AMETEK, Inc. vs ROPER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., two Scientific Instruments stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AME and ROP diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), AME reads +24.8% and ROP reads +4.2%; on dividend yield, AME reads 0.2% and ROP reads 0.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's AME price has a different growth bar priced in than ROP (+24.8% implied for AME vs +4.2% for ROP); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What AME's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What ROP's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AME | ROP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $241.75 | $391.99 |
| Market cap | $55.6B | $39.4B |
| Sector | Scientific Instruments | Scientific Instruments |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +24.8% | +4.2% |
| P/E | 36.5 | 16.2 |
| P/B | 5.09 | 2.11 |
| P/S | 7.31 | 4.76 |
| EV/EBITDA | 23.9 | 21.7 |
| Revenue growth | +9.5% | +10.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 69.7% |
| Operating margin | 26.7% | 27.7% |
| Net margin | 20.1% | 30.2% |
| Return on equity | 14.0% | 13.4% |
| Return on assets | 9.4% | 7.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.2% | 6.9% |
| FCF yield | 3.1% | 6.8% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 0.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.20 | 0.61 |
| Current ratio | 1.14 | 0.55 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.68 | 2.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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