ROP vs WDAY vs FIS Stock Comparison

Roper Technologies, Workday and Fidelity National Information Services Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ROP Roper Technologies Inc
$449.65 +28.7% 1M +0.8% 1Y
Market cap
$46.54B
P/E
18.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.43B
Div. yield
–
ERP Software Technology
3 wins
WDAY Workday, Inc.
$195.46 +3.3% 1M -15.5% 1Y
Market cap
$48.31B
P/E
38.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.96B
Div. yield
–
ERP Software Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Workday leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Workday 4, Fidelity National Information Services 4, Roper Technologies 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionROPWDAYFISLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $46.54B $48.31B $19.49B WDAY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.0x 38.4x 5.8x FIS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.6x 17.1x 5.9x FIS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.2% +11.2% +18.3% FIS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 12.6% 27.6% FIS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 9.8% 3.9% WDAY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.3x 4.9x WDAY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.04% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +0.8% -15.5% -39.4% ROP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -1.6%/yr -7.6%/yr -19.6%/yr ROP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.2% 53.6% 34.2% ROP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 44/100 70/100 69/100 WDAY

Percentile Scorecard

ROPWDAYFIS

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

AxisROPWDAYFIS
Valuation 59 #42 of 101 51 #50 of 101 97 #4 of 101
Growth 43 #56 of 97 93 #8 of 97 84 #16 of 97
Profitability 45 #52 of 93 82 #18 of 93 66 #32 of 93
Financial Health 48 #57 of 108 55 #49 of 108 21 #86 of 108
Shareholder Returns 24 #48 of 63 – 74 #17 of 63
Overall 44 70 69
  • ROP ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • WDAY ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • FIS ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodROPWDAYFISSPY
1 month +28.7%+3.3%+11.8% +0.7%
3 months +15.5%+23.6%-19.0% +3.7%
6 months +26.7%+59.7%-19.9% +7.1%
Year to date +1.0%-9.0%-43.9% +12.8%
1 year +0.8%-15.5%-39.4% +11.9%
3 years -7.3%-5.7%-23.0% +85.2%
3 years, per year -2.5%-1.9%-8.3% +22.8%
5 years -7.8%-32.6%-66.3% +67.6%
5 years, per year -1.6%-7.6%-19.6% +10.9%
10 years +167.8%+126.8%-49.9% +262.0%
10 years, per year +10.4%+8.5%-6.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureROPWDAYFISSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.2%53.6%34.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.7%50.5%36.7% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.050.250.26 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.02-0.29-1.15 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.9%-63.4%-73.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.2%-18.5%-44.8% -1.2%
52-week high $455.20$239.92$67.54 $779.14
52-week low $315.53$112.50$32.43 $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.

MultipleROPWDAYFIS
P/E now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 28.0x 38.1xmedian 28.0x 5.7xmedian 28.0x
P/S now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 2.8x 4.7xmedian 2.8x 1.6xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 16.9x 28.8xmedian 16.9x 9.5xmedian 16.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.2xmedian 15.9x —median 15.9x 6.8xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 3.2x 7.3xmedian 3.2x 1.2xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median -9.82median 0.89 0.28median 0.89 0.19median 0.89

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 monthsROPWDAYFIS
Revenue $8.43B $9.96B $12.20B
Gross profit $5.88B $7.53B $4.39B
Operating income $2.37B $994.00M $1.92B
Net income $2.59B $1.26B $3.38B
Free cash flow – – $2.82B
R&D – $2.76B –
EPS (diluted) $25.75 $5.10 $6.52
Cash & equivalents $311.00M $661.00M $744.00M
Total debt – $2.99B $21.17B
Shares (diluted) 100.60M 246.31M 517.00M
Enterprise value $46.54B $24.43B $16.82B

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
MetricROPWDAYFIS
P/E 17.4x 38.1x 5.7x
P/FCF 13.2x – 6.8x
P/Operating cash flow 17.0x – 6.5x
P/S 5.3x 4.7x 1.6x
P/B 2.3x 7.3x 1.2x
P/Tangible book 4.6x 8.1x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA – 28.8x 9.5x
EV/EBIT – 47.0x 20.7x
EV/Revenue 5.3x 4.7x 3.3x
EV/FCF – – 14.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.0x – 13.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -9.82 0.28 0.19

Growth

14 metrics
MetricROPWDAYFIS
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.2% 11.2% 18.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.1% 14.0% 7.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 10.4% 11.1% 15.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 12.0% 14.8% 7.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 8.9% 88.6% 10.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.8% 129.1% 10.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 65.0% 115.6% 2,836%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -4.0% 131.0% 28.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 77.8% 136.5% 2,957%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -1.8% 135.7% 29.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 3.8% – 31.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 20.8% – 85.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 32.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 100.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricROPWDAYFIS
Gross margin – 75.5% 35.9%
EBITDA margin – 16.3% 34.3%
Operating margin – 10.0% 15.7%
Pretax margin – 12.4% 11.1%
Net margin – 12.6% 27.6%
FCF margin – – 23.1%
Operating cash flow margin 31.1% – 24.4%
Return on equity – 17.6% 21.1%
Return on assets – 7.4% 7.7%
Return on invested capital – 9.8% 3.9%
Return on capital employed – 9.6% 5.6%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.6x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x – 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 2.4% – 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricROPWDAYFIS
Debt / assets – 18.8% 48.0%
Debt / equity – 0.5x 1.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.3x 4.9x
Debt / FCF – – 7.5x
Liabilities / assets 44.2% 59.3% 63.6%
Equity / assets 55.8% 40.7% 36.4%
Interest coverage – – 3.2x
Current ratio 0.4x 0.9x 0.5x
Quick ratio – 0.9x 0.4x
Cash ratio – 0.5x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 3.83 0.05

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricROPWDAYFIS
Dividend yield 0.8% – 4.6%
Net buyback yield – – 3.7%
Shareholder yield 0.8% – 8.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 25.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 31.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 6.3%
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.

ConsensusROPWDAYFIS
Forward P/E 19.6xFY2026 17.1xFY2026 5.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $22.94FY2026 $11.45FY2026 $6.37FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +14.7%FY2026 +24.1%FY2026 +10.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.3% +22.8% +6.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.28BFY2026 $11.18BFY2026 $12.98BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.8%FY2026 +17.1%FY2026 +21.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.4% +8.4% +4.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersROPWDAYFIS
Held by institutions 100.0% 98.1% 98.7%
Institutions holding 1,076 911 857
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.7% +5.3% +3.5%
Institutions buying 415 488 415
Institutions selling 523 323 332
Buyers to sellers 0.79 1.51 1.25

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.

ROPWDAYFIS
ROP 1.00 0.52 0.62
WDAY 0.52 1.00 0.57
FIS 0.62 0.57 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ROP, WDAY and FIS?

Workday (WDAY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Roper Technologies (ROP) $46.54B, Workday (WDAY) $48.31B, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) $19.49B.

Which stock is cheaper, ROP, WDAY and FIS?

Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Roper Technologies (ROP) 18.0x, Workday (WDAY) 38.4x, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) 5.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) is cheapest (Roper Technologies (ROP) 19.6x, Workday (WDAY) 17.1x, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) 5.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Roper Technologies (ROP) +9.2%, Workday (WDAY) +11.2%, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) +18.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) has the highest net margin (Workday (WDAY) 12.6%, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) 27.6%). On return on invested capital, Workday (WDAY) leads (Workday (WDAY) 9.8%, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) 3.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Roper Technologies (ROP) returned the most: Roper Technologies (ROP) +0.8%, Workday (WDAY) -15.5%, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) -39.4%. Over five years, Roper Technologies (ROP) compounded fastest (Roper Technologies (ROP) -1.6%/yr, Workday (WDAY) -7.6%/yr, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) -19.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Roper Technologies (ROP) 0.00%, Workday (WDAY) 0.00%, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) 0.04%. Roper Technologies (ROP) and Workday (WDAY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Roper Technologies (ROP) has been the steadiest (Roper Technologies (ROP) 31.2%, Workday (WDAY) 53.6%, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) 34.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 4. 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.