Reviewing Roper Technologies (ROP) & Its Peers

Roper Technologies (NASDAQ:ROP) is one of 953 public companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Roper Technologies to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Roper Technologies and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Roper Technologies	2	9	7	1	2.37
Roper Technologies Competitors	5747	21523	44878	1497	2.57

Roper Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $469.41, indicating a potential downside of 1.51%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 29.42%. Given Roper Technologies’ rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Roper Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Volatility and Risk

Roper Technologies has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Roper Technologies’ rivals have a beta of 1.21, indicating that their average stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Roper Technologies and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Roper Technologies	30.71%	11.64%	6.43%
Roper Technologies Competitors	-612.64%	20.88%	-8.99%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Roper Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Roper Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Roper Technologies pays out 14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Software” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.9% and pay out 48.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Roper Technologies has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Roper Technologies and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Roper Technologies	$7.90 billion	$1.54 billion	18.81
Roper Technologies Competitors	$1.79 billion	$385.91 million	106.78

Roper Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Roper Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Roper Technologies rivals beat Roper Technologies on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

Roper Technologies Company Profile

Roper Technologies, Inc. designs and develops software, and technology enabled products and solutions. It operates through three segments: Application Software, Network Software, and Technology Enabled Products. The Application Software segment offers management, campus solutions, diagnostic and laboratory information management, enterprise software and information solutions, transportation management, financial and compliance management, and cloud-based financial analytics and performance management software; cloud-based software to the property and casualty insurance industry; and software, services, and technologies for foodservice operations. The Network Software segment provides cloud-based data, collaboration, and estimating automation software; electronic marketplace; visual effects and 3D content software; cloud-based software for the life insurance and financial services industries; supply chain software; health care service and software; data analytics and information; and pharmacy software solutions. The Technology Enabled Products segment offers ultrasound accessories; dispensers and metering pumps; wireless sensor network and solutions automated surgical scrub and linen dispensing equipment; water meters; optical and electromagnetic measurement systems; RFID card readers; and medical devices. It distributes and sells its products through direct sales, manufacturers’ representatives, resellers, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Roper Industries, Inc. and changed its name to Roper Technologies, Inc. in April 2015. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is based in Sarasota, Florida.