SERVICENOW, INC. (NOW) FY2025 YTD Q3 Statement of Cash Flows

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2025-01-01 to 2025-09-30

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SERVICENOW, INC. cash flow reconciliation, Jan 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2025One connected Sankey reconciles operating, investing and financing net cash flows through a shared cash pool, from beginning cash to ending cash. Ribbons flow left to right on one dollar scale. Activity totals are dark gray; beginning and ending cash are blue. Cash basis for beginning and ending balances and net cash change: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Intermediate calculation bars are lighter gray. Net income is green for profit and red for loss. Identified asset purchases, sales and maturities are blue in either cash direction. Orange marks positive customer-advance and deferred-revenue changes that add to operating cash in the reconciliation. These are net changes, not gross customer receipts. Negative changes are neutral reconciliation adjustments; they do not by themselves identify cash payments. Purple identifies capital transactions such as borrowing, repayments, share issuance and dividends. Free cash flow is a separate comparison, not an added cash flow. Read chart description and values below for full signed amounts, including zero items.Net income → Net cash from operating activities: $1,347,000,000.00Stock-based compensation → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $1,461,000,000.00Accounts receivable → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $740,000,000.00Depreciation and amortization → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $526,000,000.00Amortization of deferred commissions → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $454,000,000.00Deferred income taxes → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $172,000,000.00Accounts payable → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $48,000,000.00Other → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $43,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Net cash from operating activities: $1,859,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Deferred revenue: $713,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Deferred commissions: $462,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Accrued expenses and other liabilities: $211,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Prepaid expenses and other assets: $199,000,000.00Sales and maturities of marketable securities → investing reconciliation: $3,410,000,000.00Other → investing reconciliation: $26,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of marketable securities: $2,719,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of strategic investments: $1,020,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of property and equipment: $630,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Business combinations, net of cash acquired: $215,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of other intangibles: $43,000,000.00Net cash used in financing activities → financing reconciliation: $1,601,000,000.00Proceeds from employee stock plans → financing reconciliation: $270,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Repurchases of common stock: $1,243,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards: $628,000,000.00Net cash used in investing activities → investing reconciliation: $1,191,000,000.00Exchange-rate effect → Cash sources and uses: $10,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash → Cash sources and uses: $2,310,000,000.00Net cash from operating activities → Cash sources and uses: $3,206,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $2,734,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in investing activities: $1,191,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in financing activities: $1,601,000,000.00Net income: $1,347,000,000.00Net income+$1.35 BDepreciation and amortization: $526,000,000.00Depreciation & amortization+$526.00 MAmortization of deferred commissions: $454,000,000.00Deferred commission amortization+$454.00 MStock-based compensation: $1,461,000,000.00Stock-based compensation+$1.46 BDeferred income taxes: $172,000,000.00Deferred tax balances+$172.00 MOther: $43,000,000.00Other operating, net+$43.00 MAccounts receivable: $740,000,000.00Receivables, net+$740.00 MDeferred commissions: -$462,000,000.00Deferred costs−$462.00 MPrepaid expenses and other assets: -$199,000,000.00Prepaid & other assets−$199.00 MAccounts payable: $48,000,000.00Accounts payable+$48.00 MDeferred revenue: -$713,000,000.00Deferred revenue−$713.00 MAccrued expenses and other liabilities: -$211,000,000.00Accrued & other liabilities−$211.00 MNet cash from operating activities: $3,206,000,000.00Operating cash+$3.21 BOperating adjustments reconciliation: $3,444,000,000.00Proceeds from employee stock plans: $270,000,000.00Stock plan proceeds+$270.00 MTaxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards: -$628,000,000.00Stock-award tax withholding−$628.00 MRepurchases of common stock: -$1,243,000,000.00Common stock repurchases−$1.24 BBusiness combination: $0.00Net cash used in financing activities: -$1,601,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Financing cash−$1.60 Bfinancing reconciliation: $1,871,000,000.00Purchases of strategic investments: -$1,020,000,000.00Long-term investment purchases−$1.02 BPurchases of property and equipment: -$630,000,000.00PP&E purchases−$630.00 MOther: $26,000,000.00Other investing, net+$26.00 MPurchases of marketable securities: -$2,719,000,000.00Investment purchases−$2.72 BSales and maturities of marketable securities: $3,410,000,000.00AFS securities proceeds+$3.41 BBusiness combinations, net of cash acquired: -$215,000,000.00Acquisitions, net of cash−$215.00 MPurchases of other intangibles: -$43,000,000.00Intangible asset purchases−$43.00 MNet cash used in investing activities: -$1,191,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Investing cash−$1.19 Binvesting reconciliation: $4,627,000,000.00Cash sources and uses: $5,526,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $2,310,000,000.00Beginning cash$2.31 BEnding cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $2,734,000,000.00Ending cash$2.73 BExchange-rate effect: $10,000,000.00FX effect+$10.00 MCASH RECONCILIATIONOperatingflowsInvestingflowsFinancingflowsFree cash flow$2.58 BOperating cash − cash spent on PP&ECash flow / Net income2.38×Operating cash flow ÷ net incomeNet cash change+$424.00 MEnding cash − beginning cash
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SERVICENOW, INC. cash flow reconciliation, Jan 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2025

Cash flows for Jan 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2025. Cash basis: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Beginning cash: Dec 31, 2024. Ending cash: Sep 30, 2025. Beginning and ending cash are dated balances. Positive cash flows add cash; negative cash flows reduce it.

Beginning cash on Dec 31, 2024
2,310,000,000 US dollars. Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Operating activities
3,206,000,000 US dollars. Net cash provided.
Net income
1,347,000,000 US dollars
Depreciation and amortization
526,000,000 US dollars
Amortization of deferred commissions
454,000,000 US dollars
Stock-based compensation
1,461,000,000 US dollars
Deferred income taxes
172,000,000 US dollars
Other
43,000,000 US dollars
Accounts receivable
740,000,000 US dollars
Deferred commissions
negative 462,000,000 US dollars
Prepaid expenses and other assets
negative 199,000,000 US dollars
Accounts payable
48,000,000 US dollars
Deferred revenue
negative 713,000,000 US dollars
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
negative 211,000,000 US dollars
Investing activities
negative 1,191,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Purchases of strategic investments
negative 1,020,000,000 US dollars
Purchases of property and equipment
negative 630,000,000 US dollars
Other
26,000,000 US dollars
Purchases of marketable securities
negative 2,719,000,000 US dollars
Sales and maturities of marketable securities
3,410,000,000 US dollars
Business combinations, net of cash acquired
negative 215,000,000 US dollars
Purchases of other intangibles
negative 43,000,000 US dollars
Financing activities
negative 1,601,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Proceeds from employee stock plans
270,000,000 US dollars
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards
negative 628,000,000 US dollars
Repurchases of common stock
negative 1,243,000,000 US dollars
Business combination
0 US dollars
Operating adjustment reconciliation
3,444,000,000 US dollars. Intermediate calculation joining the operating reconciliation branches. Its gross amount includes any portion of net income routed through this junction. It is not an additional cash source or use.
financing gross reconciliation
1,871,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
investing gross reconciliation
4,627,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
Exchange-rate effect
10,000,000 US dollars
Ending cash on Sep 30, 2025
2,734,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash sources and uses
5,526,000,000 US dollars. Opening cash plus net sources, equal to net uses plus ending cash.
Net cash change
424,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash minus beginning cash.
Cash flow / Net income
2.38×. Operating cash flow divided by reconciliation net income for the same period. Black from 0.90× through 1.10×; green above 1.10×; red below 0.90×. Color uses the unrounded ratio.
Operating cash flow
3,206,000,000 US dollars. Operating cash flow used in the free cash flow calculation.
Cash purchases of property, plant and equipment
630,000,000 US dollars. These cash purchases are already included in investing activities above.
Free cash flow
2,576,000,000 US dollars. A supplemental measure; finance-lease payments are excluded from this definition.

Chart connections

  • Beginning cash plus operating, investing and financing cash flows plus the exchange-rate effect equals ending cash. Negative amounts reduce cash.
  • Financing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Investing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Operating reconciliation adjustments are not all independent cash receipts.
  • Net income enters operating cash directly in the reconciliation. The adjustment junction contributes the remaining $1.86B after reconciling the other positive and negative adjustments. These connections depict an accounting reconciliation, not traced cash receipts.
  • Each activity has one net cash bar connected to the shared cash pool. Positive activity totals enter the pool; negative activity totals leave the pool to fund that activity's net payments. The central pool does not assign a particular funding source to a particular payment.
  • The intermediate calculation bars include both sides of the displayed activity breakdowns; they are not additional cash flows.
  • Operating cash flow minus cash purchases of property, plant and equipment equals free cash flow: 3,206,000,000 US dollars minus 630,000,000 US dollars equals 2,576,000,000 US dollars.
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