Roper Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROP) Receives Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

Shares of Roper Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROP) have been given a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” by the fourteen brokerages that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 1-year price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $577.8333.

ROP has been the topic of several recent research reports. Raymond James Financial cut their price objective on Roper Technologies from $670.00 to $575.00 and set a “strong-buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Robert W. Baird set a $592.00 price objective on Roper Technologies in a report on Friday. TD Cowen lowered their target price on Roper Technologies from $650.00 to $625.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their target price on Roper Technologies from $685.00 to $650.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Barclays lowered their target price on Roper Technologies from $550.00 to $506.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of ROP. Brighton Jones LLC bought a new position in Roper Technologies during the 4th quarter worth $203,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in shares of Roper Technologies by 76.4% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,891 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,115,000 after acquiring an additional 819 shares in the last quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Roper Technologies by 152.9% in the 1st quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 220 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $130,000 after acquiring an additional 133 shares in the last quarter. Perigon Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Roper Technologies by 2.6% in the 1st quarter. Perigon Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,168 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $689,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Diversified Trust Co raised its position in shares of Roper Technologies by 10.4% in the 1st quarter. Diversified Trust Co now owns 530 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $312,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. 93.31% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Roper Technologies Trading Down 3.1%

NASDAQ ROP opened at $463.73 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.53, a current ratio of 0.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46. Roper Technologies has a twelve month low of $456.98 and a twelve month high of $595.17. The company has a market cap of $49.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.29 and a beta of 1.00. The business’s fifty day moving average is $511.23 and its 200 day moving average is $542.55.

Roper Technologies (NASDAQ:ROP) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 23rd. The industrial products company reported $5.14 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $5.11 by $0.03. Roper Technologies had a return on equity of 10.92% and a net margin of 20.34%.The company had revenue of $2.02 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.02 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $4.62 EPS. Roper Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.3% on a year-over-year basis. Roper Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 5.110-5.160 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 19.900-19.950 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Roper Technologies will post 19.96 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Roper Technologies Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 17th. Investors of record on Friday, October 3rd were given a dividend of $0.825 per share. This represents a $3.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 3rd. Roper Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 22.74%.

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.