ROP Roper Technologies
$381.48
▼ 0.3%Updated Oct 16, 2:25 PM ET
Report Card
ROP at a glance — five pillars scored 0–100 from real filed financials.
How the 0–100 rating is calculatedOverall: Favorable · 65/100. A wider, greener shape means more pillars look healthy. Dividends scores 0 when a company pays none — that is a choice, not a flaw.
Price — Past Year
▼ Down 40.6% in the year to Jul 6, 2026
Key Metrics
Market Cap
$36.75B
P/E
22.44x
Forward P/E (est.)
19.45x
ROE
8.8%
Revenue Growth
12.1%
EPS Growth
15.4%
Profit Margin
21.1%
FCF Yield
5.5%
Debt / Equity
0.47x
ROIC
6.0%
Interest Coverage
13.57x
Current Ratio
0.55x
Dividend Yield
1.1%
Implied Growth (rev. DCF)
—
Rating Score
65/100
Business Overview
Roper Technologies (ROP) is a large-cap company in the Electronic Equipment & Instruments industry, part of the Information Technology sector of the S&P 500, with a market value around $36.75B.
In its latest reported year it generated about $7.90B in revenue and $1.54B in net profit.
Our model rates ROP Favorable (65/100) on growth, profitability, financial health, and valuation. The summary below is built from its filed financials and current ratios and refreshes automatically.
Economic Moat
Evidence of durable competitive advantage in the filed financials (10 years of history).
Profit margins and economic moats, explainedSome durable-advantage evidence, but not across the board — dig into which ingredient is weak and whether it's cyclical or structural.
69.4% average over the last 3 years
±3.4 pts around 67.2% across 10 years
grew in 7 of the last 9 year-over-year periods
positive in 10 of 10 years
6.0% latest fiscal year
A moat can't be proven by numbers alone — this scores the evidence a durable advantage leaves behind (pricing power, consistency, returns on capital), computed the same way for every stock. Pair it with the business overview before concluding anything.
Technical Analysis (Educational)
Technical analysis reads price and volume to judge momentum and timing. It complements the fundamentals above — it does not replace them. Here is what ROP's chart says today, with each tool explained.
Trend — moving averages. A moving average is the average closing price over a window, which smooths out daily noise. ROP trades near $381.48, around its 50-day average ($337.31) and 200-day average ($397.73). Price tangled in its moving averages means there is no clear trend — the stock is ranging.
Momentum — RSI. The Relative Strength Index runs 0–100 and measures how strong recent gains are versus losses. Above 70 is "overbought", below 30 "oversold". At 73 it is overbought — the recent rally is stretched and can cool off.
MACD. MACD compares two moving averages to flag shifts in momentum. Its histogram is currently positive — short-term momentum is improving.
Volatility — ATR. Average True Range is the typical daily move. ROP's is $10.03 (~2.6% of price), so swings of about that size each day are normal — handy for setting a stop that isn't too tight.
Support & resistance. In the month to Jul 6, 2026, ROP found buyers near $320.11 (support) and sellers near $366.30 (resistance); its 52-week range then was $305.96–$575.77. A decisive break beyond either edge often marks the next move.
Volume. The latest session traded 0.7× the 20-day average — about normal. Rising volume on up-days suggests real buying; on down-days, real selling.
Educational information to help you read a chart — not a recommendation or a forecast. The indicators were last computed on Jul 6, 2026; the price is current.
Revenue Growth
4Y CAGR
13.1%
Revenue moved from $3.79B in 2016 to $7.90B in 2025, a 8.5% compound annual growth rate. The most recent year grew a steady 12.1% year over year. Consistent top-line growth is one sign of healthy demand.
Profitability
Gross Margin
69.2%
Operating Margin
28.3%
Net Margin
19.4%
ROE
8.8%
Roper Technologies keeps about 21.1% of each sales dollar as net profit, with a 69.2% gross margin and 28.3% operating margin. Return on equity is 8.8% and return on invested capital about 6.0%. Margins this wide usually signal pricing power or a cost advantage.
Debt Analysis
Total Debt
$9.30B
Net Debt
$8.94B
Net Debt / EBITDA
4x
Debt / Equity
0.47x
Leverage: debt-to-equity is 0.5x, and operating profit covers interest about 13.6x, with a current ratio of 0.6x. That is a conservative balance sheet — a cushion in downturns. It carries roughly $9.30B of total debt against $364.90M of cash.
Cash Flow Analysis
Operating CF
$2.54B
Free Cash Flow
$2.54B
FCF Margin
32.1%
In the latest year Roper Technologies produced about $2.54B of operating cash flow and $2.54B of free cash flow after capital spending. That is a free-cash-flow yield of about 5.5% on today's price. Strong cash generation funds dividends, buybacks, and reinvestment.
Dividend Safety
Can the payout survive a bad year? Scored from filed cash flow, earnings coverage, and the raise/cut record.
What to look for in a dividend stockThe payout is comfortably covered by cash the business actually generates, with a raise habit behind it.
Dividend yield
1.1%
Per share (latest FY)
$3.39
Total paid (latest FY)
$355.00M
History on record
10 years
dividend uses 14% of free cash flow
23% of net income paid out
total dividends increased 9 years in a row
no cuts in the last 10 years on record
Coverage uses the latest fiscal year as filed with the SEC; the streak counts total dollars paid (per-share figures can carry split artifacts). Educational information, not income advice.
Valuation Analysis
P/E
22.44x
P/S
4.3x
P/B
2.73x
EV / EBITDA
—
ROP trades at 22.4x trailing earnings (about 19.4x on estimated forward earnings), 4.3x sales, and 2.7x book value. That is a fairly typical valuation for a profitable company.
Metrics vs. Sector Range
Where ROP sits versus the Information Technology companies we cover.
Bands show the middle half (25th–75th percentile) of the 98 Information Technology companies in our coverage that have fundamentals data — the peer-relative anchor professional comps analysis uses. Context only — not investment advice.
Sector Peer Comparison
How ROP stacks up against its Information Technology peers — valuation, profitability, and growth versus the sector median.
Among the 98 rated Information Technology companies we cover, ROP ranks #33 by our overall rating. It trades at a discount versus the sector on earnings (22.4x P/E vs. 36.2x median) with a lower return on equity (8.8% vs. 17.5%) and slower revenue growth (12.1% vs. 17.7%).
P/E vs sector
22.4x
median 36.2x
ROE vs sector
8.8%
median 17.5%
Growth vs sector
12.1%
median 17.7%
Sector rank
#33
of 98 rated
Valuation vs. quality map
The sweet spot is upper-left: more profitable (higher ROE) for a lower P/E. Dashed lines mark the sector median.
Peers are the closest Information Technology companies by sub-industry and size, preferring ones with full data. Sector medians and rank use the 98 rated companies among the 230 Information Technology stocks we cover. Educational, not a recommendation.
5-Year Projection Model
Project revenue → earnings → price. Edit the assumptions to build your own case.
What drives this projection, and its limits2030 scenario price range (Base Case)
$357.04 – $604.22
vs. $381.48 today · implied CAGR -1% – 10%
| Metric | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $8.85B | $9.91B | $11.10B | $12.43B | $13.93B |
| Net income | $1.68B | $1.88B | $2.11B | $2.36B | $2.65B |
| EPS | $17.45 | $19.55 | $21.89 | $24.52 | $27.46 |
| Share price (low) | $226.91 | $254.13 | $284.63 | $318.79 | $357.04 |
| Share price (high) | $383.99 | $430.07 | $481.68 | $539.48 | $604.22 |
| CAGR (low–high) | -41% / 1% | -18% / 6% | -9% / 8% | -4% / 9% | -1% / 10% |
Educational scenario model, not a forecast or investment advice. It starts from the latest annual revenue in SEC filings. By default, growth is trailing revenue growth (held between 3% and 45% a year), the net margin is the latest one (held between 3% and 50%, so a loss-making company is modeled with a small profit), and the Base case P/E runs from 60% to 100% of today's. Carrying recent growth forward five years can miss badly in either direction. Outputs are only as good as the assumptions.
Bull Case
The case for ROP:
- Revenue is growing 12.1% a year, a sign of real demand.
- High net margins (21.1%) point to pricing power or efficiency.
- Healthy free-cash-flow yield (~5.5%) funds buybacks and dividends.
- A conservative balance sheet (debt/equity 0.5x) lowers risk.
- Our model's overall read is Favorable (65/100).
Bear Case
The case against ROP:
- Like any single stock, it is exposed to competition, the economic cycle, and shifts in its end markets.
Key Risks
Market risk — sector rotation, the economic cycle, and broad sentiment move the stock regardless of fundamentals.
Investment Thesis
On balance, the fundamentals screen favourably: Roper Technologies is a large-cap information technology business still growing nicely, with solid profitability, and a sound balance sheet. It trades at 22.4x earnings, which our model scores Favorable (65/100). Weigh this against your own goals and time horizon — this is educational information, not a recommendation.
Analyst Ratings
What 26 Wall Street analysts covering ROP recommend (September 2026). Consensus is a useful sanity check — not a substitute for your own homework.
Latest SEC Filings
ROP's most recent filings, straight from SEC EDGAR. Annual and quarterly reports are the deep dives; 8-Ks flag material events the moment they happen. How to read a 10-K
In the Idea Lab
ROP — frequently asked questions
Is ROP a good stock to buy?
We don't give buy or sell advice. Our model rates Roper Technologies Favorable (65/100) based on its growth, profitability, financial health, and valuation — use that as a research starting point and make your own decision.
What is ROP's rating on The Stocks School?
Roper Technologies currently scores 65/100 (Favorable) on our transparent model, which weighs real fundamentals: growth, margins, returns on capital, balance-sheet strength, and valuation.
How our ratings work →Where does ROP's data come from?
Live price data plus real fundamentals and 5-year financials pulled directly from Roper Technologies's SEC filings — refreshed automatically, not hand-entered.
How is the 5-year projection for ROP calculated?
It's a scenario model. It starts from the latest annual revenue and net margin in SEC filings, grows revenue at an assumed rate (trailing revenue growth by default), and applies a P/E range built around today's multiple to show the resulting share-price range. When a stock has no growth or P/E data, the starting values are placeholders. It's a tool for thinking, not a prediction.
Is this ROP analysis financial advice?
No. Everything on this page is educational research, not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell ROP. Always do your own research and consider a licensed professional.
Data notice. Fundamentals and financial statements are sourced from company filings (SEC EDGAR) and market-data providers; prices and market caps refresh on trading days and may be delayed. Ratings, projections, technical signals, and written summaries are model- or rule-generated for education and may simplify or lag the latest filings.
Not advice. Nothing on this page is investment advice or a recommendation to buy, hold, or sell any security. Do your own research and consult a licensed financial professional before investing.