ServiceNow, Inc. vs Shopify Inc., two Software stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where NOW and SHOP diverge most: on debt / equity, NOW reads 0.13 and SHOP reads 0.00; on current ratio, NOW reads 0.84 and SHOP reads 6.20. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What NOW's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). What SHOP's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | NOW | SHOP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $107.68 | $122.50 |
| Market cap | $112.0B | $159.7B |
| Sector | Software | Software |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 64.1 | — |
| P/B | 9.55 | — |
| P/S | 8.02 | — |
| EV/EBITDA | 40.8 | — |
| Revenue growth | +21.7% | +31.9% |
| Gross margin | 75.1% | 48.8% |
| Operating margin | 13.3% | 12.1% |
| Net margin | 12.6% | 10.8% |
| Return on equity | 15.0% | 10.7% |
| Return on assets | 7.2% | 9.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| FCF yield | 4.1% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.13 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.84 | 6.20 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.20 | 7.80 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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