In the past week, NOW stock has gone up by 12.22%, with a monthly decline of -3.14% and a quarterly plunge of -20.83%. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.42%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 4.61% for ServiceNow Inc The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 1.60% for NOW stock, with a simple moving average of -11.56% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in ServiceNow Inc (NYSE: NOW) Right Now?
ServiceNow Inc (NYSE: NOW) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 119.36x compared to its average ratio. NOW has 36-month beta value of 0.99. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 27 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 12 as “overweight,” 5 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for NOW is 206.31M, and currently, short sellers hold a 2.05% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of NOW on April 16, 2025 was 1.97M shares.
NOW) stock’s latest price update
The stock of ServiceNow Inc (NYSE: NOW) has increased by 2.09 when compared to last closing price of 799.82. Despite this, the company has experienced a 12.22% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. fool.com reported 2025-04-15 that ServiceNow (NOW 2.36%) stock is moving higher in Tuesday’s trading. The software specialist’s share price was up 1.9% as of 2:30 p.m.
Analysts’ Opinion of NOW
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for NOW stocks, with BMO Capital Markets repeating the rating for NOW by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for NOW in the upcoming period, according to BMO Capital Markets is $990 based on the research report published on April 04, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Cantor Fitzgerald gave a rating of “Overweight” to NOW, setting the target price at $1332 in the report published on January 17th of the current year.
NOW Trading at -6.96% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought NOW to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -31.85% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 4.61%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.42%, as shares sank -1.63% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -20.02% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, NOW rose by +12.22%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +5.47% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $803.66. In addition, ServiceNow Inc saw -22.98% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at NOW starting from Black Deborah, who sale 58 shares at the price of $943.55 back on Feb 27 ’25. After this action, Black Deborah now owns 1,026 shares of ServiceNow Inc, valued at $54,726 using the latest closing price.
Tzitzon Nicholas, the Vice Chairman of ServiceNow Inc, sale 2,945 shares at $923.72 during a trade that took place back on Feb 25 ’25, which means that Tzitzon Nicholas is holding 3,649 shares at $2,720,355 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for NOW
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.12 for the present operating margin
- 0.79 for the gross margin
The net margin for ServiceNow Inc stands at 0.13. The total capital return value is set at 0.11. Equity return is now at value 16.53, with 7.55 for asset returns.
Based on ServiceNow Inc (NOW), the company’s capital structure generated 0.19 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 1.87. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.24. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 59.3.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 2.33 billion with net debt to EBITDA at -0.01. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 15.4. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.9for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.54. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.04.
Conclusion
To put it simply, ServiceNow Inc (NOW) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
