Stock Analysis on Net

ServiceNow Inc. (NYSE:NOW)

Analysis of Liquidity Ratios
Quarterly Data

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Liquidity Ratios (Summary)

ServiceNow Inc., liquidity ratios (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Current ratio 1.13 1.12 1.05 1.06 1.08 1.14 1.17 1.11 1.24 1.12 1.12 1.05 1.13 1.08 1.23 1.21 1.40 1.17 1.03 1.03 1.05 1.10 1.13
Quick ratio 1.05 1.03 0.98 1.00 1.01 1.08 1.11 1.06 1.17 1.06 1.06 1.01 1.07 1.03 1.19 1.16 1.33 1.11 0.98 0.98 0.99 1.04 1.06
Cash ratio 0.78 0.75 0.73 0.66 0.73 0.82 0.85 0.71 0.89 0.81 0.83 0.67 0.80 0.76 0.94 0.83 1.04 0.82 0.68 0.61 0.67 0.74 0.79

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

Liquidity ratio Description The company
Current ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. ServiceNow Inc. current ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Quick ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. ServiceNow Inc. quick ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Cash ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. ServiceNow Inc. cash ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Current Ratio

ServiceNow Inc., current ratio calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Current assets 7,696 8,021 7,372 7,777 6,046 6,603 6,734 6,654 5,476 5,332 5,442 5,220 4,288 4,225 4,524 4,522 3,967 3,337 2,806 2,827 2,297 2,442 2,374
Current liabilities 6,786 7,172 7,033 7,365 5,601 5,767 5,761 6,005 4,432 4,743 4,852 4,949 3,792 3,908 3,664 3,737 2,836 2,849 2,721 2,753 2,193 2,225 2,098
Liquidity Ratio
Current ratio1 1.13 1.12 1.05 1.06 1.08 1.14 1.17 1.11 1.24 1.12 1.12 1.05 1.13 1.08 1.23 1.21 1.40 1.17 1.03 1.03 1.05 1.10 1.13
Benchmarks
Current Ratio, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 1.16 1.26 1.33 1.30 1.37 1.29 1.26 1.23 1.27 1.23 1.22 1.25 1.42 1.39 1.45 1.40 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.34 1.35 1.33
Adobe Inc. 1.11 1.16 1.05 1.34 1.25 1.16 1.12 1.11 1.14 1.07 1.04 1.25 1.39 1.31 1.27 1.48 1.44 1.29 1.23 0.79 0.74 0.70 0.97
Autodesk Inc. 0.75 0.73 0.72 0.84 0.73 0.64 0.62 0.69 0.81 0.50 0.48 0.83 0.83 0.84 0.79 0.83 0.60 0.56 0.64 0.70 0.80 0.83 0.92
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 2.45 1.43 1.32 1.24 1.44 1.37 1.44 1.27 1.33 1.59 1.81 1.77 1.70 1.57 1.70 1.86 1.55 1.42 1.38 1.74 1.70 1.60 1.45
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 1.74 1.82 1.78 1.73 1.76 1.80 1.83 1.83 1.90 1.98 2.07 2.65 1.91 2.18 2.25 2.38 2.53 2.94 1.03
International Business Machines Corp. 1.06 1.12 1.13 0.96 0.91 1.06 1.16 0.92 0.95 0.88 0.92 0.88 0.84 0.84 0.93 0.98 1.05 1.04 0.96 1.02 1.09 1.83 1.36
Intuit Inc. 1.50 1.17 1.25 1.47 1.51 1.23 1.37 1.39 1.63 1.18 2.10 1.94 1.96 1.53 3.09 2.26 1.79 1.67 1.80 1.83 1.85 1.32 1.41
Microsoft Corp. 1.24 1.22 1.66 1.77 1.91 1.93 1.84 1.78 1.99 2.25 2.16 2.08 2.29 2.58 2.53 2.52 2.90 2.80 2.85 2.53 2.97 3.12 2.92
Oracle Corp. 0.85 0.79 0.87 0.91 0.82 0.65 0.60 1.62 1.52 1.65 2.04 2.30 2.16 2.17 2.66 3.03 2.12 2.37 2.25 2.49 2.65 2.80 3.43
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 0.84 0.83 0.86 0.78 0.74 0.64 0.70 0.77 0.74 0.66 0.68 0.91 1.38 0.98 1.63 1.91 1.29 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.86 1.87 2.10
Salesforce Inc. 1.04 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.05 1.06 1.03 1.05 1.06 0.93 1.33 1.23 1.22 1.15 1.15 1.08 1.05 0.97 0.96 0.95 0.86 0.80 1.29
Synopsys Inc. 2.02 1.86 1.29 1.15 1.20 1.15 1.11 1.09 1.14 1.25 1.19 1.16 1.18 1.19 1.10 1.19 1.06 0.95 0.95 0.99 0.99 0.95 0.89

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Current ratio = Current assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 7,696 ÷ 6,786 = 1.13

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Liquidity ratio Description The company
Current ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. ServiceNow Inc. current ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Quick Ratio

ServiceNow Inc., quick ratio calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Cash and cash equivalents 1,885 2,159 2,056 1,897 1,112 1,663 1,852 1,470 1,248 1,664 2,252 1,728 1,400 1,362 1,821 1,677 1,348 837 809 776 623 584 640
Short-term investments 3,410 3,254 3,054 2,980 2,955 3,084 3,062 2,810 2,708 2,170 1,762 1,576 1,631 1,622 1,635 1,415 1,603 1,505 1,050 915 848 1,070 1,022
Accounts receivable, net 1,308 1,518 1,306 2,036 1,168 1,093 1,109 1,725 898 853 824 1,390 776 781 645 1,009 631 632 615 835 539 503 423
Current portion of deferred commissions 502 482 474 461 417 401 392 369 330 323 322 303 268 255 241 229 203 192 183 175 158 152 145
Total quick assets 7,105 7,413 6,890 7,374 5,652 6,241 6,415 6,374 5,184 5,010 5,160 4,997 4,075 4,020 4,342 4,330 3,785 3,167 2,657 2,701 2,169 2,309 2,229
 
Current liabilities 6,786 7,172 7,033 7,365 5,601 5,767 5,761 6,005 4,432 4,743 4,852 4,949 3,792 3,908 3,664 3,737 2,836 2,849 2,721 2,753 2,193 2,225 2,098
Liquidity Ratio
Quick ratio1 1.05 1.03 0.98 1.00 1.01 1.08 1.11 1.06 1.17 1.06 1.06 1.01 1.07 1.03 1.19 1.16 1.33 1.11 0.98 0.98 0.99 1.04 1.06
Benchmarks
Quick Ratio, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 1.03 1.13 1.18 1.18 1.24 1.15 1.12 1.12 1.14 1.10 1.10 1.14 1.31 1.27 1.34 1.29 1.25 1.25 1.28 1.29 1.22 1.23 1.22
Adobe Inc. 0.97 1.02 0.93 1.22 1.12 1.03 1.00 1.00 1.01 0.93 0.89 1.11 1.25 1.18 1.12 1.34 1.28 1.11 1.06 0.70 0.64 0.62 0.86
Autodesk Inc. 0.65 0.64 0.63 0.76 0.64 0.54 0.52 0.62 0.72 0.42 0.40 0.77 0.77 0.77 0.71 0.78 0.54 0.49 0.56 0.62 0.70 0.73 0.81
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 2.00 1.06 0.96 0.94 1.10 1.10 1.19 1.02 1.13 1.36 1.56 1.47 1.48 1.33 1.43 1.59 1.44 1.30 1.22 1.50 1.50 1.43 1.27
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 1.59 1.66 1.63 1.58 1.62 1.66 1.68 1.68 1.76 1.81 1.93 2.50 1.76 2.01 2.07 2.18 2.36 2.76 0.87
International Business Machines Corp. 0.88 0.93 0.96 0.80 0.73 0.87 0.97 0.73 0.74 0.66 0.72 0.67 0.64 0.66 0.75 0.83 0.88 0.88 0.80 0.87 0.91 1.68 1.19
Intuit Inc. 1.00 0.55 0.66 1.25 1.29 1.02 1.10 1.17 1.29 0.78 1.71 1.60 1.72 1.20 2.74 2.04 1.54 1.30 1.34 1.44 1.57 0.94 0.89
Microsoft Corp. 1.05 1.02 1.45 1.54 1.66 1.66 1.59 1.57 1.77 2.05 1.96 1.90 2.10 2.36 2.30 2.33 2.73 2.65 2.68 2.35 2.80 2.93 2.72
Oracle Corp. 0.69 0.63 0.73 0.74 0.65 0.50 0.49 1.43 1.34 1.45 1.90 2.15 2.00 2.02 2.50 2.83 1.91 2.16 2.09 2.31 2.45 2.63 3.26
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 0.78 0.78 0.81 0.72 0.66 0.58 0.65 0.73 0.70 0.62 0.64 0.86 1.23 0.88 1.48 1.78 1.16 1.64 1.64 1.65 1.73 1.74 1.98
Salesforce Inc. 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.90 0.89 0.91 0.88 0.93 0.89 0.79 1.19 1.11 1.05 0.98 1.00 0.95 0.87 0.82 0.81 0.82 0.68 0.64 1.13
Synopsys Inc. 1.10 0.99 0.88 0.85 0.92 0.90 0.86 0.85 0.87 0.99 0.93 0.89 0.90 0.92 0.83 0.94 0.82 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.70 0.67 0.67

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Quick ratio = Total quick assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 7,105 ÷ 6,786 = 1.05

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Liquidity ratio Description The company
Quick ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. ServiceNow Inc. quick ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Cash Ratio

ServiceNow Inc., cash ratio calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Cash and cash equivalents 1,885 2,159 2,056 1,897 1,112 1,663 1,852 1,470 1,248 1,664 2,252 1,728 1,400 1,362 1,821 1,677 1,348 837 809 776 623 584 640
Short-term investments 3,410 3,254 3,054 2,980 2,955 3,084 3,062 2,810 2,708 2,170 1,762 1,576 1,631 1,622 1,635 1,415 1,603 1,505 1,050 915 848 1,070 1,022
Total cash assets 5,295 5,413 5,110 4,877 4,067 4,747 4,914 4,280 3,956 3,834 4,014 3,304 3,031 2,984 3,456 3,092 2,952 2,343 1,859 1,691 1,471 1,653 1,662
 
Current liabilities 6,786 7,172 7,033 7,365 5,601 5,767 5,761 6,005 4,432 4,743 4,852 4,949 3,792 3,908 3,664 3,737 2,836 2,849 2,721 2,753 2,193 2,225 2,098
Liquidity Ratio
Cash ratio1 0.78 0.75 0.73 0.66 0.73 0.82 0.85 0.71 0.89 0.81 0.83 0.67 0.80 0.76 0.94 0.83 1.04 0.82 0.68 0.61 0.67 0.74 0.79
Benchmarks
Cash Ratio, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 0.30 0.32 0.41 0.50 0.50 0.38 0.36 0.45 0.41 0.35 0.37 0.52 0.67 0.65 0.68 0.67 0.54 0.49 0.52 0.55 0.45 0.44 0.43
Adobe Inc. 0.78 0.85 0.72 0.95 0.90 0.82 0.76 0.75 0.77 0.72 0.65 0.84 1.00 0.94 0.85 1.09 1.03 0.84 0.80 0.51 0.47 0.45 0.61
Autodesk Inc. 0.50 0.53 0.54 0.52 0.47 0.42 0.42 0.44 0.55 0.30 0.29 0.57 0.57 0.58 0.57 0.57 0.36 0.37 0.44 0.41 0.54 0.61 0.70
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 1.66 0.69 0.69 0.63 0.76 0.73 0.78 0.65 0.82 0.99 1.18 1.12 1.12 0.91 0.94 1.17 1.17 1.03 0.93 1.05 1.06 1.04 0.85
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 1.35 1.42 1.41 1.28 1.36 1.41 1.44 1.42 1.54 1.57 1.71 2.22 1.51 1.76 1.81 1.85 2.01 2.42 0.58
International Business Machines Corp. 0.48 0.54 0.60 0.39 0.36 0.50 0.57 0.28 0.32 0.24 0.32 0.22 0.23 0.22 0.31 0.36 0.41 0.37 0.30 0.24 0.31 1.10 0.47
Intuit Inc. 0.76 0.24 0.45 0.97 0.97 0.54 0.82 0.90 1.09 0.48 1.52 1.46 1.52 1.02 2.69 2.00 1.46 1.03 1.28 1.39 1.46 0.67 0.84
Microsoft Corp. 0.68 0.67 1.15 1.07 1.22 1.22 1.23 1.10 1.35 1.62 1.62 1.47 1.74 1.96 1.97 1.89 2.34 2.25 2.35 1.93 2.44 2.54 2.41
Oracle Corp. 0.40 0.36 0.48 0.44 0.38 0.27 0.32 1.12 1.12 1.21 1.70 1.93 1.77 1.81 2.26 2.50 1.64 1.88 1.89 2.03 2.23 2.43 3.07
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 0.41 0.43 0.52 0.31 0.46 0.39 0.46 0.44 0.50 0.45 0.48 0.57 0.98 0.72 1.22 1.39 0.87 1.40 1.39 1.37 1.52 1.51 1.76
Salesforce Inc. 0.61 0.60 0.65 0.48 0.65 0.67 0.68 0.48 0.62 0.55 0.98 0.67 0.78 0.72 0.76 0.54 0.62 0.59 0.61 0.39 0.43 0.40 0.91
Synopsys Inc. 0.79 0.66 0.48 0.53 0.67 0.62 0.48 0.56 0.60 0.70 0.51 0.65 0.66 0.65 0.47 0.58 0.51 0.42 0.34 0.42 0.42 0.36 0.29

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Cash ratio = Total cash assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 5,295 ÷ 6,786 = 0.78

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Liquidity ratio Description The company
Cash ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. ServiceNow Inc. cash ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.