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ServiceNow, Inc. NOW
ServiceNow, Inc. (NOW) earns a Piotroski F-score of 3/9 (weak financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the grey zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $13.3B at a 13.2% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.92 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | Wells Fargo | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-23 | Macquarie | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-07-23 | Bernstein | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-07-23 | JP Morgan | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-23 | BMO Capital | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-07-23 | Baird | Outperform (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 3/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · grey zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.001 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.201 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.07 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.992 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOW | ServiceNow, Inc. | 3/9 | 2.18 | 58 | +20.9% |
| SHOP | SHOPIFY INC. | 5/9 | 12.49 | 123.2 | +30.1% |
| NTES | NetEase, Inc. | 4/9 | 10.17 | — | +11.6% |
| INTU | INTUIT INC. | 8/9 | 4.49 | 18.9 | +15.6% |
| EA | ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. | 5/9 | 3.44 | 58 | +0.9% |
| ADSK | Autodesk, Inc. | 8/9 | 0.36 | 36.8 | +17.5% |
| SNPS | SYNOPSYS INC | 3/9 | 2.63 | 65.3 | +15.1% |
About ServiceNow, Inc.
ServiceNow, Inc. provides cloud-based solution for digital workflows in the North America, Brazil, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company provides asset management, integrated risk management, IT service management, Operational Technology management, Security Operations, strategic portfolio management, IT operations management products; customer service management product; field service management applications; and sales and order management services. It also offers human resources delivery; legal and contract operations; workplace service delivery products; app engine product; automation engine; platform privacy and security product; and source-to-pay operations. In addition, the company provides RaptorDB, a database built to manage workloads at scale; ServiceNow Impact that provides customers with software tools, guided plans, and AI-driven recommendations; customer support; and workflow data fabric. It serves government, financial services, healthcare and life science, manufacturing, Public Sector, retail, technology, and Telecom sectors through service providers and resale partners. The company has a strategic collaboration with Cohesity, Inc. to develop, operate, and safeguard autonomous AI agents and data with enterprise-grade reliability; and with ServiceNow to Advance Ai-Powered Solution for Mission-Critical Infrastructure Monitoring. The company was formerly known as Service-now.com and changed its name to ServiceNow, Inc. in May 2012. ServiceNow, Inc. has a strategic alliance with Accenture for integrated risk management and third-party risk management solutions. ServiceNow, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
FAQ
Is NOW financially healthy?
ServiceNow, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 3/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the grey zone.
Does NOW pay a dividend?
No, ServiceNow, Inc. does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is NOW?
In FY2025, ServiceNow, Inc. had a net margin of 13.2% and a return on equity of 13.5%.
Is NOW overvalued or undervalued?
ServiceNow, Inc. trades at about 74.8× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 70.1×–920.6×, median 148.7×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for NOW?
The average Wall-Street price target for ServiceNow, Inc. is $140.25, about 12.3% above the recent price, from 46 analysts (consensus: strong buy).
Is NOW a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on ServiceNow, Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 3/9, an Altman Z″ in the grey zone, a P/E of about 58.0×. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.