ServiceNow, Inc.

NOW Technology Software Application

ServiceNow, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $13.3 billion, up 20.9% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+20.5%
EPS
−44.7%
Free cash flow
+31.5%
Total debt
+404.6%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

101.56 0.80 −0.78%
Market cap
$106.3B
P/E
72.7×
Fwd P/E
73.2×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
8.31
Beneish M
−2.90
Dividend safety
n/a

ServiceNow, Inc. (NOW) Return on invested capital

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ServiceNow, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 5.83%, down 8.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −43.3% (fiscal 2015) to 16.0% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Software Application industry median of 0.00% and above the Technology sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 14.0% (2.03)
FY2024 16.0% 4.75
FY2023 11.2% 1.32
FY2022 9.91% 1.74
FY2021 8.17% (0.38)
FY2020 8.55% 6.33
FY2019 2.22% 11.86
FY2018 −9.64% 13.64
FY2017 −23.3% (23.28)
FY2016 0.00% 43.31

Against its own ten years

Low −43.3% High 16.0%
Ten-year median 8.17%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare 54.5%
ADBE Adobe Inc. compare 46.4%
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 20.2%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. compare 13.8%
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare 13.1%
DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare 12.9%
CRM Salesforce, Inc. compare 8.24%
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. 5.83%
SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare −37.0%
Software Application industry median 0.00%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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