As of today (2024-04-19), Roper Technologies's share price is $527.27.
Roper Technologies's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $17.93. Hence, Roper Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 29.40.
The historical rank and industry rank for Roper Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
ROP'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 16.18 Med: 24.47 Max: 76.44
Current: 29.4
During the past 13 years, Roper Technologies's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 76.44. The lowest was 16.18. And the median was 24.47.
ROP's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 58.2% of 1469
companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.29
vs ROP: 29.40
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Roper Technologies was 188.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 8.60% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -1.40% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.20% per year.
During the past 13 years, Roper Technologies's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 128.50% per year. The lowest was -31.10% per year. And the median was 12.90% per year.
Roper Technologies Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Roper Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Roper Technologies Annual Data
Trend
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Dec22
Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
26.43
30.73
26.81
69.47
30.38
Roper Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Jun23
Sep23
Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
69.47
72.96
50.41
37.12
30.38
Competitive Comparison
For the Software - Application subindustry, Roper Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Roper Technologies Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Roper Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Roper Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Roper Technologies's Share Price of today is $527.27.
Roper Technologies's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $17.93.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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Roper Technologies (Roper Technologies) Business Description
Roper is a diversified technology company that operates through three segments: application software; network software and systems; and technology enabled products. The firm's culture emphasizes acquiring asset-light, cash-generative businesses. Roper then reinvests this excess cash in businesses that yield incrementally higher rates of return. While the businesses are managed in a decentralized manner, Roper does not passively manage its portfolio. Instead, Roper manages its businesses through the Socratic method and empowers decision-makers through group executive coaching. Roper has now rotated a clear majority of its business from legacy industrial products into technology software in mature, niche markets with large quantities of deferred revenue.
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