ROP vs. AME, FTV, KEYS, CARR, SNOW, MSI, AMX, MCHP, NTES, and TEAM
Should you be buying Roper Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Roper Technologies include AMETEK (AME), Fortive (FTV), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Carrier Global (CARR), Snowflake (SNOW), Motorola Solutions (MSI), América Móvil (AMX), Microchip Technology (MCHP), NetEase (NTES), and Atlassian (TEAM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP) and AMETEK (NYSE:AME) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Roper Technologies has a net margin of 23.21% compared to AMETEK's net margin of 19.57%. AMETEK's return on equity of 17.74% beat Roper Technologies' return on equity.
Roper Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. AMETEK pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Roper Technologies pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AMETEK pays out 19.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. AMETEK is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
AMETEK received 40 more outperform votes than Roper Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.15% of users gave AMETEK an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave Roper Technologies an outperform vote.
Roper Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $584.82, indicating a potential upside of 12.24%. AMETEK has a consensus target price of $179.80, indicating a potential upside of 6.30%. Given Roper Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Roper Technologies is more favorable than AMETEK.
93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of AMETEK shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Roper Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AMETEK shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Roper Technologies has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, AMETEK has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Roper Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AMETEK. AMETEK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Roper Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, AMETEK had 30 more articles in the media than Roper Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for AMETEK and 9 mentions for Roper Technologies. Roper Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat AMETEK's score of 0.64 indicating that Roper Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Roper Technologies beats AMETEK on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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