Growth Metrics

ServiceNow (NOW) Cost of Revenue (2011 - 2026)

ServiceNow posted quarterly Cost of Revenue of $940.0 million for Q1 2026, up 44.39% year-on-year from $651.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 468.63% on a QoQ basis from -$255.0 million in Q4 2025.

ServiceNow (NOW) has 16 years of Cost of Revenue data on file, last reported at $940.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Cost of Revenue rose 44.39% year-over-year to $940.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $2.2 billion (up 31.9% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $3.0 billion, up 30.43% from the prior year.
  • Cost of Revenue for Q1 2026 stood at $940.0 million, up from -$255.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cost of Revenue topped out at $1.7 billion in Q4 2022 and bottomed at -$540.0 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Cost of Revenue is $651.0 million (2025), against an average of $534.4 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Cost of Revenue surged 125.08%; it then slumped 132.19% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Cost of Revenue shows it stood at $1.7 billion in 2022, then plunged by 132.19% to -$533.0 million in 2023, then retreated by 1.31% to -$540.0 million in 2024, then soared by 52.78% to -$255.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 468.63% to $940.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Cost of Revenue figures came in at $940.0 million (Q1 2026), -$255.0 million (Q4 2025), and $774.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cost of Rev (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 3.02 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 4.02 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 1.33 Bn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.62 Bn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 940.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 211.49 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 1.71 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 3.07 Bn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 1.79 Bn
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 209.23 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 940.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 940.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -255.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -255.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 774.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 774.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 724.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 724.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 651.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 651.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -540.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -540.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 584.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 584.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 960.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 960.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 923.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 923.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -533.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -533.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 496.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 496.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 471.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 471.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 438.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 438.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 1.66 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.66 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 400.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 400.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 722.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 722.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 673.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 673.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 1.31 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.31 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 579.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 579.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 329.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 329.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 299.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 299.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -334.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -334.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 252.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 252.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 426.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 426.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 223.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 223.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -322.28 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -322.28 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 362.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 362.98 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 393.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 393.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 186.25 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 186.25 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 319.16 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 319.16 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 289.32 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 289.32 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 310.87 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 310.87 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 283.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 283.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -144.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -144.14 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 217.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 217.87 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 222.39 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 222.39 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 203.74 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 203.74 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 17.53 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 17.53 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 166.49 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 166.49 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 56.36 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 56.36 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 158.61 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 158.61 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 133.91 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 133.91 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 117.90 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 117.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 79.72 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 79.72 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 76.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 76.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 162.98 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 162.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 84.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 84.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 58.94 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 58.94 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 69.42 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 69.42 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 -21.95 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 -21.95 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 47.34 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 47.34 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 15.78 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 15.78 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 18.31 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 18.31 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 60.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 60.83 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 9.64 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 9.64 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 21.24 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 21.24 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 11.93 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 11.93 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 4.76 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 4.76 Mn