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Roper Technologies’ ROP first-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings of $5.16 per share surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.97. The bottom line increased 8% on a year-over-year basis.

Roper’s net revenues of $2.10 billion beat the consensus estimate of $2.05 billion. The top line increased 11% year over year. Organic revenues grew 6%, driven by solid momentum in the Application Software segment. Acquisitions boosted sales by 5%.

Roper’s Segmental Performance in Q1

The company reports under three segments, namely Application Software, Network Software and Technology Enabled Products.

Application Software’s revenues totaled $1.19 billion, representing 56.9% of the quarter’s top line. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the segment’s revenues was pegged at $1.17 billion. The segment’s revenues increased 11.5% on a year-over-year basis. Organic revenues increased 5%. Acquisitions boosted sales by 6%. Solid momentum in the company’s Aderant, Vertafore and CentralReach businesses augmented the segment’s performance.

Network Software & Systems generated revenues of $427.6 million, accounting for 20.4% of the quarterly top line. The metric came in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Segmental revenues grew 13.8% year over year. Organic revenues increased 5%. Acquisitions boosted sales by 8%. Strong momentum in the ConstructConnect and DAT businesses supported the segment’s performance. Also, recovery in the Foundry business augmented the results.

The Technology Enabled Products segment generated revenues of $476.2 million, accounting for 22.7% of the quarter’s top line. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the segment’s revenues was pegged at $457 million. Sales were up 8.5% year over year. Organic revenues grew 7%. Acquisitions boosted sales by 1%. The strong performance of the Verathon and NDI businesses drove the segment’s top-line performance.

Roper Technologies, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

ROP’s Margin Profile

Roper’s cost of sales increased 8.9% year over year to $641.5 million. Gross profit increased 12.4% to about $1.45 billion, while the gross margin increased to 69.4% from 68.7% in the year-ago quarter.

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 15.1% year over year to $884.2 million. Adjusted EBITDA was $797 million, reflecting year-over-year growth of 8%. The margin decreased 120 basis points to 38.1%. Interest expenses (net) increased 57.9% year over year to $99.3 million.

Balance Sheet & Cash Flow of Roper

Exiting the first quarter of 2026, Roper had cash and cash equivalents of $382.9 million compared with $372.8 million at the end of December 2025. Long-term debt (net of current portion) was $9.75 billion compared with $8.60 billion at the end of 2025.

Roper generated net cash of $592.1 million from operating activities in the first three months of 2026, reflecting an increase of 11.9% from the year-ago level. Capital expenditure totaled $14.3 million compared with $9.5 million in the year-ago period.

In the same period, ROP rewarded its shareholders with a dividend payment of $97.4 million, up 9.9% year over year.

Roper’s Outlook

For 2026, Roper expects adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations to be in the range of $21.80-$22.05 compared with $21.30-$21.55 projected earlier. Total revenues are expected to increase approximately 8%. Organic revenues are anticipated to increase 5-6% from the year-ago number.

For the second quarter of 2026, Roper anticipates adjusted earnings to be in the band of $5.25-$5.30 per share.

ROP’s Zacks Rank

The company currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Some better-ranked stocks are discussed below:

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