Zacks Research Brokers Raise Earnings Estimates for ROP

Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ROP) – Research analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Roper Technologies in a note issued to investors on Monday, May 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $4.81 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $4.80. The consensus estimate for Roper Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $19.96 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Roper Technologies’ Q1 2026 earnings at $4.96 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $5.21 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $5.34 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $20.56 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $22.68 EPS.

Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April 28th. The industrial products company reported $4.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.74 by $0.04. Roper Technologies had a net margin of 22.01% and a return on equity of 10.79%. Roper Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $4.41 EPS.

ROP has been the topic of several other reports. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Roper Technologies from $694.00 to $695.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 29th. Raymond James reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating and set a $655.00 price objective on shares of Roper Technologies in a research report on Monday, April 28th. William Blair assumed coverage on Roper Technologies in a research report on Monday, May 5th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on shares of Roper Technologies from $685.00 to $650.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 29th. Finally, Truist Financial restated a “buy” rating and issued a $675.00 target price (up previously from $665.00) on shares of Roper Technologies in a report on Friday, January 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Roper Technologies currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $632.36.

Roper Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE ROP opened at $578.21 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $565.82 and its 200 day moving average price is $556.95. Roper Technologies has a 1 year low of $499.47 and a 1 year high of $595.17. The company has a market capitalization of $62.17 billion, a PE ratio of 40.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 0.37 and a current ratio of 0.40.

Institutional Trading of Roper Technologies

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Saudi Central Bank bought a new stake in shares of Roper Technologies during the 1st quarter worth about $25,000. Banque Transatlantique SA bought a new stake in shares of Roper Technologies during the 1st quarter worth about $25,000. VSM Wealth Advisory LLC bought a new position in Roper Technologies during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. MorganRosel Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Roper Technologies during the first quarter worth about $27,000. Finally, Putney Financial Group LLC bought a new position in Roper Technologies during the fourth quarter worth about $31,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.31% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Roper Technologies

In other Roper Technologies news, CFO Jason Conley sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $588.19, for a total value of $1,764,570.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 31,522 shares in the company, valued at $18,540,925.18. This trade represents a 8.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Insiders own 0.78% of the company’s stock.

Roper Technologies Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 4th were paid a $0.825 dividend. This represents a $3.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, April 4th. Roper Technologies’s payout ratio is currently 23.81%.

About Roper Technologies

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.