Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC raised its position in shares of Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ROP – Free Report) by 2.4% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 10,323 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after purchasing an additional 244 shares during the period. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC’s holdings in Roper Technologies were worth $5,366,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in ROP. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its stake in Roper Technologies by 87.8% in the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 738,582 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $410,977,000 after acquiring an additional 345,268 shares during the last quarter. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P lifted its stake in shares of Roper Technologies by 25.8% in the 3rd quarter. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P now owns 648,427 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $360,811,000 after purchasing an additional 132,913 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Roper Technologies by 2.9% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,730,427 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,632,199,000 after purchasing an additional 132,575 shares in the last quarter. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec increased its position in Roper Technologies by 37.4% during the third quarter. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec now owns 427,943 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $238,125,000 after buying an additional 116,523 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc increased its position in Roper Technologies by 7.6% during the second quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 914,499 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $515,467,000 after buying an additional 64,565 shares during the last quarter. 93.31% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analyst Ratings Changes
ROP has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Truist Financial reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $665.00 price target (up previously from $660.00) on shares of Roper Technologies in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Oppenheimer started coverage on Roper Technologies in a research report on Monday, December 23rd. They set an “outperform” rating and a $630.00 target price for the company. Mizuho boosted their price objective on shares of Roper Technologies from $530.00 to $565.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on shares of Roper Technologies from $635.00 to $652.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, Barclays dropped their target price on shares of Roper Technologies from $569.00 to $562.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Roper Technologies currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $624.38.
Roper Technologies Trading Down 0.4 %
Shares of ROP stock opened at $531.37 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $535.54 and a 200-day moving average of $544.96. The stock has a market cap of $56.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.87, a P/E/G ratio of 2.55 and a beta of 1.04. Roper Technologies, Inc. has a 52-week low of $499.47 and a 52-week high of $580.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a current ratio of 0.48.
Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The industrial products company reported $4.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.53 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $1.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.72 billion. Roper Technologies had a net margin of 21.78% and a return on equity of 10.73%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 11.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $4.32 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Roper Technologies, Inc. will post 18.29 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Roper Technologies Increases Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 3rd were issued a $0.825 dividend. This is an increase from Roper Technologies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.75. This represents a $3.30 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.62%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 3rd. Roper Technologies’s payout ratio is presently 24.14%.
Roper Technologies Company Profile
Roper Technologies, Inc designs and develops software, and technology enabled products and solutions. It operates through three segments: Application Software, Network Software, and Technology Enabled Products. The Application Software segment offers management, campus solutions, diagnostic and laboratory information management, enterprise software and information solutions, transportation management, financial and compliance management, and cloud-based financial analytics and performance management software; cloud-based software to the property and casualty insurance industry; and software, services, and technologies for foodservice operations.
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