ROP vs BRSL vs WDAY Stock Comparison

Roper Technologies, Brightstar Lottery and Workday Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ROP Roper Technologies Inc
$441.65 +23.2% 1M -7.8% 1Y
Market cap
$43.63B
P/E
16.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.43B
Div. yield
–
ERP Software Technology
3 wins
WDAY Workday, Inc.
$208.50 +10.1% 1M -14.1% 1Y
Market cap
$50.34B
P/E
40.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.96B
Div. yield
–
ERP Software Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

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

QuestionROPBRSLWDAYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $43.63B $1.87B $50.34B WDAY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.8x 7.5x 40.0x BRSL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.3x 17.0x 18.2x BRSL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.2% +0.7% +11.2% WDAY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 10.0% 12.6% WDAY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 14.1% 9.8% BRSL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.4x -0.3x WDAY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -7.8% -42.7% -14.1% ROP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -1.7%/yr -20.4%/yr -5.9%/yr ROP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.3% 32.7% 53.6% ROP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 41/100 71/100 WDAY

Percentile Scorecard

ROPBRSLWDAY

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

AxisROPBRSLWDAY
Valuation 61 #40 of 102 60 #41 of 102 53 #49 of 102
Growth 45 #54 of 98 24 #75 of 98 94 #7 of 98
Profitability 45 #53 of 95 60 #39 of 95 83 #17 of 95
Financial Health 48 #57 of 109 29 #78 of 109 56 #49 of 109
Shareholder Returns 24 #49 of 64 35 #42 of 64 –
Overall 45 41 71
  • ROP ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications
  • BRSL ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications
  • WDAY ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodROPBRSLWDAYSPY
1 month +23.2%-4.4%+10.1% -0.8%
3 months +17.8%-9.2%+41.3% +3.5%
6 months +25.3%-26.0%+76.9% +7.0%
Year to date -0.8%-38.6%-2.9% +12.2%
1 year -7.8%-42.7%-14.1% +13.0%
3 years -7.1%-64.7%+1.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year -2.4%-29.4%+0.4% +23.1%
5 years -8.2%-68.1%-26.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year -1.7%-20.4%-5.9% +11.0%
10 years +160.2%-66.5%+140.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year +10.0%-10.4%+9.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureROPBRSLWDAYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.3%32.7%53.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.7%34.3%50.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.040.840.24 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.25-1.31-0.26 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.9%-72.7%-63.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.8%-44.1%-13.1% -1.8%
52-week high $463.73$17.00$239.92 $779.14
52-week low $315.53$9.22$112.50 $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.

MultipleROPBRSLWDAY
P/E now vs peer median 17.1xmedian 28.8x 7.6xmedian 28.8x 40.7xmedian 28.8x
P/S now vs peer median 5.2xmedian 2.8x 0.7xmedian 2.8x 5.0xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.7x 3.5xmedian 17.7x 30.8xmedian 17.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.2xmedian 15.8x -1.2xmedian 15.8x 14.8xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 3.2x 0.9xmedian 3.2x 7.8xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median -9.65median 0.85 -0.81median 0.85 0.30median 0.85

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 monthsROPBRSLWDAY
Revenue $8.43B $2.47B $9.96B
Gross profit $5.88B $1.32B $7.53B
Operating income $2.37B $1.07B $994.00M
Net income $2.59B $366.00M $1.26B
Free cash flow – -$1.47B –
R&D – $52.00M $2.76B
EPS (diluted) $25.75 $1.26 $5.10
Cash & equivalents $311.00M $558.00M $661.00M
Total debt – $19.09B $2.99B
Shares (diluted) 100.60M 197.00M 246.31M
Enterprise value $43.63B -$2.98B $26.47B

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
MetricROPBRSLWDAY
P/E 17.1x 7.6x 40.7x
P/FCF 13.2x -1.2x 14.8x
P/Operating cash flow 16.7x -1.0x –
P/S 5.2x 0.7x 5.0x
P/B 2.3x 0.9x 7.8x
P/Tangible book 4.5x 0.9x 8.6x
EV/EBITDA – 3.5x 30.8x
EV/EBIT – 5.2x 50.2x
EV/Revenue 5.2x 2.3x 5.0x
EV/FCF – -3.8x –
EV/Operating cash flow 16.7x -3.0x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -9.65 -0.81 0.30

Growth

14 metrics
MetricROPBRSLWDAY
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.2% 0.7% 11.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.1% 9.1% 14.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 10.4% -4.0% 11.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 12.0% 151.4% 14.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 8.9% 88.2% 88.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.8% -2.1% 129.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 65.0% 8.9% 115.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -4.0% -4.5% 131.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 77.8% 33.1% 136.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -1.8% -9.4% 135.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 3.8% -265.1% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 20.8% -60.6% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -207.8% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -58.7% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricROPBRSLWDAY
Gross margin – 53.5% 75.5%
EBITDA margin – 65.3% 16.3%
Operating margin – 43.2% 10.0%
Pretax margin – 24.4% 12.4%
Net margin – 10.0% 12.6%
FCF margin – -59.6% –
Operating cash flow margin 31.1% -74.7% –
Return on equity – 17.7% 17.6%
Return on assets – 4.2% 7.4%
Return on invested capital – 14.1% 9.8%
Return on capital employed – 14.2% 9.6%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.3x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x -5.0x –
Stock comp / revenue 2.4% 0.7% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricROPBRSLWDAY
Debt / assets – 54.2% 18.8%
Debt / equity – 2.2x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.4x -0.3x
Debt / FCF – -3.0x –
Liabilities / assets 44.2% 74.9% 59.3%
Equity / assets 55.8% 25.1% 40.7%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 0.4x 1.1x 0.9x
Quick ratio – 0.5x 0.9x
Cash ratio – 0.5x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – 0.86 4.03

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricROPBRSLWDAY
Dividend yield 0.8% 9.6% –
Net buyback yield – -17.7% –
Shareholder yield 0.8% -8.2% –
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.

ConsensusROPBRSLWDAY
Forward P/E 19.3xFY2026 17.0xFY2026 18.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $22.94FY2026 $0.56FY2026 $11.45FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +14.7%FY2026 -38.5%FY2026 +24.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.3% +28.6% +22.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.28BFY2026 $2.56BFY2026 $11.18BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.8%FY2026 +2.1%FY2026 +17.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.4% -2.1% +8.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersROPBRSLWDAY
Held by institutions 100.0% 44.1% 98.1%
Institutions holding 1,075 200 910
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.7% +3.8% +5.3%
Institutions buying 415 97 487
Institutions selling 522 58 323
Buyers to sellers 0.80 1.67 1.51

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.

ROPBRSLWDAY
ROP 1.00 0.29 0.53
BRSL 0.29 1.00 0.29
WDAY 0.53 0.29 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ROP, BRSL and WDAY?

Workday (WDAY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Roper Technologies (ROP) $43.63B, Brightstar Lottery (BRSL) $1.87B, Workday (WDAY) $50.34B.

Which stock is cheaper, ROP, BRSL and WDAY?

Brightstar Lottery (BRSL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Roper Technologies (ROP) 16.8x, Brightstar Lottery (BRSL) 7.5x, Workday (WDAY) 40.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Brightstar Lottery (BRSL) is cheapest (Roper Technologies (ROP) 19.3x, Brightstar Lottery (BRSL) 17.0x, Workday (WDAY) 18.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Workday (WDAY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Roper Technologies (ROP) +9.2%, Brightstar Lottery (BRSL) +0.7%, Workday (WDAY) +11.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Workday (WDAY) has the highest net margin (Brightstar Lottery (BRSL) 10.0%, Workday (WDAY) 12.6%). On return on invested capital, Brightstar Lottery (BRSL) leads (Brightstar Lottery (BRSL) 14.1%, Workday (WDAY) 9.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Roper Technologies (ROP) returned the most: Roper Technologies (ROP) -7.8%, Brightstar Lottery (BRSL) -42.7%, Workday (WDAY) -14.1%. Over five years, Roper Technologies (ROP) compounded fastest (Roper Technologies (ROP) -1.7%/yr, Brightstar Lottery (BRSL) -20.4%/yr, Workday (WDAY) -5.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Roper Technologies (ROP) has been the steadiest (Roper Technologies (ROP) 31.3%, Brightstar Lottery (BRSL) 32.7%, Workday (WDAY) 53.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ROP, BRSL and WDAY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Workday (WDAY) 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.