PTC vs ROP vs ADSK Stock Comparison

Ptc, Roper Technologies and Autodesk Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PTC Ptc Inc.
$193.80 +38.0% 1M -5.3% 1Y
Market cap
$22.27B
P/E
18.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.95B
Div. yield
–
Construction Software Technology
5 wins
ROP Roper Technologies Inc
$438.14 +19.6% 1M -8.7% 1Y
Market cap
$44.36B
P/E
17.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.28B
Div. yield
–
ERP Software Technology
3 wins
ADSK Autodesk, Inc.
$252.20 +16.1% 1M -18.6% 1Y
Market cap
$52.42B
P/E
31.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.79B
Div. yield
–
Creative Software Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Ptc leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Ptc 5, Autodesk 3, Roper Technologies 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPTCROPADSKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $22.27B $44.36B $52.42B ADSK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.2x 17.7x 31.9x ROP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 25.4x 19.2x 20.6x ROP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +19.5% +10.9% +17.9% PTC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 41.4% 30.2% 21.1% PTC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 24.2% 6.6% 26.5% ADSK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.3x 3.4x -0.4x ADSK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -5.3% -8.7% -18.6% PTC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.6%/yr -2.1%/yr -4.0%/yr PTC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.6% 31.4% 39.7% ROP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 78/100 56/100 54/100 PTC

Percentile Scorecard

PTCROPADSK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisPTCROPADSK
Valuation 62 #35 of 90 63 #38 of 101 28 #22 of 30
Growth 84 #14 of 82 52 #47 of 97 62 #11 of 27
Profitability 95 #5 of 77 83 #17 of 94 88 #4 of 26
Financial Health 70 #30 of 96 38 #68 of 109 48 #17 of 32
Shareholder Returns 81 #11 of 54 46 #35 of 64 44 #10 of 17
Overall 78 56 54
  • PTC ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software
  • ROP ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • ADSK ranked among 33 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodPTCROPADSKSPY
1 month +38.0%+19.6%+16.1% -1.0%
3 months +63.5%+19.3%+20.2% +2.9%
6 months +41.3%+24.0%+6.2% +6.4%
Year to date +11.2%-1.6%-14.8% +11.4%
1 year -5.3%-8.7%-18.6% +13.1%
3 years +38.8%-9.2%+23.0% +79.4%
3 years, per year +11.5%-3.2%+7.1% +21.5%
5 years +51.3%-10.1%-18.3% +67.7%
5 years, per year +8.6%-2.1%-4.0% +10.9%
10 years +317.8%+154.1%+254.3% +255.2%
10 years, per year +15.4%+9.8%+13.5% +13.5%

Risk

MeasurePTCROPADSKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.6%31.4%39.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.2%33.8%42.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.52-0.070.45 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.11-0.28-0.47 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.1%-46.9%-50.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.4%-8.7%-19.6% -2.5%
52-week high $204.81$479.96$313.53 $779.14
52-week low $112.33$315.53$187.72 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultiplePTCROPADSK
P/E now vs peer median 18.2xmedian 42.7x 17.6xmedian 29.9x 32.3xmedian 32.3x
P/S now vs peer median 7.3xmedian 2.7x 5.2xmedian 2.8x 6.8xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 19.0x 16.7xmedian 17.4x 17.7xmedian 11.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.9xmedian 19.6x 16.5xmedian 16.9x 18.6xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median 6.2xmedian 1.8x 2.3xmedian 3.1x 15.6xmedian 2.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.30median 1.75 -6.48median 0.86 1.33median 0.77

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsPTCROPADSK
Revenue $2.95B $8.28B $7.79B
Gross profit $2.50B $5.76B $7.11B
Operating income $1.12B $2.32B $2.04B
Net income $1.22B $2.50B $1.64B
Free cash flow $935.48M $2.62B $2.84B
R&D $474.33M – $1.72B
EPS (diluted) $10.64 $24.89 $7.78
Cash & equivalents $351.45M $364.90M $4.10B
Total debt $25.10M $40.10B $10.43B
Shares (diluted) 114.98M 100.60M 211.00M
Enterprise value $21.09B $42.99B $40.46B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricPTCROPADSK
P/E 18.2x 17.6x 32.3x
P/FCF 22.9x 16.5x 18.6x
P/Operating cash flow 22.5x 16.2x 18.2x
P/S 7.3x 5.2x 6.8x
P/B 6.2x 2.3x 15.6x
P/Tangible book 7.9x 4.6x 17.8x
EV/EBITDA 17.4x 16.7x 17.7x
EV/EBIT 18.9x 23.4x 25.2x
EV/Revenue 7.2x 6.6x 6.6x
EV/FCF 22.6x 20.7x 18.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 22.1x 20.3x 17.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.30 -6.48 1.33

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPTCROPADSK
Revenue growth (1Y) 19.5% 10.9% 17.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.8% 12.7% 14.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 22.9% 11.9% 18.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.1% 12.6% 14.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 50.4% 10.5% 46.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 32.2% 12.1% 26.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 138.7% 62.7% 57.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 58.6% -4.8% 23.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 150.1% 75.3% 60.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 60.6% -2.7% 24.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 10.9% 10.7% 50.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.8% 34.0% 9.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 10.1% 12.3% 50.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.8% 35.4% 8.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPTCROPADSK
Gross margin 84.5% 69.5% 91.2%
EBITDA margin 41.2% 39.3% 37.3%
Operating margin 37.8% 28.0% 26.2%
Pretax margin 51.8% 35.9% 27.0%
Net margin 41.4% 30.2% 21.1%
FCF margin 31.7% 31.7% 36.4%
Operating cash flow margin 32.3% 32.2% 37.2%
Return on equity 33.4% 13.3% 49.9%
Return on assets 18.8% 7.2% 13.2%
Return on invested capital 24.2% 6.6% 26.5%
Return on capital employed 21.5% 7.4% 35.0%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.2x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x 1.1x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 8.1% 2.3% 9.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPTCROPADSK
Debt / assets 0.4% 32.2% 22.9%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.6x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.3x 3.4x -0.4x
Debt / FCF 0.0x 4.3x 1.0x
Liabilities / assets 46.7% 46.8% 73.9%
Equity / assets 53.3% 53.2% 26.1%
Interest coverage 17.1x 5.9x –
Current ratio 1.0x 0.6x 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.4x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.1x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 5.89 2.72 4.19

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPTCROPADSK
Dividend yield – 0.8% –
Net buyback yield 6.5% 6.2% 2.8%
Shareholder yield 6.5% 7.1% 2.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusPTCROPADSK
Forward P/E 25.4xFY2026 19.2xFY2026 20.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.62FY2026 $22.80FY2026 $12.24FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -4.7%FY2026 +14.0%FY2026 +17.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.9% +12.3% +13.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.85BFY2026 $8.28BFY2026 $8.49BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.0%FY2026 +4.8%FY2026 +17.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -1.4% +16.1% +4.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPTCROPADSK
Held by institutions 97.3% 100.0% 96.0%
Institutions holding 681 1,075 1,195
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.5% +6.7% +6.6%
Institutions buying 340 415 501
Institutions selling 280 522 535
Buyers to sellers 1.21 0.80 0.94

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

PTCROPADSK
PTC 1.00 0.41 0.61
ROP 0.41 1.00 0.60
ADSK 0.61 0.60 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PTC, ROP and ADSK?

Autodesk (ADSK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ptc (PTC) $22.27B, Roper Technologies (ROP) $44.36B, Autodesk (ADSK) $52.42B.

Which stock is cheaper, PTC, ROP and ADSK?

Roper Technologies (ROP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ptc (PTC) 18.2x, Roper Technologies (ROP) 17.7x, Autodesk (ADSK) 31.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Roper Technologies (ROP) is cheapest (Ptc (PTC) 25.4x, Roper Technologies (ROP) 19.2x, Autodesk (ADSK) 20.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ptc (PTC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ptc (PTC) +19.5%, Roper Technologies (ROP) +10.9%, Autodesk (ADSK) +17.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ptc (PTC) has the highest net margin (Ptc (PTC) 41.4%, Roper Technologies (ROP) 30.2%, Autodesk (ADSK) 21.1%). On return on invested capital, Autodesk (ADSK) leads (Ptc (PTC) 24.2%, Roper Technologies (ROP) 6.6%, Autodesk (ADSK) 26.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ptc (PTC) returned the most: Ptc (PTC) -5.3%, Roper Technologies (ROP) -8.7%, Autodesk (ADSK) -18.6%. Over five years, Ptc (PTC) compounded fastest (Ptc (PTC) +8.6%/yr, Roper Technologies (ROP) -2.1%/yr, Autodesk (ADSK) -4.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Roper Technologies (ROP) has been the steadiest (Ptc (PTC) 46.6%, Roper Technologies (ROP) 31.4%, Autodesk (ADSK) 39.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PTC, ROP and ADSK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ptc (PTC) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.