Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP) Posts Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.04 EPS

Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP - Get Free Report) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday. The industrial products company reported $4.78 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.74 by $0.04, Briefing.com reports. Roper Technologies had a return on equity of 10.79% and a net margin of 22.01%. The business's revenue was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $4.41 EPS. Roper Technologies updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 4.800-4.840 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 19.800-20.050 EPS.

Roper Technologies Stock Performance

ROP stock traded down $6.70 on Monday, reaching $551.00. The company's stock had a trading volume of 302,736 shares, compared to its average volume of 550,550. Roper Technologies has a 52 week low of $499.47 and a 52 week high of $595.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 0.40 and a quick ratio of 0.37. The company has a market capitalization of $59.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 1.04. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $568.90 and a two-hundred day moving average of $554.64.

Roper Technologies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 4th were paid a dividend of $0.825 per share. This represents a $3.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, April 4th. Roper Technologies's payout ratio is 23.01%.

Insider Activity at Roper Technologies

In related news, Director Richard F. Wallman sold 351 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $575.25, for a total value of $201,912.75. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 20,187 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $11,612,571.75. This trade represents a 1.71 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Jason Conley sold 3,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $588.19, for a total transaction of $1,764,570.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 31,522 shares in the company, valued at $18,540,925.18. The trade was a 8.69 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 8,101 shares of company stock worth $4,712,045 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.87% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Roper Technologies

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in Roper Technologies stock. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ROP - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 391 shares of the industrial products company's stock, valued at approximately $203,000. 93.31% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have commented on ROP. Barclays reaffirmed an "underweight" rating on shares of Roper Technologies in a research note on Monday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on Roper Technologies from $558.00 to $465.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 8th. Stifel Nicolaus started coverage on shares of Roper Technologies in a research note on Thursday, March 27th. They issued a "buy" rating and a $685.00 target price for the company. Robert W. Baird set a $665.00 price objective on Roper Technologies in a report on Friday, January 31st. Finally, Oppenheimer reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $640.00 price target on shares of Roper Technologies in a research report on Monday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $620.73.

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.

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