Roper Technologies (NASDAQ:ROP) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results

Roper Technologies (NASDAQ:ROP) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The industrial products company reported $5.14 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $5.11 by $0.03, Zacks reports. The business had revenue of $2.02 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.02 billion. Roper Technologies had a net margin of 20.34% and a return on equity of 10.92%. The company’s revenue was up 14.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $4.62 earnings per share. Roper Technologies updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 5.110-5.160 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 19.900-19.950 EPS.

Roper Technologies Stock Performance

Roper Technologies stock opened at $478.80 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $512.60 and its 200-day moving average price is $543.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a current ratio of 0.58. The stock has a market cap of $51.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.29 and a beta of 1.00. Roper Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $456.98 and a fifty-two week high of $595.17.

Roper Technologies Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 3rd were given a dividend of $0.825 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, October 3rd. This represents a $3.30 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Roper Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 23.19%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Roper Technologies

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ROP. Adage Capital Partners GP L.L.C. purchased a new position in Roper Technologies in the 2nd quarter worth $83,668,000. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in Roper Technologies by 6.4% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 537,200 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $304,507,000 after buying an additional 32,426 shares during the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC increased its stake in Roper Technologies by 798.8% in the 2nd quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 25,876 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $14,668,000 after buying an additional 22,997 shares in the last quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury grew its stake in Roper Technologies by 35.3% during the second quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury now owns 46,134 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $26,151,000 after acquiring an additional 12,041 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. grew its stake in shares of Roper Technologies by 22.6% in the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 61,621 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $34,928,000 after buying an additional 11,372 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.31% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently weighed in on ROP. Mizuho reduced their price objective on shares of Roper Technologies from $600.00 to $510.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of Roper Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, August 20th. They set a “buy” rating and a $626.00 price objective on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their target price on shares of Roper Technologies from $685.00 to $650.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their target price on shares of Roper Technologies from $703.00 to $644.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Finally, Barclays dropped their target price on shares of Roper Technologies from $562.00 to $550.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $590.25.

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.