Roper Technologies (ROP) Competitors

92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Cognizant Technology Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $64.43, suggesting a potential upside of 12.11%. Roper Technologies has a consensus price target of $466.94, suggesting a potential upside of 33.53%. Given Roper Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Roper Technologies is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Roper Technologies has a net margin of 30.24% compared to Cognizant Technology Solutions' net margin of 10.26%. Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity of 17.70% beat Roper Technologies' return on equity.

Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Roper Technologies has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the broader market.

Cognizant Technology Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Roper Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Cognizant Technology Solutions pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Roper Technologies pays out 15.1% 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. Cognizant Technology Solutions has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Roper Technologies has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Cognizant Technology Solutions had 6 more articles in the media than Roper Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions and 4 mentions for Roper Technologies. Cognizant Technology Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Roper Technologies' score of 0.61 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

83.5% of Paychex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Paychex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Roper Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Paychex pays an annual dividend of $4.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Roper Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Paychex pays out 94.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Roper Technologies pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paychex has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Roper Technologies has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years.

Paychex has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Roper Technologies has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the broader market.

Roper Technologies has a net margin of 30.24% compared to Paychex's net margin of 27.35%. Paychex's return on equity of 52.78% beat Roper Technologies' return on equity.

In the previous week, Paychex had 45 more articles in the media than Roper Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Paychex and 4 mentions for Roper Technologies. Roper Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Paychex's score of 0.22 indicating that Roper Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Paychex currently has a consensus price target of $127.59, suggesting a potential upside of 29.31%. Roper Technologies has a consensus price target of $466.94, suggesting a potential upside of 33.53%. Given Roper Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Roper Technologies is more favorable than Paychex.

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

In the previous week, Roper Technologies and Roper Technologies both had 4 articles in the media. SS&C Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Roper Technologies' score of 0.61 indicating that SS&C Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Roper Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $466.94, suggesting a potential upside of 33.53%. SS&C Technologies has a consensus target price of $92.63, suggesting a potential upside of 20.08%. Given Roper Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Roper Technologies is more favorable than SS&C Technologies.

Roper Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. SS&C Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Roper Technologies pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SS&C Technologies pays out 34.5% 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 increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years and SS&C Technologies has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years.

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

Roper Technologies has a net margin of 30.24% compared to SS&C Technologies' net margin of 13.16%. SS&C Technologies' return on equity of 21.20% beat Roper Technologies' return on equity.

Roper Technologies has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the broader market.

93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Roper Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Roper Technologies has a net margin of 30.24% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 8.35%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 22.17% beat Roper Technologies' return on equity.

Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Roper Technologies has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the broader market.

Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Roper Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Roper Technologies pays out 15.1% 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. Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Roper Technologies has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years. Roper Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Applied Industrial Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $400.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.33%. Roper Technologies has a consensus price target of $466.94, suggesting a potential upside of 33.53%. Given Roper Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Roper Technologies is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.

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

In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Roper Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 4 mentions for Roper Technologies. Roper Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 0.53 indicating that Roper Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.