ROP Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own ROP shares is 1728, representing 97.55% of the company's common stock.

SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in ROP by -0.97% restricting it's holding to 376.49 thousand shares of worth nearly $211.15M. MIROVA US LLC also lessened -1.76% of the ROP shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 686.15 thousand shares of worth $384.82M. CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM also shunned ROP shares holding by -3.17% last quarter which brought its holding to 621.91 thousand shares worth $348.79M.

As per its latest 13F filing, CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC increased its stake in ROP by 2.61% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 618.06 thousand shares having worth more than $346.63M. BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ also added 17.26% more shares of ROP to its portfolio, raising its holding to 589.02 thousand shares of worth $330.34M. PROSHARE ADVISORS LLC also increased its ROP shares holding by 1.31% which brought its holding to 446.74 thousand shares worth $250.55M.

The insider with the most stakes in ROP is HUNN LAURENCE NEIL , President and CEO at the company. Additionally, ROP stock is highly held by Executive VP, GC & Secretary Stipancich John K and director WRIGHT CHRISTOPHER among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.39% percent of Roper Technologies, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 9 transaction(s) in which ROP insiders have sold stock, totaling 17.72K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include CONLEY JASON, STIPANCICH JOHN K, and WALLMAN RICHARD F.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Roper Technologies, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 254.74K Roper Technologies, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.39% of ROP stock.

ROP President and CEO, HUNN LAURENCE NEIL holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. ROP shares owned by HUNN total nearly 87.31 thousand.

SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC is the largest institutional owner in ROP which holds 376.49 thousand shares worth $211.15M or 0.35% of the total ROP shares outstanding followed by MIROVA US LLC with ownership of 686.15 thousand shares representing 0.64% of the ROP ownership. CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM is the third largest stakeholder with 621.91 thousand shares or 0.58% of the ownership worth more than $348.79M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the ROP is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of ROP shares short is 1.23M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 107.23M shares of ROP are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, ROP has 106.70M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for ROP is 1.81.