ServiceNow (NOW) EBT Margin (2011 - 2026)
ServiceNow (NOW) reported EBT Margin of 10.99% for Q2 2026, down 3.66 percentage points from 14.65% a year earlier and down 6.87 percentage points from the prior quarter.
ServiceNow (NOW) EBT Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, ServiceNow's EBT Margin came in at 15.92%, down 0.70 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 17.03%, up 1.21 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBT Margin has increased for nine consecutive years, with a five-year change of +13.71 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, EBT Margin came in at 15.82% in FY2024 (+4.59 pp), 11.24% in FY2023 (+5.73 pp), 5.51% in FY2022 (+1.28 pp) and 4.22% in FY2021 (+0.90 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly EBT Margin since Q2 2023.
- Year over year, EBT Margin has now declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.00 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year EBT Margin in five years was Q3 2023 (a gain of 7.50 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2026 (a drop of 3.66 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 17.85% (Q1 2026), 15.16% (Q4 2025) and 20.37% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 55.87% |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | 28.98% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 30.43% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 40.12% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 10.99% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 22.98% |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 12.40% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -6,715.87% |
| 10 | Workday | 45.49 Bn | 21.61 Bn | 2.00 Bn | 12.34% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 10.99% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 17.85% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 15.16% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 20.37% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.65% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 17.97% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 15.66% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 18.45% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 12.71% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 16.33% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 14.24% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 13.07% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.09% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.97% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 9.43% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.57% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.66% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.94% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.98% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.50% |
ServiceNow EBT Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebt-margin", "ticker": "NOW", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();