ROP vs SAP vs NTWK Stock Comparison

Roper Technologies, Sap Se and Netsol Technologies Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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
SAP Sap Se
$238.21 +13.1% 1M -14.5% 1Y
Market cap
$278.03B
P/E
29.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$44.55B
Div. yield
–
ERP Software Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

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

QuestionROPSAPNTWKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $44.36B $278.03B $90.85M SAP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.7x 29.9x 31.5x ROP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.2x 28.0x 11.9x NTWK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.9% +14.2% — SAP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 30.2% 20.8% — ROP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.6% 35.9% — SAP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.4x -0.5x — SAP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -8.7% -14.5% +76.6% NTWK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -2.1%/yr +10.9%/yr +11.1%/yr NTWK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.4% 39.5% 57.6% ROP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 63/100 — SAP

Percentile Scorecard

ROPSAPNTWK

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

AxisROPSAPNTWK
Valuation 63 #38 of 101 51 #50 of 101 91 #10 of 101
Growth 52 #47 of 97 71 #29 of 97 –
Profitability 83 #17 of 94 91 #9 of 94 –
Financial Health 38 #68 of 109 77 #26 of 109 85 #17 of 109
Shareholder Returns 46 #35 of 64 27 #47 of 64 –
Overall 56 63 –
  • ROP ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • SAP ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • NTWK ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodROPSAPNTWKSPY
1 month +19.6%+13.1%+76.2% -1.0%
3 months +19.3%+48.8%+80.7% +2.9%
6 months +24.0%+35.9%+121.4% +6.4%
Year to date -1.6%-1.9%+159.4% +11.4%
1 year -8.7%-14.5%+76.6% +13.1%
3 years -9.2%+78.2%+324.9% +79.4%
3 years, per year -3.2%+21.3%+62.0% +21.5%
5 years -10.1%+68.0%+69.0% +67.7%
5 years, per year -2.1%+10.9%+11.1% +10.9%
10 years +154.1%+168.2%+22.8% +255.2%
10 years, per year +9.8%+10.4%+2.1% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureROPSAPNTWKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.4%39.5%57.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.8%40.8%60.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.070.620.49 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.28-0.371.33 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.9%-53.2%-69.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.7%-14.5%0.0% -2.5%
52-week high $479.96$278.53$7.86 $779.14
52-week low $315.53$146.09$2.80 $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.

MultipleROPSAPNTWK
P/E now vs peer median 17.6xmedian 29.9x 29.9xmedian 29.9x 31.5xmedian 29.9x
P/S now vs peer median 5.2xmedian 2.8x 6.6xmedian 2.8x 1.2xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.7xmedian 17.4x 12.2xmedian 17.4x —median 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 16.5xmedian 16.9x 28.7xmedian 16.9x 10.2xmedian 16.9x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 3.1x 5.7xmedian 3.1x 1.9xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median -6.48median 0.86 1.63median 0.86 —median 0.86

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 monthsROPSAPNTWK
Revenue $8.28B $44.55B –
Gross profit $5.76B $32.56B –
Operating income $2.32B $21.60B –
Net income $2.50B $9.26B –
Free cash flow $2.62B $10.18B –
R&D – $8.03B –
EPS (diluted) $24.89 $7.90 –
Cash & equivalents $364.90M $12.01B $27.12M
Total debt $40.10B $18.08B $34.17M
Shares (diluted) 100.60M 1.18B 11.83M
Enterprise value $42.99B $205.81B $5.55M

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
MetricROPSAPNTWK
P/E 17.6x 29.9x 31.5x
P/FCF 16.5x 28.7x 10.2x
P/Operating cash flow 16.2x 26.5x –
P/S 5.2x 6.6x 1.2x
P/B 2.3x 5.7x 1.9x
P/Tangible book 4.6x 6.0x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA 16.7x 12.2x –
EV/EBIT 23.4x 13.0x –
EV/Revenue 6.6x 6.3x –
EV/FCF 20.7x 27.6x –
EV/Operating cash flow 20.3x 25.5x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -6.48 1.63 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricROPSAPNTWK
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.9% 14.2% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.7% 11.7% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.9% 13.5% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 12.6% 12.2% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.5% 31.9% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.1% 53.5% –
Net income growth (1Y) 62.7% 29.0% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -4.8% 17.5% –
EPS growth (1Y) 75.3% 31.2% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) -2.7% 18.4% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 10.7% 41.4% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.0% 19.6% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 12.3% 46.2% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 35.4% 22.1% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricROPSAPNTWK
Gross margin 69.5% 73.1% –
EBITDA margin 39.3% 51.8% –
Operating margin 28.0% 48.5% –
Pretax margin 35.9% 29.5% –
Net margin 30.2% 20.8% –
FCF margin 31.7% 22.9% –
Operating cash flow margin 32.2% 24.8% –
Return on equity 13.3% 18.2% –
Return on assets 7.2% 11.1% –
Return on invested capital 6.6% 35.9% –
Return on capital employed 7.4% 34.4% –
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.5x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.2x –
Stock comp / revenue 2.3% 3.9% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricROPSAPNTWK
Debt / assets 32.2% 11.3% 10.8%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.2x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.4x -0.5x –
Debt / FCF 4.3x 1.0x –
Liabilities / assets 46.8% 40.2% 36.3%
Equity / assets 53.2% 59.8% 63.7%
Interest coverage 5.9x 8.0x –
Current ratio 0.6x 1.1x 2.1x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.9x 1.9x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.9x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 2.72 7.35 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricROPSAPNTWK
Dividend yield 0.8% 1.2% –
Net buyback yield 6.2% 0.4% –
Shareholder yield 7.1% 1.6% –
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.

ConsensusROPSAPNTWK
Forward P/E 19.2xFY2026 28.0xFY2026 11.9xFY2023
EPS, next fiscal year $22.80FY2026 $8.52FY2026 $0.66FY2023
EPS growth, next FY +14.0%FY2026 +16.1%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +12.3% +4.9% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.28BFY2026 $42.86BFY2026 $67.72MFY2023
Revenue growth, next FY +4.8%FY2026 -2.4%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +16.1% +14.3% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersROPSAPNTWK
Held by institutions 100.0% 7.2% 17.2%
Institutions holding 1,075 814 26
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.7% -3.0% -11.9%
Institutions buying 415 456 11
Institutions selling 522 243 8
Buyers to sellers 0.80 1.88 1.38

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.

ROPSAPNTWK
ROP 1.00 0.47 0.03
SAP 0.47 1.00 0.05
NTWK 0.03 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ROP, SAP and NTWK?

Sap Se (SAP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Roper Technologies (ROP) $44.36B, Sap Se (SAP) $278.03B, Netsol Technologies (NTWK) $90.85M.

Which stock is cheaper, ROP, SAP and NTWK?

Roper Technologies (ROP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Roper Technologies (ROP) 17.7x, Sap Se (SAP) 29.9x, Netsol Technologies (NTWK) 31.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Netsol Technologies (NTWK) is cheapest (Roper Technologies (ROP) 19.2x, Sap Se (SAP) 28.0x, Netsol Technologies (NTWK) 11.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Sap Se (SAP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Roper Technologies (ROP) +10.9%, Sap Se (SAP) +14.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Roper Technologies (ROP) has the highest net margin (Roper Technologies (ROP) 30.2%, Sap Se (SAP) 20.8%). On return on invested capital, Sap Se (SAP) leads (Roper Technologies (ROP) 6.6%, Sap Se (SAP) 35.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Netsol Technologies (NTWK) returned the most: Roper Technologies (ROP) -8.7%, Sap Se (SAP) -14.5%, Netsol Technologies (NTWK) +76.6%. Over five years, Netsol Technologies (NTWK) compounded fastest (Roper Technologies (ROP) -2.1%/yr, Sap Se (SAP) +10.9%/yr, Netsol Technologies (NTWK) +11.1%/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) 31.4%, Sap Se (SAP) 39.5%, Netsol Technologies (NTWK) 57.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ROP, SAP and NTWK?

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