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Roper Technologies owns businesses that serve specialized markets. Most revenue comes from application software: professional firms, healthcare organizations, schools and other institutions pay its businesses for tools that manage their work and administration. These businesses include Aderant, Clinisys and Deltek, with offerings spanning law-firm management, laboratory information and project-based operations.
Its network software businesses also sell software and services and operate electronic marketplaces, helping customers with tasks such as construction planning and matching freight with transport capacity. Software accounts for most of Roper’s revenue overall, but equipment remains a substantial business, including medical devices, precision measurement systems and water meters with related utility software.
Roper’s revenue is not dominated by a single customer at the group or segment level. Its growth model relies heavily on buying and integrating businesses, as well as improving existing operations. Privacy and data-security rules constrain how its businesses collect, use and share personal information; evolving AI rules may also limit particular features or uses in some jurisdictions.
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Roper’s growth depends on recurring demand for niche software and disciplined acquisitions, making serial software acquirer Constellation Software an important comparison missing from this list.
Tyler Technologies vies with Roper’s Frontline for school districts’ spending on essential administration software, and both portfolios offer public-sector payment solutions. Watch Tyler’s school-district business for signs of demand in Frontline’s customer market.
Autodesk competes with Roper’s Foundry for media-production software spending and with ConstructConnect for construction customers’ collaboration and bidding workflows.
Thomson Reuters competes with Roper’s Aderant for law firms’ spending on software that manages their practices and daily workflows.
SS&C Technologies Inc and Roper both earn money from specialized software used in financial and healthcare organizations’ daily operations. SS&C’s cloud subscriptions and software-enabled outsourced services offer a view of spending on securities accounting, regulatory reporting and healthcare information processes.
Verisk Analytics and Roper both depend on insurance-industry technology spending: Verisk sells insurers analytics and regulatory tools, while Roper’s Vertafore and iPipeline sell distribution, compliance and workflow software. Watch Verisk’s subscription business, primarily serving property and casualty insurers, rather than treating it as a match for all of Roper’s insurance customers.
Badger Meter, Inc. competes directly with Roper’s Neptune to sell utilities water meters, connections and data-management tools. Its Utility Water sales are the clearest line to watch for Neptune’s market, accounting for approximately 89% of Badger Meter’s net sales in 2025.
Flywire Corporation Voting competes with Roper’s Transact/CBORD to help higher-education institutions collect tuition through payment software and processing services. Watch its education payment activity: student tuition bills can generate transaction fees.
Itron Inc competes with Roper’s Neptune for utilities’ spending on water meters, connected infrastructure and meter-data software. Focus on Itron’s water offerings, since its broader business also serves electricity, gas and city infrastructure.
EverCommerce Inc. competes with Roper’s CentralReach to sell therapy and healthcare providers software for practice administration and billing. Watch its EverHealth business and adoption of billing tools alongside day-to-day management software.
Fortive and Roper both sell healthcare workflow technology and software that helps customers manage facilities or asset-intensive operations. Fortive’s clinical productivity software and facility-and-asset management offerings are the relevant areas to watch, rather than its entire instrumentation business.
Roper Technologies, Inc. earningsThis company
Roper Technologies sells specialized software and technology products, and its report will show whether demand in its existing businesses is growing without eroding margins.
Read organic revenue growth alongside operating margin in each segment. Organic growth excludes the effects of acquisitions and foreign exchange. Steady organic growth with steady margins would show that customers across markets such as healthcare, education and legal services are still buying, while Roper controls the cost of serving them. Slower organic growth or falling margins would point to weaker underlying demand or rising costs; acquisition-led growth would not erase that pressure.
Badger Meter, Inc. earningsBMI
Badger Meter’s report will show utility spending on water meters and data tools in the market where Roper’s Neptune competes.
Focus on Badger Meter’s Utility Water sales, not just its total sales; this business accounted for about 89% of its 2025 net sales. Strong sales would show that utilities are still buying meters, connections and data-management tools, supporting the market Neptune serves. Weak sales would suggest softer utility demand and a harder market for Neptune to win orders in.
Itron Inc earningsITRI
Itron’s report will show utility demand for connected water infrastructure, a market shared with Roper’s Neptune.
Look for performance in Itron’s water offerings and keep it separate from its electricity and gas businesses. Strong water demand would show that utilities are still investing in water meters and connected infrastructure, supporting the market Neptune serves. Weak water demand would point to pressure in that market even if Itron’s other businesses grow.
Tyler Technologies, Inc. earningsTYL
Tyler Technologies’ report will show school-district demand for administration software in the market where Roper’s Frontline competes.
Watch Tyler’s school-district software business, distinguishing administration software from public-sector payment solutions. Steady demand would show that schools are still spending on management systems, supporting the customer market for Frontline. Weaker demand would suggest districts are delaying purchases or limiting software budgets.
Flywire Corporation earningsFLYW
Flywire’s report will show higher-education tuition payment activity in the market where Roper’s Transact and CBORD compete.
Focus on payment activity in Flywire’s education business rather than blending in its other payment services. More higher-education payment activity means more tuition bills moving through payment software and more opportunity for transaction fees in the market Transact and CBORD serve. Less activity would mean less payment volume to process.
Thomson Reuters Corporation earningsTRI
Thomson Reuters’ report will show law-firm demand for practice-management software, where Roper’s Aderant competes.
Watch demand for Thomson Reuters’ law-firm practice-management software. Steady demand would show that law firms continue paying for tools to manage daily operations and workflows, supporting the market Aderant serves. Weaker demand would suggest firms are tightening this spending, making it harder for Aderant to win customers.
EverCommerce Inc. earningsEVCM
EverCommerce’s report will show therapy and healthcare providers’ demand for practice-management and billing software in CentralReach’s market.
Focus on adoption of billing tools and day-to-day management software in EverCommerce’s EverHealth business. Growth in both would show providers are moving more work onto software, supporting demand in CentralReach’s customer market. Slower adoption or usage would suggest provider spending or software uptake is weakening.
Verisk Analytics, Inc. earningsVRSK
Verisk’s report will show property-and-casualty insurers’ subscription demand for analytics and regulatory tools, offering a read on the industry Roper’s Vertafore and iPipeline serve.
Watch Verisk’s subscription business serving property-and-casualty insurers; it is not a proxy for all of Roper’s insurance customers. Steady subscriptions would show insurers continue paying for analytics and regulatory tools, supporting the industry market Vertafore and iPipeline serve. Weakness would suggest this part of the insurance customer base is tightening software spending.
Autodesk Inc earningsADSK
Autodesk’s report will show media-production and construction customers’ software demand in markets shared with Roper’s Foundry and ConstructConnect.
Separate media-production software from construction collaboration and bidding workflows. Steady demand in both relevant areas would show that both customer groups continue buying specialized software, supporting the markets Foundry and ConstructConnect serve. Weakness in either area would point to pressure on spending in that corresponding market, not something growth in the other area can offset.
