ServiceNow cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, ServiceNow's operations generated $5.44bn of cash; it spent $868m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $4.58bn. It returned $1.84bn through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2010Jun 2010 | 2011Jun 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | −8 | 37 | 49 | 82 | 141 | 318 | 159 | 643 | 811 | 1,236 | 1,786 | 2,191 | 2,723 | 3,398 | 4,267 | 5,444 | 5,334 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 0 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 42 | 60 | 83 | 114 | 150 | 252 | 336 | 472 | 433 | 562 | 564 | 738 | 787 |
| Stock-based pay | 1 | 3 | 28 | 66 | 154 | 258 | 318 | 394 | 544 | 662 | 870 | 1,131 | 1,401 | 1,604 | 1,746 | 1,955 | 2,323 |
| Capital spending | 2 | 9 | 42 | 55 | 54 | 87 | 106 | 151 | 224 | 265 | 419 | 392 | 550 | 694 | 852 | 868 | 584 |
| Free cash flow | −9 | 29 | 7 | 26 | 87 | 230 | 54 | 492 | 587 | 971 | 1,367 | 1,799 | 2,173 | 2,704 | 3,415 | 4,576 | 4,750 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | −10 | 26 | −21 | −39 | −68 | −27 | −264 | 98 | 43 | 309 | 497 | 668 | 772 | 1,100 | 1,669 | 2,621 | 2,427 |
| Share buybacks | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 538 | 696 | 1,840 | 2,822 |
| Shares issued | 0 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 1,635 | 1,677 | 716 | 813 | 2,238 | 1,670 | 587 | 839 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 154 | 160 | 120 | 133 | 212 | 258 | 155 | 162 |
| Stock-based pay | 454 | 470 | 499 | 492 | 494 | 547 | 652 | 630 |
| Capital spending | 253 | 205 | 190 | 235 | 238 | 141 | 114 | 91 |
| Free cash flow | 1,382 | 1,472 | 526 | 578 | 2,000 | 1,529 | 473 | 748 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 928 | 1,002 | 27 | 86 | 1,506 | 982 | −179 | 118 |
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