Growth Metrics

ServiceNow (NOW) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

ServiceNow has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 14 years, most recently at 0.12% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed changed 0.0% to 0.12% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.12% through Mar 2026, changed 0.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.14% for FY2025, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.12% for Q1 2026 at ServiceNow, down from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 0.14% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 0.03% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.09% (2024), against an average of 0.09%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: dropped -1bps in 2022 and later rose 4bps in 2024.
  • Tracing NOW's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 0.06% in 2022, then surged by 50bps to 0.09% in 2023, then surged by 44bps to 0.12% in 2024, then increased by 10bps to 0.14% in 2025, then decreased by -9bps to 0.12% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods came in at 0.12%, 0.14%, and 0.12% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.