ServiceNow (NOW) Return on Assets [ROA] (2013 - 2026)
ServiceNow (NOW) posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 5.96% for Q2 2026, down 1.76 percentage points from 7.72% a year earlier and down 1.01 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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ServiceNow (NOW) Return on Assets [ROA] (2013 - 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 Q2 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 three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.32 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 Q3 2021, with a drop of 7.49 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Assets [ROA] for the three prior quarters was 6.97% (Q1 2026), 7.31% (Q4 2025) and 7.90% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 27.71% |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | 6.70% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 10.87% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 8.95% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 5.96% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 6.91% |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 12.00% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -56.94% |
| 10 | Workday | 45.49 Bn | 21.61 Bn | 2.00 Bn | 7.41% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.96% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6.97% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.31% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.90% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.72% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.44% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.34% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.29% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.41% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.04% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 10.66% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.57% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 9.98% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.97% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.66% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.81% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.67% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.05% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.27% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.37% |
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();