Reviewing LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) & Roper Technologies (NASDAQ:ROP)

Roper Technologies (NASDAQ:ROP) and LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Roper Technologies and LiveRamp, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Roper Technologies	3	9	7	0	2.21
LiveRamp	0	6	2	0	2.25

Roper Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $466.94, suggesting a potential upside of 30.23%. LiveRamp has a consensus target price of $40.21, suggesting a potential upside of 7.20%. Given Roper Technologies’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Roper Technologies is more favorable than LiveRamp.

Risk and Volatility

Roper Technologies has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LiveRamp has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Roper Technologies and LiveRamp’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Roper Technologies	30.24%	11.36%	6.33%
LiveRamp	18.71%	9.77%	7.41%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Roper Technologies and LiveRamp”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Roper Technologies	$7.90 billion	4.49	$1.54 billion	$24.14	14.85
LiveRamp	$832.10 million	2.74	$145.95 million	$2.44	15.38

Roper Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than LiveRamp. Roper Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LiveRamp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of LiveRamp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Roper Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of LiveRamp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Roper Technologies beats LiveRamp on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Roper Technologies

Roper Technologies, Inc. designs and develops software, and technology enabled products and solutions. It operates through three segments: Application Software, Network Software, and Technology Enabled Products. The Application Software segment offers management, campus solutions, diagnostic and laboratory information management, enterprise software and information solutions, transportation management, financial and compliance management, and cloud-based financial analytics and performance management software; cloud-based software to the property and casualty insurance industry; and software, services, and technologies for foodservice operations. The Network Software segment provides cloud-based data, collaboration, and estimating automation software; electronic marketplace; visual effects and 3D content software; cloud-based software for the life insurance and financial services industries; supply chain software; health care service and software; data analytics and information; and pharmacy software solutions. The Technology Enabled Products segment offers ultrasound accessories; dispensers and metering pumps; wireless sensor network and solutions automated surgical scrub and linen dispensing equipment; water meters; optical and electromagnetic measurement systems; RFID card readers; and medical devices. It distributes and sells its products through direct sales, manufacturers’ representatives, resellers, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Roper Industries, Inc. and changed its name to Roper Technologies, Inc. in April 2015. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is based in Sarasota, Florida.

About LiveRamp

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc., a technology company, operates a data collaboration platform in the United States, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates LiveRamp Data Collaboration platform enables an organization to unify customer and prospect data to build a single view of the customer in a way that protects consumer privacy. Its platform supports various people-based marketing solutions, including data collaboration, activation, measurement and analytics, identity, and data marketplace. The company sells its solutions to enterprise marketers, agencies, marketing technology providers, publishers, and data providers in various industry verticals, such as financial, insurance and investment services, retail, automotive, telecommunications, high tech, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, travel, entertainment, and non-profit. The company was formerly known as Acxiom Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. in October 2018. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.