ServiceNow, Inc. (NOW) Spending and interest coverage
- R&D / revenue · 12 months: Value 22.14%; Formula and calculation Research and development expense / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Stock-based compensation / revenue · 12 months: Value 14.83%; Formula and calculation Share-based compensation / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Interest coverage · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation Estimated: average term debt × dated USD coupon proxy + average commercial paper × matching-currency disclosed rate at or before period end. Swaps, foreign-exchange, lease interest and amortization are not quantified..
Spending and interest coverage
Overview →Financial period ending 2026-06-30; current quote (m). Amounts retain their stated periods and units.
| Metric | Value | Formula and calculation |
|---|---|---|
| R&D / revenue · 12 months | 22.14% | Research and development expense / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30. $3.26B ÷ $14.73B × 100 ≈ 22.14% |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue · 12 months | 14.83% | Share-based compensation / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30. $2.19B ÷ $14.73B × 100 ≈ 14.83% |
| Interest coverage · 12 months | (m) | Estimated: average term debt × dated USD coupon proxy + average commercial paper × matching-currency disclosed rate at or before period end. Swaps, foreign-exchange, lease interest and amortization are not quantified. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
Calculation inputs
| Input | Amount with unit | Raw financial data |
|---|---|---|
| Research and development spending | 3.26B USD | Research and Development Expense |
| Revenue | 14.73B USD | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax |
| Stock-based compensation | 2.19B USD | Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense |
| Operating income | 1.68B USD | Operating Income (Loss) |
| Interest expense · reported / estimated | (m) | Interest Expense · Estimated expense assumptions |
Latest interest expense basis: (m). Estimated values carry *; expand each history row’s basis for its dated balances and rate assumptions.
Calculated history
Changes compare with the next older row (previous quarter), unless explicitly labeled otherwise. Rolling 12-month growth compares two successive quarter-end rolling totals; it is not year-over-year growth.
| Period ending | Research and development spending (USD) | Revenue (USD) | Stock-based compensation (USD) | Operating income (USD) | Interest expense · reported / estimated (USD) | R&D / revenue | SBC / revenue | Interest coverage | Interest expense basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | $3.26B | $14.73B | $2.19B | $1.68B | (m) | 22.14% | 14.83% | (m) | (m) |
| 2026-03-31 | $3.08B | $13.96B | $2.03B | $1.88B | (m) | 22.06% | 14.56% | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-12-31 | $2.96B | $13.28B | $1.96B | $1.82B | (m) | 22.29% | 14.72% | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-09-30 | $2.85B | $12.67B | $1.92B | $1.75B | (m) | 22.54% | 15.12% | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-06-30 | $2.73B | $12.06B | $1.85B | $1.60B | (m) | 22.65% | 15.34% | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-03-31 | $2.64B | $11.47B | $1.79B | $1.48B | (m) | 23.02% | 15.64% | (m) | (m) |
| 2024-12-31 | $2.54B | $10.98B | $1.75B | $1.36B | (m) | 23.15% | 15.90% | (m) | (m) |
| 2024-09-30 | $2.44B | $10.46B | $1.71B | $1.26B | (m) | 23.29% | 16.29% | (m) | (m) |
| 2024-06-30 | $2.36B | $9.96B | $1.69B | $1.07B | (m) | 23.71% | 17.00% | (m) | (m) |
| 2024-03-31 | $2.24B | $9.48B | $1.65B | $950.00M | (m) | 23.61% | 17.36% | (m) | (m) |
| 2023-12-31 | $2.12B | $8.97B | $1.60B | $762.00M | (m) | 23.68% | 17.88% | (m) | (m) |
| 2023-09-30 | $2.02B | $8.47B | $1.55B | $647.00M | (m) | 23.79% | 18.34% | (m) | (m) |
| 2023-06-30 | $1.92B | $8.02B | $1.50B | $507.00M | (m) | 23.99% | 18.74% | (m) | (m) |
| 2023-03-31 | $1.85B | $7.62B | $1.46B | $412.00M | (m) | 24.23% | 19.12% | (m) | (m) |
| 2022-12-31 | $1.77B | $7.25B | $1.40B | $355.00M | $27.00M | 24.40% | 19.34% | 13.15× | Reported |
| 2022-09-30 | $1.71B | $6.92B | $1.34B | $235.00M | $27.00M | 24.66% | 19.38% | 8.70× | Reported |
| 2022-06-30 | $1.61B | $6.60B | $1.27B | $218.00M | $26.00M | 24.36% | 19.25% | 8.38× | Reported |
| 2022-03-31 | $1.50B | $6.26B | $1.20B | $247.00M | $27.00M | 23.92% | 19.18% | 9.15× | Reported |
| 2021-12-31 | $1.40B | $5.90B | $1.13B | $257.00M | $28.00M | 23.69% | 19.18% | 9.18× | Reported |
| 2021-09-30 | $1.29B | $5.53B | $1.07B | $239.86M | $28.75M | 23.30% | 19.40% | 8.34× | Reported |
| 2021-06-30 | $1.20B | $5.17B | $1.00B | $234.86M | $29.75M | 23.19% | 19.38% | 7.90× | Reported |
| 2021-03-31 | $1.11B | $4.83B | $938.45M | $246.86M | $30.75M | 22.99% | 19.42% | 8.03× | Reported |
| 2020-12-31 | $1.02B | $4.52B | $870.45M | $198.86M | $32.75M | 22.66% | 19.26% | 6.07× | Reported |
| 2020-09-30 | $942.36M | $4.22B | $795.11M | $209.44M | $33.51M | 22.33% | 18.84% | 6.25× | Reported |
| 2020-06-30 | $864.16M | $3.95B | $738.11M | $196.44M | $33.90M | 21.85% | 18.66% | 5.79× | Reported |
| 2020-03-31 | $802.50M | $3.72B | $693.03M | $107.17M | $33.69M | 21.59% | 18.64% | 3.18× | Reported |
| 2019-12-31 | $748.37M | $3.46B | $662.20M | $42.12M | $33.28M | 21.63% | 19.14% | 1.27× | Reported |
| 2019-09-30 | $694.70M | $3.22B | $634.79M | $13.89M | $33.75M | 21.55% | 19.69% | 0.41× | Reported |
| 2019-06-30 | $640.26M | $3.01B | $616.26M | $-32.87M | $36.61M | 21.26% | 20.46% | -0.90× | Reported |
| 2019-03-31 | $584.75M | $2.81B | $580.06M | $-37.86M | $43.84M | 20.82% | 20.65% | -0.86× | Reported |
| 2018-12-31 | $529.50M | $2.61B | $543.95M | $-42.43M | $52.73M | 20.30% | 20.85% | -0.80× | Reported |
| 2018-09-30 | $485.40M | $2.46B | $507.01M | $-80.62M | $60.61M | 19.76% | 20.64% | -1.33× | Reported |
| 2018-06-30 | $448.21M | $2.28B | $463.04M | $-94.10M | $65.94M | 19.69% | 20.34% | -1.43× | Reported |
| 2018-03-31 | $410.30M | $2.09B | $425.55M | $-99.91M | $61.78M | 19.60% | 20.33% | -1.62× | Reported |
| 2017-12-31 | $377.52M | $1.93B | $394.08M | $-101.41M | $53.39M | 19.53% | 20.39% | -1.90× | Reported |
| 2017-09-30 | $346.89M | $1.77B | $371.57M | $-111.89M | $45.11M | 19.57% | 20.97% | -2.48× | Reported |
| 2017-06-30 | $323.44M | $1.63B | $352.22M | $-131.60M | $36.94M | 19.82% | 21.58% | -3.56× | Reported |
| 2017-03-31 | $303.80M | $1.50B | $332.21M | $-141.15M | $33.85M | 20.23% | 22.13% | -4.17× | Reported |
| 2016-12-31 | $285.24M | $1.39B | $317.58M | $-422.81M | $33.28M | 20.51% | 22.84% | -12.71× | Reported |
| 2016-09-30 | $269.75M | $1.29B | $302.64M | $-430.06M | $32.72M | 20.90% | 23.45% | -13.14× | Reported |
| 2016-06-30 | $250.55M | $1.19B | $286.67M | $-431.33M | $32.17M | 20.98% | 24.01% | -13.41× | Reported |
| 2016-03-31 | $233.47M | $1.10B | $274.95M | $-436.29M | $31.63M | 21.24% | 25.01% | -13.79× | Reported |
| 2015-12-31 | $217.39M | $1.01B | $257.71M | $-166.37M | $31.10M | 21.62% | 25.63% | -5.35× | Reported |
| 2015-09-30 | $200.97M | $917.83M | $235.53M | $-172.19M | (m) | 21.90% | 25.66% | (m) | (m) |
| 2015-06-30 | $184.83M | $835.40M | $211.91M | $-178.65M | (m) | 22.13% | 25.37% | (m) | (m) |
| 2015-03-31 | $167.00M | $755.44M | $183.16M | $-169.89M | (m) | 22.11% | 24.25% | (m) | (m) |
| 2014-12-31 | $148.26M | $682.56M | $154.32M | $-151.84M | (m) | 21.72% | 22.61% | (m) | (m) |
| 2014-09-30 | $130.10M | $609.79M | $129.18M | $-134.51M | (m) | 21.34% | 21.18% | (m) | (m) |
| 2014-06-30 | $111.24M | $542.34M | $105.54M | $-114.66M | (m) | 20.51% | 19.46% | (m) | (m) |
| 2014-03-31 | $93.75M | $477.80M | $82.76M | $-89.53M | (m) | 19.62% | 17.32% | (m) | (m) |
| 2013-12-31 | $78.68M | $424.65M | $65.58M | $-66.27M | (m) | 18.53% | 15.44% | (m) | (m) |
| 2013-09-30 | $68.04M | $374.58M | $54.07M | $-56.44M | (m) | 18.17% | 14.44% | (m) | (m) |
| 2013-06-30 | $58.01M | $327.67M | $44.44M | $-55.14M | (m) | 17.70% | 13.56% | (m) | (m) |
| 2013-03-31 | $49.33M | $282.22M | $36.06M | $-44.91M | (m) | 17.48% | 12.78% | (m) | (m) |
| 2012-12-31 | $39.33M | $243.71M | $27.94M | $-37.58M | (m) | 16.14% | 11.46% | (m) | (m) |
| 2012-09-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2012-06-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2012-03-31 | $15.43M | $150.29M | (m) | $-7.48M | (m) | 10.27% | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2011-12-31 | $11.28M | $128.07M | $7.47M | $1.23M | (m) | 8.80% | 5.83% | (m) | (m) |
| 2011-09-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2011-06-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-12-31 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-06-30 | $7.19M | $43.33M | $545.00K | $-28.20M | (m) | 16.60% | 1.26% | (m) | (m) |
(m) means missing inputs. Historical market-based ratios use the saved close on or immediately before period ending and that period’s reported shares; current quotes are not substituted. Five-year projections repeat historical CAGR, not analyst forecasts.
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