Stock Analysis on Net

ServiceNow Inc. (NYSE:NOW)

Analysis of Short-term (Operating) Activity Ratios 
Quarterly Data

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Short-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

ServiceNow Inc., short-term (operating) activity 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
Turnover Ratios
Receivables turnover 8.00 6.56 7.26 4.41 7.26 7.33 6.87 4.20 7.71 7.74 7.59 4.24 7.13 6.62 7.49 4.48 6.69 6.26 6.04 4.14
Payables turnover 13.16 7.04 8.98 15.25 26.38 10.08 7.20 5.74 7.86 5.60 8.57 15.20 19.64 11.82 9.75 28.83 17.87 10.13 11.28 15.04
Working capital turnover 11.50 11.73 27.96 21.77 19.04 9.59 7.83 11.16 6.63 11.21 10.61 21.76 11.15 16.31 5.62 5.76 3.73 8.10 43.84 46.69
Average No. Days
Average receivable collection period 46 56 50 83 50 50 53 87 47 47 48 86 51 55 49 82 55 58 60 88
Average payables payment period 28 52 41 24 14 36 51 64 46 65 43 24 19 31 37 13 20 36 32 24

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).

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Receivables turnover An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. ServiceNow Inc. receivables turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 exceeding Q1 2024 level.
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. ServiceNow Inc. payables turnover ratio decreased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then increased from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 exceeding Q1 2024 level.
Working capital turnover An activity ratio calculated as revenue divided by working capital. ServiceNow Inc. working capital turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average receivable collection period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. ServiceNow Inc. number of days of receivables outstanding deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 exceeding Q1 2024 level.
Average payables payment period An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period. ServiceNow Inc. number of days of payables outstanding increased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then decreased significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Receivables Turnover

ServiceNow Inc., receivables turnover 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)
Revenues 2,797 2,627 2,603 2,437 2,288 2,150 2,096 1,940 1,831 1,752 1,722 1,615 1,512 1,409 1,360 1,250 1,152 1,071 1,046 952 886 834 789
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
Short-term Activity Ratio
Receivables turnover1 8.00 6.56 7.26 4.41 7.26 7.33 6.87 4.20 7.71 7.74 7.59 4.24 7.13 6.62 7.49 4.48 6.69 6.26 6.04 4.14
Benchmarks
Receivables Turnover, Competitors2
Adobe Inc. 11.62 12.67 9.69 8.73 10.20 10.94 9.99 8.53 9.98 10.51 9.58 8.41 9.77 9.74 9.00 9.20 9.44 8.82 8.40 7.28 7.76 7.94 7.12
Autodesk Inc. 9.23 12.97 15.42 5.21 7.63 10.93 11.89 6.13 7.26 11.29 11.94 5.89 6.76 7.22 9.61 5.02 5.98 8.44 10.24 5.42
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 7.76 7.37 10.46 8.36 9.19 8.62 7.54 7.32 8.78 8.38 8.72 8.85 9.09 7.41 7.21 7.93 8.40 7.79 8.37 7.67
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 5.07 4.90 5.30 3.58 4.19 4.38 4.43 3.94 4.54 4.27 4.73 3.66 4.41 4.38 3.91 2.92
International Business Machines Corp. 11.61 10.81 10.27 8.57 11.48 10.67 10.52 9.25 10.95 10.17 9.79 8.49 9.23 9.57 10.72 10.32 12.30 11.54 11.05 9.80
Intuit Inc. 20.02 16.27 39.65 35.48 19.62 15.15 34.68 28.53 17.44 12.84 25.10 24.64 16.04 16.60 79.16 51.54 31.31 11.82 66.66 77.98
Microsoft Corp. 5.37 5.31 5.91 4.35 5.55 5.70 6.49 4.48 5.90 5.52 6.44 4.42 6.08 5.61 6.44 4.47 6.11 5.71 6.80 4.26
Oracle Corp. 7.20 7.59 7.82 7.22 7.72 7.43 7.44 7.13 9.12 9.28 9.11 7.48 8.56 8.91 8.57 7.04 9.55 9.77 10.35 7.69
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 4.54 3.97 5.10 2.80 4.50 4.82 4.70 2.57 4.17 5.10 5.61 3.43 5.20 5.65 5.30 3.29 4.88 5.78 6.04 4.98
Salesforce Inc. 7.00 6.12 6.95 2.92 7.09 6.18 7.07 2.72 6.22 5.78 7.04 2.73 6.12 5.63 5.93 2.77 6.16 6.32 6.51 2.70
Synopsys Inc. 7.74 7.41 5.76 6.17 8.29 6.78 5.00 6.38 7.25 6.58 4.34 7.40 7.06 6.51 4.84 4.72 5.50 5.36 4.22 6.07 7.23 6.14 4.16

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
Receivables turnover = (RevenuesQ3 2024 + RevenuesQ2 2024 + RevenuesQ1 2024 + RevenuesQ4 2023) ÷ Accounts receivable, net
= (2,797 + 2,627 + 2,603 + 2,437) ÷ 1,308 = 8.00

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Receivables turnover An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. ServiceNow Inc. receivables turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 exceeding Q1 2024 level.

Payables Turnover

ServiceNow Inc., payables turnover 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)
Cost of revenues 584 552 520 516 496 471 438 415 400 389 369 375 350 329 299 279 252 233 223 211 201 198 186
Accounts payable 165 296 223 126 69 171 228 274 195 265 166 89 64 98 109 34 51 86 74 53 62 66 39
Short-term Activity Ratio
Payables turnover1 13.16 7.04 8.98 15.25 26.38 10.08 7.20 5.74 7.86 5.60 8.57 15.20 19.64 11.82 9.75 28.83 17.87 10.13 11.28 15.04
Benchmarks
Payables Turnover, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 19.31 19.54 16.93 17.41 18.03 17.35 17.54 16.37 16.93 17.22 16.45 15.03 16.92 17.94 20.16 22.48 21.75 20.11 19.17 18.16
Adobe Inc. 7.47 6.73 7.92 7.50 7.29 6.51 7.21 5.71 6.66 5.53 6.54 5.98 5.40 5.60 6.76 5.63 7.62 6.00 6.52 7.98 8.45 8.63 9.18
Autodesk Inc. 3.98 4.02 3.86 4.71 3.50 4.19 3.28 3.46 2.96 3.44 2.81 2.75 2.72 3.28 3.80 3.88 3.00 3.35 3.08 2.81
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 12.69 18.50 38.08 13.25 6.03 8.95 39.15 8.05 47.07 15.13 75.30 19.03 27.52 17.99 24.39 105.30
International Business Machines Corp. 8.31 7.54 7.67 6.67 8.23 7.36 7.44 6.87 7.35 7.40 7.69 6.54 6.71 7.47 8.35 7.75 9.76 8.36 9.63 8.30
Intuit Inc. 3.83 4.19 5.12 4.93 3.29 3.54 3.98 3.26 2.52 2.31 3.47 2.70 2.56 2.82 5.25 4.52 3.48 2.78 4.45 4.26
Microsoft Corp. 3.94 3.89 3.46 3.64 4.28 4.23 3.88 3.30 3.74 3.76 3.70 3.44 3.77 3.80 3.73 3.68 4.78 4.92 5.06 4.57
Oracle Corp. 9.02 13.12 13.67 11.27 7.60 6.68 6.72 6.74 7.65 8.03 10.79 10.54 9.49 10.71 14.72 12.46 15.07 15.07 16.46 13.78
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 18.29 10.93 14.57 14.43 20.69 14.50 14.30 13.43 14.68 12.25 14.46 22.41 16.80 25.37 21.85 15.72 17.72 15.76 11.28 11.03

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
Payables turnover = (Cost of revenuesQ3 2024 + Cost of revenuesQ2 2024 + Cost of revenuesQ1 2024 + Cost of revenuesQ4 2023) ÷ Accounts payable
= (584 + 552 + 520 + 516) ÷ 165 = 13.16

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. ServiceNow Inc. payables turnover ratio decreased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then increased from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 exceeding Q1 2024 level.

Working Capital Turnover

ServiceNow Inc., working capital turnover 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
Less: 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
Working capital 910 849 339 412 445 836 973 649 1,044 589 590 271 496 317 860 785 1,131 488 85 74 105 217 277
 
Revenues 2,797 2,627 2,603 2,437 2,288 2,150 2,096 1,940 1,831 1,752 1,722 1,615 1,512 1,409 1,360 1,250 1,152 1,071 1,046 952 886 834 789
Short-term Activity Ratio
Working capital turnover1 11.50 11.73 27.96 21.77 19.04 9.59 7.83 11.16 6.63 11.21 10.61 21.76 11.15 16.31 5.62 5.76 3.73 8.10 43.84 46.69
Benchmarks
Working Capital Turnover, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 22.48 15.40 11.18 11.93 10.11 13.40 14.81 15.07 13.41 15.55 15.85 12.77 7.71 8.35 7.70 8.71 10.32 10.56 9.98 9.85
Adobe Inc. 19.54 13.19 42.33 6.85 9.10 14.68 19.89 20.28 16.36 31.92 57.86 9.09 6.22 7.44 8.67 4.89 5.51 8.11 9.50
Autodesk Inc.
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 1.80 6.28 8.78 10.61 7.00 8.51 7.12 9.92 8.31 5.34 4.07 4.01 4.68 5.45 5.03 3.94 4.08 4.99 6.14 4.70
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 1.65 1.45 1.50 1.46 1.47 1.38 1.32 1.25 1.15 1.02 0.95 0.61 1.19 0.92 0.81 0.71
International Business Machines Corp. 37.03 17.08 14.55 31.12 12.14 40.51 49.97 107.30
Intuit Inc. 5.15 13.92 11.94 8.13 6.30 15.31 10.83 8.98 5.68 21.87 4.39 3.85 3.40 5.45 1.74 1.73 3.19 4.80 4.93 4.17
Microsoft Corp. 8.26 8.63 2.64 2.65 2.65 2.68 2.77 2.66 2.52 1.91 1.88 1.76 1.71 1.44 1.37 1.30 1.24 1.25 1.20 1.19
Oracle Corp. 3.50 3.86 3.39 1.70 1.29 1.69 1.58 1.26 1.12 2.25 1.98 1.68 1.42
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 3.52 2.15 1.40 4.81 1.80 1.89 1.80
Salesforce Inc. 42.02 99.31 90.67 62.21 30.85 25.15 54.57 24.95 27.10 4.36 5.11 7.48 10.29 9.75 15.29 28.71
Synopsys Inc. 2.40 2.89 8.03 13.12 10.27 12.83 17.05 21.34 14.02 7.78 9.47 10.65 9.50 9.18 16.88 9.00 27.06

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
Working capital turnover = (RevenuesQ3 2024 + RevenuesQ2 2024 + RevenuesQ1 2024 + RevenuesQ4 2023) ÷ Working capital
= (2,797 + 2,627 + 2,603 + 2,437) ÷ 910 = 11.50

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Working capital turnover An activity ratio calculated as revenue divided by working capital. ServiceNow Inc. working capital turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Average Receivable Collection Period

ServiceNow Inc., average receivable collection period 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
Receivables turnover 8.00 6.56 7.26 4.41 7.26 7.33 6.87 4.20 7.71 7.74 7.59 4.24 7.13 6.62 7.49 4.48 6.69 6.26 6.04 4.14
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average receivable collection period1 46 56 50 83 50 50 53 87 47 47 48 86 51 55 49 82 55 58 60 88
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Receivable Collection Period, Competitors2
Adobe Inc. 31 29 38 42 36 33 37 43 37 35 38 43 37 37 41 40 39 41 43 50 47 46 51
Autodesk Inc. 40 28 24 70 48 33 31 60 50 32 31 62 54 51 38 73 61 43 36 67
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 47 50 35 44 40 42 48 50 42 44 42 41 40 49 51 46 43 47 44 48
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 72 75 69 102 87 83 82 93 80 85 77 100 83 83 93 125
International Business Machines Corp. 31 34 36 43 32 34 35 39 33 36 37 43 40 38 34 35 30 32 33 37
Intuit Inc. 18 22 9 10 19 24 11 13 21 28 15 15 23 22 5 7 12 31 5 5
Microsoft Corp. 68 69 62 84 66 64 56 81 62 66 57 83 60 65 57 82 60 64 54 86
Oracle Corp. 51 48 47 51 47 49 49 51 40 39 40 49 43 41 43 52 38 37 35 47
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 80 92 72 130 81 76 78 142 88 72 65 106 70 65 69 111 75 63 60 73
Salesforce Inc. 52 60 53 125 52 59 52 134 59 63 52 134 60 65 62 132 59 58 56 135
Synopsys Inc. 47 49 63 59 44 54 73 57 50 55 84 49 52 56 75 77 66 68 86 60 51 59 88

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
Average receivable collection period = 365 ÷ Receivables turnover
= 365 ÷ 8.00 = 46

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average receivable collection period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. ServiceNow Inc. number of days of receivables outstanding deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 exceeding Q1 2024 level.

Average Payables Payment Period

ServiceNow Inc., average payables payment period 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
Payables turnover 13.16 7.04 8.98 15.25 26.38 10.08 7.20 5.74 7.86 5.60 8.57 15.20 19.64 11.82 9.75 28.83 17.87 10.13 11.28 15.04
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average payables payment period1 28 52 41 24 14 36 51 64 46 65 43 24 19 31 37 13 20 36 32 24
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Payables Payment Period, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 19 19 22 21 20 21 21 22 22 21 22 24 22 20 18 16 17 18 19 20
Adobe Inc. 49 54 46 49 50 56 51 64 55 66 56 61 68 65 54 65 48 61 56 46 43 42 40
Autodesk Inc. 92 91 95 78 104 87 111 105 123 106 130 133 134 111 96 94 122 109 119 130
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 29 20 10 28 61 41 9 45 8 24 5 19 13 20 15 3
International Business Machines Corp. 44 48 48 55 44 50 49 53 50 49 47 56 54 49 44 47 37 44 38 44
Intuit Inc. 95 87 71 74 111 103 92 112 145 158 105 135 142 129 70 81 105 131 82 86
Microsoft Corp. 93 94 106 100 85 86 94 111 98 97 99 106 97 96 98 99 76 74 72 80
Oracle Corp. 40 28 27 32 48 55 54 54 48 45 34 35 38 34 25 29 24 24 22 26
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 20 33 25 25 18 25 26 27 25 30 25 16 22 14 17 23 21 23 32 33

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
Average payables payment period = 365 ÷ Payables turnover
= 365 ÷ 13.16 = 28

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average payables payment period An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period. ServiceNow Inc. number of days of payables outstanding increased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then decreased significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.