Which is more profitable, ServiceNow or Palo Alto Networks?

ServiceNow keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, ServiceNow or Palo Alto Networks?

ServiceNow grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, ServiceNow or Palo Alto Networks?

ServiceNow costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, ServiceNow or Palo Alto Networks?

Palo Alto Networks would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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ServiceNow vs Palo Alto Networks stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

ServiceNow is more profitable, grows faster and is cheaper for its profits. Palo Alto Networks has less debt.

Side by side

	ServiceNow	Palo Alto Networks
	$106 billion	$264 billion
	13.2%	12.3%
	+24.1%	+22.0%
	60.7×	232.7×
	Net cash	Net cash
	12.0%	15.9%
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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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