Baker Tilly Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ROP – Free Report) by 19.5% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 884 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after purchasing an additional 144 shares during the quarter. Baker Tilly Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Roper Technologies were worth $492,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Roper Technologies by 1.3% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 10,072,028 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $5,648,796,000 after buying an additional 125,387 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in Roper Technologies by 4.0% during the second quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 2,683,909 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,512,813,000 after acquiring an additional 102,199 shares during the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its holdings in shares of Roper Technologies by 3.1% in the 2nd quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 1,119,023 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $630,749,000 after purchasing an additional 33,544 shares during the period. Legal & General Group Plc lifted its stake in shares of Roper Technologies by 7.6% in the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 914,499 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $515,467,000 after purchasing an additional 64,565 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Roper Technologies by 4.4% during the 1st quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 805,757 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $451,901,000 after purchasing an additional 33,780 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.31% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several research analysts recently commented on ROP shares. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price target on shares of Roper Technologies from $675.00 to $666.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Truist Financial restated a “buy” rating and set a $665.00 target price (up previously from $660.00) on shares of Roper Technologies in a report on Thursday. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price target on Roper Technologies from $625.00 to $635.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 16th. Baird R W upgraded Roper Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 25th. Finally, Barclays increased their target price on Roper Technologies from $611.00 to $625.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 10th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Roper Technologies presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $620.80.
Roper Technologies Stock Down 0.0 %
Shares of NYSE:ROP opened at $542.00 on Monday. Roper Technologies, Inc. has a 12-month low of $474.46 and a 12-month high of $579.10. The company has a current ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. The firm has a market cap of $58.11 billion, a PE ratio of 39.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.02. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $551.26 and a 200 day simple moving average of $545.51.
Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The industrial products company reported $4.62 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.53 by $0.09. Roper Technologies had a net margin of 21.78% and a return on equity of 10.73%. The business had revenue of $1.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.72 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $4.32 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 11.7% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Roper Technologies, Inc. will post 18.23 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Roper Technologies Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, October 21st. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 8th were issued a $0.75 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, October 8th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.55%. Roper Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 21.95%.
Roper Technologies 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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