Compare Stocks: ROP, ADP, CTSH, and PAYX

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ADP Automatic Data Processing	$286.16 -0.5%	$257.46	$188.16 ▼ $305.31	$114.21B	0.81	2.18 million shs	1.57 million shs
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	$64.58 +0.8%	$50.65	$37.08 ▼ $87.03	$28.85B	0.81	7.91 million shs	8.66 million shs
PAYX Paychex	$127.34 +0.2%	$114.39	$85.45 ▼ $139.53	$45.19B	0.81	2.24 million shs	2.47 million shs
ROP Roper Technologies	$424.64 -0.4%	$377.95	$305.96 ▼ $532.18	$42.15B	0.73	698,928 shs	706,791 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ADP Automatic Data Processing	0.00%	+2.38%	+7.89%	+22.99%	-5.45%
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	0.00%	+3.51%	+15.70%	+12.04%	-11.36%
PAYX Paychex	0.00%	+2.06%	+8.73%	+24.01%	-8.91%
ROP Roper Technologies	0.00%	+3.50%	+8.73%	+23.81%	-19.02%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ADP Automatic Data Processing	$286.16 -0.5%	$257.46	$188.16 ▼ $305.31	$114.21B	0.81	2.18 million shs	1.57 million shs
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	$64.58 +0.8%	$50.65	$37.08 ▼ $87.03	$28.85B	0.81	7.91 million shs	8.66 million shs
PAYX Paychex	$127.34 +0.2%	$114.39	$85.45 ▼ $139.53	$45.19B	0.81	2.24 million shs	2.47 million shs
ROP Roper Technologies	$424.64 -0.4%	$377.95	$305.96 ▼ $532.18	$42.15B	0.73	698,928 shs	706,791 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ADP Automatic Data Processing	0.00%	+2.38%	+7.89%	+22.99%	-5.45%
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	0.00%	+3.51%	+15.70%	+12.04%	-11.36%
PAYX Paychex	0.00%	+2.06%	+8.73%	+24.01%	-8.91%
ROP Roper Technologies	0.00%	+3.50%	+8.73%	+23.81%	-19.02%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ADP Automatic Data Processing	2.17	Hold	$273.50	-4.42% Downside
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	2.38	Hold	$63.00	-2.45% Downside
PAYX Paychex	2.00	Hold	$109.20	-14.25% Downside
ROP Roper Technologies	2.21	Hold	$466.94	9.96% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ROP, ADP, CTSH, and PAYX Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/18/2026	ROP Roper Technologies	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform	$417.00
8/14/2026	ROP Roper Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Hold (C-)
8/12/2026	PAYX Paychex	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold	$105.00 ➝ $120.00
8/7/2026	CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C-)
8/6/2026	CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$64.00
8/6/2026	ROP Roper Technologies	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$450.00
8/3/2026	ADP Automatic Data Processing	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$295.00 ➝ $310.00
7/30/2026	CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Positive	$88.00 ➝ $82.00
7/30/2026	CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$68.00
7/30/2026	CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Negative	$44.00 ➝ $51.00
7/30/2026	PAYX Paychex	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$140.00 ➝ $150.00

(Data available from 8/31/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ADP Automatic Data Processing	$21.95B	5.18	$15.40 per share	18.58	$15.09 per share	18.96
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	$21.11B	1.38	$6.60 per share	9.79	$31.35 per share	2.06
PAYX Paychex	$6.51B	6.96	$7.47 per share	17.05	$10.43 per share	12.21
ROP Roper Technologies	$7.90B	5.31	$28.44 per share	14.93	$184.71 per share	2.30

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ADP Automatic Data Processing	$4.41B	$10.94	26.16	21.36	N/A	20.11%	71.34%	6.73%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	$2.23B	$4.65	13.89	10.22	1.28	10.26%	17.70%	12.81%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
PAYX Paychex	$1.76B	$4.89	26.04	20.09	N/A	27.03%	50.90%	11.87%	9/29/2026 (Estimated)
ROP Roper Technologies	$1.54B	$24.14	17.59	17.48	1.92	30.24%	11.36%	6.33%	N/A

Latest ROP, ADP, CTSH, and PAYX Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/29/2026	Q4 2026	ADP Automatic Data Processing	$2.59	$2.64	+$0.05	$2.45	$5.44 billion	$5.47 billion
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	$1.38	$1.37	-$0.01	$1.36	$5.48 billion	$5.48 billion
7/23/2026	Q2 2026	ROP Roper Technologies	$5.29	$5.38	+$0.09	$11.62	N/A	$2.11 billion
6/24/2026	Q4 2026	PAYX Paychex	$1.31	$1.32	+$0.01	$1.17	$1.60 billion	$1.61 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ADP Automatic Data Processing	$6.80	2.38%	+12.41%	62.16%	49 Years
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	$1.32	2.04%	+7.10%	28.39%	6 Years
PAYX Paychex	$4.76	3.74%	+11.94%	97.34%	3 Years
ROP Roper Technologies	$3.64	0.86%	+9.99%	15.08%	2 Years

Latest ROP, ADP, CTSH, and PAYX Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/6/2026	ROP Roper Technologies	quarterly	$0.91	0.92%	10/2/2026	10/2/2026	10/21/2026
8/5/2026	ADP Automatic Data Processing	quarterly	$1.70	2.52%	9/11/2026	9/11/2026	10/1/2026
7/16/2026	PAYX Paychex	quarterly	$1.19	4%	7/28/2026	7/28/2026	8/28/2026
7/29/2026	CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	quarterly	$0.33	2.28%	8/18/2026	8/18/2026	8/25/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ADP Automatic Data Processing	0.82	1.05	1.05
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	0.11	2.18	2.18
PAYX Paychex	1.22	1.26	1.26
ROP Roper Technologies	0.57	0.55	0.51

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ADP Automatic Data Processing	80.03%
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	92.44%
PAYX Paychex	83.47%
ROP Roper Technologies	93.31%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ADP Automatic Data Processing	0.20%
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	0.43%
PAYX Paychex	0.80%
ROP Roper Technologies	0.80%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ADP Automatic Data Processing	67,000	397.26 million	396.47 million	Optionable
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions	351,600	450.44 million	448.51 million	Optionable
PAYX Paychex	17,600	355.68 million	352.84 million	Optionable
ROP Roper Technologies	19,400	98.90 million	98.11 million	Optionable

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August 31 at 10:47 AM | 247wallst.com

Quantitative Investment Management LLC Sells 3,759 Shares of Roper Technologies, Inc. $ROP

August 31 at 6:08 AM | marketbeat.com

UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC Raises Stock Position in Roper Technologies, Inc. $ROP

August 31 at 5:51 AM | marketbeat.com

Alyeska Investment Group L.P. Invests $68.28 Million in Roper Technologies, Inc. $ROP

August 31 at 3:21 AM | marketbeat.com

Roper Technologies, Inc. $ROP Stake Boosted by Royal London Asset Management Ltd.

August 30 at 5:51 AM | marketbeat.com

Wellington Management Group LLP Takes $890.33 Million Position in Roper Technologies, Inc. $ROP

August 30 at 5:36 AM | marketbeat.com

Rakuten Investment Management Inc. Invests $8.18 Million in Roper Technologies, Inc. $ROP

August 30 at 5:27 AM | marketbeat.com

Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC Purchases New Position in Roper Technologies, Inc. $ROP

August 30 at 3:20 AM | marketbeat.com

Empowered Funds LLC Takes Position in Roper Technologies, Inc. $ROP

August 29 at 4:50 AM | marketbeat.com

33,386 Shares in Roper Technologies, Inc. $ROP Acquired by Glenview Trust Co

August 28 at 6:32 AM | marketbeat.com

North Star Asset Management Inc. Makes New $13.22 Million Investment in Roper Technologies, Inc. $ROP

August 28 at 6:32 AM | marketbeat.com

21,314 Shares in Roper Technologies, Inc. $ROP Purchased by United Capital Financial Advisors LLC

August 28 at 6:31 AM | marketbeat.com

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Purchases New Shares in Roper Technologies, Inc. $ROP

August 28 at 6:01 AM | marketbeat.com

3,158 Shares in Roper Technologies, Inc. $ROP Acquired by Dearborn Partners LLC

August 28 at 4:32 AM | marketbeat.com

Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec Takes $85.89 Million Position in Roper Technologies, Inc. $ROP

August 28 at 4:15 AM | marketbeat.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Takes $70.96 Million Position in Roper Technologies, Inc. $ROP