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ROP
LargeRevenue $8.4B TTM4-quarter TTM
Close · Oct 26, 2026441.65P/E 17.5 · EV $43.6B
EV / revenue5.2×EV / gross profit 7.4×
Rule of 4040growth +9% + FCF +31%
−46% below 5y medianEV / revenue vs. its own five years
Board median EV / revenue12.0×five-year median 11.8× · +1%
Median Rule of 405320 of 24 above the line
Median revenue growth18%a year ago 15% · accelerating
Median SBC / revenue11%FCF margin 30% → 16% ex-SBC
Lights on0 of 3prices Oct 26, 2026 · TTM through Sep 30, 2026

Against the line

growth + FCF margin, in points
line 40score 40
growth 9 ptFCF margin 31 pt

Growth +9% plus FCF margin +31% is 40 points, 0 below the line at 40. Counting the stock as an expense: 37 points.

Where it has traded

quarter-end EV / revenue · 20 quarters · Dec 31, 2021 → Sep 30, 2026
3×6×8×11×13×2021202220232024202520262021-12-31 · 11.9× (close 491.86 · TTM revenue 5.05B)2022-03-31 · 11.0× (close 472.23 · TTM revenue 4.96B)2022-06-30 · 9.2× (close 394.65 · TTM revenue 5.08B)2022-09-30 · 8.3× (close 359.64 · TTM revenue 5.20B)2022-12-31 · 9.7× (close 432.09 · TTM revenue 5.37B)2023-03-31 · 9.5× (close 440.69 · TTM revenue 5.56B)2023-06-30 · 9.8× (close 480.80 · TTM revenue 5.78B)2023-09-30 · 9.8× (close 484.28 · TTM revenue 6.00B)2023-12-31 · 10.5× (close 545.17 · TTM revenue 6.18B)2024-03-31 · 10.6× (close 560.84 · TTM revenue 6.39B)2024-06-30 · 10.3× (close 563.66 · TTM revenue 6.57B)2024-09-30 · 10.1× (close 556.44 · TTM revenue 6.78B)2024-12-31 · 9.0× (close 519.85 · TTM revenue 7.04B)2025-03-31 · 9.8× (close 589.58 · TTM revenue 7.24B)2025-06-30 · 9.4× (close 566.84 · TTM revenue 7.47B)2025-09-30 · 8.2× (close 498.69 · TTM revenue 7.72B)2025-12-31 · 7.2× (close 445.13 · TTM revenue 7.90B)2026-03-31 · 5.8× (close 353.86 · TTM revenue 8.12B)2026-06-30 · 5.5× (close 338.39 · TTM revenue 8.28B)2026-09-30 · 4.1× (close 349.41 · TTM revenue 8.43B)p75 10×med 10×p25 8×now 5.2×
Five-year median 9.6×, middle half 8.3–10.1×, range 4.1–11.9×. Now 5.2×: −46% below its own median, higher than 5% of those quarters.Each quarter at its own close, shares and balance sheet · the band is the 25th–75th percentile

What the cash flow really is

TTM through Sep 30, 2026 · $B
02468Revenue: 8.4 $B8.4RevenueCost of revenue: −2.6 $B−2.6Cost ofrevenueGross profit: 5.9 $B5.9GrossprofitR&D: 0.0 $B0.0R&DSales & G&A: −3.5 $B−3.5Sales &G&AOperating income: 2.4 $B2.4OperatingincomeAdd back SBC: 0.2 $B0.2Add backSBCD&A & working cap.: 0.1 $B0.1D&A &working cap.Operating cash flow: 2.6 $B2.6Operatingcash flowCapex: −0.0 $B−0.0CapexFCF: 2.6 $B2.6FCFLess SBC: −0.2 $B−0.2LessSBCFCF ex-SBC: 2.4 $B2.4FCFex-SBC
FCF 2.58B − SBC 0.20B = 2.37B ex-SBC · operating income 2.37B is the GAAP figure after SBC

Against its scale group

ROP (blue) vs. the other Large companies on the board (14), grey
Revenue growth+9% vs. +28%
Gross margin70% vs. 76%
FCF margin+31% vs. +33%
SBC / revenue2% vs. 15%
Rule of 4040 vs. 61
EV / revenue5.2× vs. 21.5×

Group averages are the plain mean of the other companies in the same scale group with a usable window.

Quarter by quarter

8 quarters · Dec 31, 2024 → Sep 30, 2026 · a gap is a dropped quarter
Revenue, $B2.17
Growth YoY, quarter+8%
FCF margin, quarter+37%
SBC / revenue, quarter3%