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Roper

As of 2026-09-25/Confidence medium

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As of 2026-09-25 • Model: RankAlpha Sentiment Codex

Decision Panel

Action, confidence, horizon, and decision blockers at a glance.

Report quality notice

peer set is too generic or lacks enough direct operating comparators

Action

—

Confidence

medium

Horizon

—

Key catalyst

Capital deployment and cash-flow conversion • 2026-12-31

Base target: $390 / p=50% prob

Biggest risk

The approximately 6% full-year organic-growth outlook requires stronger growth than Q2's 5%. Q2 Network Software operating margin fell to 41.0% from 43.9%, and Technology Enabled Products margin fell to 33.3% from 35.4%, making margin delivery a concrete risk. Roper earnings release

Invalidation

Break below $300 or thesis failure.

What would change my mind?

Raised 2026 guidance, 5% Q2 organic growth, 11% adjusted free-cash-flow growth and substantial repurchases support per-share compounding if execution persists. [#SEC-8K-2026-07-23]

Research note

Recommendation

—

Confidence

medium

As of

2026-09-25

Base target

$390

p=50%

Bull target

$450

p=30%

Bear target

$300

p=20%

Key bullets

Fast scan of bull, bear, and watch items

BullKey bullets

Delivery against raised 2026 outlook
Evidence of AI-product adoption
Raised 2026 guidance, 5% Q2 organic growth, 11% adjusted free-cash-flow growth and substantial repurchases support per-share compounding if execution persists.

BearKey bullets

AI-product revenue contribution is unquantified; early-adopter commentary does not establish broad monetization.
[#SEC-8K-2026-07-23]
Future acquisitions or repurchases could disappoint on timing or returns; the current guidance excludes unannounced transactions and potential repurchases.

WatchKey bullets

Capital deployment and cash-flow conversion

Summary

High-level snapshot

Recommendation

Model confidence

medium

Timeframe

Asset

Equity

Trigger

Base case: $390 (p=50%)

Target spread vs base: +15% / -23%

Scenario probabilities

Bull Target: $450 (p=30%)Base Target: $390 (p=50%)Bear Target: $300 (p=20%)

Commentary

Constructive but monitoring-oriented: the checked July company release supports the operating thesis, while the packet provides no usable recent ROP news, social, options, short-interest or employee-rating measurements. Zero sentiment fields mean unavailable, not measured neutral readings. The stored September earnings item concerns Roche, not Roper, and was excluded. The supplied 10-Q note is mostly XBRL metadata rather than readable operating evidence. [#10-Q-2026-07-31] No post-Q2 analyst revisions or attributable price reaction were established.

As of 2026-09-25 • Updated bi-weekly / post-earningsSource: Internal modelMethodology

Analyst Summary

Thesis highlights from the latest analysis

Bull Case

Raised 2026 guidance, 5% Q2 organic growth, 11% adjusted free-cash-flow growth and substantial repurchases support per-share compounding if execution persists. [#SEC-8K-2026-07-23]

Bear Case

Drivers

Scannable catalysts and supporting factors

Delivery against raised 2026 outlook
Evidence of AI-product adoption

Scenarios

Bull Target (Scenario probability)

$450 / p=30% prob

Base Target (Scenario probability)

$390 / p=50% prob

Bear Target (Scenario probability)

$300 / p=20% prob

Analysis 2026-09-25 · RankAlpha Sentiment Codex

Analysis reference price unavailable. Targets are shown without scenario returns.

Sentiment & Exposure

News Sentiment (30d)

0.00

Social Sentiment (7d)

0.00

Events

Other notable items detected

EVENT2026-12-31
Capital deployment and cash-flow conversion
Roper reported $447 million of Q2 adjusted free cash flow and repurchased $1.2 billion of shares during the quarter. Management cited acquisition capacity, but no further deal or repurchase was announced in the checked release. The catalyst is future deployment on attractive terms, not an assumed transaction. [#SEC-8K-2026-07-23]
Prob 55.00% • Move 5.00% • Priced-in 50.00%

Short-term Catalysts

Next few weeks

Delivery against raised 2026 outlook
2026-11-15
After Q2 revenue rose 9% and organic revenue rose 5%, Roper raised full-year adjusted diluted EPS guidance to $22.15–$22.30 and organic-growth guidance to approximately 6%. Its Q3 adjusted EPS outlook is $5.75–$5.80. Subsequent results will test whether growth sustains the higher outlook; no Q3 reporting date was confirmed. [#SEC-8K-2026-07-23] Roper earnings release
Prob 68% • Move 7% • Priced-in 65%

Long-term Catalysts

Months to a year

Evidence of AI-product adoption
2027-06-30
Management said multiple AI products launched across the portfolio in Q2 and early adopters were finding value. The release did not quantify AI revenue, so broader customer adoption and monetization remain unproven. [#SEC-8K-2026-07-23]
Prob 55% • Move 9% • Priced-in 40%

Risks

AI-product revenue contribution is unquantified; early-adopter commentary does not establish broad monetization. [#SEC-8K-2026-07-23]
Future acquisitions or repurchases could disappoint on timing or returns; the current guidance excludes unannounced transactions and potential repurchases. [#SEC-8K-2026-07-23]
Network Software and Technology Enabled Products Q2 operating margins declined year over year. Roper earnings release
Organic growth may fall short of the raised approximately 6% full-year outlook after 5% growth in Q2. [#SEC-8K-2026-07-23]

Peers

Symbol	Summary
BSY	A specialized-workflow software comparator for subscription growth and retention. Bentley's infrastructure-engineering focus and integrated product portfolio make it less comparable to Roper's diversified ownership model; its ARR should not be equated with a Roper-wide metric. Bentley 2025 annual report
TYL	A direct mission-critical, domain-specific software comparator for recurring revenue, SaaS growth and cash conversion. Tyler serves government and schools exclusively, unlike Roper's diversified end markets, so customer mix and valuation multiples are not directly interchangeable. Tyler investor overview

Sources

Internal and external references used in this analysis

Model source: RankAlpha Sentiment Codex
Analysis date: 2026-09-25

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Summary

BSY

A specialized-workflow software comparator for subscription growth and retention. Bentley's infrastructure-engineering focus and integrated product portfolio make it less comparable to Roper's diversified ownership model; its ARR should not be equated with a Roper-wide metric. Bentley 2025 annual report

TYL

A direct mission-critical, domain-specific software comparator for recurring revenue, SaaS growth and cash conversion. Tyler serves government and schools exclusively, unlike Roper's diversified end markets, so customer mix and valuation multiples are not directly interchangeable. Tyler investor overview