“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 ↗
Bentley Systems, Incorporated
BSY
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.
- Revenue increased 12.8% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin fell 1.6 percentage points.
- 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.
Research brief
The story so far
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.
- Revenue increased 12.8% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin fell 1.6 percentage points.
- 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
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- 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.
No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.
- EV/sales is 27% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
31.00Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“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 ↗
“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 ↗
“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.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
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.
Capital and cash conversion
Investment load increased
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.