ServiceNow (NOW) posted “relatively uneventful” Q1 results, with the company’s upcoming analyst day and the potential for better current remaining performance obligations, or cRPO, growth in the second half of the year seen as its next catalysts, Morgan Stanley said Thursday.
Late Wednesday, the company reported Q1 constant-currency cRPO growth of 21%, which Morgan Stanley said was 100 basis points better than outlook. ServiceNow’s Q2 constant-currency cRPO growth guidance of roughly 21% topped the consensus for 20% increase, the brokerage said.
Morgan Stanley raised its price target on the ServiceNow stock to $830 from $814. The firm maintained its overweight rating on the stock, with the company’s potential next catalysts being its May 6 analyst day and second-half results, “where we see more upside to estimates and the potential for better [constant-currency] cRPO growth,” according to the note.
The company’s shares were down over 5% in recent trading.