ServiceNow (NOW) Retained Earnings (2011 - 2026)
ServiceNow's Retained Earnings came in at $6.01 billion for Q2 2026, up 38.5% from $4.34 billion a year earlier and up 5.2% from the prior quarter.
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ServiceNow (NOW) Retained Earnings (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, ServiceNow's Retained Earnings was $5.24 billion, up 50.0% from FY2024.
- Retained Earnings has increased in each of the last three years.
- Going back by year, Retained Earnings was $3.49 billion in FY2024 (+68.9%), $2.07 billion in FY2023 (+512.1%), $338 million in FY2022 and -$4 million in FY2021.
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Retained Earnings in data going back to Q4 2011.
- Year-over-year, Retained Earnings has increased for 12 consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 57.3% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Retained Earnings ran from 38.5% in Q2 2026 to 843.6% in Q3 2023.
- Business Quant data shows NOW's Retained Earnings at $5.71 billion (Q1 2026), $5.24 billion (Q4 2025) and $4.84 billion (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | -1.63 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | -1.11 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 56.47 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 27.11 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 6.01 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 26.97 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 19.05 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -15.20 Bn |
| 10 | Workday | 45.49 Bn | 21.61 Bn | 2.00 Bn | 342.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.01 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.71 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.24 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.84 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.34 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.95 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.49 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.11 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.68 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.42 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.07 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.77 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.53 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 488.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 338.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 188.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 108.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 88.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -4.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -30.00 Mn |
API Access
ServiceNow Retained Earnings 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=retained-earnings&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "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=retained-earnings&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();