Growth Metrics

ServiceNow (NOW) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

ServiceNow has reported Return on Sales over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.12% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 2.0% to 0.12% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.13% through Mar 2026, down 1.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.13% for FY2025, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.12% for Q1 2026 at ServiceNow, up from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Sales peaked at 0.49% in Q2 2023 and troughed at 0.01% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.12% (2025), against an average of 0.13%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: soared 47bps in 2023 and later crashed -39bps in 2024.
  • Tracing NOW's Return on Sales over 5 years: stood at 0.08% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 57bps to 0.12% in 2023, then increased by 7bps to 0.13% in 2024, then dropped by -13bps to 0.11% in 2025, then increased by 11bps to 0.12% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods came in at 0.12%, 0.11%, and 0.15% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.