Roper Technologies (ROP) Competitors

In the previous week, Paychex had 13 more articles in the media than Roper Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Paychex and 19 mentions for Roper Technologies. Paychex's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Roper Technologies' score of 1.31 indicating that Paychex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Paychex has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Roper Technologies has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Paychex has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the broader market.

Roper Technologies has a net margin of 30.24% compared to Paychex's net margin of 27.03%. Paychex's return on equity of 50.90% beat Roper Technologies' return on equity.

Roper Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $466.94, suggesting a potential upside of 14.13%. Paychex has a consensus target price of $109.20, suggesting a potential downside of 11.39%. Given Roper Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Roper Technologies is more favorable than Paychex.

Roper Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Paychex pays an annual dividend of $4.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Roper Technologies pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paychex pays out 97.3% 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 has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Paychex has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Paychex is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Roper Technologies has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Roper Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 19 mentions for Roper Technologies. Roper Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 0.74 indicating that Roper Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Roper Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds 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 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 0.9%. 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 increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Roper Technologies has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Roper Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Applied Industrial Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $384.29, indicating a potential upside of 11.93%. Roper Technologies has a consensus price target of $466.94, indicating a potential upside of 14.13%. 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.

Roper Technologies has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Ferguson has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Roper Technologies had 10 more articles in the media than Ferguson. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Roper Technologies and 9 mentions for Ferguson. Roper Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Ferguson's score of 0.43 indicating that Roper Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Ferguson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ferguson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Roper Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $466.94, suggesting a potential upside of 14.13%. Ferguson has a consensus target price of $285.93, suggesting a potential upside of 19.02%. Given Ferguson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ferguson is more favorable than Roper Technologies.

Roper Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Ferguson pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Roper Technologies pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ferguson pays out 41.8% 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.

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

Roper Technologies has a net margin of 30.24% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 6.82%. Ferguson's return on equity of 37.24% beat Roper Technologies' return on equity.

Roper Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $466.94, suggesting a potential upside of 14.13%. IDEX has a consensus target price of $260.80, suggesting a potential upside of 11.84%. Given Roper Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Roper Technologies is more favorable than IDEX.

93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of IDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of IDEX shares are owned by 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.

In the previous week, IDEX had 2 more articles in the media than Roper Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for IDEX and 19 mentions for Roper Technologies. Roper Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat IDEX's score of 1.10 indicating that Roper Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Roper Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Roper Technologies pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDEX pays out 42.0% 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 IDEX has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. IDEX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Roper Technologies has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, IDEX has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the broader market.

Roper Technologies has a net margin of 30.24% compared to IDEX's net margin of 14.49%. IDEX's return on equity of 15.69% beat Roper Technologies' return on equity.