William Blair Has Positive Outlook for ROP Q3 Earnings

Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ROP - Free Report) - Analysts at William Blair upped their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Roper Technologies in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, July 21st. William Blair analyst D. Becker now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $5.10 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $5.03. William Blair has a "Outperform" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Roper Technologies' current full-year earnings is $19.96 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Roper Technologies' Q4 2025 earnings at $5.21 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $19.97 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $5.20 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $5.26 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $5.34 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $5.52 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $21.32 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on shares of Roper Technologies from $685.00 to $650.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 29th. Mizuho set a $600.00 price objective on shares of Roper Technologies in a report on Friday, May 16th. Barclays reaffirmed an "underweight" rating on shares of Roper Technologies in a report on Monday, April 28th. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on shares of Roper Technologies from $668.00 to $687.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Truist Financial raised their target price on shares of Roper Technologies from $675.00 to $685.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $637.18.

Roper Technologies Price Performance

ROP traded up $2.67 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $563.03. 278,458 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 618,377. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 0.37 and a current ratio of 0.40. Roper Technologies has a 12-month low of $499.47 and a 12-month high of $595.17. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $564.04 and a 200 day simple moving average of $562.88. The company has a market cap of $60.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.26, a PEG ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 1.02.

Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, July 21st. The industrial products company reported $4.87 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $4.83 by $0.04. Roper Technologies had a net margin of 22.01% and a return on equity of 10.79%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $4.48 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 13.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Trading of Roper Technologies

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. CWA Asset Management Group LLC lifted its position in shares of Roper Technologies by 8.6% during the first quarter. CWA Asset Management Group LLC now owns 768 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $453,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. Freedom Day Solutions LLC bought a new stake in shares of Roper Technologies during the first quarter worth $1,808,000. Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of Roper Technologies by 49.9% during the first quarter. Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 98,229 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $57,914,000 after purchasing an additional 32,694 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in shares of Roper Technologies by 76.4% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,891 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $1,115,000 after purchasing an additional 819 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legacy Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Roper Technologies during the first quarter worth $264,000. 93.31% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Roper Technologies

In other Roper Technologies news, Director Richard F. Wallman sold 352 shares of Roper Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $556.25, for a total transaction of $195,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 20,510 shares of the company's stock, valued at $11,408,687.50. The trade was a 1.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, VP John K. Stipancich sold 1,500 shares of Roper Technologies stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $564.17, for a total transaction of $846,255.00. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 38,932 shares of the company's stock, valued at $21,964,266.44. The trade was a 3.71% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.78% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Roper Technologies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 22nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 8th were paid a dividend of $0.825 per share. This represents a $3.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.59%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 8th. Roper Technologies's payout ratio is 23.19%.

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.