ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW – Get Free Report) and American Noble Gas (NYSE:INFY – Get Free Report) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares ServiceNow and American Noble Gas’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| ServiceNow | 13.78% | 18.04% | 8.81% |
| American Noble Gas | 16.42% | 29.41% | 18.82% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for ServiceNow and American Noble Gas, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| ServiceNow | 1 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 2.88 |
| American Noble Gas | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2.60 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
87.2% of ServiceNow shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of American Noble Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of ServiceNow shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of American Noble Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
ServiceNow has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Noble Gas has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares ServiceNow and American Noble Gas”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| ServiceNow | $10.98 billion | 18.50 | $1.43 billion | $7.94 | 123.06 |
| American Noble Gas | $19.28 billion | 3.64 | $3.16 billion | $0.77 | 22.01 |
American Noble Gas has higher revenue and earnings than ServiceNow. American Noble Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServiceNow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
About ServiceNow
ServiceNow, Inc. provides end to-end intelligent workflow automation platform solutions for digital businesses in the North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates the Now platform for end-to-end digital transformation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotic process automation, process mining, performance analytics, and collaboration and development tools. It also provides asset management, cloud observability, integrated risk management; information technology (IT) service management applications; IT service management product suite for enterprise's employees, customers, and partners; strategic portfolio management product suite; IT operations management product that connects a customer's physical and cloud-based IT infrastructure; IT asset management; and security operations that connects with internal and third party. In addition, the company offers integrated risk management product to manage risk and resilience; environmental, social and governance management product; human resources, legal, and workplace service delivery products; customer service management product; and field service management applications. Further, the company provides app engine product; automation engine; platform privacy and security product; and source-to-pay operations. It serves to government, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, IT services, technology, oil and gas, education, and consumer products through service providers and resale partners. The company was formerly known as Service-now.com and changed its name to ServiceNow, Inc. in May 2012. ServiceNow, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
About American Noble Gas
Infosys Ltd. is a digital services and consulting company, which engages in the provision of end-to-end business solutions. It operates through the following segments: Financial Services, Retail, Communication, Energy, Utilities, Resources, and Services, Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Life Sciences, and All Other. The company was founded by Dinesh Krishnan Swamy, Senapathy Gopalakrishnan, Narayana Ramarao Nagavara Murthy, Raghavan N. S., Ashok Arora, Nandan M. Nilekani, and S. D. Shibulal on July 2, 1981 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.
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