ServiceNow (NOW) Return on Equity [ROE] (2013 - 2026)
ServiceNow (NOW) recorded Return on Equity [ROE] of 13.78% in Q2 2026, down 1.99 percentage points from 15.77% a year earlier and down 0.45 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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ServiceNow (NOW) Return on Equity [ROE] (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, ServiceNow reported Return on Equity [ROE] of 15.49%, down 1.05 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] has a five-year change of +10.69 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 16.53% in FY2024 (-10.81 pp), 27.35% in FY2023 (+19.90 pp), 7.45% in FY2022 (+0.40 pp) and 7.05% in FY2021 (+2.25 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since Q2 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] has declined for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.26 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Equity [ROE] in the last five years was a gain of 18.24 percentage points in Q2 2023, against a drop of 20.72 percentage points in Q3 2021 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 14.23% (Q1 2026), 14.41% (Q4 2025) and 15.57% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 480.73 Bn | 449.68 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 32.87% |
| 2 | Oracle | 399.91 Bn | 272.04 Bn | - | 34.32% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 262.30 Bn | 190.08 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 18.23% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 202.26 Bn | 158.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 26.65% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 153.84 Bn | 132.30 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 13.78% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 114.84 Bn | 96.97 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 71.29% |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.04 Bn | 70.38 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 23.05% |
| 8 | Relx | 70.51 Bn | 69.60 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 53.24 Bn | 46.23 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -90.07% |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 48.40 Bn | 45.18 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 13.78% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 14.23% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 14.41% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 15.57% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 15.77% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 15.58% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 15.08% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 14.88% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 13.66% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 24.51% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 23.38% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 22.48% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 22.74% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.52% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.80% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.61% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.49% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.80% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.36% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.49% |
API Access
ServiceNow Return on Equity [ROE] 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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();