0.9			2	%
Service and fulfillment employees    (at end of period)		760			786			(26	)		(3	%)

Cost of services and fulfillment expenses increased 10% during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period. The increase was primarily due to (1) a $4.0 million increase in compensation and benefit costs due to reinstating incentive bonus programs that were eliminated as part of the cost-reduction measures implemented in 2020 as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, merit increases, and severance costs, and (2) a $2.3 million increase in professional services costs primarily due to increases in outsourced services related to revenue delivery and survey costs. These increases were partially offset by a $1.5 million decrease in travel and entertainment expenses due to reduced travel as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Selling and Marketing

	Three Months Ended						Absolute			Percentage
	March 31,						Increase			Increase
	2021			2020			(Decrease)			(Decrease)
Selling and marketing expenses (dollars in millions)	$	39.3		$	40.3		$	(1.0	)		(2	%)
Selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of    total revenues		34.5	%		37.9	%		(3.4	)		(9	%)
Selling and marketing employees (at end of period)		746			771			(25	)		(3	%)

Selling and marketing expenses decreased 2% during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period. The decrease was primarily due to (1) a $1.7 million decrease in travel and entertainment expenses due to reduced travel as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) a $0.4 million decrease in bad debt expense. These decreases were partially offset by a $1.5 million increase in compensation and benefit costs due to reinstating incentive bonus programs that were eliminated as part of the cost-reduction measures implemented in 2020 as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase in commissions expense, and merit increases.

General and Administrative

	Three Months Ended						Absolute		Percentage
	March 31,						Increase		Increase
	2021			2020			(Decrease)		(Decrease)
General and administrative expenses (dollars in millions)	$	13.2		$	12.0		$	1.2		10	%
General and administrative expenses as a percentage of    total revenues		11.6	%		11.3	%		0.3		3	%
General and administrative employees (at end of period)		243			237			6		3	%

General and administrative expenses increased 10% during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period. The increase was primarily due to a $1.3 million increase in compensation and benefit costs due to reinstating incentive bonus programs that were eliminated as part of the cost-reduction measures implemented in 2020 as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and merit increases.

Depreciation

Depreciation expense during the three months ended March 31, 2021 was consistent with the prior year period.

Amortization of Intangible Assets

Amortization expense decreased by $0.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period primarily due to a certain intangible asset becoming fully amortized in 2020.

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Integration Costs

Integration costs consist of direct and incremental costs to integrate acquired companies and in 2020 primarily consisted of certain fair value adjustments, consulting, severance, accounting and tax professional fees, and expenses related to unused lease facilities.

Integration costs decreased by $2.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period due to the substantial completion of the integration of SiriusDecisions, Inc. (acquired at the beginning of 2019) during 2020. Integration costs in 2021 relate to unused lease facilities from the SiriusDecisions acquisition.

We expect to incur integration costs in a range of $0.3 million to $0.5 million for the year ending December 31, 2021.

Interest Expense

Interest expense consists of interest on our borrowings and realized gains (losses) on the related interest rate swap. Interest expense decreased by $0.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period due to lower average outstanding borrowings and a lower effective interest rate.

Other Income (Expense), Net

Other income (expense), net primarily consists of gains (losses) on foreign currency and interest income. The decrease in other income (expense), net of $0.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period was primarily due to an increase in foreign currency losses.

Gain on Investments, Net

Gain on investments, net primarily represents our share of equity method investment gains and losses from our technology-related investment funds. Gain on investments, net remained consistent during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period.

Income Tax Expense

	Three Months Ended						Absolute		Percentage
	March 31,						Increase		Increase
	2021			2020			(Decrease)		(Decrease)
Provision for income taxes (dollars in millions)	$	2.0		$	—		$	2.0		100	%
Effective tax rate		33.4	%		(3.8	%)		37.2		968	%

Income tax expense increased by $2.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period primarily due to the increase in overall U.S. profitability. For the full year 2021, we anticipate that our effective tax rate will be approximately 32%.

Segment Results

Our operations are grouped into three segments: Research, Consulting, and Events. These segments are based on our management structure and how management uses financial information to evaluate performance and determine how to allocate resources. Our products and services are delivered through each segment as described below. Additionally, the tables below include the reclassification of revenues for the components of our CV subscription research products, as described further in Note 1: Interim Consolidated Financial Statements in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Research segment includes the revenues from all of our research products as well as consulting revenues from advisory services (such as speeches and advisory days) delivered by our research organization. Research segment costs include the cost of the organizations responsible for developing and delivering these products in addition to the cost of the product management organization that is responsible for product pricing and packaging and the launch of new products. In May 2021, we announced the launch of a new research portfolio called Forrester Decisions, anticipated to be available in August 2021. This new portfolio of products will help executives, functional leaders, and their teams, across technology, marketing, customer experience, sales, and product management, plan ​and pursue their initiatives for driving growth. The Forrester Decisions product combines the research, frameworks, models, and methodologies of our Forrester Research and SiriusDecisions Research product offerings, as well as features of our Connect and Analytics products.

The Consulting segment includes the revenues and the related costs of our project consulting organization. The project consulting organization delivers a majority of our project consulting revenue and certain advisory services.

The Events segment includes the revenues and the costs of the organization responsible for developing and hosting in-person and virtual events.

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Segment expenses include the direct expenses of each segment organization and exclude selling and marketing expenses, general and administrative expenses, stock-based compensation expense, depreciation expense, adjustments to incentive bonus compensation from target amounts, amortization of intangible assets, interest and other expense, and gains on investments. The accounting policies used by the segments are the same as those used in the consolidated financial statements.

	Research Segment			Consulting Segment			Events Segment			Consolidated
	(dollars in thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
Research revenues	$	74,968		$	—		$	—		$	74,968
Consulting revenues		12,731			25,819			—			38,550
Events revenues		—			—			263			263
Total segment revenues		87,699			25,819			263			113,781
Segment expenses		(30,717	)		(12,325	)		(714	)		(43,756	)
Year over year revenue change		1	%		33	%		192	%		7	%
Year over year expense change		12	%		23	%		5	%		15	%

	Research Segment			Consulting Segment			Events Segment			Consolidated
	(dollars in thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Research revenues	$	74,267		$	—		$	—		$	74,267
Consulting revenues		12,582			19,406			—			31,988
Events revenues		—			—			90			90
Total segment revenues		86,849			19,406			90			106,345
Segment expenses		(27,464	)		(10,021	)		(677	)		(38,162	)

Research segment revenues increased 1% during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period. Research revenues within this segment increased 1% which primarily resulted from flat contract value growth during this period. Consulting revenues increased 1% within this segment due to increased delivery of advisory services.

Research segment expenses increased 12% during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period. The increase in expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2021 was primarily due to (1) a $3.6 million increase in compensation and benefit costs primarily due to reinstating incentive bonus programs that were eliminated as part of the cost-reduction measures implemented in 2020 as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, merit increases, and severance costs and (2) a $0.9 million increase in professional services costs due to an increase in survey costs and new product development. These increases were partially offset by a $1.1 million decrease in travel and entertainment expenses due to reduced travel as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Consulting segment revenues increased 33% during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period driven by continued strong demand for our content marketing offerings.

Consulting segment expenses increased 23% during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period. The increase in expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2021 was primarily due to (1) a $1.5 million increase in professional services primarily due to an increase in outsourced services related to revenue delivery, and (2) a $1.1 million increase in compensation and benefit costs primarily due to reinstating incentive bonus programs that were eliminated as part of the cost-reduction measures implemented in 2020 as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Event segment revenues and expenses remained essentially consistent during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period. No events were held during either period.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We have historically financed our operations primarily through funds generated from operations. Research revenues, which constituted approximately 66% of our revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2021, are generally renewable annually and are typically payable in advance. We generated cash from operating activities of $40.6 million and $21.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The $18.8 million increase in cash provided from operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period was primarily due to a $10.8 million reduction in cash used for working capital (excluding accounts receivable and deferred revenue) and an $8.6 million increase in cash generated from accounts receivable and deferred revenue due to an increase in contract bookings and strong collections activity.

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During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we used cash in investing activities of $1.5 million for purchases of property and equipment, primarily consisting of computer software and equipment. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we used cash in investing activities of $2.4 million for purchases of property and equipment, primarily consisting of computer software and leasehold improvements.

We used $1.0 million of cash from financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2021 primarily due to $3.1 million of repayments of our term loan, partially offset by $2.1 million of net proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our stock-based incentive plans. We used $15.3 million of cash in financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2020 primarily due to $16.3 million of repayments of debt that included $14.0 million of discretionary payments on our revolving credit facility.

We entered into a $200.0 million credit agreement on January 3, 2019. The credit agreement provides for: (1) senior secured term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $125.0 million (the “Term Loans”) and, (2) a senior secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $75.0 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the Term Loans, the “Facilities”). Additional information is provided in Note 3 – Debt in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The Facilities mature on January 3, 2024. As of March 31, 2021, we had remaining principal payments on the Facilities totaling $106.3 million, contractually due as follows: $9.4 million in 2021, $28.1 million within 2022 and 2023, and $68.8 million in 2024. We were in full compliance with the covenants as of March 31, 2021 and expect to continue to be in compliance through the next 12 months.

The Facilities contain certain customary restrictive loan covenants, including among others, financial covenants that apply a maximum leverage ratio and minimum fixed charge coverage ratio. The negative covenants limit, subject to various exceptions, our ability to incur additional indebtedness, create liens on assets, merge, consolidate, liquidate or dissolve any part of the Company, sell assets, pay dividends or other payments in respect to capital stock, change fiscal year, or enter into certain transactions with affiliates and subsidiaries.

Additional future contractual cash obligations extending over the next 12 months and beyond primarily consist of operating lease payments. We lease office space under non-cancellable operating lease agreements (refer to Note 4 – Leases in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information). The remaining duration of non-cancellable office space leases ranges from less than 1 year to 11 years. As of March 31, 2021, remaining non-cancelable lease payments are due as follows: $11.6 million in 2021, $33.2 million within 2022 and 2023, $30.4 million within 2024 and 2025, and $27.1 million beyond 2025.

In addition to the contractual cash commitments included above, we have other payables and liabilities that may be legally enforceable but are not considered contractual commitments.

As of March 31, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents of $125.6 million. This balance includes $60.2 million held outside of the U.S. If the cash outside of the U.S. is needed for operations in the U.S., we would be required to accrue and pay U.S. state taxes and may be required to pay withholding taxes to foreign jurisdictions to repatriate these funds. However, our intent is to permanently reinvest these funds outside of the U.S. and our current plans do not demonstrate a need to repatriate these funds for our U.S. operations. We believe that our current cash balance and cash flows from operations will satisfy working capital, financing activities, and capital expenditure requirements for the next twelve months.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to Note 1 – Interim Consolidated Financial Statements in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a full description of recent accounting pronouncements including the expected dates of adoption and effects on results of operations and financial condition.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

There have been no material changes in our assessment of our sensitivity to market risk since our presentation set forth in Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as such term is defined under Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives and our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2021. Based upon their evaluation and subject to the foregoing, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance as of that date.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Except as noted below, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2021, which has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. In response to COVID-19, we have undertaken measures to protect our employees, partners, and clients, including encouraging employees to work remotely. These changes have compelled us to modify some of our control procedures. However, these changes have so far not been material.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time, we may be subject to legal proceedings and civil and regulatory claims that arise in the ordinary course of our business activities. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have a material adverse effect on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information set forth in this Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A: Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K remain applicable to our business. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks that we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Through March 31, 2021, our Board of Directors authorized an aggregate $535.0 million to purchase common stock under our stock repurchase program. During the quarter ended March 31, 2021, we did not purchase any shares of our common stock under the stock repurchase program.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

Not applicable.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

Not applicable.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

3.1	Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Forrester Research, Inc. (see Exhibit 3.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1A filed on November 5, 1996)
3.2	Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of Forrester Research, Inc. (see Exhibit 3.1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999)
3.3	Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Forrester Research, Inc.
3.4	Amended and Restated By-Laws of Forrester Research, Inc.
4.1	Specimen Certificate for shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, of Forrester Research, Inc. (see Exhibit 4 to Registration Statement on Form S-1A filed on November 5, 1996)
31.1	Certification of the Principal Executive Officer. (filed herewith)
31.2	Certification of the Principal Financial Officer. (filed herewith)
32.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)
32.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)
101.INS	Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. (filed herewith)
101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. (filed herewith)
101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. (filed herewith)
101.DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. (filed herewith)
101.LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. (filed herewith)
101.PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. (filed herewith)
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL Document). (filed herewith)

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.
By:	/s/ SCOTT R. CHOUINARD
	Scott R. Chouinard
	Interim Chief Financial Officer (Principal financial and accounting officer)

Date: May 6, 2021

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, George F. Colony, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Forrester Research, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ GEORGE F. COLONY

George F. Colony

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal executive officer)

Date: May 6, 2021

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING OFFICER

I, Scott R. Chouinard, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Forrester Research, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ SCOTT R. CHOUINARD

Scott R. Chouinard

Interim Chief Financial Officer

(Principal financial and accounting officer)

Date: May 6, 2021

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 1350, CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Pursuant to Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned, as Chief Executive Officer of Forrester Research, Inc. (the “Company”), does hereby certify that to the undersigned’s knowledge:

1) the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “10-Q Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2) the information contained in the 10-Q Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ George F. Colony

George F. Colony

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Dated: May 6, 2021

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 1350, CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Pursuant to Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned, as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Forrester Research, Inc. (the “Company”), does hereby certify that to the undersigned’s knowledge:

1) the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “10-Q Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2) the information contained in the 10-Q Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ SCOTT R. CHOUINARD

Scott R. Chouinard

Interim Chief Financial Officer

Dated: May 6, 2021

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Document Fiscal Year Focus	2021
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Transition Report	false
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock, $.01 Par Value
Trading Symbol	FORR
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Entity Registrant Name	FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.
Entity Central Index Key	0001023313
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		19,129,000
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Entity File Number	000-21433
Entity Tax Identification Number	04-2797789
Entity Address, Address Line One	60 Acorn Park Drive
Entity Address, City or Town	Cambridge
Entity Address, State or Province	MA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	02140
City Area Code	617
Local Phone Number	613-6000

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Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 125,600	$ 90,257
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for expected credit losses of $731 and $708 as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively	68,822	84,695
Deferred commissions	21,937	23,620
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	19,913	18,588
Total current assets	236,272	217,160
Property and equipment, net	26,513	27,032
Operating lease right-of-use assets	73,810	69,296
Goodwill	245,691	247,211
Intangible assets, net	73,898	77,995
Other assets	7,535	5,524
Total assets	663,719	644,218
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable	380	657
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	54,747	76,620
Current portion of long-term debt	12,500	12,500
Deferred revenue	216,522	179,968
Total current liabilities	284,149	269,745
Long-term debt, net of deferred financing fees	92,319	95,299
Non-current operating lease liabilities	74,567	70,323
Other non-current liabilities	20,447	23,085
Total liabilities	471,482	458,452
Commitments and contingencies (Note 4, 13)
Stockholders' Equity (Note 11):
Preferred stock, $0,01 par value Authorized - 500 shares; issued and outstanding - none
Common stock, $0.01 par value Authorized - 125,000 shares Issued - 23,755 and 23,648 shares as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively Outstanding - 19,124 and 19,017 shares as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively	238	236
Additional paid-in capital	234,752	230,128
Retained earnings	131,937	127,981
Treasury stock - 4,631 shares as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020	(171,889)	(171,889)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(2,801)	(690)
Total stockholders’ equity	192,237	185,766
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 663,719	$ 644,218

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Statement Of Financial Position [Abstract]
Accounts receivable, allowance for expected credit losses	$ 731	$ 708
Preferred stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized	500,000	500,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	125,000,000	125,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	23,755,000	23,648,000
Common stock, shares outstanding	19,124,000	19,017,000
Treasury stock, shares	4,631,000	4,631,000

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Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 113,781	$ 106,345
Operating expenses:
Selling and marketing	39,279	40,273
General and administrative	13,178	12,005
Depreciation	2,290	2,406
Amortization of intangible assets	3,903	4,712
Integration costs	118	2,875
Total operating expenses	106,245	105,624
Income from operations	7,536	721
Interest expense	(1,129)	(1,538)
Other income (expense), net	(470)	310
Gain on investments, net		13
Income (loss) before income taxes	5,937	(494)
Income tax expense	1,981	19
Net income (loss)	$ 3,956	$ (513)
Basic income (loss) per common share	$ 0.21	$ (0.03)
Diluted income (loss) per common share	$ 0.21	$ (0.03)
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	19,061	18,705
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	19,288	18,705
Research [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 74,968	$ 74,267
Consulting [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	38,550	31,988
Events [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	263	90
Cost of Services and Fulfillment [Member]
Operating expenses:
Cost of services and fulfillment	$ 47,477	$ 43,353

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Statement Of Income And Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income (loss)	$ 3,956	$ (513)
Other comprehensive loss net of tax:
Foreign currency translation	(2,301)	(1,920)
Net change in market value of interest rate swap	190	(1,181)
Other comprehensive loss	(2,111)	(3,101)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$ 1,845	$ (3,614)

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$ 3,956	$ (513)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation	2,290	2,406
Impairment of property and equipment		626
Amortization of intangible assets	3,903	4,712
Net gains from investments		(13)
Deferred income taxes	(2,395)	(251)
Stock-based compensation	2,492	2,802
Operating lease right-of-use assets, amortization, and impairments	2,666	4,535
Amortization of deferred financing fees	232	244
Foreign currency (gains) losses	521	(229)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	15,181	24,556
Deferred commissions	1,683	1,723
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	(1,255)	(6,943)
Accounts payable	(275)	(143)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	(22,235)	(27,264)
Deferred revenue	36,505	18,574
Operating lease liabilities	(2,718)	(2,999)
Net cash provided by operating activities	40,551	21,823
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment	(1,468)	(2,401)
Net cash used in investing activities	(1,468)	(2,401)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments on borrowings	(3,125)	(16,344)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee equity incentive plans	2,614	1,955
Taxes paid related to net share settlements of stock-based compensation awards	(480)	(902)
Net cash used in financing activities	(991)	(15,291)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(478)	(2,683)
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	37,614	1,448
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period	90,652	69,192
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	128,266	70,640
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	902	1,286
Cash paid for income taxes	$ 1,719	$ 1,356

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Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1 — Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures required for complete financial statements are not included herein. The year-end balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. It is recommended that these financial statements be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes that appear in the Forrester Research, Inc. (“Forrester”) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair statement of the financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows as of the dates and for the periods presented have been included. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 may not be indicative of the results for the year ending December 31, 2021, or any other period.

Reclassification

Effective for the first quarter of 2021, the Company modified its key metrics, as further described in Item 2. Management’s Discussions and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. As part of these changes, beginning January 1, 2021, the Company is classifying all components of its subscription research products within the Research revenues financial statement line on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. In prior periods, the separate advisory session performance obligations included in any of the Company’s subscription research products were classified within the Consulting revenues financial statement line. Prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation which resulted in approximately $1.4 million of revenue being reclassified from Consulting revenues to Research revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2020. This reclassification had no impact on the amount of total revenues previously reported.

Presentation of Restricted Cash

The following table summarizes the end-of-period cash and cash equivalents from the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets and the total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as presented on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands).

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020
Cash and cash equivalents	$	125,600	$	69,815
Restricted cash classified in (1):
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		360		787
Other assets		2,306		38
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in statement of cash flows	$	128,266	$	70,640

(1) Restricted cash consists of collateral required for leased office space, letters of credit, and credit card processing outside of the U.S. The short-term or long-term classification regarding the collateral for the leased office space and letters of credit is determined in accordance with the expiration of the underlying leases.

Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

The Company adopted the guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2019-12, Income Taxes – Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes on January 1, 2021. The standard provides guidance to simplify the accounting for income taxes in certain areas, changes the accounting for select income tax transactions, and makes other minor improvements. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“Topic 326”). The standard amends the existing financial instrument incurred loss impairment model by requiring entities to use a forward-looking approach based on expected losses and to consider a broader range of reasonable and

supportable information to estimate credit losses on certain types of financial instruments, including trade receivables. On January 1, 2020, the Company adopted the standard using the modified retrospective method in which prior periods are not adjusted and recorded a cumulative effect adjustment of $0.2 million to decrease retained earnings.

The Company adopted the guidance in ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment on January 1, 2020. The new standard simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test and requires that instead, an entity should perform its goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. The adoption of this standard did not impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

The Company adopted the guidance in ASU No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement on January 1, 2020. The new standard modifies the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements in Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, including changes to fair value transfers and Level 3 fair value measurements. Changes required upon adoption of this standard are included in Note 7 – Fair Value Measurements and did not impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

The Company adopted the guidance in ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software: Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That is a Service Contract on January 1, 2020. The new standard aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software (and hosting arrangements that include an internal-use software license). The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) – Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Finance Reporting. The new standard provides optional guidance for a limited period of time to ease the potential burden in accounting for, or recognizing the effects of, reference rate reform on financial reporting due to the risk of cessation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The updates apply to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR, or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform, and as a result require a modification. An entity may elect to apply the amendments immediately or at any point through December 31, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact that this standard may have on its financial position and results of operations, including the standard’s potential impact on any contractual changes in the future that may result from reference rate reform.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Note 2 — Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of acquired businesses over the estimated fair values of the tangible and identifiable intangible net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized; however, it is required to be tested for impairment annually, which requires assessment of the potential impairment at the reporting unit level. Testing for impairment is also required on an interim basis if an event or circumstance indicates it is more likely than not an impairment loss has been incurred.

The Company performed its annual impairment testing as of November 30, 2020 utilizing a qualitative assessment to determine if it was more likely than not that the fair values of each of its reporting units was less than their respective carrying values and concluded that no impairments existed. Subsequent to completing the annual test and through March 31, 2021, there were no events or circumstances that required an interim impairment test. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2021, the Company had no accumulated goodwill impairment losses. Approximately $8.2 million of goodwill is allocated to the Company’s Consulting reporting unit, which has a negative carrying value as of March 31, 2021.

The change in the carrying amount of goodwill for the three months ended March 31, 2021 is summarized as follows (in thousands):

	Total
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	247,211
Translation adjustments		(1,520	)
Balance at March 31, 2021	$	245,691

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets

The carrying values of finite-lived intangible assets are as follows (in thousands):

	March 31, 2021
	Gross				Net
	Carrying		Accumulated		Carrying
	Amount		Amortization		Amount
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer relationships	$	78,375	$	19,384	$	58,991
Technology		16,740		10,929		5,811
Trademarks		12,463		3,367		9,096
Total	$	107,578	$	33,680	$	73,898

	December 31, 2020
	Gross				Net
	Carrying		Accumulated		Carrying
	Amount		Amortization		Amount
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer relationships	$	78,450	$	17,277	$	61,173
Technology		16,956		10,197		6,759
Trademarks		12,495		2,432		10,063
Total	$	107,901	$	29,906	$	77,995

Estimated intangible asset amortization expense for each of the five succeeding years is as follows (in thousands):

2021 (remainder)	$	11,212
2022		13,179
2023		11,938
2024		9,895
2025		8,879
Thereafter		18,795
Total	$	73,898

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Debt

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt

Note 3 — Debt

On January 3, 2019, the Company entered into a $200.0 million credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement provides for: (1) senior secured term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $125.0 million (the “Term Loans”) and (2) a senior secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $75.0 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility”). The Credit Agreement is scheduled to mature on January 3, 2024.

The Credit Agreement permits the Company to borrow incremental term loans and/or increase commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount up to $50.0 million, subject to approval by the administrative agent and certain customary terms and conditions.

The Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility can be repaid early, in part or in whole, at any time and from time to time, without premium or penalty, other than customary breakage reimbursement requirements for LIBOR based loans. The Term Loans must be prepaid with net cash proceeds of (i) certain debt incurred or issued by Forrester and its restricted subsidiaries and (ii) certain asset sales and condemnation or casualty events, subject to certain reinvestment rights.

Amounts borrowed under the Credit Agreement bear interest, at Forrester’s option, at a rate per annum equal to either (i) LIBOR for the applicable interest period plus a margin that is between 1.75% and 2.50% based on Forrester’s consolidated total leverage ratio, or (ii) the alternate base rate plus a margin that is between 0.75% and 1.50% based on Forrester’s consolidated total leverage ratio. In addition, the Company pays a commitment fee that is between 0.25% and 0.35% per annum, based on Forrester’s consolidated total leverage ratio, on the average daily unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility, payable quarterly, in arrears.

The Term Loans require repayment of the outstanding principal balance in quarterly installments each year, with the balance repayable on the maturity date, subject to customary exceptions. As of March 31, 2021, the amount payable in each year is set forth in the table below (in thousands):

2021 (remainder)		9,375
2022		12,500
2023		15,625
2024		68,750
Total remaining principal payments	$	106,250

The Revolving Credit Facility does not require repayment prior to maturity, subject to customary exceptions. The Company has $74.1 million of available borrowing capacity on the revolver (not including the expansion feature) as of March 31, 2021. Proceeds from the Revolving Credit Facility can be used towards working capital and general corporate purposes. Up to $5.0 million of the Revolving Credit Facility is available for the issuance of letters of credit, and any drawings under the letters of credit must be reimbursed within one business day. As of March 31, 2021, $0.9 million in letters of credit were issued under the Revolving Credit Facility.

Forrester incurred $1.8 million in costs related to the Revolving Credit Facility, which are recorded in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. These costs are being amortized as interest expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations on a straight-line basis over the five-year term of the Revolving Credit Facility. Forrester incurred $2.8 million in costs related to the Term Loans, which are recorded as a reduction to the face value of long-term debt on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. These costs are being amortized as interest expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations utilizing the effective interest rate method.

Outstanding Borrowings

The following table summarizes the Company’s total outstanding borrowings as of the dates indicated (in thousands):

Description:	March 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Principal amount outstanding (1) (2)	$	106,250		$	109,375
Less: Deferred financing fees		(1,431	)		(1,576	)
Net carrying amount	$	104,819		$	107,799

(1) This amount consists entirely of the outstanding Term Loan balance.

(2) The contractual annualized interest rate as of March 31, 2021 on the Term loan facility was 2.125%, which consisted of LIBOR of 0.125% plus a margin of 2.000%. However, the Company has an interest rate swap that effectively converts the floating LIBOR base rates on a portion of the amounts outstanding to a fixed base rate. Refer to Note 6 – Derivatives and Hedging for further information on the swap. The weighted average annual effective rate on the Company's total debt outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2021, was 2.146%.

The Credit Agreement contains certain customary restrictive loan covenants, including among others, financial covenants that apply a maximum leverage ratio and minimum fixed charge coverage ratio. The maximum leverage ratio is based on total debt outstanding at the measurement date divided by EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the fixed charge coverage ratio is based upon EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement), less capital expenditures, as a ratio to certain fixed charges, including Term Loan amortization, cash interest expense and cash taxes. The negative covenants limit, subject to various exceptions, the Company’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, create liens on assets, merge, consolidate, liquidate or dissolve any part of the Company, sell assets, pay dividends or other payments in respect to capital stock, change fiscal year, or enter into certain transactions with affiliates and subsidiaries. The Credit Agreement also contains customary events of default, representations, and warranties.

As of March 31, 2021, the Company is in compliance with its financial covenants under the Credit Agreement. The Company currently forecasts that it will be in compliance with its financial covenants for at least one year from the issuance of these interim financial statements.

All obligations under the Credit Agreement are unconditionally guaranteed by each of the Company’s existing and future, direct and indirect material wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries, other than certain excluded subsidiaries, and are collateralized by a first priority lien on substantially all tangible and intangible assets including intellectual property and all of the capital stock of the Company and its subsidiaries (limited to 65% of the voting equity of certain subsidiaries).

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Leases

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

Note 4 — Leases

All of the Company’s leases are operating leases, the majority of which are for office space. Operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and non-current operating lease liabilities are included as individual line items on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, while short-term operating lease liabilities are recorded within accrued expenses and other current liabilities. Leases with an initial term of twelve months or less are not recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and are not material.

The components of lease expense were as follows (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021			2020
Operating lease cost	$	3,819		$	3,991
Short-term lease cost		88			81
Variable lease cost		1,436			1,356
Sublease income		(61	)		(61	)
Total lease cost	$	5,282		$	5,367

Additional lease information is summarized in the following table (in thousands, except lease term and discount rate):

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021			2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating    lease liabilities	$	2,718		$	2,999
Operating lease ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease    obligations	$	7,433		$	1,466
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases (years)		6.5			6.3
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases		4.4	%		5.1	%

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases as of March 31, 2021 are as follows (in thousands):

2021 (remainder)	$	11,642
2022		16,623
2023		16,582
2024		16,208
2025		14,233
Thereafter		27,076
Total lease payments		102,364
Less imputed interest		(15,623	)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	86,741

Lease balances as of March 31, 2021 are as follows (in thousands):

Operating lease ROU assets	$	73,810
Short-term operating lease liabilities (1)	$	12,174
Non-current operating lease liabilities		74,567
Total operating lease liabilities	$	86,741

(1) Included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company’s leases do not contain residual value guarantees, material restrictions or covenants, and all sublease transactions are not material. The Company incurred $1.4 million of ROU asset impairments during the three months ended March 31, 2020 related to facility leases from the SiriusDecisions, Inc. acquisition that the Company no longer used as a result of the integration of SiriusDecisions. These impairments are recorded in integration costs on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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Revenue and Related Matters

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]

Revenue and Related Matters

Note 5 – Revenue and Related Matters

Disaggregated Revenue

The Company disaggregates revenue as set forth in the following tables (in thousands):

Revenue by Geography

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
Revenues: (1)	2021		2020
North America	$	90,896	$	88,410
Europe		15,081		11,787
Asia Pacific		6,393		5,051
Other		1,411		1,097
Total	$	113,781	$	106,345

(1) Revenue location is determined based on where the products and services are consumed.

Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable includes amounts billed and currently due from customers. Since the only condition for payment of the Company’s invoices is the passage of time, a receivable is recorded on the date an invoice is issued. Also included in accounts receivable are unbilled amounts resulting from revenue exceeding the amount billed to the customer, where the right to payment is unconditional. If the right to payment for services performed was conditional on something other than the passage of time, the unbilled amount would be recorded as a separate contract asset. There were no contract assets as of March 31, 2021 or 2020.

The majority of the Company’s contracts are non-cancellable. However, for contracts that are cancellable by the customer, the Company does not record a receivable when it issues an invoice. The Company records accounts receivable on these contracts only up to the amount of revenue earned but not yet collected.

In addition, since the majority of the Company’s contracts are for a duration of one year and payment is expected within one year from the transfer of products and services, the Company does not adjust its receivables or transaction prices for the effects of a significant financing component.

Deferred Revenue

The Company refers to contract liabilities as deferred revenue on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Payment terms in the Company’s customer contracts vary, but generally require payment in advance of fully satisfying the performance obligation(s). Deferred revenue consists of billings in excess of revenue recognized. Similar to accounts receivable, the Company does not record deferred revenue for unpaid invoices issued on a cancellable contract.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized $72.3 and $69.9 million of revenue, respectively, related to its deferred revenue balances at January 1 of each such period. To determine revenue recognized in each period from deferred revenue at the beginning of each period, the Company first allocates revenue to the individual deferred revenue balance outstanding at the beginning of each period, until the revenue equals that balance.

Approximately $489.0 million of revenue is expected to be recognized during the next 24 months from remaining performance obligations as of March 31, 2021.

Reserves for Credit Losses

The allowance for expected credit losses on accounts receivable for the three months ended March 31, 2021 is summarized as follows (in thousands):

	Total Allowance
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	708
Provision for expected credit losses		86
Write-offs		(63	)
Balance at March 31, 2021	$	731

When evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for expected credit losses, the Company makes judgments regarding the collectability of accounts receivable based, in part, on the Company’s historical loss rate experience, customer concentrations, management’s expectations of future losses as informed by current economic conditions, and changes in customer payment terms. If

the expected financial condition of the Company’s customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required. If the expected financial condition of the Company’s customers were to improve, the allowances may be reduced accordingly.

Cost to Obtain Contracts

The Company capitalizes commissions paid to sales representatives and related fringe benefits costs that are incremental to obtaining customer contracts. These costs are included in deferred commissions on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company accounts for these costs at a portfolio level as the Company’s contracts are similar in nature and the amortization model used closely matches the amortization expense that would be recognized on a contract-by-contract basis. Costs to obtain a contract are amortized to earnings over the initial contract term, which is the same period the related revenue is recognized. Amortization expense related to deferred commissions for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $8.8 million and $8.1 million, respectively. The Company evaluates the recoverability of deferred commissions at each balance sheet date and there were no impairments recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

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Derivatives and Hedging

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivatives and Hedging

Note 6 — Derivatives and Hedging

The Company has a derivative contract (an interest rate swap) to mitigate the cash flow risk associated with changes in interest rates on its variable rate debt (refer to Note 3 – Debt). The Company accounts for its derivative contract in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 815 – Derivatives and Hedging (“Topic 815”), which requires all derivatives, including derivatives designated as accounting hedges, to be recorded on the balance sheet at fair value.

Interest Rate Swap

At March 31, 2021, the Company had a single interest rate swap contract that matures in 2022, with an initial notional amount of $95.0 million. The notional amount at March 31, 2021 was $52.7 million. The Company pays a base fixed rate of 1.65275% and in return receives the greater of (1) 1-month LIBOR, rounded up to the nearest 1/16 of a percent, or (2) 0.00%. The fair value of the swap on March 31, 2021 was a liability of $0.9 million (refer to Note 7 – Fair Value Measurements for information on determining the fair value). The liability is included in other non-current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The swap has been designated and accounted for as a cash flow hedge of the forecasted interest payments on the Company’s debt. As long as the swap continues to be a highly effective hedge of the designated interest rate risk, changes in the fair value of the swap are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), a component of equity in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Any ineffective portion of a change in the fair value of a hedge is recorded in earnings.

As required under Topic 815, the swap’s effectiveness is assessed on a quarterly basis. Since its inception, and through March 31, 2021, the interest rate swap was considered highly effective. Accordingly, the entire negative fair value as of March 31, 2021 of $0.6 million, net of taxes, is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss. The Company expects $0.5 million of this loss, net of taxes, to be reclassified into earnings within the next 12 months. Realized gains or losses related to the interest rate swap are included as operating activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

The Company’s derivative counterparty is an investment grade financial institution. The Company does not have any collateral arrangements with this counterparty and the derivative contract does not contain credit risk related contingent features. The table below provides information regarding amounts recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the derivative contract for the periods indicated (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31,
Amount recorded in:	2021			2020
Interest expense (1)	$	(259	)	$	13
Total	$	(259	)	$	13

(1) Consists of interest expense from the interest rate swap contract.

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Fair Value Measurements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

Note 7 — Fair Value Measurements

The carrying amounts reflected on the Consolidated Balance Sheets for cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses approximate fair value due to their short-term maturities. The Company’s financial instruments also include its outstanding variable-rate borrowings (refer to Note 3 – Debt). The Company believes that the carrying amount of its variable-rate borrowings reasonably approximate their fair values because the rates of interest on those borrowings reflect current market rates of interest.

Additionally, the Company measures certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis including cash equivalents and its derivative contract. The fair values of these financial assets and liabilities have been classified as Level 1, 2, or 3 within the fair value hierarchy as described in the accounting standards for fair value measurements:

Level 1 — Fair value based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 — Fair value based on inputs other than Level 1 inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3 — Fair value based on unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and such inputs are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

The following table represents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):

	As of March 31, 2021
	Level 1		Level 2			Total
Assets:
Money market funds (1)	$	503	$	—		$	503
Total Assets	$	503	$	—		$	503
Liabilities:
Interest rate swap (2)		—	$	(880	)	$	(880	)
Total Liabilities	$	—	$	(880	)	$	(880	)

	As of December 31, 2020
	Level 1		Level 2			Total
Assets:
Money market funds (1)	$	503	$	—		$	503
Total Assets	$	503	$	—		$	503
Liabilities:
Interest rate swap (2)		—	$	(1,144	)	$	(1,144	)
Total Liabilities	$	—	$	(1,144	)	$	(1,144	)

(1) Included in cash and cash equivalents on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

(2) The Company has an interest rate swap contract that hedges the risk of variability from interest payments on its borrowings (refer to Note 3 – Debt and Note 6 – Derivatives and Hedging). The fair value of the interest rate swap is based on valuations prepared by a third-party broker. Those valuations are based on observable interest rates and other observable market data, which the Company considers Level 2 inputs.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company did not transfer assets or liabilities between levels of the fair value hierarchy. Additionally, there have been no changes to the valuation techniques for Level 2 liabilities.

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Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Note 8 — Income Taxes

Forrester provides for income taxes on an interim basis according to management’s estimate of the effective tax rate expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year. Certain items such as changes in tax rates, tax benefits or expense related to settlements of share-based payment awards, and foreign currency gains or losses are treated as discrete items and are recorded in the period in which they arise.

Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $2.0 million resulting in an effective tax rate of 33.4% for the period. Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $19 thousand resulting in an effective tax rate of

negative 3.8% for the period. The increase in income tax expense during the 2021 period was primarily due to the increase in overall U.S. profitability.

The Company anticipates that its effective tax rate for the full year 2021 will be approximately 32%.

On March 27, 2020, Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security ("CARES") Act to provide certain relief as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. The Company evaluated the impact of the CARES Act and determined it was not material to its financial position or results of operations.

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) ("AOCI/L")

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Equity [Abstract]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) ("AOCI/L")

Note 9 — Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (“AOCI/L”)

The components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are as follows (net of tax, in thousands):

	Interest Rate			Translation
	Swap			Adjustment			Total AOCI/L
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	(821	)	$	131		$	(690	)
Foreign currency translation (1)		—			(2,301	)		(2,301	)
Unrealized gain before reclassification, net     of tax of $(1)		4			—			4
Reclassification of AOCI/L to income, net     of tax of $(73) (2)		186			—			186
Balance at March 31, 2021	$	(631	)	$	(2,170	)	$	(2,801	)

	Interest Rate			Translation
	Swap			Adjustment			Total AOCI/L
Balance at December 31, 2019	$	(104	)	$	(4,753	)	$	(4,857	)
Foreign currency translation (1)		—			(1,920	)		(1,920	)
Unrealized loss, net of tax of $462		(1,181	)		—			(1,181	)
Balance at March 31, 2020	$	(1,285	)	$	(6,673	)	$	(7,958	)

(1) The Company does not record tax provisions or benefits for the net changes in foreign currency translation adjustments as it intends to permanently reinvest undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries.

(2) Reclassification is related to the Company’s interest rate swap (cash flow hedge) and was recorded in interest expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Refer to Note 6 – Derivatives and Hedging.

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Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

Note 10 — Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

Basic net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the basic weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the diluted weighted average number of common shares and common equivalent shares outstanding during the period. The weighted average number of common equivalent shares outstanding has been determined in accordance with the treasury-stock method. Common equivalent shares consist of common stock issuable on the exercise of outstanding stock options and the vesting of restricted stock units.

Basic and diluted weighted average common shares are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2021		2020
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding		19,061		18,705
Weighted average common equivalent shares		227		—
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding		19,288		18,705
Options and restricted stock units excluded from diluted    weighted average share calculation as effect would have    been anti-dilutive		3		980

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Stockholders' Equity

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity

Note 11 — Stockholders’ Equity

The components of stockholders’ equity are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
	Common Stock								Treasury Stock					Accumulated
	Number of Shares		$0.01 Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings		Number of Shares		Cost			Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Total Stockholders' Equity
Balance at December 31, 2020		23,648	$	236	$	230,128	$	127,981		4,631	$	(171,889	)	$	(690	)	$	185,766
Issuance of common stock under    stock plans, including tax effects		107		2		2,132		—		—		—			—			2,134
Stock-based compensation expense		—		—		2,492		—		—		—			—			2,492
Net income		—		—		—		3,956		—		—			—			3,956
Net change in interest rate swap,    net of tax		—		—		—		—		—		—			190			190
Foreign currency translation		—		—		—		—		—		—			(2,301	)		(2,301	)
Balance at March 31, 2021		23,755	$	238	$	234,752	$	131,937		4,631	$	(171,889	)	$	(2,801	)	$	192,237

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Common Stock									Treasury Stock					Accumulated
	Number of Shares		$0.01 Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings			Number of Shares		Cost			Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Total Stockholders' Equity
Balance at December 31, 2019		23,275	$	233	$	216,454	$	118,147			4,631	$	(171,889	)	$	(4,857	)	$	158,088
Issuance of common stock under    stock plans, including tax effects		114		1		1,052		—			—		—			—			1,053
Stock-based compensation expense		—		—		2,802		—			—		—			—			2,802
Cumulative effect adjustment due    to adoption of new accounting    pronouncement, net of tax		—		—		—		(157	)		—		—			—			(157	)
Net loss		—		—		—		(513	)		—		—			—			(513	)
Net change in interest rate swap,    net of tax		—		—		—		—			—		—			(1,181	)		(1,181	)
Foreign currency translation		—		—		—		—			—		—			(1,920	)		(1,920	)
Balance at March 31, 2020		23,389	$	234	$	220,308	$	117,477			4,631	$	(171,889	)	$	(7,958	)	$	158,172

Equity Plans

Restricted stock unit activity for the three months ended March 31, 2021 is presented below (in thousands, except per share data):

				Weighted-
				Average
	Number of			Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value
Unvested at December 31, 2020		642		$	38.99
Granted		7			46.04
Vested		(38	)		41.24
Forfeited		(13	)		39.44
Unvested at March 31, 2021		598		$	38.93

Stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2021 is presented below (in thousands, except per share data and contractual term):

				Weighted -		Weighted -
				Average		Average
				Exercise		Remaining		Aggregate
	Number			Price Per		Contractual		Intrinsic
	of Shares			Share		Term (in years)		Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2020		292		$	35.46
Exercised		(30	)		36.04
Outstanding at March 31, 2021		262		$	35.40		3.15	$	1,859
Vested and Exercisable at March 31, 2021		262		$	35.40		3.15	$	1,859

No stock options were granted or forfeited during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Stock-Based Compensation

Forrester recognizes the fair value of stock-based compensation over the requisite service period of the individual grantee, which generally equals the vesting period. Stock-based compensation was recorded in the following expense categories on the Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2021		2020
Cost of services and fulfillment	$	1,435	$	1,593
Selling and marketing		449		362
General and administrative		608		847
Total	$	2,492	$	2,802

Forrester utilizes the Black-Scholes valuation model for estimating the fair value of shares subject to purchase under the employee stock purchase plan, which were valued using the following assumptions:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2021			2020
Average risk-free interest rate		0.05	%		0.30	%
Expected dividend yield		0.0	%		0.0	%
Expected life	0.5 Years			0.5 Years
Expected volatility		35	%		26	%
Weighted average fair value	$	11.50		$	8.10

Dividends

In 2019, the Company suspended its dividends program as a result of the acquisition of SiriusDecisions, Inc. and the related debt incurred to fund the acquisition (refer to Note 3 – Debt). The Company did not declare or pay any dividends in the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Treasury Stock

As of March 31, 2021, Forrester’s Board of Directors had authorized an aggregate $535.0 million to purchase common stock under its stock repurchase program. The shares repurchased may be used, among other things, in connection with Forrester’s equity incentive and purchase plans. In the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company did not repurchase any shares of common stock. From the inception of the program through March 31, 2021, the Company repurchased 16.3 million shares of common stock at an aggregate cost of $474.9 million.

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Operating Segments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Operating Segments

Note 12 — Operating Segments

The Company’s operations are grouped into three segments: Research, Consulting, and Events. These segments are based on the management structure of the Company and how management uses financial information to evaluate performance and determine how to allocate resources. The Company’s products and services are delivered through each segment as described below. Additionally, the tables below include the reclassification of revenues for the components of the Company’s CV subscription research products, as described further in Note 1: Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Research segment includes the revenues from all of the Company’s research products as well as consulting revenues from advisory services (such as speeches and advisory days) delivered by the Company’s research organization. Research segment costs include the cost of the organizations responsible for developing and delivering these products in addition to the costs of the product management organization responsible for product pricing and packaging, and the launch of new products. In May 2021, the Company announced the launch of a new research portfolio called Forrester Decisions, anticipated to be available in August 2021. This new portfolio of products will help executives, functional leaders, and their teams, across technology, marketing, customer experience, sales, and product management, plan ​and pursue initiatives for driving growth. The Forrester Decisions product combines the research, frameworks, models, and methodologies of the Company’s Forrester Research and SiriusDecisions Research product offerings, as well as features of the Company’s Connect and Analytics products. In connection with the launch of Forrester Decisions, the Company will no longer provide disaggregation of revenue by its research products in the segment tables below (refer to Note 5 – Revenue and Related Matters for disclosure of disaggregated revenue).

The Consulting segment includes the revenues and the related costs of the Company’s project consulting organization. The project consulting organization delivers a majority of the Company’s project consulting revenue and certain advisory services.

The Events segment includes the revenues and the costs of the organization responsible for developing and hosting in-person and virtual events.

Segment expenses include the direct expenses of each segment organization and exclude selling and marketing expenses, general and administrative expenses, stock-based compensation expense, depreciation expense, adjustments to incentive bonus compensation from target amounts, amortization of intangible assets, interest and other expense, and gains on investments. The accounting policies used by the segments are the same as those used in the consolidated financial statements.

The Company provides information by reportable segment in the tables below (in thousands):

	Research Segment			Consulting Segment			Events Segment			Consolidated
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
Research revenues	$	74,968		$	—		$	—		$	74,968
Consulting revenues		12,731			25,819			—			38,550
Events revenues		—			—			263			263
Total segment revenues		87,699			25,819			263			113,781
Segment expenses		(30,717	)		(12,325	)		(714	)		(43,756	)
Selling, marketing, administrative and other expenses											(58,468	)
Amortization of intangible assets											(3,903	)
Integration costs											(118	)
Interest expense, other expense, and gains on investments											(1,599	)
Loss before income taxes										$	5,937

	Research Segment			Consulting Segment			Events Segment			Consolidated
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Research revenues	$	74,267		$	—		$	—		$	74,267
Consulting revenues		12,582			19,406			—			31,988
Events revenues		—			—			90			90
Total segment revenues		86,849			19,406			90			106,345
Segment expenses		(27,464	)		(10,021	)		(677	)		(38,162	)
Selling, marketing, administrative and other expenses											(59,875	)
Amortization of intangible assets											(4,712	)
Integration costs											(2,875	)
Interest expense, other income, and gains on investments											(1,215	)
Loss before income taxes										$	(494	)

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Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Contingencies

Note 13 — Contingencies

From time to time, the Company may be subject to legal proceedings and civil and regulatory claims that arise in the ordinary course of its business activities. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have a material adverse effect on the Company because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors.

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Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures required for complete financial statements are not included herein. The year-end balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. It is recommended that these financial statements be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes that appear in the Forrester Research, Inc. (“Forrester”) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair statement of the financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows as of the dates and for the periods presented have been included. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 may not be indicative of the results for the year ending December 31, 2021, or any other period.

Reclassification

Reclassification

Effective for the first quarter of 2021, the Company modified its key metrics, as further described in Item 2. Management’s Discussions and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. As part of these changes, beginning January 1, 2021, the Company is classifying all components of its subscription research products within the Research revenues financial statement line on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. In prior periods, the separate advisory session performance obligations included in any of the Company’s subscription research products were classified within the Consulting revenues financial statement line. Prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation which resulted in approximately $1.4 million of revenue being reclassified from Consulting revenues to Research revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2020. This reclassification had no impact on the amount of total revenues previously reported.

Presentation of Restricted Cash

Presentation of Restricted Cash

The following table summarizes the end-of-period cash and cash equivalents from the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets and the total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as presented on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands).

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020
Cash and cash equivalents	$	125,600	$	69,815
Restricted cash classified in (1):
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		360		787
Other assets		2,306		38
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in statement of cash flows	$	128,266	$	70,640

(1) Restricted cash consists of collateral required for leased office space, letters of credit, and credit card processing outside of the U.S. The short-term or long-term classification regarding the collateral for the leased office space and letters of credit is determined in accordance with the expiration of the underlying leases.

Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

The Company adopted the guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2019-12, Income Taxes – Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes on January 1, 2021. The standard provides guidance to simplify the accounting for income taxes in certain areas, changes the accounting for select income tax transactions, and makes other minor improvements. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“Topic 326”). The standard amends the existing financial instrument incurred loss impairment model by requiring entities to use a forward-looking approach based on expected losses and to consider a broader range of reasonable and

supportable information to estimate credit losses on certain types of financial instruments, including trade receivables. On January 1, 2020, the Company adopted the standard using the modified retrospective method in which prior periods are not adjusted and recorded a cumulative effect adjustment of $0.2 million to decrease retained earnings.

The Company adopted the guidance in ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment on January 1, 2020. The new standard simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test and requires that instead, an entity should perform its goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. The adoption of this standard did not impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

The Company adopted the guidance in ASU No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement on January 1, 2020. The new standard modifies the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements in Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, including changes to fair value transfers and Level 3 fair value measurements. Changes required upon adoption of this standard are included in Note 7 – Fair Value Measurements and did not impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

The Company adopted the guidance in ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software: Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That is a Service Contract on January 1, 2020. The new standard aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software (and hosting arrangements that include an internal-use software license). The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) – Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Finance Reporting. The new standard provides optional guidance for a limited period of time to ease the potential burden in accounting for, or recognizing the effects of, reference rate reform on financial reporting due to the risk of cessation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The updates apply to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR, or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform, and as a result require a modification. An entity may elect to apply the amendments immediately or at any point through December 31, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact that this standard may have on its financial position and results of operations, including the standard’s potential impact on any contractual changes in the future that may result from reference rate reform.

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Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of End-of-period Cash and Cash Equivalents and Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash from Financial Statements

The following table summarizes the end-of-period cash and cash equivalents from the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets and the total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as presented on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands).

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020
Cash and cash equivalents	$	125,600	$	69,815
Restricted cash classified in (1):
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		360		787
Other assets		2,306		38
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in statement of cash flows	$	128,266	$	70,640

(1) Restricted cash consists of collateral required for leased office space, letters of credit, and credit card processing outside of the U.S. The short-term or long-term classification regarding the collateral for the leased office space and letters of credit is determined in accordance with the expiration of the underlying leases.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Change in Carrying Amount of Goodwill

The change in the carrying amount of goodwill for the three months ended March 31, 2021 is summarized as follows (in thousands):

	Total
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	247,211
Translation adjustments		(1,520	)
Balance at March 31, 2021	$	245,691

Summary of Carrying Values of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets

The carrying values of finite-lived intangible assets are as follows (in thousands):

	March 31, 2021
	Gross				Net
	Carrying		Accumulated		Carrying
	Amount		Amortization		Amount
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer relationships	$	78,375	$	19,384	$	58,991
Technology		16,740		10,929		5,811
Trademarks		12,463		3,367		9,096
Total	$	107,578	$	33,680	$	73,898

	December 31, 2020
	Gross				Net
	Carrying		Accumulated		Carrying
	Amount		Amortization		Amount
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer relationships	$	78,450	$	17,277	$	61,173
Technology		16,956		10,197		6,759
Trademarks		12,495		2,432		10,063
Total	$	107,901	$	29,906	$	77,995

Summary of Estimated Intangible Assets Amortization Expense

Estimated intangible asset amortization expense for each of the five succeeding years is as follows (in thousands):

2021 (remainder)	$	11,212
2022		13,179
2023		11,938
2024		9,895
2025		8,879
Thereafter		18,795
Total	$	73,898

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Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt

As of March 31, 2021, the amount payable in each year is set forth in the table below (in thousands):

2021 (remainder)		9,375
2022		12,500
2023		15,625
2024		68,750
Total remaining principal payments	$	106,250

Summary of Company's Total Outstanding Borrowings

The following table summarizes the Company’s total outstanding borrowings as of the dates indicated (in thousands):

Description:	March 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Principal amount outstanding (1) (2)	$	106,250		$	109,375
Less: Deferred financing fees		(1,431	)		(1,576	)
Net carrying amount	$	104,819		$	107,799

(1) This amount consists entirely of the outstanding Term Loan balance.

(2) The contractual annualized interest rate as of March 31, 2021 on the Term loan facility was 2.125%, which consisted of LIBOR of 0.125% plus a margin of 2.000%. However, the Company has an interest rate swap that effectively converts the floating LIBOR base rates on a portion of the amounts outstanding to a fixed base rate. Refer to Note 6 – Derivatives and Hedging for further information on the swap. The weighted average annual effective rate on the Company's total debt outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2021, was 2.146%.

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Leases (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Leases [Abstract]

Summary of Components of Lease Expense

The components of lease expense were as follows (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021			2020
Operating lease cost	$	3,819		$	3,991
Short-term lease cost		88			81
Variable lease cost		1,436			1,356
Sublease income		(61	)		(61	)
Total lease cost	$	5,282		$	5,367

Summary of Additional Lease Information

Additional lease information is summarized in the following table (in thousands, except lease term and discount rate):

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021			2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating    lease liabilities	$	2,718		$	2,999
Operating lease ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease    obligations	$	7,433		$	1,466
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases (years)		6.5			6.3
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases		4.4	%		5.1	%

Summary of Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Non-Cancellable Leases

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases as of March 31, 2021 are as follows (in thousands):

2021 (remainder)	$	11,642
2022		16,623
2023		16,582
2024		16,208
2025		14,233
Thereafter		27,076
Total lease payments		102,364
Less imputed interest		(15,623	)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	86,741

Summary of Lease Balances

Lease balances as of March 31, 2021 are as follows (in thousands):

Operating lease ROU assets	$	73,810
Short-term operating lease liabilities (1)	$	12,174
Non-current operating lease liabilities		74,567
Total operating lease liabilities	$	86,741

(1) Included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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Revenue and Related Matters (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]

Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue by Geography and Recognition Timing

The Company disaggregates revenue as set forth in the following tables (in thousands):

Revenue by Geography

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
Revenues: (1)	2021		2020
North America	$	90,896	$	88,410
Europe		15,081		11,787
Asia Pacific		6,393		5,051
Other		1,411		1,097
Total	$	113,781	$	106,345

(1) Revenue location is determined based on where the products and services are consumed.

Summary of Allowance for Expected Credit Losses on Accounts Receivable

The allowance for expected credit losses on accounts receivable for the three months ended March 31, 2021 is summarized as follows (in thousands):

	Total Allowance
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	708
Provision for expected credit losses		86
Write-offs		(63	)
Balance at March 31, 2021	$	731

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Derivatives and Hedging (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Derivative Contract Amounts Recognized in Consolidated Statement of Operations

The table below provides information regarding amounts recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the derivative contract for the periods indicated (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31,
Amount recorded in:	2021			2020
Interest expense (1)	$	(259	)	$	13
Total	$	(259	)	$	13

(1) Consists of interest expense from the interest rate swap contract.

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Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Summary of Company's Fair Value Hierarchy for its Financial Assets and Liabilities

The following table represents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):

	As of March 31, 2021
	Level 1		Level 2			Total
Assets:
Money market funds (1)	$	503	$	—		$	503
Total Assets	$	503	$	—		$	503
Liabilities:
Interest rate swap (2)		—	$	(880	)	$	(880	)
Total Liabilities	$	—	$	(880	)	$	(880	)

	As of December 31, 2020
	Level 1		Level 2			Total
Assets:
Money market funds (1)	$	503	$	—		$	503
Total Assets	$	503	$	—		$	503
Liabilities:
Interest rate swap (2)		—	$	(1,144	)	$	(1,144	)
Total Liabilities	$	—	$	(1,144	)	$	(1,144	)

(1) Included in cash and cash equivalents on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

(2) The Company has an interest rate swap contract that hedges the risk of variability from interest payments on its borrowings (refer to Note 3 – Debt and Note 6 – Derivatives and Hedging). The fair value of the interest rate swap is based on valuations prepared by a third-party broker. Those valuations are based on observable interest rates and other observable market data, which the Company considers Level 2 inputs.

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) ("AOCI/L") (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Equity [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are as follows (net of tax, in thousands):

	Interest Rate			Translation
	Swap			Adjustment			Total AOCI/L
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	(821	)	$	131		$	(690	)
Foreign currency translation (1)		—			(2,301	)		(2,301	)
Unrealized gain before reclassification, net     of tax of $(1)		4			—			4
Reclassification of AOCI/L to income, net     of tax of $(73) (2)		186			—			186
Balance at March 31, 2021	$	(631	)	$	(2,170	)	$	(2,801	)

	Interest Rate			Translation
	Swap			Adjustment			Total AOCI/L
Balance at December 31, 2019	$	(104	)	$	(4,753	)	$	(4,857	)
Foreign currency translation (1)		—			(1,920	)		(1,920	)
Unrealized loss, net of tax of $462		(1,181	)		—			(1,181	)
Balance at March 31, 2020	$	(1,285	)	$	(6,673	)	$	(7,958	)

(1) The Company does not record tax provisions or benefits for the net changes in foreign currency translation adjustments as it intends to permanently reinvest undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries.

(2) Reclassification is related to the Company’s interest rate swap (cash flow hedge) and was recorded in interest expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Refer to Note 6 – Derivatives and Hedging.

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Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Basic and Diluted Weighted Average Common Shares

Basic and diluted weighted average common shares are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2021		2020
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding		19,061		18,705
Weighted average common equivalent shares		227		—
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding		19,288		18,705
Options and restricted stock units excluded from diluted    weighted average share calculation as effect would have    been anti-dilutive		3		980

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Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Equity [Abstract]

Components of Stockholders' Equity

The components of stockholders’ equity are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
	Common Stock								Treasury Stock					Accumulated
	Number of Shares		$0.01 Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings		Number of Shares		Cost			Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Total Stockholders' Equity
Balance at December 31, 2020		23,648	$	236	$	230,128	$	127,981		4,631	$	(171,889	)	$	(690	)	$	185,766
Issuance of common stock under    stock plans, including tax effects		107		2		2,132		—		—		—			—			2,134
Stock-based compensation expense		—		—		2,492		—		—		—			—			2,492
Net income		—		—		—		3,956		—		—			—			3,956
Net change in interest rate swap,    net of tax		—		—		—		—		—		—			190			190
Foreign currency translation		—		—		—		—		—		—			(2,301	)		(2,301	)
Balance at March 31, 2021		23,755	$	238	$	234,752	$	131,937		4,631	$	(171,889	)	$	(2,801	)	$	192,237

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Common Stock									Treasury Stock					Accumulated
	Number of Shares		$0.01 Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings			Number of Shares		Cost			Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Total Stockholders' Equity
Balance at December 31, 2019		23,275	$	233	$	216,454	$	118,147			4,631	$	(171,889	)	$	(4,857	)	$	158,088
Issuance of common stock under    stock plans, including tax effects		114		1		1,052		—			—		—			—			1,053
Stock-based compensation expense		—		—		2,802		—			—		—			—			2,802
Cumulative effect adjustment due    to adoption of new accounting    pronouncement, net of tax		—		—		—		(157	)		—		—			—			(157	)
Net loss		—		—		—		(513	)		—		—			—			(513	)
Net change in interest rate swap,    net of tax		—		—		—		—			—		—			(1,181	)		(1,181	)
Foreign currency translation		—		—		—		—			—		—			(1,920	)		(1,920	)
Balance at March 31, 2020		23,389	$	234	$	220,308	$	117,477			4,631	$	(171,889	)	$	(7,958	)	$	158,172

Schedule of Restricted Stock Unit Activity

Restricted stock unit activity for the three months ended March 31, 2021 is presented below (in thousands, except per share data):

				Weighted-
				Average
	Number of			Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value
Unvested at December 31, 2020		642		$	38.99
Granted		7			46.04
Vested		(38	)		41.24
Forfeited		(13	)		39.44
Unvested at March 31, 2021		598		$	38.93

Schedule of Stock Option Activity

Stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2021 is presented below (in thousands, except per share data and contractual term):

				Weighted -		Weighted -
				Average		Average
				Exercise		Remaining		Aggregate
	Number			Price Per		Contractual		Intrinsic
	of Shares			Share		Term (in years)		Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2020		292		$	35.46
Exercised		(30	)		36.04
Outstanding at March 31, 2021		262		$	35.40		3.15	$	1,859
Vested and Exercisable at March 31, 2021		262		$	35.40		3.15	$	1,859

Summary of Stock-Based Compensation Recorded in Expense Categories in Consolidated Statements of Operations

Forrester recognizes the fair value of stock-based compensation over the requisite service period of the individual grantee, which generally equals the vesting period. Stock-based compensation was recorded in the following expense categories on the Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2021		2020
Cost of services and fulfillment	$	1,435	$	1,593
Selling and marketing		449		362
General and administrative		608		847
Total	$	2,492	$	2,802

Shares Subject to Employee Stock Purchase Plan Valuation Assumptions

Forrester utilizes the Black-Scholes valuation model for estimating the fair value of shares subject to purchase under the employee stock purchase plan, which were valued using the following assumptions:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2021			2020
Average risk-free interest rate		0.05	%		0.30	%
Expected dividend yield		0.0	%		0.0	%
Expected life	0.5 Years			0.5 Years
Expected volatility		35	%		26	%
Weighted average fair value	$	11.50		$	8.10

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Operating Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Information by Reportable Segment

The Company provides information by reportable segment in the tables below (in thousands):

	Research Segment			Consulting Segment			Events Segment			Consolidated
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
Research revenues	$	74,968		$	—		$	—		$	74,968
Consulting revenues		12,731			25,819			—			38,550
Events revenues		—			—			263			263
Total segment revenues		87,699			25,819			263			113,781
Segment expenses		(30,717	)		(12,325	)		(714	)		(43,756	)
Selling, marketing, administrative and other expenses											(58,468	)
Amortization of intangible assets											(3,903	)
Integration costs											(118	)
Interest expense, other expense, and gains on investments											(1,599	)
Loss before income taxes										$	5,937

	Research Segment			Consulting Segment			Events Segment			Consolidated
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Research revenues	$	74,267		$	—		$	—		$	74,267
Consulting revenues		12,582			19,406			—			31,988
Events revenues		—			—			90			90
Total segment revenues		86,849			19,406			90			106,345
Segment expenses		(27,464	)		(10,021	)		(677	)		(38,162	)
Selling, marketing, administrative and other expenses											(59,875	)
Amortization of intangible assets											(4,712	)
Integration costs											(2,875	)
Interest expense, other income, and gains on investments											(1,215	)
Loss before income taxes										$	(494	)

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Interim Consolidated Financial Statements - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Jan. 01, 2020
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 113,781,000	$ 106,345,000
Decrease in retained earnings	$ 131,937,000		$ 127,981,000
ASU No. 2016-13 [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adopted	true
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adoption date	Jan. 01, 2020
ASU No. 2019-12 [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adopted	true
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adoption date	Jan. 01, 2021
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, immaterial effect	true
ASU No. 2017-04 [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adopted	true
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adoption date	Jan. 01, 2020
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, immaterial effect	true
ASU No. 2018-13 [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adopted	true
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adoption date	Jan. 01, 2020
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, immaterial effect	true
ASU No. 2018-15 [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adopted	true
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adoption date	Jan. 01, 2020
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, immaterial effect	true
Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment [Member] | ASU No. 2016-13 [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Decrease in retained earnings				$ (200,000)
Consulting [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 38,550,000	31,988,000
Research [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Total revenues	74,968,000	$ 74,267,000
Reclassification Adjustment [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Total revenues	0
Reclassification Adjustment [Member] | Consulting [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Total revenues	(1,400,000)
Reclassification Adjustment [Member] | Research [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 1,400,000

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Interim Consolidated Financial Statements - Summary of End-of-period Cash and Cash Equivalents and Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash from Financial Statements (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020
Cash And Cash Equivalents [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 125,600	$ 90,257	$ 69,815
Restricted cash, current	$ 360		$ 787
Restricted Cash, Current, Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible List]	Prepaid expenses and other current assets		Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Restricted cash, non-current	$ 2,306		$ 38
Restricted Cash, Noncurrent, Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible List]	Other assets		Other assets
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in statement of cash flows	$ 128,266		$ 70,640

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Goodwill [Line Items]
Accumulated goodwill impairment losses	$ 0
Goodwill impairment charges	0
Consulting [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill allocated to reporting unit	$ 8,200,000

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Summary of Changes in Carrying Amount of Goodwill (Detail) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Goodwill, Beginning Balance	$ 247,211
Translation adjustments	(1,520)
Goodwill, Ending Balance	$ 245,691

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Summary of Carrying Values of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 107,578	$ 107,901
Accumulated Amortization	33,680	29,906
Total	73,898	77,995
Customer Relationships [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	78,375	78,450
Accumulated Amortization	19,384	17,277
Total	58,991	61,173
Technology [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	16,740	16,956
Accumulated Amortization	10,929	10,197
Total	5,811	6,759
Trademarks [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	12,463	12,495
Accumulated Amortization	3,367	2,432
Total	$ 9,096	$ 10,063

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Summary of Estimated Intangible Assets Amortization Expense (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Finite Lived Intangible Assets Future Amortization Expense [Abstract]
2021 (remainder)	$ 11,212
2022	13,179
2023	11,938
2024	9,895
2025	8,879
Thereafter	18,795
Total	$ 73,898	$ 77,995

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Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended
	Jan. 03, 2019	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity amount	$ 200,000,000.0
Aggregate principal amount		$ 106,250,000	$ 109,375,000
Percentage of voting equity of subsidiaries	65.00%
Maximum [Member] | LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	2.50%
Maximum [Member] | Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	1.50%
Minimum [Member] | LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	1.75%
Minimum [Member] | Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	0.75%
Term Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount	$ 125,000,000.0	$ 106,250,000
Debt instrument maturity date	Jan. 03, 2024
Interest rate		2.00%
Debt cost incurred related to term loans	$ 2,800,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 75,000,000.0
Credit facility maturity date	Jan. 03, 2024
Line of credit facility, available borrowing capacity		$ 74,100,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Letters of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available for issuance of letter of credit	$ 5,000,000.0
Debt cost incurred related to revolving credit facility	$ 1,800,000
Debt instrument, amortized over the term	5 years
Issuance of letter of credit		$ 900,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Increase (decrease) in line of credit facility	$ 50,000,000.0
Percentage of commitment fee on the unused portion of the facility	0.35%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of commitment fee on the unused portion of the facility	0.25%

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Debt - Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Jan. 03, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total remaining principal payments	$ 106,250	$ 109,375
Term Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2021 (remainder)	9,375
2022	12,500
2023	15,625
2024	68,750
Total remaining principal payments	$ 106,250		$ 125,000

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Debt - Summary of Company's Total Outstanding Borrowings (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Principal amount outstanding	$ 106,250	$ 109,375
Less: Deferred financing fees	(1,431)	(1,576)
Net carrying amount	$ 104,819	$ 107,799

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Debt - Summary of Company's Total Outstanding Borrowings (Parenthetical) (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate	2.146%
Term Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate	2.125%
Debt instrument margin rate	2.00%
Term Loans [Member] | LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate	0.125%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, available borrowing capacity	$ 74.1

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Leases - Summary of Components of Lease Expense (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract]
Operating lease cost	$ 3,819	$ 3,991
Short-term lease cost	88	81
Variable lease cost	1,436	1,356
Sublease income	(61)	(61)
Total lease cost	$ 5,282	$ 5,367

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Leases - Summary of Additional Lease Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract]
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities	$ 2,718	$ 2,999
Operating lease ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations	$ 7,433	$ 1,466
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases (years)	6 years 6 months	6 years 3 months 18 days
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases	4.40%	5.10%

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Leases - Summary of Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Non-Cancellable Leases (Detail) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
2021 (remainder)	$ 11,642
2022	16,623
2023	16,582
2024	16,208
2025	14,233
Thereafter	27,076
Total lease payments	102,364
Less imputed interest	(15,623)
Present value of lease liabilities	$ 86,741

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Leases - Summary of Lease Balances (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract]
Operating lease ROU assets	$ 73,810	$ 69,296
Short-term operating lease liabilities	$ 12,174
Operating Lease, Liability, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible List]	Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
Non-current operating lease liabilities	$ 74,567	$ 70,323
Total operating lease liabilities	$ 86,741

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Leases - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Topic 842 [Member] | SiriusDecisions, Inc [Member] | Facility Lease [Member]
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Right-of-use asset impairments	$ 1.4

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Revenue and Related Matters - Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue by Geography and Recognition Timing (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 113,781	$ 106,345
North America [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	90,896	88,410
Europe [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	15,081	11,787
Asia Pacific [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	6,393	5,051
'Other [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 1,411	$ 1,097

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Revenue and Related Matters - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Contract assets	$ 0	$ 0
Contract with customer, contract duration	1 year
Deferred revenue recognized	$ 72,300,000	69,900,000
Revenue expected to be recognized	489,000,000.0
Amortization expense related to deferred commissions	8,800,000	8,100,000
Impairment of deferred commissions	$ 0	$ 0
Maximum [Member]
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Contract with customer, expected payment term	one year

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Revenue and Related Matters - Additional Information1 (Detail)	Mar. 31, 2021
Maximum [Member] | Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date: 2021-04-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Performance obligation, revenue expected to be recognized	24 months

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Revenue and Related Matters - Summary of Allowance for Expected Credit Losses on Accounts Receivable (Detail) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Receivables [Abstract]
Balance at December 31, 2020	$ 708
Provision for expected credit losses	86
Write-offs	(63)
Balance at March 31, 2021	$ 731

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Derivatives and Hedging - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2019
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative maturity year	2022
Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount	$ 52,700,000	$ 95,000,000.0
Derivative fixed interest rate	1.65275%
Negative fair value of derivative	$ (600,000)
Other comprehensive loss, net of taxes, to be reclassified into earnings within the next 12 months	$ 500,000
Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative receive rate	0.00%
Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Other Non Current Liabilities [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value of liabilities	$ 900,000
Interest Rate Swap [Member] | LIBOR [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative basis rate	0.0625%

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Derivatives and Hedging - Schedule of Derivative Contract Amounts Recognized in Consolidated Statement of Operations (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]
Amount recorded in operations	$ (259)	$ 13
Interest Expense [Member]
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]
Amount recorded in operations	$ (259)	$ 13

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Fair Value Measurements - Summary of Company's Fair Value Hierarchy for its Financial Assets and Liabilities (Detail) - Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Assets:
Fair value of investments	$ 503	$ 503
Liabilities:
Fair value of liabilities	(880)	(1,144)
Money Market Funds [Member]
Assets:
Fair value of cash equivalents	503	503
Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Liabilities:
Fair value of liabilities	(880)	(1,144)
Level 1 [Member]
Assets:
Fair value of investments	503	503
Level 1 [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member]
Assets:
Fair value of cash equivalents	503	503
Level 2 [Member]
Liabilities:
Fair value of liabilities	(880)	(1,144)
Level 2 [Member] | Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Liabilities:
Fair value of liabilities	$ (880)	$ (1,144)

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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Income tax expense	$ 1,981	$ 19
Effective income tax rate	33.40%	3.80%
Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective income tax rate			32.00%

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) ("AOCI/L") - Schedule of Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	$ 185,766	$ 158,088
Foreign currency translation	(2,301)	(1,920)
Unrealized gain before reclassification, net of tax of $(1)	4
Unrealized loss, net of tax of $462	190	(1,181)
Reclassification of AOCI/L to income, net of tax of $(73)	186
Ending Balance	192,237	158,172
Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	(821)	(104)
Unrealized gain before reclassification, net of tax of $(1)	4
Unrealized loss, net of tax of $462		(1,181)
Reclassification of AOCI/L to income, net of tax of $(73)	186
Ending Balance	(631)	(1,285)
Translation Adjustment [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	131	(4,753)
Foreign currency translation	(2,301)	(1,920)
Ending Balance	(2,170)	(6,673)
Total AOCI/L [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	(690)	(4,857)
Foreign currency translation	(2,301)	(1,920)
Unrealized loss, net of tax of $462	190	(1,181)
Ending Balance	$ (2,801)	$ (7,958)

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) ("AOCI/L") - Schedule of Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), unrealized gain (loss) before reclassification, net of tax	$ (1)	$ 462
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), reclassification of AOCI/L to income, net of tax	$ (73)

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Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share - Schedule of Basic and Diluted Weighted Average Common Shares (Detail) - shares shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	19,061	18,705
Weighted average common equivalent shares	227
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	19,288	18,705
Options and restricted stock units excluded from diluted weighted average share calculation as effect would have been anti-dilutive	3	980

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Stockholders' Equity - Components of Stockholders' Equity (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Beginning Balance	$ 185,766	$ 158,088
Issuance of common stock under stock plans, including tax effects	2,134	1,053
Stock-based compensation expense	2,492	$ 2,802
Accounting Standards Update [Extensible List]		ASU No. 2016-13 [Member]
Net income (loss)	3,956	$ (513)
Net change in interest rate swap, net of tax	190	(1,181)
Foreign currency translation	(2,301)	(1,920)
Ending Balance	192,237	158,172
Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment [Member]
Beginning Balance		(157)
Common Stock [Member]
Beginning Balance	$ 236	$ 233
Beginning Balance, Shares	23,648,000	23,275,000
Issuance of common stock under stock plans, including tax effects	$ 2	$ 1
Issuance of common stock under,stock plans including tax effects, Shares	107,000	114,000
Ending Balance	$ 238	$ 234
Ending Balance, Shares	23,755,000	23,389,000
Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]
Beginning Balance	$ 230,128	$ 216,454
Issuance of common stock under stock plans, including tax effects	2,132	1,052
Stock-based compensation expense	2,492	2,802
Ending Balance	234,752	220,308
Retained Earnings [Member]
Beginning Balance	127,981	118,147
Net income (loss)	3,956	(513)
Ending Balance	131,937	117,477
Retained Earnings [Member] | Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment [Member]
Beginning Balance		(157)
Treasury Stock [Member]
Beginning Balance	$ (171,889)	$ (171,889)
Beginning Balance, Shares	4,631,000	4,631,000
Ending Balance	$ (171,889)	$ (171,889)
Ending Balance, Shares	4,631,000	4,631,000
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]
Beginning Balance	$ (690)	$ (4,857)
Net change in interest rate swap, net of tax	190	(1,181)
Foreign currency translation	(2,301)	(1,920)
Ending Balance	$ (2,801)	$ (7,958)

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Stockholders' Equity - Schedule of Restricted Stock Unit Activity (Detail) - Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021 $ / shares shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of Shares, Unvested, Beginning Balance | shares	642
Number of Shares, Granted | shares	7
Number of Shares, Vested | shares	(38)
Number of Shares, Forfeited | shares	(13)
Number of Shares, Unvested, Ending Balance | shares	598
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value, Unvested, Beginning Balance | $ / shares	$ 38.99
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value, Granted | $ / shares	46.04
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value, Vested | $ / shares	41.24
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value, Forfeited | $ / shares	39.44
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value, Unvested, Ending Balance | $ / shares	$ 38.93

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Stockholders' Equity - Schedule of Stock Option Activity (Detail) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]
Number of Shares, Outstanding, Beginning Balance | shares	292
Number of Shares, Exercised | shares	(30)
Number of Shares, Outstanding, Ending Balance | shares	262
Number of Shares, Vested and Exercisable at March 31, 2021 | shares	262
Weighted - Average Exercise Price Per Share, Outstanding, Beginning balance | $ / shares	$ 35.46
Weighted - Average Exercise Price Per Share, Exercised | $ / shares	36.04
Weighted - Average Exercise Price Per Share, Outstanding, Ending balance | $ / shares	35.40
Weighted - Average Exercise Price Per Share, Vested and Exercisable at March 31, 2021 | $ / shares	$ 35.40
Weighted - Average Remaining Contractual Term, Outstanding at March 31, 2021	3 years 1 month 24 days
Weighted - Average Remaining Contractual Term, Vested and Exercisable at March 31, 2021	3 years 1 month 24 days
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding at March 31, 2021 | $	$ 1,859
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Vested and Exercisable at March 31, 2021 | $	$ 1,859

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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]
Number of stock options granted	0
Number of stock options forfeited	0
Dividend declared and paid per share	$ 0	$ 0
Authorized to purchase of common stock under the stock repurchase program	$ 535,000,000.0
Repurchase of common stock	0	0
Cumulative repurchase of common stock	16,300,000
Aggregate cost of repurchase of common stock	$ 474,900,000

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Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Stock-Based Compensation Recorded in Expense Categories in Consolidated Statements of Operations (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Total allocated share-based compensation expense	$ 2,492	$ 2,802
Cost of Services and Fulfillment [Member]
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Total allocated share-based compensation expense	1,435	1,593
Selling and Marketing [Member]
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Total allocated share-based compensation expense	449	362
General and Administrative [Member]
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Total allocated share-based compensation expense	$ 608	$ 847

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Stockholders' Equity - Shares Subject to Employee Stock Purchase Plan Valuation Assumptions (Detail) - Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member] - $ / shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Average risk-free interest rate	0.05%	0.30%
Expected dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%
Expected life	6 months	6 months
Expected volatility	35.00%	26.00%
Weighted average fair value	$ 11.50	$ 8.10

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Operating Segments - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021 Segment
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of operating segments	3

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Operating Segments - Schedule of Information by Reportable Segment (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 113,781	$ 106,345
Segment expenses	(43,756)	(38,162)
Selling, marketing, administrative and other expenses	(58,468)	(59,875)
Amortization of intangible assets	(3,903)	(4,712)
Integration costs	(118)	(2,875)
Interest expense, other income (expense) and gains (losses) on investments	(1,599)	(1,215)
Income (loss) before income taxes	5,937	(494)
Research Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	87,699	86,849
Segment expenses	(30,717)	(27,464)
Consulting Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	25,819	19,406
Segment expenses	(12,325)	(10,021)
Events Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	263	90
Segment expenses	(714)	(677)
Research [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	74,968	74,267
Research [Member] | Research Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	74,968	74,267
Consulting [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	38,550	31,988
Consulting [Member] | Research Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	12,731	12,582
Consulting [Member] | Consulting Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	25,819	19,406
Events [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	263	90
Events [Member] | Events Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 263	$ 90