Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 19.800-20.050 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 19.870. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.9 billion-$7.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.8 billion. Roper Technologies also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 4.800-4.840 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on ROP. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Roper Technologies from $465.00 to $470.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday. Barclays reissued an "underweight" rating on shares of Roper Technologies in a research report on Monday. TD Cowen upgraded Roper Technologies from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $535.00 to $615.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 28th. Royal Bank of Canada raised their price objective on Roper Technologies from $694.00 to $695.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on shares of Roper Technologies from $660.00 to $668.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $620.91.

Roper Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE ROP traded up $3.91 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $560.08. The company had a trading volume of 670,407 shares, compared to its average volume of 551,668. Roper Technologies has a 12 month low of $499.47 and a 12 month 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 firm has a market cap of $60.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.06, a PEG ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 1.04. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $567.62 and its 200-day simple moving average is $554.69.

Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April 28th. The industrial products company reported $4.78 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.74 by $0.04. Roper Technologies had a return on equity of 10.79% and a net margin of 22.01%. Roper Technologies'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. As a group, analysts predict that Roper Technologies will post 19.96 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Roper Technologies Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, April 4th were paid a $0.825 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, April 4th. This represents a $3.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.59%. Roper Technologies's payout ratio is currently 23.01%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Roper Technologies news, CFO Jason Conley sold 3,000 shares of Roper Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $588.19, for a total transaction of $1,764,570.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 31,522 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $18,540,925.18. This trade represents a 8.69 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, VP John K. Stipancich sold 1,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $578.04, for a total transaction of $578,040.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns 38,932 shares in the company, valued at approximately $22,504,253.28. The trade was a 2.50 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 8,101 shares of company stock worth $4,712,045 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.87% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Roper Technologies

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

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.