Roper Technologies, Inc. Stock-Based Comp increased by 39.9% to $52.60M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 35.6%, from $38.80M to $52.60M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Stock-Based Comp shows an upward trend with a 7.8% CAGR.
An increase may signal a strategy to preserve cash or align employee interests with shareholders, but it also results in share dilution.
Stock-based compensation is a non-cash expense where employees and executives are rewarded with equity or stock options...
High-growth technology firms often have higher stock-based compensation as a percentage of revenue compared to mature industrial firms.
stock_based_compensation| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $29.90M | $32.00M | $29.50M | $33.00M | $28.20M | $29.60M | $27.70M | $29.60M | $33.90M | $35.70M | $24.30M | $33.60M | $39.70M | $39.60M | $33.00M | $38.80M | $43.90M | $46.00M | $37.60M | $52.60M |
| QoQ Change | — | +7.0% | -7.8% | +11.9% | -14.5% | +5.0% | -6.4% | +6.9% | +14.5% | +5.3% | -31.9% | +38.3% | +18.2% | -0.3% | -16.7% | +17.6% | +13.1% | +4.8% | -18.3% | +39.9% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -5.7% | -7.5% | -6.1% | -10.3% | +20.2% | +20.6% | -12.3% | +13.5% | +17.1% | +10.9% | +35.8% | +15.5% | +10.6% | +16.2% | +13.9% | +35.6% |