ServiceNow (ServiceNow) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.30 (As of Dec. 2023)

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ServiceNow's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $89 Mil. ServiceNow's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,195 Mil. ServiceNow's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7,628 Mil. ServiceNow's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.30.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for ServiceNow's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

NOW' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.3 Med: 0.68 Max: 1.51
Current: 0.3

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of ServiceNow was 1.51. The lowest was 0.30. And the median was 0.68.

NOW's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
57.86% of 2221 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.21 vs NOW: 0.30

ServiceNow Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for ServiceNow's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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ServiceNow Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

0.53

0.75

0.60

0.44

0.30

ServiceNow Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																0.44	0.40	0.32	0.32	0.30

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, ServiceNow's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

ServiceNow Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, ServiceNow's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where ServiceNow's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

ServiceNow Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

ServiceNow's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(89	+	2195)	/	7628
	=	0.30

ServiceNow's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(89	+	2195)	/	7628
	=	0.30

ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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ServiceNow (ServiceNow) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

2225 Lawson Lane, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95054

Website

https://www.servicenow.com

ServiceNow Inc provides software solutions to structure and automate various business processes via a SaaS delivery model. The company primarily focuses on the IT function for enterprise customers. ServiceNow began with IT service management, expanded within the IT function, and more recently directed its workflow automation logic to functional areas beyond IT, notably customer service, HR service delivery, and security operations. ServiceNow also offers an application development platform as a service.

Executives

Paul Edward Chamberlain	director	C/O VEEVA SYSTEMS INC., 4280 HACIENDA DRIVE, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Paul John Smith	officer: Chief Commercial Officer	2225 LAWSON LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Chirantan Jitendra Desai	officer: Chief Product Officer	C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Christopher Bedi	officer: Chief Information Officer	2225 LAWSON LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Gina Mastantuono	officer: Chief Financial Officer	237 PARK AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Russell S Elmer	officer: General Counsel
Jacqueline P Canney	officer: Chief People Officer	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Nicholas Tzitzon	officer: Chief Strat & Corp Affairs Ofc	2225 LAWSON LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Anita M Sands	director	350 ELLIS STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Lawrence Jackson	director	2225 LAWSON LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Frederic B Luddy	director, 10 percent owner, officer: CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER
Teresa Briggs	director	2225 LAWSON LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Kevin Thomas Mcbride	officer: Principal Accounting Officer	2200 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Lara Caimi	officer: Chief Customer & Partner Ofc	C/O CONFLUENT, INC., 899 W EVELYN AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Deborah Black	director	2225 LAWSON LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054