ServiceNow, Inc.
—- Market cap
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- Debt
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- Cash
- −$3.73B
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FY 2025 · View financials
Decision snapshot: NOW stock price vs GWW: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at GWW's multiple
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Implied fair value · at NOW's multiple
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Growth edge
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
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Trendline
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Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
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ServiceNow, Inc. · implied price per share
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Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
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Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
Comparable set
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If you believe NOW can sustain 20.9% revenue growth while converting that growth into materially higher ROIC, then hold or accumulate despite the valuation gap because its operating profile is stronger than GWW’s; otherwise, the current multiple looks hard to justify versus GWW and implied valuation.
On the P/E-based comparison, NOW is priced at $111.23 versus an implied $65.21, suggesting -41.4% downside. The gap appears driven by NOW’s much higher multiples than GWW across earnings, sales, and EBITDA, even though NOW grows faster and has stronger gross and EBITDA margins.
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