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After finishing at $564.59 in the prior trading day, Roper Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: ROP) closed at $558.64, down -1.05%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.05 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.86 million shares were traded. ROP stock price reached its highest trading level at $571.36 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $551.51.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of ROP by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 161.11 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 25.84. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.43 and its Current Ratio is at 0.46. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.39 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.34.
On March 27, 2025, Stifel started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $685.
TD Cowen Upgraded its Hold to Buy on January 28, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $535 to $615.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 05 ’25 when WRIGHT CHRISTOPHER sold 350 shares for $572.22 per share. The transaction valued at 200,277 led to the insider holds 34,284 shares of the business.
WRIGHT CHRISTOPHER bought 350 shares of ROP for $470 on May 05 ’25. On Feb 25 ’25, another insider, Conley Jason, who serves as the EVP, Chief Financial Officer of the company, sold 3,000 shares for $588.19 each. As a result, the insider received 1,764,570 and left with 31,522 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, ROP now has a Market Capitalization of 60062179328 and an Enterprise Value of 68027629568. As of this moment, Roper’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 40.29, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 25.81. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.42. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 8.29 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.12. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 9.394 whereas that against EBITDA is 23.678.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ROP is 1.00, which has changed by 0.0048747063 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12153554 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ROP has reached a high of $595.17, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $499.47. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.69%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.05%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 547.38K shares per day over the past 3-months and 604860 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 107.52M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 107.13M. Insiders hold about 0.36% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.82% stake in the company. Shares short for ROP as of 1749772800 were 1380270 with a Short Ratio of 2.52, compared to 1747267200 on 1744623. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1380270 and a Short% of Float of 1.2899999500000001.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, ROP’s forward annual dividend rate was 3.15, compared to 3.22 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.00557927The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.53. The current Payout Ratio is 21.44% for ROP, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-07-08 with an ex-dividend date of 1751932800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2005-08-29 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
