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Is ServiceNow, Inc. (NOW) overvalued or undervalued?

Updated Nov 10, 2026 · hand-researched model · educational, not advice

Fair value
$53.71
Market price
$102.76
Downside to fair value
47.7%
Verdict
91% above fair value

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The DCF value below is a real engine result at each WACC (not a re-estimate). Drag to see how sensitive NOW's DCF is to the discount rate.

Market price: $102.76

At a recent price of $102.76, ServiceNow, Inc. (NOW) trades 91% above TickerWorth's blended fair value of $53.71 per share — a discounted-cash-flow model cross-checked against peer multiples and asset value — meaning the market currently prices NOW overvalued vs our estimate of what the business is intrinsically worth. Our fair value sits below the market, an implied -47.7% move to close the gap if the business performs in line with our assumptions. This is an educational model, not a price target or a recommendation — the value moves with the inputs, which you can test yourself using the WACC slider below.

One of the lenses behind that blended figure is a discounted-cash-flow model, which on its own values NOW at about $54.43 per share. The rest of this page walks through that DCF — its assumptions, reverse-DCF and discount-rate sensitivity — because it is the auditable anchor of the blend.

The valuation discounts ServiceNow, Inc.'s projected free cash flows at a weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) of 9.8%, with a long-run terminal growth rate of 2.5%. About 79% of the enterprise value comes from the terminal value — the portion beyond the explicit forecast window — which is typical for a stable, cash-generative business and a reminder that small changes in the discount rate or terminal growth assumption swing the intrinsic value meaningfully.

Running the DCF in reverse — solving for the growth the current price already assumes — NOW would need sustained revenue growth of more than 25%/yr to justify today's price, against about 16.3% a year compounded in our base case. We don't quote a precise figure here, because past about 25% a year the reverse-DCF stops being informative: it solves for revenue growth alone, holding margins, capital intensity and the forecast horizon fixed, so a price well above our fair value has nowhere to go but growth. The honest reading is that the price implies growth this model can't reconcile — not that we forecast it.

Sensitivity matters more than any single number. Across a reasonable band of discount-rate assumptions, NOW's modeled DCF value ranges from about $40.41 to $82.89 per share. If that range still sits below today's price, the market is optimistic relative to the model across the whole band; if it brackets the price, the stock is roughly fairly valued on our assumptions. Use the interactive slider to see exactly where your own cost-of-capital view lands.

How to read this page: the DCF fair value is what ServiceNow, Inc. would be worth if its cash flows grow as modeled and are discounted at the stated WACC. The assumptions table shows every input and its source; the reverse-DCF shows what the market believes; the sensitivity band shows how fragile the answer is. None of this is investment advice — it is a transparent, auditable framework for forming your own view of NOW's intrinsic value. Figures update as new filings and prices come in.

The assumptions behind NOW's DCF

InputValueSource
Base-year revenue$13,278,000,000ServiceNow FY2025 10-K (accession 0001373715-26-000007, filed 2026-01-29) + ServiceNow Q4/FY2025 earnings release, 8-K Ex-99.1 (accession 0001373715-26-000005, filed 2026-01-28): Total revenues FY2025 (calendar year), us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax = $13,278M: subscription $12,883M + professional services $395M. +20.9% on FY2024's $10,984M, of which ~1pt was Moveworks (closed 2025-12-15) per the Q4 release footnote. UNCHANGED as the base — the DCF grows it by forecast.revenue_growth. CROSS-CHECK, H1 2026 (Q2 8-K Ex-99.1): revenue $7,757M, +23.1% on H1 2025's $6,303M; Q2 alone $3,987M, +24% (22.5% constant currency). That H1 figure already contains Veza (closed 2026-03-02) and Armis (closed 2026-04-20), which management says contribute ~125bp to FY2026 subscription growth; with Moveworks's ~100bp, ORGANIC constant-currency subscription growth is running roughly 19% — my arithmetic from the company's stated contributions, not a ServiceNow figure.
Base EBIT margin13.7%ServiceNow FY2025 10-K (accession 0001373715-26-000007, filed 2026-01-29) + ServiceNow Q4/FY2025 earnings release, 8-K Ex-99.1 (accession 0001373715-26-000005, filed 2026-01-28): GAAP income from operations $1,824M / revenue $13,278M = 13.74% (us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss). GAAP, NOT the 31% non-GAAP margin ServiceNow headlines: the 17.5-point gap is stock-based compensation $1,955M (14.7% of revenue), acquired-intangible amortization $120M, business-combination costs $109M, severance $74M, contract termination $37M and an impairment $30M, per the Q4 release reconciliation. All of it stays in. Interest income ($451M) is below this line and excluded — the cash that earns it is credited in net debt instead. CROSS-CHECK, H1 2026: GAAP operating margin 8.6% ($665M / $7,757M) vs 12.8% a year earlier; Q2 alone 4.1% ($162M) vs 11.1%. The collapse is acquisition-driven and itemised in the Q2 reconciliation: intangible amortization jumped to $219M in Q2 (5.5% of revenue) from $25M, business-combination costs $75M, severance $62M, and SBC rose to 16.5% of revenue as Armis RSUs (5.9M shares) were granted. The underlying non-GAAP margin was 29.5%, flat year on year.
Forecast revenue growth22% → 18% → 16% → 14% → 12%Assumption — TickerWorth's 5-year explicit forecast
Risk-free rate5.2%US 10Y Treasury constant maturity (FRED DGS10): 5.24% on 2026-10-01, the latest published observation. House input shared by every model in this tracker.
Beta0.97Yahoo Finance 5Y-monthly beta via yfinance: Published 5Y-monthly beta 0.972, used UNNORMALIZED. It is low for a high-multiple software name (CRM 1.20, ADBE 1.42 in this tracker) but I have no stated reason to override it: the window includes the 2026 software sell-off, in which ServiceNow fell from ~$193 to ~$81 (split-adjusted 52-week range), so it is not a calm-period artefact. Stated as a lever: a beta of 1.2 (CRM's) takes the value to ~$46.60; nothing near a reasonable beta closes the gap.
Terminal growth2.5%Assumption — house default: House default 2.5%, kept for comparability. FLAG, and it is the biggest structural fact about this valuation: Year 5 growth is still 12%, and the perpetuity drops it to 2.5% the next year. For a company growing this fast at the end of the explicit forecast, a 5-year DCF with a GDP-like terminal rate is a harsh lens — it implicitly assumes ServiceNow stops being a growth company in 2031. A 3.5% terminal rate gives ~$61.80. Must remain < WACC of 9.84%.
Diluted shares1,034MServiceNow Q2 2026 10-Q (accession 0001373715-26-000076, filed 2026-07-23) Note 'Net Income Per Share': Q2 2026 weighted-average diluted shares 1,034,334K (basic 1,031,351K + 2,983K of awards). Was 1,046.6M a year earlier — the $2.0B ASR (18.5M shares at $107.97, completed Q1 2026) and $225M of open-market buybacks more than offset issuance. FLAG: 46.7M awards were ANTI-DILUTIVE in Q2 and excluded (the Armis grants pushed RSUs outstanding to 46.8M); at today's higher price more would count, and management guides Q3 diluted shares to '1.05' billion. Using 1.05B would lower the value by ~$0.80/share. 10-Q cover: ~1,034M shares outstanding.
Market price$102.76Delayed quote · as of 2026-11-10 04:58 UTC

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