Roper Technologies Inc [ROP] short interest surges, jumping by 1.51 million million shares

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Roper Technologies Inc shares valued at $550 were purchased by WRIGHT CHRISTOPHER on Jul 25 ’25. At $1.56 per share, WRIGHT CHRISTOPHER acquired 352 shares.

Also, Stipancich John K sold 1,500 shares, netting a total of over 846,255 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $564.17 each, the insider now holds 38,932 shares.

Before that, WALLMAN RICHARD F had sold 352 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $195,800, the Director traded Roper Technologies Inc shares for $556.25 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 352 shares, worth approximately $11.29 million.

As published in their initiating research note from William Blair on May 05, 2025, Roper Technologies Inc [ROP] has been an Outperform. Analysts at Stifel started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late March. As of January 28, 2025, TD Cowen has increased its “Hold” rating to a “Buy” for ROP.

Analyzing ROP Stock Performance

On last trading session, Roper Technologies Inc [NASDAQ: ROP] plunged -0.35% to $550.4. The stock’s lowest price that day was $549.0, but it reached a high of $556.23 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.78%. Over the course of the year, Roper Technologies Inc shares have jumped approximately 0.86%.

Support And Resistance Levels for Roper Technologies Inc (ROP)

RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 43.63 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Roper Technologies Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Roper Technologies Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.12 million shares to 1.51 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 1.38 million shares. A jump of 8.29% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.47 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.47.

Which companies own the most shares of Roper Technologies Inc (ROP)?

In terms of Roper Technologies Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 647.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 17.23% from the previous closing price of $552.34. Analysts anticipate Roper Technologies Inc stock to reach 685 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 600. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Roper Technologies Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On December 05, 2024, Barclays assigned a price target of “an Underweight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $569.

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