ServiceNow (NOW)
NYSEInformation TechnologySoftware - ApplicationSnapshot 2026-11-04
$108.81-0.32%
Close 2026-11-04 · 1-day change
NYSEInformation TechnologySoftware - ApplicationSnapshot 2026-11-04
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Industries move in repeating boom-and-bust cycles. This shows where this stock’s industry sits in that cycle, stage by stage (recovery → expansion → supercycle → steady → deceleration → contraction), from its fundamentals (orders, revenue, capital spending), not the stock’s price.
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Systems Software: fringe margins under pressure (2q confirmed)
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The reason to own it still holds.
View ThesisRevenue is growing steadily — about 22% over the past year.
View GrowthMiddle-of-the-pack quality for its industry.
View QualityMiddle-of-the-pack management execution.
View ManagementExpectations look reasonable — what the market is pricing in sits in line with or below what analysts forecast.
View ValuationThis stock is highly volatile — it swings about 2% on a typical day and fell roughly 53% in its worst 12-month stretch.
View RiskServiceNow's AI platform has to keep compounding to justify the price. Revenue grew 20.5% year over year in the latest quarter. The company beat earnings estimates by 78.6% in Q3. NOW trades at 40x earnings versus a 46x peer median. The price reflects less growth than we forecast. Brokerages cite lagging subscription revenue growth as a risk. The stock fell 27% in a single session recently. Peer multiples imply a price about 16% above where it trades. This read is provisional. Our read remains intact.
Trailing returns as of 2026-11-04. NOW is total return (includes dividends); the S&P 500 benchmark is price return (the index excludes dividends).
Based on 49 analysts currently covering NOW (as of Nov 2026).
Based on 23 Wall Street analysts offering 12-month price targets for NOW in the last 4 months.
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Quarterly · checked companies · value or % of revenue
A consensus fair price across 11 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-11-04. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
A price-focused, side-by-side fair-value read versus Systems Software — fair value, gap to price, and forward P/E.
Compare the value case
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Advances: Expand strategic partnerships and ecosystem
Expands ecosystem and AI enterprise adoption.
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End-of-day figures as of 2026-11-04. EPS is implied from price ÷ P/E. Not investment advice.
Current $108.81
The last 12 months of price, then the range of analyst 12-month targets from today’s $108.81.
Analyst ratings and price targets are third-party Wall Street estimates, not QuarterlyIQ’s view. Not investment advice.
A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Below average on quality vs scored peers
A second lens on the 12-month fair value: for companies that score high on measured quality (profitability, balance-sheet safety, earnings stability), this read trusts more of today's profit margins instead of averaging them toward their multi-year history the way the headline number does. Shown alongside the fair value above, not in place of it. A diagnostic, not a price target or a buy/sell signal.
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
Threatens: Grow subscription revenue through AI and platform expansion
Stock plunge signals market skepticism on growth sustainability.
Threatens: Maintain margin expansion and capital-efficient growth
Results disappointed lofty expectations, raising concerns about execution and valuation.
Advances: Maintain margin expansion and capital-efficient growth
Higher free-cash-flow margin goal and AI ACV target support growth and efficiency.
Threatens: Maintain margin expansion and capital-efficient growth
Margin compression tempers otherwise steady growth and capital-efficiency progress.
Threatens: Grow subscription revenue through AI and platform expansion
Sales miss and weak next-quarter outlook challenge subscription growth expectations.
Threatens: Grow subscription revenue through AI and platform expansion
Quarterly outlook reignites concern that AI could pressure software growth.
Clarifies M&A strategy, aligns with disciplined capital allocation.
