← BackROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC · Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, and ControlROP
Low riskNext report: Around Jan 26, 2027 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with steady sales.
Going well
- Profitable every year for 10 years
- Sales up 12% last year
- Brings in more cash than it spends
Money moves
- Insiders sold $5.2M in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 5.3% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (397 bought, 670 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$441.78+0.8% that day
- Company value
- $43.7B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 18.3x
- You pay about $18 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 5.3x
- Company value is 5.3 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 0.8%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 1%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 21%
- Debt as a share of company value
From ROP's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jun '26$2.1B+8.5% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $8.3B, up 11% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 15% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.7.9%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.47x equity
- PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.19.4%
- PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$2.5B
- MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+1.3% in 3 years
- PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.69.2%
- Revenue
- $7.9B
- +12.3% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +14.5%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $9.3B
- 0.47x equity
- Current ratio
- 0.52x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Reported Oct 22Before open7:02 am ET - Revenue
- $2.2B
- +7.6% YoY
- EPS
- $4.88
- vs $3.68
- Op. margin
- 28.7%
- +0.3 pts
- Gross margin
- 70.1%
- +0.6 pts
From the press release, checked against last year's SEC filing. Cash flow and share count update with the 10-Q.
Insider rating
Last 90 days
25Selling
- 1 insider sold $5.2M (not pre-planned)
50 is neutral. Buying by more insiders, top executives and bigger stakes raises it. Selling lowers it; pre-planned sales count less.
Weekly insider trend13 weeks agoBoughtSoldThis week
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
71/ 100
- This week
- 3
- Normal week
- 1.3
- vs normal
- 2.4x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady+5.3%Institutions added 5.3% to their holdings. 397 bought, 670 sold.
Shares held by institutions102.2M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-2.5%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.6x · $11.3B debtShares outstandingLatest reported
99MNext reportAround Jan 26, 2027 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedOct 22
- Results filedJul 23
- Results filedApr 23
- Results filedJan 27
- Results filedOct 23, 2025
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days Bought$00 insiders
Sold$5.2M1 insider, 0 pre-planned
| Insider | Trade | Shares | Avg price | Value | Owns after | Date |
|---|
Jason ConleyEVP, Chief Financial Officer | Sell | 12K | $435.53 | $5.2M | 28K | |
- -29.7% of their holdings
- $433.86 to $436.01 across 3 trades
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 4 days after
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"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.