# Roper Technologies Inc. (ROP) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Industrials / Machinery. Price $407.28, market value $40.3 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 17.0×** (5-yr avg 32.5×, 3-yr avg 36.1×). Roper Technologies Inc. trades at 17.0× trailing earnings, well below its own five-year average of 32.5×: cheap by its own standards. The Industrials median in the September 2026 study was 25.7×. Forward P/E is 16.8×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 4.9×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 4.9×.
- **Price / book: 2.2×**. The shares trade at 2.2× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 15.2×**. Enterprise value is 15.2× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Earnings yield: 5.9%**. The inverse of the P/E: 5.9% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 69.5%**. Roper Technologies Inc. keeps 69.5% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells, the kind of margin that comes with software, brands or pricing power.
- **Operating margin: 28.0%**. 28.0% of revenue is left after running the business, an exceptional level.
- **Net margin: 19.4%**. 19.4% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 7.7%**. 7.7% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on invested capital: 6.3%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 6.3%.
- **Return on assets: 7.2%**. Each dollar of assets produces 7.2% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 12.3%** (3-yr 13.7%/yr, 5-yr 14.5%/yr). Revenue grew 12.3% over the last year, against 14.5% a year compounded over five years.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -1.0%** (3-yr -30.6%/yr, 5-yr 9.6%/yr). Earnings per share fell 1.0%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.47**. Debt is 0.47 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 2.8×**. It would take 2.8 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Altman Z-score: 2.89**. A Z-score of 2.89 is in the grey zone; not distressed, not clearly safe.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 0.89%** ($3.56 per share, trailing). Roper Technologies Inc. yields 0.89%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 23%**. 23% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 12**. 12 straight years of increases, a record that survived at least one recession.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 10.0%/yr** (1-yr 10.0%). The dividend has grown 10.0% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -22.1%** (YTD -7.9%, 3-mo 22.9%). The shares are down 22.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -22.4%** (33.1% above the low). Trading 22% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 52**. An RSI of 52 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.10** (volatility 29%). Beta of 0.10 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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