Roper Technologies (ROP) Competitors

$541.89
+3.09 (+0.57%)
(As of 05/17/2024 ET)

ROP vs. AME, FTV, KEYS, SNOW, CARR, MSI, MCHP, AMX, TEAM, and NTES

Should you be buying Roper Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Roper Technologies include AMETEK (AME), Fortive (FTV), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Snowflake (SNOW), Carrier Global (CARR), Motorola Solutions (MSI), Microchip Technology (MCHP), América Móvil (AMX), Atlassian (TEAM), and NetEase (NTES). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Roper Technologies vs.

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

93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of AMETEK shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Roper Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AMETEK shares are owned 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.

AMETEK received 41 more outperform votes than Roper Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.18% of users gave AMETEK an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave Roper Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Roper TechnologiesOutperform Votes
548
65.24%
Underperform Votes
292
34.76%
AMETEKOutperform Votes
589
72.18%
Underperform Votes
227
27.82%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Roper Technologies$6.18B9.39$1.38B$13.7839.32
AMETEK$6.60B5.85$1.31B$5.6929.31

Roper Technologies has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, AMETEK has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Roper Technologies has a net margin of 23.21% compared to AMETEK's net margin of 19.57%. AMETEK's return on equity of 17.74% beat Roper Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Roper Technologies23.21% 10.75% 6.52%
AMETEK 19.57%17.74%10.84%

In the previous week, AMETEK had 12 more articles in the media than Roper Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for AMETEK and 10 mentions for Roper Technologies. Roper Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat AMETEK's score of 0.91 indicating that Roper Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Roper Technologies
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
AMETEK
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Roper Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. AMETEK pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Roper Technologies pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AMETEK pays out 19.7% 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. AMETEK is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Roper Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $584.82, indicating a potential upside of 7.92%. AMETEK has a consensus price target of $179.80, indicating a potential upside of 7.79%. Given Roper Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Roper Technologies is more favorable than AMETEK.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Roper Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
AMETEK
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ROP vs. The Competition

MetricRoper TechnologiesProcess control instruments IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$58.01B$21.92B$21.56B$18.12B
Dividend Yield0.55%0.95%2.72%3.44%
P/E Ratio39.3282.41219.4623.27
Price / Sales9.394.97551.6510.61
Price / Cash22.6117.9829.7519.24
Price / Book3.263.806.756.00
Net Income$1.38B$474.99M$638.55M$966.17M
7 Day Performance3.51%1.48%2.08%1.85%
1 Month Performance1.41%6.49%6.55%6.59%
1 Year Performance18.39%14.31%25.25%23.69%

Roper Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AME
AMETEK
4.12 of 5 stars
$168.47
-1.0%
$179.80
+6.7%
+12.9%$39.00B$6.74B29.6121,500Insider Selling
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
FTV
Fortive
4.9058 of 5 stars
$77.47
+0.8%
$86.46
+11.6%
+17.1%$27.27B$6.07B30.6218,000Short Interest ↓
KEYS
Keysight Technologies
4.1935 of 5 stars
$151.50
+1.2%
$160.63
+6.0%
-0.3%$26.45B$5.46B27.8014,900Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
SNOW
Snowflake
4.5963 of 5 stars
$161.00
+0.8%
$202.77
+25.9%
-12.2%$53.81B$2.81B-63.147,004Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
CARR
Carrier Global
4.4076 of 5 stars
$64.92
+0.9%
$62.71
-3.4%
+50.8%$57.96B$23.01B45.4053,000Insider Selling
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.6199 of 5 stars
$361.05
+0.9%
$357.43
-1.0%
+24.0%$60.22B$9.98B44.6321,000Dividend Announcement
Positive News
MCHP
Microchip Technology
4.796 of 5 stars
$93.86
+1.4%
$99.39
+5.9%
+20.5%$50.72B$7.63B27.0522,600Insider Selling
AMX
América Móvil
2.2484 of 5 stars
$19.87
flat
$22.08
+11.1%
-12.0%$61.70B$46.07B18.40176,083Short Interest ↑
TEAM
Atlassian
4.6027 of 5 stars
$184.08
+0.7%
$223.22
+21.3%
+21.4%$47.92B$4.17B-292.196,433Insider Selling
NTES
NetEase
4.764 of 5 stars
$98.64
-0.9%
$126.00
+27.7%
+20.6%$63.60B$14.57B15.5829,128Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:ROP) was last updated on 5/19/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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