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ServiceNow (NOW) earnings call transcript summary & sentiment

Last call Wed 22 Jul 2026·Next Wed 28 Oct 2026

Our read on the 22 July 2026 earnings call

Overall tone: Positive

Overall tone

Positive

Executive Summary

ServiceNow delivered strong Q2 results with constant currency subscription revenue growing 23% YoY (1.5 percentage points above guidance) and constant currency cRPO expanding 21.5%, driven by 123 deals exceeding $1 million in net new ACV. AI momentum accelerated…

Core Signals

Revenue Growth & Demand: Constant currency subscription revenue increased 23% YoY (1.5 points above the top end of guidance), supported by 123 net new ACV deals over $1 million, up 40% YoY.

Bullish Signals

Constant currency subscription revenue and cRPO growth exceeded guidance limits by 1.5 and 2.0+ percentage points, respectively.

Risk Signals

Gross margins face near-term cost pressures from accelerated hyperscaler deployment and expanding AI model consumption.

Q&A Signals

Repeated analyst topics: Analysts repeatedly focused on full-year guidance raise mechanics, gross margin pressures from AI consumption and hyperscalers, and sales force headcount growth.

Key Investor Debate

The primary debate centers on whether expanding customer AI usage and faster hyperscaler migrations will persistently weigh on gross margins or if unit-cost deflation and hybrid pricing structures will restore gross margin expansion.

Analyst Takeaway

ServiceNow continues to prove its strategic position as the unified AI control tower and orchestration platform for the enterprise, insulated from front-end seat compression or frontier model commoditization.

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Earnings call history & sentiment

All 7 of its last calls fell on a Wednesday, every one at 17:00 ET, after the close.

Date Day Period Corpusense read
2026-07-22Wednesday2026 Q3Positive
2026-04-22Wednesday2026 Q2Positive
2026-01-28Wednesday2026 Q1Positive
2025-10-29Wednesday2025 Q4—
2025-07-23Wednesday2025 Q3—
2025-04-23Wednesday2025 Q2—
2025-01-29Wednesday2025 Q1—

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