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ServiceNow, Inc. NOW
$134.38 -2.45% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $138.93B
High quality
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 7 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +6.0%).
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 32 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $14.73B, up 22.2% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 30%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 36%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 49%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 17%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 49%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 44%
- Gross marginTop 19%
- Operating marginTop 34%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Interest coverTop 17%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 49%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 45%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 45%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 23%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 31%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 25%
- 6-month returnTop 43%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 29%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 49%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 42%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 27%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 16%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 27%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 43%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 41%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 31%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 21.7% | 22.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 14.1% | 0.6% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 78.5% | 74.8% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 13.3% | 11.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 31.9% | 31.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 22.2% | 21.7% | ↑ | Top 30% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.6% | 14.1% | ↓ | Bottom 36% |
| Gross margin | 74.8% | 78.5% | ↓ | Top 19% |
| Operating margin | 11.4% | 13.3% | ↓ | Top 34% |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 13.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 31.1% | 31.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.5% | — | Top 44% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 22.4% | — | Top 17% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 14.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +7.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.71×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 20.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.26%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.26%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 7
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +6.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $144.38
- Target vs current price
- +7.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 69
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 87%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | +4.7% | -6.5% | +8.4% | +17.1% | — |
| Apr 22, 2026 | +2.1% | +2.9% | -9.6% | +1.7% | +3.1% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | +4.0% | -1.7% | -16.7% | -20.9% | -35.7% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +13.3% | -2.8% | -5.4% | -12.0% | -27.3% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | +14.7% | -0.6% | +3.2% | -7.9% | -6.2% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | +5.5% | +6.0% | +23.0% | +33.3% | +25.6% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | +0.5% | -2.3% | -13.7% | -19.5% | -19.8% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | -39.1% | -1.1% | +3.8% | +11.3% | +19.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | $0.90 | $0.86 | +4.7% | $3.99B |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $0.97 | $0.95 | +2.1% | $3.99B |
| Jan 28, 2026 | $0.92 | $0.89 | +4.0% | $3.57B |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $0.96 | $0.85 | +13.3% | $3.41B |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $0.82 | $0.71 | +14.7% | $3.21B |
| Apr 23, 2025 | $0.81 | $0.77 | +5.5% | $3.09B |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $0.73 | $0.73 | +0.5% | $2.96B |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $0.42 | $0.69 | -39.1% | $2.80B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 84.0× | 148.3× | 29th | Top 49% |
| P/E (forward) | 33.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 41.5× | — | — | Bottom 45% |
| EV / Sales | 9.83× | — | — | Bottom 23% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.30% | — | — | Top 45% |
| Earnings yield | 1.19% | — | — | Top 49% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 50.5× – 492.0× since Dec 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -26.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +0.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -54.1%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 49
- Days above the 200-day average
- 32
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +11.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +4.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +16.1%
- RSI (14)
- 50.3
- Relative volume
- 0.72×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 57.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 80th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.44
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.44
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -29.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -64.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2025 | Apr 10, 2026 | -64.5% | 301 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 4, 2021 | Oct 14, 2022 | -51.3% | 237 days | 290 days (Dec 11, 2023) |
| Feb 11, 2021 | May 17, 2021 | -23.6% | 65 days | 56 days (Aug 5, 2021) |
| Feb 9, 2024 | May 30, 2024 | -20.9% | 76 days | 38 days (Jul 25, 2024) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Jan 13, 2025 | -11.6% | 19 days | 10 days (Jan 28, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $138.93B
- P/E (TTM)
- 84.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.60
- Revenue (TTM)
- $14.73B
- 52-week range
- $81.24 – $192.97
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.90B | $7.25B | $8.97B | $10.98B | $13.28B |
| Gross profit | $4.54B | $5.67B | $7.05B | $8.70B | $10.29B |
| Operating income | $257.0M | $355.0M | $762.0M | $1.36B | $1.82B |
| Net income | $230.0M | $325.0M | $1.73B | $1.43B | $1.75B |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.23 | $0.32 | $1.68 | $1.37 | $1.67 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.80B | $2.96B | $3.09B | $3.21B | $3.41B | $3.57B | $3.77B | $3.99B |
| Net income | $432.0M | $384.0M | $460.0M | $385.0M | $502.0M | $401.0M | $469.0M | $298.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.41 | $0.37 | $0.44 | $0.37 | $0.48 | $0.38 | $0.45 | $0.29 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.19B | $2.72B | $3.40B | $4.27B | $5.44B |
| Capital expenditure | -$399.0M | -$550.0M | -$694.0M | -$852.0M | -$868.0M |
| Free cash flow | $1.79B | $2.17B | $2.70B | $3.42B | $4.58B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $167.0M | $177.0M | -$538.0M | -$696.0M | -$1.57B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $4.66B
- Total assets
- $31.67B
- Total liabilities
- $19.15B
- Total debt
- $8.45B
- Net debt
- $5.95B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $12.52B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 28,766,356
- Days to cover
- 1.99
- Change vs previous report
- -5.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 18, 2025
- 5-for-1