This Downturn Will Stress-Test Roper's Differentiated Business Model

I’d been getting more comfortable with Roper Technologies’ (ROP) valuation recently, and the shares have held up extremely well so far this year, as the company’s strong recurrent revenue model is likely to see the company pass through this downturn with far less disruption than its industrial peer group. The question remains whether industrials are really a valid peer base anymore, but I don’t expect that to constrain the stock’s popularity.

My model assumes significant ongoing M&A, and there is now increased timing uncertainty on that, but I see little to disrupt the basic model. With an ongoing focus on niche-type businesses with barriers to entry, low maintenance capex needs, and low overall asset needs, I expect Roper to continue generating excellent free cash flow margins and free cash flow growth, even though the shares do otherwise look expensive on its organic growth numbers.

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This Downturn Will Stress-Test Roper's Differentiated Business Model