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Roper Technologies key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Roper Technologies had return on equity of 7.9%, an operating margin of 28.3%, debt equal to 47.1% of equity and a current ratio of 0.52. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin50.9%53.4%54.2%55.8%58.1%59.2%60.4%61.5%62.2%63.2%66.4%70.3%70.5%69.9%69.7%69.3%69.2%69.7%
Operating margin19.3%21.6%23.6%25.3%26.0%28.2%28.7%27.8%26.3%26.9%28.1%26.9%25.7%28.4%28.2%28.4%28.3%28.0%
Net margin11.7%13.5%15.3%16.1%16.6%18.2%19.4%17.4%21.1%18.2%37.4%23.6%23.8%84.6%22.4%22.0%19.4%30.7%
Free-cash-flow margin16.7%19.7%20.1%21.4%23.5%22.6%24.9%24.4%25.7%26.6%30.9%37.9%41.6%13.7%32.9%34.0%32.1%31.1%
Return on equity9.9%12.5%14.4%14.0%13.6%14.4%13.8%11.9%15.4%12.9%20.5%9.5%10.5%32.9%8.3%8.5%7.9%13.3%
Return on assets5.5%6.9%8.2%7.8%7.1%7.8%7.5%5.4%6.8%6.4%10.6%4.5%4.8%17.9%5.0%5.2%4.7%7.5%
Asset turnover0.470.510.540.480.420.430.390.310.320.350.280.190.200.210.220.240.240.24
Current ratio1.821.852.011.152.142.412.251.230.871.110.830.720.780.670.500.400.520.43
Debt to equity47.6%48.7%34.0%54.8%58.5%46.3%62.1%107.7%75.4%64.2%55.9%91.9%68.9%41.8%36.5%40.6%47.1%50.7%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)6.8x7.7x10.4x11.2x9.6x12.7x12.2x9.4x6.7x7.7x7.1x5.0x5.3x7.9x10.6x7.7x6.9x5.8x
Effective tax rate29.5%28.1%29.4%29.6%28.6%29.9%30.6%30.0%6.1%21.2%20.3%21.8%22.0%23.1%21.5%21.2%20.6%15.1%
R&D as % of revenue4.1%4.3%4.4%4.2%4.5%4.2%4.6%5.2%6.1%7.3%8.0%9.5%10.0%9.9%10.5%10.6%10.8%—
SG&A as % of revenue31.6%31.9%30.6%30.5%32.1%31.1%31.7%33.7%35.9%36.3%38.3%43.4%42.9%41.5%41.5%40.9%41.0%41.6%
Capital spending as % of revenue1.3%1.2%1.5%1.3%1.3%1.1%1.0%1.0%1.1%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income142.6%146.0%131.3%132.3%141.2%124.3%128.2%140.7%122.0%146.2%82.7%160.6%174.6%16.2%147.0%154.5%165.4%101.1%
Dividends ÷ net income12.5%11.1%9.9%14.5%9.1%12.4%14.4%18.4%14.7%18.0%10.8%22.5%20.5%5.8%21.0%20.8%23.1%14.3%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow8.7%7.6%7.5%10.9%6.5%9.9%11.2%13.1%12.0%12.3%13.1%14.0%11.8%35.7%14.3%13.5%33.7%137.3%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 7 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $34.3bn
Short-term assets $1.9bnLonger-term assets $32.4bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $34.3bn
Short-term liabilities $4.6bnLonger-term liabilities $10.6bnShareholders' equity $19.2bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.9bn of assets due within a year against $4.6bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.9bn short-term assets against $10.6bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $311m of cash against $9.7bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 51% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 49% to 51% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $2.6bn of operating cash flow against $9.7bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $2.4bn against $411m of interest.

From Roper Technologies's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

78 /100

Strong moat

How hard Roper Technologies's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 8 / 20

    Net income has been a median 5.7% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 19 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 69.3%, moving by 3.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 19 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 27.4%; its worst year was 26.2%.

  • Cash conversion 20 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 21.7% of revenue.

  • Discipline 18 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 3.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 2.2% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (83 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Roper Technologies's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 2, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Roper Technologies.