Roper Technologies (ROP) Competitors

Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP) and Eaton (NYSE:ETN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ROP or ETN?

93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Eaton shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Eaton shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ROP or ETN?

Eaton received 354 more outperform votes than Roper Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.38% of users gave Eaton an outperform vote while only 65.51% of users gave Roper Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Roper Technologies	Outperform Votes 564 65.51%	Underperform Votes 297 34.49%
Eaton	Outperform Votes 918 66.38%	Underperform Votes 465 33.62%

Does the media refer more to ROP or ETN?

In the previous week, Eaton had 43 more articles in the media than Roper Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Eaton and 30 mentions for Roper Technologies. Eaton's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Roper Technologies' score of 1.48 indicating that Eaton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Roper Technologies	27 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eaton	64 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend ROP or ETN?

Roper Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $622.30, suggesting a potential upside of 8.41%. Eaton has a consensus target price of $366.05, suggesting a potential upside of 23.20%. Given Eaton's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eaton is more favorable than Roper Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Roper Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Eaton	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ROP or ETN?

Eaton has higher revenue and earnings than Roper Technologies. Eaton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Roper Technologies, 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	8.74	$1.55B	$14.34	40.03
Eaton	$24.88B	4.72	$3.79B	$9.50	31.27

Is ROP or ETN more profitable?

Roper Technologies has a net margin of 22.01% compared to Eaton's net margin of 15.25%. Eaton's return on equity of 22.62% beat Roper Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Roper Technologies	22.01%	10.79%	6.45%
Eaton	15.25%	22.62%	11.10%

Which has more volatility & risk, ROP or ETN?

Roper Technologies has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ROP or ETN a better dividend stock?

Roper Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Eaton pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Roper Technologies pays out 23.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eaton pays out 39.6% 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.

Summary

Eaton beats Roper Technologies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.