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Roper Technologies, Inc. ROP
$354.32 -2.28% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $35.76B
Inexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 22, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $24.00, up 68.7% year over year.
- At 14.8× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +1.8%).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth53Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 46%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 24%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 41%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 31%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 29%
Quality49Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 43%
- Gross marginTop 27%
- Operating marginTop 9%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 21%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 16%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Interest coverTop 40%
Value89Strong
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 9%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 20%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 13%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 39%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 5%
Momentum27Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 33%
- 6-month returnBottom 26%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 26%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 47%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Revisions55Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 27%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 9%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 45%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 43%
Stability87Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 10%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 22%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 4%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 12.1% | 10.9% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 15.5% | 68.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 68.9% | 69.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 28.1% | 28.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 31.1% | 31.7% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 10.9% | 12.1% | ↓ | Bottom 46% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 68.7% | 15.5% | ↑ | Top 24% |
| Gross margin | 69.5% | 68.9% | ↑ | Top 27% |
| Operating margin | 28.0% | 28.1% | ↓ | Top 9% |
| Net margin | 30.2% | 20.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 31.7% | 31.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.0% | — | Top 43% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 13.7% | — | Top 31% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.07×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -1.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.44×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.03%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 8.91%
- Shareholder yield
- 9.95%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +1.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $427.71
- Target vs current price
- +20.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 23
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 61%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | +1.9% | +5.5% | +21.2% | +21.0% | — |
| Apr 23, 2026 | +3.4% | -0.3% | -2.4% | -11.4% | -0.5% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | +1.4% | -9.6% | -8.8% | -17.4% | -10.8% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | +0.6% | -5.7% | -12.3% | -12.6% | -20.7% |
| Jul 21, 2025 | +0.8% | +1.3% | +3.3% | -2.8% | -5.9% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | +0.8% | -1.0% | +1.5% | +1.7% | -0.1% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | +1.7% | +5.1% | +7.1% | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | +2.0% | -1.7% | -0.6% | -0.7% | -3.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | $5.38 | $5.28 | +1.9% | $2.11B |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $5.16 | $4.99 | +3.4% | $2.10B |
| Jan 27, 2026 | $5.21 | $5.14 | +1.4% | $2.06B |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $5.14 | $5.11 | +0.6% | $2.02B |
| Jul 21, 2025 | $4.87 | $4.83 | +0.8% | $1.94B |
| Apr 28, 2025 | $4.78 | $4.74 | +0.8% | $1.88B |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $4.81 | $4.73 | +1.7% | $1.88B |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $4.62 | $4.53 | +2.0% | $1.76B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 14.8× | 40.8× | 0th | Top 9% |
| P/E (forward) | 15.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.4× | — | — | Top 13% |
| EV / Sales | 5.64× | — | — | Bottom 39% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.33% | — | — | Top 20% |
| Earnings yield | 6.77% | — | — | Top 9% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 16.3× – 48.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -28.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +68.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -57.1%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -4.0%
- RSI (14)
- 35.0
- Relative volume
- 0.85×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 34.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 94th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.50
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -31.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -46.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2025 | Feb 17, 2026 | -46.9% | 239 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Sep 30, 2022 | -27.9% | 216 days | 201 days (Jul 21, 2023) |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -15.3% | 8 days | 50 days (Jan 11, 2021) |
| Jan 11, 2021 | Mar 4, 2021 | -15.2% | 36 days | 37 days (Apr 27, 2021) |
| Jul 22, 2024 | Jan 10, 2025 | -12.8% | 119 days | 15 days (Feb 3, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $35.76B
- P/E (TTM)
- 14.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $24.00
- Revenue (TTM)
- $8.28B
- Dividend yield
- 1.03%
- 52-week range
- $305.96 – $521.28
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.83B | $5.37B | $6.18B | $7.04B | $7.90B |
| Gross profit | $3.41B | $3.75B | $4.31B | $4.88B | $5.47B |
| Operating income | $1.34B | $1.52B | $1.75B | $2.00B | $2.24B |
| Net income | $1.10B | $1.19B | $1.36B | $1.55B | $1.54B |
| EPS (diluted) | $10.30 | $11.13 | $12.70 | $14.35 | $14.20 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.76B | $1.88B | $1.88B | $1.94B | $2.02B | $2.06B | $2.10B | $2.11B |
| Net income | $367.9M | $462.3M | $331.1M | $378.3M | $398.5M | $428.4M | $508.9M | $1.17B |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.40 | $4.28 | $3.06 | $3.49 | $3.68 | $3.97 | $4.87 | $11.48 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.01B | $734.6M | $2.04B | $2.39B | $2.54B |
| Capital expenditure | -$62.6M | -$70.3M | -$108.0M | -$66.0M | -$47.4M |
| Free cash flow | $1.95B | $664.3M | $1.93B | $2.33B | $2.49B |
| Dividends paid | -$236.4M | -$262.3M | -$290.2M | -$321.9M | -$355.0M |
| Net share buybacks | $15.1M | $14.3M | $15.5M | $18.5M | -$388.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $364.9M
- Total assets
- $35.17B
- Total liabilities
- $16.47B
- Total debt
- $11.32B
- Net debt
- $10.95B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $18.70B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.91 | Oct 21, 2026 |
| Jul 8, 2026 | $0.91 | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Apr 6, 2026 | $0.91 | Apr 22, 2026 |
| Jan 2, 2026 | $0.91 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Oct 3, 2025 | $0.83 | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Jul 8, 2025 | $0.83 | Jul 22, 2025 |
| Apr 4, 2025 | $0.83 | Apr 22, 2025 |
| Jan 3, 2025 | $0.83 | Jan 17, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,208,254
- Days to cover
- 8.33
- Change vs previous report
- -6.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 29, 2005
- 2-for-1
- Aug 4, 1997
- 2-for-1
- Sep 21, 1993
- 2-for-1