ServiceNow (NOW) Return on Assets [ROA] (2012 - 2026)
ServiceNow (NOW) posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 4.55% for Q3 2026, down 3.35 percentage points from 7.90% a year earlier and down 1.41 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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ServiceNow (NOW) Return on Assets [ROA] (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, ServiceNow's Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 7.53%, down 0.01 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] shows a five-year change of +5.92 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, ServiceNow's Return on Assets [ROA] was 7.55% in FY2024 (-3.74 pp), 11.28% in FY2023 (+8.58 pp), 2.70% in FY2022 (+0.34 pp) and 2.36% in FY2021 (+0.74 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q1 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] has declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.33 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] in the past five years was Q3 2023, with a gain of 8.76 percentage points; the weakest was Q1 2025, with a drop of 3.60 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Assets [ROA] for the three prior quarters was 5.96% (Q2 2026), 6.97% (Q1 2026) and 7.31% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 406.71 Bn | 371.66 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 29.40% |
| 2 | Oracle | 356.71 Bn | 229.27 Bn | 18.57 Bn | 6.70% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 287.26 Bn | 215.24 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 11.18% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 175.69 Bn | 131.56 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 8.95% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 120.83 Bn | 107.63 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 7.15% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 103.38 Bn | 82.65 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 3.74% |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.37 Bn | 70.72 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 12.00% |
| 8 | Relx | 72.62 Bn | 72.62 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 48.71 Bn | 35.85 Bn | 89.63 Mn | -21.07% |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 48.24 Bn | 44.21 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 3.74% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.98% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.28% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.67% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.91% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.86% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.43% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.18% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.04% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.48% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.05% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 11.06% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.20% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 10.06% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.21% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.25% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.23% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.89% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.39% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.68% |
API Access
ServiceNow Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();