On July 22, ServiceNow declined 3.09% in regular trading, trading around $101.38 per share, with turnover of approximately $1.107 billion. The stock faced a dual headwind of heightened uncertainty ahead of its Q2 earnings release scheduled for after market close and persistent sector-wide pressure stemming from IBM's disappointing preliminary results.
ServiceNow is set to report second-quarter results today after market close. Market consensus expects quarterly revenue of $3.928 billion, representing 25.87% year-over-year growth, with adjusted earnings per share of $0.85. The software sector has been under systematic pressure since July 14, when IBM disclosed preliminary Q2 revenue of $17.2 billion, significantly below the analyst consensus of $17.9 billion. IBM's CEO attributed the shortfall to clients redirecting capital expenditures toward servers, storage, and memory hardware, squeezing software procurement budgets. The negative signal triggered broad declines across enterprise software names, with ServiceNow initially falling over 7% and continuing to face selling pressure in subsequent sessions.
Oppenheimer noted that Q2 activity and demand trends for ServiceNow remained strong, projecting a 22% revenue increase to $3.93 billion with pro forma EPS of $0.86, suggesting modest upside potential to consensus. Analysts polled by FactSet maintain an average buy rating with a mean price target of approximately $140.
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