Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. Lowers Position in ServiceNow, Inc. $NOW

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. lowered its holdings in ServiceNow, Inc. (NYSE:NOWFree Report) by 90.3% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 3,253 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock after selling 30,380 shares during the quarter. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.’s holdings in ServiceNow were worth $495,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in ServiceNow by 404.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 101,963,384 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $15,619,771,000 after purchasing an additional 81,752,460 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its stake in ServiceNow by 1.4% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 9,454,699 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $8,700,970,000 after purchasing an additional 131,080 shares during the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC lifted its stake in ServiceNow by 280.1% during the fourth quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 8,432,389 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $1,291,758,000 after purchasing an additional 6,213,762 shares during the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its stake in ServiceNow by 388.7% during the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 4,706,164 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $720,325,000 after purchasing an additional 3,743,087 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Pictet Asset Management Holding SA lifted its stake in ServiceNow by 613.4% during the fourth quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 3,840,262 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $588,326,000 after purchasing an additional 3,301,962 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 87.18% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Paul Fipps sold 9,641 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.93, for a total transaction of $1,021,271.13. Following the transaction, the insider owned 11,757 shares in the company, valued at $1,245,419.01. The trade was a 45.06% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, insider Jacqueline P. Canney sold 8,927 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $89.60, for a total value of $799,859.20. Following the transaction, the insider owned 29,531 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,645,977.60. This represents a 23.21% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 25,164 shares of company stock worth $2,497,021 in the last quarter. 0.34% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $134.00 price target (up from $132.00) on shares of ServiceNow in a research note on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on ServiceNow from $135.00 to $120.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. Citigroup lifted their price target on ServiceNow from $154.00 to $158.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $121.00 target price on shares of ServiceNow in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on ServiceNow from $185.00 to $160.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-three have given a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, ServiceNow currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $144.71.

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ServiceNow Trading Down 3.2%

NYSE NOW opened at $89.10 on Thursday. ServiceNow, Inc. has a 1-year low of $81.24 and a 1-year high of $211.48. The company has a current ratio of 0.84, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $102.97 and a 200-day moving average of $133.33. The firm has a market cap of $91.86 billion, a PE ratio of 53.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 0.82.

ServiceNow (NYSE:NOWGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 22nd. The information technology services provider reported $0.97 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.97. ServiceNow had a return on equity of 18.16% and a net margin of 12.59%.The company had revenue of $3.77 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.75 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.81 EPS. ServiceNow’s revenue for the quarter was up 22.1% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that ServiceNow, Inc. will post 2.35 EPS for the current year.

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ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) is a cloud computing company that builds enterprise software to manage digital workflows and automate business processes. Its offerings are designed to replace manual work and legacy systems with cloud-based, service-oriented applications that support IT operations, customer service, human resources, security response and other enterprise functions.

The company’s flagship product family is the Now Platform, a suite of subscription software and platform services that includes IT Service Management (ITSM), IT Operations Management (ITOM), IT Business Management (ITBM), Customer Service Management (CSM), HR Service Delivery, Security Operations and Asset Management.

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