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Bentley Systems, Incorporated

BSY

Technology · 31.04 -3.0% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 09:30 GMT-4

Market read

Bentley Systems, Incorporated's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 23 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 5 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 12.8% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin fell 1.6 percentage points.
Company-3.0% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 23 activeB2B Information Software · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 5 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • Interest expense, net rose materially in Q1 2026 versus prior year, driven by higher weighted average debt and interest rates following January 2026 repayment of the 2026 Notes.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if BSY's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Technology · Software - Application

The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 23 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 5 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 12.8% versus the comparable filing period.
Evidence that challenges
  • Operating margin fell 1.6 percentage points.
What would clarify the read
  • Interest expense, net rose materially in Q1 2026 versus prior year, driven by higher weighted average debt and interest rates following January 2026 repayment of the 2026 Notes.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 11, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods8
Price observations327
Usable filing statements163
Verified relationships4
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +11.0% year over year.
  • Operating margin changed +1.8 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed +1.2 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.94x in the latest annual period.
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
  • Product pipeline and R&D has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
Evidence challenging the case

No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.

Questions before a position
  • EV/sales is 27% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 10, 2026

31.00
6m-19.8%12m-42.1%24m
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$965.0M+20.4%$0.30+5.1%
2022-12-31$1.1B+13.9%$0.55+5.5%
2023-12-31$1.2B+11.8%$1.00+0.2%
2024-12-31$1.4B+10.1%$0.72+0.4%
2025-12-31$1.5B+11.0%$0.85-0.2%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Credit and interest ratesmixed · 5 filings
To compute the numerator of diluted net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders , interest expense, net of tax, attributable to the assumed conversion of the convertible senior notes using the if‑converted method is added back to basic n…
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026
Product pipeline and R&Dpositive · 5 filings
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, on a constant currency basis, research and development expenses increased primarily due to an increase in headcount‑related costs of $5,297 and $11,733, respectively, mainly due to increases in annual and othe…
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026
Supply chain and availabilitymixed · 5 filings
For the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized $ 445,800 and $ 385,379 of license related revenues, respectively, of which $ 427,036 and $ 364,394 , respectively, were attributable to the term license component of the Company’s subscr…
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026
Foreign exchangemixed · 3 filings
For each year of the Performance Period, one‑third of the performance‑based RSUs were subject to a cliff, whereby no vesting of that portion would occur unless the Company’s applicable margin metrics (which, for 2022 was Adjusted EBITDA margin, and for 2023 a…
10-Q · Nov 5, 2025

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 6.9× · EV/sales 7.6×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

31.04-3.0% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 09:30 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for BSY. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment

The latest filing presents a mixed picture

10-Q filed 2026-08-06 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-06.

mixed
OperationsmixedEvidence score 0
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationmixed

Capital and cash conversion

Investment load increased

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Capital spending consumed more revenue while free-cash-flow margin declined.

Capital spending YoY
+85.9%
Capital spending / revenue
+1.6%
Free-cash-flow margin
+30.1%
FCF margin change
-7.1 pts

Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.

What improved

  • Revenue increased 12.8% versus the comparable filing period.

What weakened

  • Operating margin fell 1.6 percentage points.

Filing receipts

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, on a constant currency basis, cost of services expenses decreased primarily due to a decrease in headcount‑related costs of $1,283 and $615, respectively, mainly due to decreases in headcount, and annual and other compensation costs, partially offset by an increase in third‑party personnel costs.

The decrease in net cash flows from the change in operating assets and liabilities period over period was primarily due to timing of collections on our receivables, overall timing of payments for income taxes, and lower accounts payable.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, on a constant currency basis, cost of subscriptions and licenses expenses increased primarily due to an increase in cloud-related costs of $4,206 and $9,889, respectively.

Historical filing backfill generated after the original filing window. It is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind BSY

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

MSFTMicrosoft CorporationsupplierFeb 26, 2026

Our Production and Suppliers Our principal supplier of cloud services is Microsoft, with whom we have entered into a multi-year contract for a committed level of expenditures for Azure.

ADSKAutodesk, Inc.competitorFeb 26, 2026

While we do not believe that any competitor offers a portfolio as comprehensive as ours, we do face strong competition, varying by infrastructure lifecycle phase and sector: • our key competitors in Public Works/Utilities applications include Autodesk, Inc.,…

Depended on by

AORTArtivion, Inc.supplierFeb 18, 2026

12 Table of Contents The E-ventus BX was manufactured by Bentley, who holds a CE Mark for that product and additional marketing approvals in several other countries throughout the world.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

BSY is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group B2B Information Software. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.