ROP vs. AME, FTV, KEYS, CARR, MSI, DASH, SNOW, AMX, MCHP, and NTES
Should you be buying Roper Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Roper Technologies include AMETEK (AME), Fortive (FTV), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Carrier Global (CARR), Motorola Solutions (MSI), DoorDash (DASH), Snowflake (SNOW), América Móvil (AMX), Microchip Technology (MCHP), and NetEase (NTES). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP) and AMETEK (NYSE:AME) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.
Roper Technologies has a net margin of 23.21% compared to AMETEK's net margin of 19.91%. AMETEK's return on equity of 17.96% beat Roper Technologies' return on equity.
Roper Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. AMETEK pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Roper Technologies pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AMETEK pays out 19.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. AMETEK is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
AMETEK received 40 more outperform votes than Roper Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.24% of users gave AMETEK an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave Roper Technologies an outperform vote.
Roper Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AMETEK. AMETEK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Roper Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Roper Technologies had 34 more articles in the media than AMETEK. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Roper Technologies and 8 mentions for AMETEK. AMETEK's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Roper Technologies' score of 0.52 indicating that AMETEK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Roper Technologies has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMETEK has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Roper Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $584.82, indicating a potential upside of 13.61%. AMETEK has a consensus price target of $180.78, indicating a potential upside of 3.97%. Given Roper Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Roper Technologies is more favorable than AMETEK.
93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of AMETEK shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AMETEK shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Roper Technologies beats AMETEK on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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