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Number of brokers recommending as: Strong Buy 4 Moderate Buy 3 Hold 1 Moderate Sell 0 Strong Sell 0	Average Recommendation (Strong Buy) 1.00 - 5.00 (Strong Sell) This Week 1.63 Last Week 2.00 Change 0.4 Covering Brokers	Earnings Per Share Last Quarter (Jul 1999) 0.41 Surprise 2.50 % Consensus Estimates This Quarter (Oct 99) 0.47 This Year (Oct 99) 1.53 Next Year 1.90
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Earnings Estimates & Recommendations

	This Quarter (Oct 99)	Next Quarter (Jan 00)	This Year (Oct 99)	Next Year (Oct 00)		Number of brokers recommending as: Months Ago 0 1 2 3 Strong Buy Moderate Buy Hold Moderate Sell Strong Sell Mean* 4 3 1 0 0 1.63 2 3 2 0 0 2.00 2 4 2 0 0 2.00 3 5 1 0 0 1.78 * (strong buy) 1.00 - 5.00 (strong sell) Industry: INSTRU-CONTROL Ranked 3 of 15 Earnings Date (Approx.): 08-Dec-99
Earnings Estimates Avg Estimate # of Analysts Low Estimate High Estimate Year Ago EPS EPS Growth	0.47 8 0.45 0.49 0.35 33.93 %	0.36 4 0.35 0.37 0.26 37.50 %	1.53 8 1.51 1.55 1.35 13.33 %	1.90 7 1.82 2.00 1.53 23.90 %
Consensus EPS Trend Current 7 Days Ago 30 Days Ago 60 Days Ago 90 Days Ago	0.47 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.47	0.36 0.36 0.36 0.36 0.35	1.53 1.53 1.53 1.53 1.54	1.90 1.88 1.88 1.87 1.84

Earnings Growth

	Last 5 Years	This Year (Oct 99)	Next Year (Oct 00)	Next 5 Years	Price/Earn (Oct 99)	PEG Ratio (Oct 99)
Roper Industries Inc INSTRU-CONTROL S&P 500	n/a 16.3 % 10.3 %	n/a 6.1 % 11.3 %	n/a 19.9 % 10.1 %	17.9 % 15.0 % 7.5 %	21.4 14.5 27.4	n/a 2.38 2.42

Earnings History

	Jul 1998	Oct 1998	Jan 1999	Apr 1999	Jul 1999
Estimate Actual Difference % Surprise	0.33 0.33 0.00 0.00 %	0.33 0.35 0.02 6.06 %	0.27 0.26 -0.01 -3.70 %	n/a n/a n/a n/a	0.40 0.41 0.01 2.50 %

Research Abstracts - Roper Industries Inc

NYSE:ROP

9-Sep-1999 - Roper Industries, Inc. - Robinson-Humphrey Co., Inc. (The) on 9-Sep-99 - Zacks 9-Sep-1999 - Roper Industries, Inc. - Robinson-Humphrey Co., Inc. (The) on 9-Sep-99 - Zacks 7-Jul-1999 - Roper Industries, Inc. - Robinson-Humphrey Co., Inc. (The) on 7-Jul-99 - Zacks 25-Jun-1999 - Roper Industries, Inc. - Janney Montgomery Scott on 25-Jun-99 - Zacks 9-Jun-1999 - Roper Industries, Inc. - Janney Montgomery Scott on 9-Jun-99 - Zacks 26-Feb-1999 - Roper Industries, Inc. - Janney Montgomery Scott on 26-Feb-99 - Zacks 17-Feb-1999 - Roper Industries, Inc. - Janney Montgomery Scott on 17-Feb-99 - Zacks 15-Dec-1998 - Roper Industries, Inc. - Janney Montgomery Scott on 15-Dec-98 - Zacks 6-Aug-1998 - Roper Industries, Inc. - Janney Montgomery Scott on 6-Aug-98 - Zacks 3-Aug-1998 - Roper Industries, Inc. - Robinson-Humphrey Co., Inc. (The) on 3-Aug-98 - Zacks 19-May-1998 - Roper Industries, Inc. - Parker/Hunter Inc. on 19-May-98 - Zacks 22-Apr-1998 - Roper Industries, Inc. - Janney Montgomery Scott on 22-Apr-98 - Zacks 22-Aug-1997 - Roper Industries, Inc. - Salomon Smith Barney on 22-Aug-97 - Zacks

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