ServiceNow (NOW) EBT Margin (2011 - 2026)
ServiceNow (NOW) reported EBT Margin of 9.01% for Q3 2026, down 11.36 percentage points from 20.37% a year earlier and down 1.97 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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ServiceNow (NOW) EBT Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Sep 30, 2026, ServiceNow's EBT Margin came in at 13.10%, down 4.13 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 Q3 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 four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.09 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 Q3 2026 (a drop of 11.36 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 10.99% (Q2 2026), 17.85% (Q1 2026) and 15.16% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 413.65 Bn | 378.59 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 49.62% |
| 2 | Oracle | 374.28 Bn | 246.84 Bn | - | 28.98% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 294.90 Bn | 222.88 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 29.23% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 186.99 Bn | 142.87 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 40.12% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 120.08 Bn | 106.87 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 26.50% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 113.02 Bn | 92.28 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 9.01% |
| 7 | Intuit | 95.72 Bn | 75.07 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 12.40% |
| 8 | Relx | 74.73 Bn | 73.84 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 57.35 Bn | 44.49 Bn | 89.63 Mn | 16,696.79% |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 52.16 Bn | 48.13 Bn | - | 22.04% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 9.01% |
| 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% |
API Access
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_KEYimport 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();