ServiceNow (NOW) Short-term Investments (2012 - 2026)
ServiceNow's Short-term Investments came in at $2.16 billion for Q2 2026, down 28.2% from $3.01 billion a year earlier and down 12.9% from the prior quarter.
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ServiceNow (NOW) Short-term Investments (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, ServiceNow's Short-term Investments was $2.56 billion, down 26.0% from FY2024.
- Short-term Investments carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 12.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Short-term Investments was $3.46 billion in FY2024 (+16.0%), $2.98 billion in FY2023 (+6.0%), $2.81 billion in FY2022 (+78.3%) and $1.58 billion in FY2021 (+11.4%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Short-term Investments since Q1 2022.
- Year-over-year, Short-term Investments has declined for five consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 8.6% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Short-term Investments over five years came in Q4 2022 (growth of 78.3%), and the weakest in Q2 2026 (a decline of 28.2%).
- Business Quant data shows NOW's Short-term Investments at $2.48 billion (Q1 2026), $2.56 billion (Q4 2025) and $2.69 billion (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn |
| 10 | Workday | 45.49 Bn | 21.61 Bn | 2.00 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.16 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.48 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.56 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.69 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.01 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.23 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.46 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.41 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.25 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.05 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.98 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.96 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.08 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.06 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.81 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.71 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.17 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.76 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.58 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.63 Bn |
API Access
ServiceNow Short-term Investments 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=short-term-investments&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "short-term-investments", "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=short-term-investments&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();