NOW vs KRNT vs CNDT Stock Comparison

ServiceNow, Kornit Digital and Conduent Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NOW ServiceNow, Inc.
$106.02 -21.1% 1M -42.3% 1Y
Market cap
$110.05B
P/E
75.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.43B
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
8 wins
KRNT Kornit Digital Ltd.
$17.44 -0.3% 1M +29.2% 1Y
Market cap
$807.31M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$215.85M
Div. yield
–
Industrial Machinery Industrials
2 wins
CNDT CONDUENT Inc
$1.56 -5.5% 1M -34.5% 1Y
Market cap
$242.61M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.79B
Div. yield
–
Consulting Industrials

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

ServiceNow leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (ServiceNow 8, Kornit Digital 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNOWKRNTCNDTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $110.05B $807.31M $242.61M NOW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 75.9x -38.8x -1.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 27.5x 87.2x — NOW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +21.8% +4.0% -5.7% NOW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.4% -9.4% -8.2% NOW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.2% — -7.8% NOW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.8x — 5.6x NOW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -42.3% +29.2% -34.5% KRNT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.1%/yr -35.8%/yr -26.2%/yr NOW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 66.8% 43.2% 75.5% KRNT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 52/100 44/100 27/100 NOW

Percentile Scorecard

NOWKRNTCNDT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNOWKRNTCNDT
Valuation 40 #60 of 100 50 #103 of 203 46 #61 of 113
Growth 47 #52 of 97 41 #112 of 189 26 #72 of 97
Profitability 77 #22 of 94 22 #146 of 187 15 #79 of 93
Financial Health 54 #52 of 111 99 #3 of 221 22 #99 of 126
Shareholder Returns 40 #39 of 64 9 #138 of 152 –
Overall 52 44 27
  • NOW ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • KRNT ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • CNDT ranked among 131 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNOWKRNTCNDTSPY
1 month -21.1%-0.3%-5.5% -2.3%
3 months -7.2%+10.0%-9.8% -0.7%
6 months +15.3%+8.3%-8.2% +4.8%
Year to date -30.8%+21.3%-18.7% +10.3%
1 year -42.3%+29.2%-34.5% +10.3%
3 years -12.6%+4.6%-42.4% +73.0%
3 years, per year -4.4%+1.5%-16.8% +20.1%
5 years -22.9%-89.1%-78.1% +61.9%
5 years, per year -5.1%-35.8%-26.2% +10.1%
10 years +526.6%+74.4%— +258.6%
10 years, per year +20.1%+5.7%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureNOWKRNTCNDTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 66.8%43.2%75.5% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 76.4%39.9%82.2% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.741.541.59 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.630.68-0.46 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -64.5%-93.0%-83.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -42.0%-4.8%-33.9% -3.5%
52-week high $182.77$18.31$2.36 $779.14
52-week low $83.00$12.31$1.16 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNOWKRNTCNDT
P/E now vs peer median 75.9xmedian 28.5x -38.8xmedian 25.6x -1.1xmedian 21.8x
P/S now vs peer median 7.1xmedian 2.8x 3.7xmedian 1.9x 0.1xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 32.8xmedian 16.8x -15.8xmedian 14.4x 8.3xmedian 12.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 23.2xmedian 16.2x 30.2xmedian 22.5x -5.0xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median 8.4xmedian 2.9x 1.2xmedian 2.2x 0.5xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median -22.22median 0.90 -1.06median 1.36 -1.01median 1.00

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNOWKRNTCNDT
Revenue $15.43B $215.85M $2.79B
Gross profit $11.28B $96.67M $514.00M
Operating income $1.49B -$40.02M -$101.00M
Net income $1.45B -$20.32M -$228.00M
Free cash flow $4.75B $26.70M -$49.00M
R&D $3.47B $28.56M $3.00M
EPS (diluted) $1.39 $-0.45 $-1.47
Cash & equivalents $2.39B $33.81M $228.00M
Total debt $7.52B – $718.00M
Shares (diluted) 1.04B 45.24M 155.29M
Enterprise value $89.31B -$735.53M -$694.39M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNOWKRNTCNDT
P/E 75.9x -38.8x -1.1x
P/FCF 23.2x 30.2x -5.0x
P/Operating cash flow 20.6x 27.1x -242.6x
P/S 7.1x 3.7x 0.1x
P/B 8.4x 1.2x 0.5x
P/Tangible book 11.6x 1.2x 0.5x
EV/EBITDA 32.8x -15.8x 8.3x
EV/EBIT 75.7x -10.8x -7.3x
EV/Revenue 7.3x 2.0x 0.3x
EV/FCF 23.8x 16.3x -15.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.2x 14.6x -732.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -22.22 -1.06 -1.01

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNOWKRNTCNDT
Revenue growth (1Y) 21.8% 4.0% -5.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 22.1% -2.7% -9.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.1% -0.4% -4.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 19.2% 9.1% -15.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -14.9% -28.0% 84.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 32.1% 21.6% 26.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -16.5% -80.4% -1,240%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -3.1% 38.6% 11.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -16.2% -89.3% -1,283%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.4% 36.6% 1.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 10.2% -40.1% 97.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 21.8% 33.9% -26.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 20.0% -41.6% 31.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 25.9% 34.6% -40.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNOWKRNTCNDT
Gross margin 73.1% 44.8% 18.4%
EBITDA margin 22.3% -12.7% 3.2%
Operating margin 9.7% -18.5% -3.6%
Pretax margin 13.1% -9.0% -5.4%
Net margin 9.4% -9.4% -8.2%
FCF margin 30.8% 12.4% -1.8%
Operating cash flow margin 34.6% 13.8% 0.0%
Return on equity 11.3% -3.0% -39.1%
Return on assets 4.6% -2.7% -9.8%
Return on invested capital 5.2% – -7.8%
Return on capital employed 7.5% -5.9% -6.3%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.3x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.7x -1.5x 0.0x
Stock comp / revenue 10.4% 9.6% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNOWKRNTCNDT
Debt / assets 23.6% – 32.0%
Debt / equity 0.6x – 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.8x – 5.6x
Debt / FCF 1.6x – -14.7x
Liabilities / assets 58.9% 11.4% 76.6%
Equity / assets 41.1% 88.6% 23.4%
Interest coverage 14.6x – -2.1x
Current ratio 0.7x 8.8x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.6x 6.6x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.4x 5.7x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 4.32 – -0.34

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNOWKRNTCNDT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 2.4% -4.8% –
Shareholder yield 2.4% -4.8% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNOWKRNTCNDT
Forward P/E 27.5xFY2026 87.2xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $3.85FY2026 $0.20FY2026 $-0.56FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +9.7%FY2026 -35.5%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +27.0% +50.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $15.25BFY2026 $229.31MFY2026 $2.37BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.8%FY2026 +10.1%FY2026 -22.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.7% +0.8% -0.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNOWKRNTCNDT
Held by institutions 81.6% 90.9% 73.2%
Institutions holding 2,226 119 190
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.1% -3.9% +3.5%
Institutions buying 1,286 65 91
Institutions selling 780 35 50
Buyers to sellers 1.65 1.86 1.82

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

NOWKRNTCNDT
NOW 1.00 -0.03 0.24
KRNT -0.03 1.00 0.10
CNDT 0.24 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NOW, KRNT and CNDT?

ServiceNow (NOW) is the largest by market capitalisation: ServiceNow (NOW) $110.05B, Kornit Digital (KRNT) $807.31M, Conduent (CNDT) $242.61M.

Which company is growing faster?

ServiceNow (NOW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: ServiceNow (NOW) +21.8%, Kornit Digital (KRNT) +4.0%, Conduent (CNDT) -5.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

ServiceNow (NOW) has the highest net margin (ServiceNow (NOW) 9.4%, Kornit Digital (KRNT) -9.4%, Conduent (CNDT) -8.2%). On return on invested capital, ServiceNow (NOW) leads (ServiceNow (NOW) 5.2%, Conduent (CNDT) -7.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Kornit Digital (KRNT) returned the most: ServiceNow (NOW) -42.3%, Kornit Digital (KRNT) +29.2%, Conduent (CNDT) -34.5%. Over five years, ServiceNow (NOW) compounded fastest (ServiceNow (NOW) -5.1%/yr, Kornit Digital (KRNT) -35.8%/yr, Conduent (CNDT) -26.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Kornit Digital (KRNT) has been the steadiest (ServiceNow (NOW) 66.8%, Kornit Digital (KRNT) 43.2%, Conduent (CNDT) 75.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NOW, KRNT and CNDT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, ServiceNow (NOW) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.