Growth Metrics

ServiceNow (NOW) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

ServiceNow has reported Operating Margin over the past 16 years, most recently at 13.34% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 126.0% to 13.34% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 13.44% through Mar 2026, up 51.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 13.74% for FY2025, 132.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 13.34% for Q1 2026 at ServiceNow, up from 12.42% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 16.79% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 1.26% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 11.08% (2023), against an average of 10.03%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: tumbled -236bps in 2022 and later surged 588bps in 2024.
  • Tracing NOW's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 7.99% in 2022, then surged by 39bps to 11.08% in 2023, then rose by 14bps to 12.65% in 2024, then fell by -2bps to 12.42% in 2025, then increased by 7bps to 13.34% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods came in at 13.34%, 12.42%, and 16.79% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.