Growth Metrics

ServiceNow (NOW) Free Cash Flow (2011 - 2026)

ServiceNow posted quarterly Free Cash Flow of $1.6 billion for Q1 2026, up 6.66% year-on-year from $1.5 billion in Q1 2025, and down 21.5% on a QoQ basis from $2.0 billion in Q4 2025.

ServiceNow (NOW) has 16 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $1.6 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Free Cash Flow rose 6.66% year-over-year to $1.6 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $4.7 billion (up 28.58% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $4.6 billion, up 34.0% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 stood at $1.6 billion, down from $2.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $2.0 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $286.0 million in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $790.0 million (2022), against an average of $915.5 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Free Cash Flow jumped 243.85%; it then sank 47.03% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $1.1 billion in 2022, then jumped by 44.74% to $1.6 billion in 2023, then declined by 14.9% to $1.4 billion in 2024, then jumped by 44.72% to $2.0 billion in 2025, then retreated by 21.5% to $1.6 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $1.6 billion (Q1 2026), $2.0 billion (Q4 2025), and $578.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 4.11 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 5.32 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 147.39 Bn 146.35 Bn 11.88 Bn 2.29 Bn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 476.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 1.57 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 306.96 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 2.92 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 2.19 Bn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 5.24 Bn
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 323.26 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.57 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 1.57 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.00 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.00 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 578.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 578.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 526.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 526.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 1.47 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.47 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.38 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.38 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 469.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 469.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 312.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 312.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 1.25 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.25 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.62 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.62 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 286.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 286.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 589.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 589.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 855.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 855.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 1.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.12 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 290.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 290.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 447.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 447.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 790.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 790.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 1.07 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.07 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 226.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 226.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 130.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 130.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 699.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 699.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 935.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 935.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 51.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 51.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 273.16 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 273.16 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 409.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 409.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 342.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 342.13 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 56.23 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 56.23 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 240.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 240.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 331.85 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 331.85 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 288.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 288.86 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 208.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 208.85 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 61.82 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 61.82 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 225.79 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 225.79 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 150.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 150.13 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 95.07 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 95.07 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 68.48 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 68.48 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 178.75 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 178.75 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 35.98 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 35.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 101.09 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 101.09 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 -133.15 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 -133.15 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 49.61 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 49.61 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 106.51 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 106.51 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 62.65 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 62.65 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 75.28 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 75.28 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 58.89 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 58.89 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 40.78 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 40.78 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 6.91 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 6.91 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 25.74 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 25.74 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 13.13 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 13.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 71.59 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 71.59 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 -12.58 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 -12.58 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 10.14 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 10.14 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 8.87 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 8.87 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -21.63 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -21.63 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 13.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 13.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 -1.79 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 -1.79 Mn