Is the business good?
How good a business is ROP?
Roper Technologies earns 6.2% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
6.2%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 2.8 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- 28%
Operating margin · Software - Application median 8.2% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Share count, year on year
- −7.2%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
- Gross margin
- 70%
Gross margin
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 27% |
| FY2021 | 26% |
| FY2022 | 28% |
| FY2023 | 28% |
| FY2024 | 28% |
| FY2025 | 28% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 70%
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 28%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 30%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $8.28B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $2.50B
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 6.2%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Software - Application
Ranks #41 of 90 by Smart Score