Roper Technologies (ROP) Competitors

Roper Technologies (NASDAQ:ROP) and Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, ROP or CTAS?

Roper Technologies has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Cintas has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ROP or CTAS more profitable?

Roper Technologies has a net margin of 20.62% compared to Cintas' net margin of 17.54%. Cintas' return on equity of 40.41% beat Roper Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Roper Technologies	20.62%	10.83%	6.47%
Cintas	17.54%	40.41%	19.17%

Do analysts recommend ROP or CTAS?

Roper Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $635.27, suggesting a potential upside of 25.17%. Cintas has a consensus target price of $222.09, suggesting a potential upside of 11.90%. Given Roper Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Roper Technologies is more favorable than Cintas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Roper Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Cintas	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ROP or CTAS?

Cintas has higher revenue and earnings than Roper Technologies. Roper Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cintas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Roper Technologies	$7.04B	7.76	$1.55B	$14.23	35.67
Cintas	$10.34B	7.74	$1.81B	$4.41	45.01

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ROP or CTAS?

93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of Cintas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Cintas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ROP or CTAS?

In the previous week, Roper Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Cintas. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Roper Technologies and 20 mentions for Cintas. Cintas' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Roper Technologies' score of 1.31 indicating that Cintas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Roper Technologies	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cintas	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is ROP or CTAS a better dividend stock?

Roper Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Cintas pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Roper Technologies pays out 23.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cintas pays out 40.8% 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. Roper Technologies has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Cintas has raised its dividend for 42 consecutive years. Cintas is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Cintas beats Roper Technologies on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.