{"id":426657,"date":"2026-04-08T21:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/426657\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T21:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:24:22","slug":"2-tech-stocks-that-could-help-set-you-up-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/426657\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Tech Stocks That Could Help Set You Up for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Technology stocks were a boon for investors in recent years thanks to the arrival of artificial intelligence (AI). But Wall Street&#8217;s appetite for the sector ebbed in 2026, as concerns arose that artificial intelligence would displace many software companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">This triggered a sell-off among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/stock-market\/market-sectors\/information-technology\/saas-stocks\/?utm_source=yahoo-host-full&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=ca04c8da-0260-479f-8ac6-c0352a72bd7b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:software-as-a-service (SaaS);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;software-as-a-service (SaaS)&quot;}\" class=\"link \">software-as-a-service (SaaS)<\/a> stocks, leading to share price declines for several successful companies. For long-term investors, these dramatic price drops created an opportunity to acquire shares at attractive valuations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><strong>Will AI create the world&#8217;s first trillionaire?<\/strong>\u00a0Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an &#8220;Indispensable Monopoly&#8221; providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/api.fool.com\/infotron\/infotrack\/click?apikey=35527423-a535-4519-a07f-20014582e03e&amp;impression=af3fb48d-ff4d-4f93-8916-3c4593811a41&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fool.com%2Fmms%2Fmark%2Fa-sa-ai-boom-nvidias%3Faid%3D10891%26source%3Disaediica0000069%26ftm_cam%3Dsa-ai-boom%26ftm_veh%3Dtop_incontent_pitch_feed_yahoo%26ftm_pit%3D18914&amp;utm_source=yahoo-host-full&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=ca04c8da-0260-479f-8ac6-c0352a72bd7b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Continue \u00bb;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Continue \u00bb&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong>Continue \u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Two SaaS companies to consider investing in are <strong>ServiceNow<\/strong> (NYSE: NOW) and <strong>Workiva<\/strong> (NYSE: WK). Both were swept up in Wall Street&#8217;s AI panic, and once those fears subside, these stocks could deliver handsome returns. Here&#8217;s a deeper look into these businesses.<\/p>\n<p>    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/16b7a9bb69d74f6f47a2d8d1ffa63c67.png\" alt=\"An AI agent floats above a laptop a person is using.\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-lglytj  loaded\"\/> Image source: Getty Images.         <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Wall Street&#8217;s shift away from software stocks caused ServiceNow shares to fall over 30% in 2026 through April 1. Despite this, the company is delivering a strong performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Customer demand for its workflow platform remains high. ServiceNow exited the fourth quarter of 2025 with nearly 40% year-over-year growth in net new annual contract values (ACVs) exceeding $1 million. Its Q4 sales rose 21% over the prior year to $3.6 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The company integrated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/terms\/a\/agentic-ai\/?utm_source=yahoo-host-full&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=ca04c8da-0260-479f-8ac6-c0352a72bd7b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:AI agents;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;AI agents&quot;}\" class=\"link \">AI agents<\/a> into its platform, and is seeing strong adoption. For instance, in Q4 its Now Assist AI product&#8217;s net new ACV doubled year over year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The Q4 performance shows customers are sticking with ServiceNow. Wall Street&#8217;s fears of AI threatening software businesses appears overblown in ServiceNow&#8217;s case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Workiva provides a software platform that ensures companies comply with regulatory requirements. Its share price plunged 30% this year through April 1 as AI fears gripped Wall Street. Yet its business is going strong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Q4 2025 sales rose 20% year over year to $238.9 million. The robust growth helped Workiva achieve Q4 net income of $11.8 million compared to a net loss of $8.8 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The company expects growth to continue, with Q1 revenue forecast to reach between $244 million to $246 million. That sum represents a healthy increase over the prior year&#8217;s $206 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Workiva isn&#8217;t easily replaced by AI because regulatory compliance is a necessity for businesses. The company&#8217;s CEO Julie Iskow explained, &#8220;We operate where data needs to be trusted, traceable, defensible and audit-ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">With Workiva and ServiceNow shares down, their valuations have dropped as well. This can be seen in the forward price-to-earnings ratio, which tells you how much investors are paying for a dollar&#8217;s worth of earnings based on estimates for the next 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>   <a href=\"https:\/\/ycharts.com\/companies\/NOW\/chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"NOW PE Ratio (Forward) Chart\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"456\" width=\"720\" class=\"yf-lglytj loader\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ycharts.com\/companies\/NOW\/chart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Data by;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Data by&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Data by <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ycharts.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:YCharts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;YCharts&quot;}\" class=\"link \">YCharts<\/a>.     <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The chart shows Workiva and ServiceNow&#8217;s forward earnings multiples are around their low points for the past year, suggesting the stocks are attractively valued. In fact, ServiceNow shares were at a 52-week high of $211.48 last year, and Workiva had reached $97.10. Investors could see a robust return if the stocks can return to those heights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">With both businesses growing sales, and their shares at compelling valuations, now is a good time to invest in these companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Before you buy stock in ServiceNow, consider this:<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/api.fool.com\/infotron\/infotrack\/click?apikey=35527423-a535-4519-a07f-20014582e03e&amp;impression=c5772ad9-2154-4d58-9d24-1a4b2df51a76&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fool.com%2Fmms%2Fmark%2Fe-sa-bbn-dyn-headline%3Faid%3D8867%26source%3Disaeditxt0001181%26company%3DServiceNow%26ftm_cam%3Dsa-bbn-evergreen%26ftm_veh%3Darticle_pitch_feed_yahoo%26ftm_pit%3D18781&amp;utm_source=yahoo-host-full&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=ca04c8da-0260-479f-8ac6-c0352a72bd7b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:10 best stocks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;10 best stocks&quot;}\" class=\"link \">10 best stocks<\/a><\/strong> for investors to buy now\u2026 and ServiceNow wasn\u2019t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Consider when <strong>Netflix<\/strong> made this list on December 17, 2004&#8230; if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation,\u00a0<strong>you\u2019d have $532,929<\/strong>!* Or when <strong>Nvidia<\/strong> made this list on April 15, 2005&#8230; if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, <strong>you\u2019d have $1,091,848<\/strong>!*<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Now, it\u2019s worth noting\u00a0Stock Advisor\u2019s total average return is 928% \u2014 a market-crushing outperformance compared to 186% for the S&amp;P 500.\u00a0<strong>Don&#8217;t miss the latest top 10 list, available with\u00a0Stock Advisor, and join an investing community built by individual investors for individual investors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/api.fool.com\/infotron\/infotrack\/click?apikey=35527423-a535-4519-a07f-20014582e03e&amp;impression=c5772ad9-2154-4d58-9d24-1a4b2df51a76&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fool.com%2Fmms%2Fmark%2Fe-sa-bbn-dyn-headline%3Faid%3D8867%26source%3Disaeditxt0001181%26company%3DServiceNow%26ftm_cam%3Dsa-bbn-evergreen%26ftm_pit%3D18781%26ftm_veh%3Darticle_pitch_feed_yahoo%26company%3DServiceNow&amp;utm_source=yahoo-host-full&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=ca04c8da-0260-479f-8ac6-c0352a72bd7b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:See the 10 stocks \u00bb;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;See the 10 stocks \u00bb&quot;}\"><strong>See the 10 stocks \u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">*Stock Advisor returns as of April 8, 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/author\/20107\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Robert Izquierdo;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Robert Izquierdo&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Robert Izquierdo<\/a> has positions in ServiceNow. 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The Motley Fool has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/legal\/fool-disclosure-policy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:disclosure policy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;disclosure policy&quot;}\" class=\"link \">disclosure policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/2026\/04\/08\/2-tech-stocks-that-could-help-set-you-up-for-life\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2 Tech Stocks That Could Help Set You Up for Life;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;2 Tech Stocks That Could Help Set You Up for Life&quot;}\" class=\"link \">2 Tech Stocks That Could Help Set You Up for Life<\/a> was originally published by The Motley Fool<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Technology stocks were a boon for investors in recent years thanks to the arrival of artificial intelligence (AI).&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[261],"tags":[291,289,290,18,19,17,22138,156511,190456,82,79432,211,190455],"class_list":{"0":"post-426657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-servicenow","15":"tag-software-companies","16":"tag-successful-companies","17":"tag-technology","18":"tag-technology-stocks","19":"tag-wall-street","20":"tag-workiva"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116371198127726869","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}