ServiceNow (NOW) Short-term Investments (2012 - 2026)
ServiceNow's Short-term Investments came in at $2.21 billion for Q3 2026, down 17.6% from $2.69 billion a year earlier but up 2.5% 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 five-year range for quarterly Short-term Investments is $1.58 billion (Q4 2021) to $3.46 billion (Q4 2024).
- Year-over-year, Short-term Investments has declined for six consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 12.7% 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 $2.16 billion (Q2 2026), $2.48 billion (Q1 2026) and $2.56 billion (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 386.60 Bn | 351.42 Bn | 1.93 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 343.94 Bn | 216.07 Bn | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 272.35 Bn | 199.75 Bn | 8.64 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 175.46 Bn | 131.33 Bn | 8.70 Bn |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 122.07 Bn | 108.86 Bn | 2.53 Bn |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 105.47 Bn | 84.73 Bn | 2.90 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 94.25 Bn | 73.60 Bn | 3.44 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 73.66 Bn | 72.75 Bn | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 51.78 Bn | 38.91 Bn | 89.63 Mn |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 50.52 Bn | 46.49 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2.21 Bn |
| 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 |
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();