Roper Technologies (ROP)

Technology · Software - Application · S&P 500
$362.28 -0.30% on the day Market cap $38.0B 52-week range $305.96 to $521.28 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
1% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $38.0B, Roper Technologies's free cash flow of $2.5B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 1% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Roper Technologies's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price1.5% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years11.6% a year
Revenue, same period8.5% a year
Price to free cash flow15.3x

Fundamental grade

B

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from ROP's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability7
Growth7
Financial health3
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)23.5x
P/E (forward)18.2x
Price / free cash flow15.2x
EV / EBITDA11.5x
Price / sales4.59x
Price / book2.11x
Revenue growth+8.5%
Operating margin28.0%
Net margin30.2%
Return on equity13.4%
Dividend yield0.92%
Debt / equity0.88x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Roper Technologies's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$4.8B$5.4B$6.2B$7.0B$7.9B
Net income$1.2B$4.5B$1.4B$1.5B$1.5B
Free cash flow$2.0B$704M$2.0B$2.3B$2.5B
EPS (diluted)$10.82$42.55$12.89$14.35$14.20
Operating margin25.7%28.4%28.2%28.4%28.3%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Application Software$4.5B57%
Technology Enabled Products$1.8B23%
Network Software$1.6B20%

Superinvestors who own ROP

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 8 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Dodge & Cox
Dodge & Cox
Added $2.4B1.3%Q2 2026
Bill Nygren
Harris Associates LP
Added $668M0.89%Q2 2026
Chuck Akre
Akre Capital Management
Trimmed $398M7.8%Q2 2026
Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb
Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb
New position $228M3.6%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $71M0.16%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $64M0.02%Q2 2026
Ron Baron
Baron Capital (BAMCO)
Trimmed $59M0.09%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Added $9M0.08%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Roper Technologies's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Mar 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$353.48—
Mar 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$353.48—
Feb 6, 2026 Thomas Patrick Joyce Jr
1,400$358.46$501,844
Jan 13, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$426.36—
Jan 13, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$426.36—
Nov 12, 2025 Amy Woods Brinkley
1,200$450.71$540,852
Nov 12, 2025 Laurence Neil Hunn
10,000$452.23$5M
Nov 10, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$449.82—
Nov 10, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$449.82—

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Roper Technologies's stock price imply?

At a market value of $38.0B, Roper Technologies would need its free cash flow to grow about 1% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 12% a year.

Are Roper Technologies insiders buying the stock?

9 open-market insider purchases of ROP in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Roper Technologies?

8 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold ROP in their latest 13F, including Dodge & Cox, Bill Nygren, Chuck Akre.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.