Growth Metrics

ServiceNow (NOW) Deferred Taxes (2015 - 2026)

ServiceNow posted quarterly Deferred Taxes of -$102.0 million for Q1 2026, down 218.75% year-on-year from $85.9 million in Q1 2025, and down 32.47% on a QoQ basis from -$77.0 million in Q4 2025.

ServiceNow (NOW) has 12 years of Deferred Taxes data on file, last reported at -$102.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Deferred Taxes fell 218.75% year-over-year to -$102.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$319.0 million (down 212.75% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$249.0 million, down 154.08% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes for Q1 2026 stood at -$102.0 million, down from -$77.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Deferred Taxes topped out at $911.0 million in Q2 2023 and bottomed at -$124.0 million in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is -$21.0 million (2022), against an average of $24.6 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Deferred Taxes jumped 91000.0%; it then tumbled 2580.0% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Deferred Taxes shows it stood at -$18.0 million in 2022, then gained by 5.56% to -$17.0 million in 2023, then sank by 200.0% to -$51.0 million in 2024, then plunged by 50.98% to -$77.0 million in 2025, then tumbled by 32.47% to -$102.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Deferred Taxes figures came in at -$102.0 million (Q1 2026), -$77.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$124.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn -
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 106.00 Mn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 139.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn -102.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 73.13 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 64.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 54.30 Mn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 1.01 Bn
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -102.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -77.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -124.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -16.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -32.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -51.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 5.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -24.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -28.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -17.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -30.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 911.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -7.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -18.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 1.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 2.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 13.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 5.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 17.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -1.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 18.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 3.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 1.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 2.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 573.16 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 -231,000.00
Jun 30, 2019 1.59 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 1.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 1.88 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 1.37 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 6.58 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 24.35 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -331,000.00
Sep 30, 2017 1.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 1.46 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 3.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -4.44 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 -1.33 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 6.43 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 1.28 Mn