BENTLEY SYSTEMS INC
BSYAnalytical Summary
BENTLEY SYSTEMS INC shows strong fundamentals with top-quartile Return on Common Equity (%) and Profit Margin (%). The company's metrics support a bullish outlook for growth-oriented investors.
9-Year Financial Trajectory
AnnualBullish Indicators
- Operating Margin (%)Operating Margin (%) is in the top quartile
- Profit Margin (%)Profit Margin (%) is in the top quartile
- Return on Common Equity (%)Return on Common Equity (%) is in the top quartile
Bearish Risks
- No bearish risks detected.
Health Breakdown
Dividend History
Dividend / share · sourced from SEC filingsStatement lens
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| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 10-K ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 10-K ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 10-K ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 10-K ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 10-K ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 10-K ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 10-K ↗ | FY 2018 Dec 31, 2018 10-K ↗ | FY 2017 Dec 31, 2017 10-K ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth YoY (%) |
11.0%
Good
↓
Good
Declining
Year-over-year change in total revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-8%)
|
10.1%
Good
↓
Good
Declining
Year-over-year change in total revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-15%)
|
11.8%
Good
↓
Good
Declining
Year-over-year change in total revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
vs Sector:
At sector avg
|
13.9%
Good
↑
Good
Improving
Year-over-year change in total revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+16%)
|
20.4%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Year-over-year change in total revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+70%)
|
8.8%
Fair
Fair
Year-over-year change in total revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-27%)
|
6.5%
Fair
Fair
Year-over-year change in total revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-46%)
|
— | — |
| EPS Growth YoY (%) |
17.3%
Good
↓
Good
Declining
Year-over-year change in earnings per share
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-28.6%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Year-over-year change in earnings per share
Optimal:
> 10%
|
84.2%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Year-over-year change in earnings per share
Optimal:
> 10%
|
90.0%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Year-over-year change in earnings per share
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-31.8%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Year-over-year change in earnings per share
Optimal:
> 10%
|
22.2%
Good
Good
Year-over-year change in earnings per share
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-28.0%
Weak
Weak
Year-over-year change in earnings per share
Optimal:
> 10%
|
— | — |
| Net Income Growth YoY (%) |
18.3%
Good
↓
Good
Declining
Year-over-year change in net income |
-28.2%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Year-over-year change in net income |
87.0%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Year-over-year change in net income |
87.5%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Year-over-year change in net income |
-26.3%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Year-over-year change in net income |
22.7%
Good
Good
Year-over-year change in net income |
-27.5%
Weak
Weak
Year-over-year change in net income |
— | — |
| FCF Growth YoY (%) |
23.6%
Good
↑
Good
Improving
Year-over-year change in free cash flow |
6.7%
Fair
↓
Fair
Declining
Year-over-year change in free cash flow |
51.6%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Year-over-year change in free cash flow |
-6.5%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Year-over-year change in free cash flow |
6.0%
Fair
↓
Fair
Declining
Year-over-year change in free cash flow |
53.3%
Excellent
Excellent
Year-over-year change in free cash flow |
8.9%
Fair
Fair
Year-over-year change in free cash flow |
— | — |
| Revenue CAGR 3Y (%) |
11.0%
Good
↓
Good
Declining
Compound annual revenue growth over 3 years |
11.9%
Good
↓
Good
Declining
Compound annual revenue growth over 3 years |
15.3%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Compound annual revenue growth over 3 years |
14.3%
Good
Good
Compound annual revenue growth over 3 years |
11.7%
Good
Good
Compound annual revenue growth over 3 years |
— | — | — | — |
| Revenue CAGR 5Y (%) |
13.4%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Compound annual revenue growth over 5 years |
12.9%
Excellent
Excellent
Compound annual revenue growth over 5 years |
12.2%
Excellent
Excellent
Compound annual revenue growth over 5 years |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| EPS CAGR 3Y (%) |
15.6%
Excellent
↓
Excellent
Declining
Compound annual EPS growth over 3 years |
35.7%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Compound annual EPS growth over 3 years |
33.6%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Compound annual EPS growth over 3 years |
16.6%
Excellent
Excellent
Compound annual EPS growth over 3 years |
-15.7%
Weak
Weak
Compound annual EPS growth over 3 years |
— | — | — | — |
| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 10-K ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 10-K ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 10-K ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 10-K ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 10-K ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 10-K ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 10-K ↗ | FY 2018 Dec 31, 2018 10-K ↗ | FY 2017 Dec 31, 2017 10-K ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Margin (%) (%) |
24.1%
Good
↑
Good
Improving
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+21%)
|
22.3%
Good
↑
Good
Improving
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+12%)
|
18.8%
Good
↑
Good
Improving
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-6%)
|
19.0%
Good
↑
Good
Improving
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-5%)
|
9.8%
Caution
↓
Caution
Declining
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-51%)
|
18.7%
Good
→
Good
Stable
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-6%)
|
19.3%
Good
Good
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
At sector avg
|
17.5%
Fair
Fair
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-12%)
|
— |
| Profit Margin (%) (%) |
18.5%
Good
↓
Good
Declining
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+23%)
|
17.4%
Good
→
Good
Stable
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+16%)
|
26.6%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+77%)
|
15.9%
Good
↑
Good
Improving
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+6%)
|
9.7%
Caution
↓
Caution
Declining
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-36%)
|
15.8%
Good
↓
Good
Declining
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+5%)
|
14.0%
Fair
Fair
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-7%)
|
20.5%
Excellent
Excellent
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+37%)
|
— |
| FCF Margin (%) (%) |
34.6%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
31.1%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
31.9%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
23.3%
Excellent
↓
Excellent
Declining
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
28.0%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
30.2%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
21.0%
Excellent
Excellent
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
20.7%
Excellent
Excellent
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
— |
| FCF / Net Income (x) |
1.87x
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
1.79x
Excellent
→
Excellent
Stable
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
1.20x
Fair
↓
Fair
Declining
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
1.46x
Good
↓
Good
Declining
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
2.90x
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
1.91x
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
1.50x
Excellent
Excellent
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
1.01x
Fair
Fair
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
— |
| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 10-K ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 10-K ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 10-K ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 10-K ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 10-K ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 10-K ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 10-K ↗ | FY 2018 Dec 31, 2018 10-K ↗ | FY 2017 Dec 31, 2017 10-K ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on Invested Capital (%) |
11.7%
Good
↑
Good
Improving
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
9.8%
Fair
↑
Fair
Improving
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
7.6%
Fair
↓
Fair
Declining
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
9.3%
Fair
↓
Fair
Declining
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
5.2%
Caution
↓
Caution
Declining
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
20.2%
Excellent
↓
Excellent
Declining
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
19.7%
Excellent
Excellent
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
65.0%
Excellent
Excellent
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
— |
| Return on Capital (%) (%) |
10.2%
Good
↑
Good
Improving
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
8.9%
Fair
↑
Fair
Improving
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
6.9%
Caution
↓
Caution
Declining
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
6.6%
Caution
↓
Caution
Declining
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
3.6%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
13.3%
Good
Good
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
14.3%
Good
Good
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
— | — |
| Return on Common Equity (%) (%) |
23.4%
Excellent
↓
Excellent
Declining
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+26%)
|
22.6%
Excellent
Excellent
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+22%)
|
37.0%
Excellent
Excellent
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+100%)
|
— | — |
37.0%
Excellent
↓
Excellent
Declining
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+100%)
|
30.8%
Excellent
Excellent
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+67%)
|
96.4%
Excellent
Excellent
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+421%)
|
— |
| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 10-K ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 10-K ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 10-K ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 10-K ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 10-K ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 10-K ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 10-K ↗ | FY 2018 Dec 31, 2018 10-K ↗ | FY 2017 Dec 31, 2017 10-K ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt to Equity (x) |
1.05x
Caution
↓
Caution
Declining
Total debt relative to shareholder equity
Optimal:
< 0.6x
vs Sector:
Above avg (+133%)
|
1.33x
Caution
Caution
Total debt relative to shareholder equity
Optimal:
< 0.6x
vs Sector:
Above avg (+196%)
|
1.73x
Weak
Weak
Total debt relative to shareholder equity
Optimal:
< 0.6x
vs Sector:
Above avg (+285%)
|
— | — |
0.72x
Fair
Fair
Total debt relative to shareholder equity
Optimal:
< 0.6x
vs Sector:
Above avg (+60%)
|
0.70x
Fair
Fair
Total debt relative to shareholder equity
Optimal:
< 0.6x
vs Sector:
Above avg (+55%)
|
— | — |
| Interest Coverage (x) |
47.83x
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Operating income divided by interest expense
Optimal:
> 5x
|
17.81x
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Operating income divided by interest expense
Optimal:
> 5x
|
6.59x
Good
↓
Good
Declining
Operating income divided by interest expense
Optimal:
> 5x
|
5.95x
Good
↓
Good
Declining
Operating income divided by interest expense
Optimal:
> 5x
|
8.21x
Good
↓
Good
Declining
Operating income divided by interest expense
Optimal:
> 5x
|
18.98x
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Operating income divided by interest expense
Optimal:
> 5x
|
14.58x
Excellent
Excellent
Operating income divided by interest expense
Optimal:
> 5x
|
12.64x
Excellent
Excellent
Operating income divided by interest expense
Optimal:
> 5x
|
— |
| Net Debt (USD) | $1.13B | $1.32B | $1.46B | $1.71B | $1.11B | $123.99M | $112.65M | — | — |
| Debt / EBITDA (x) |
3.44x
Caution
↓
Caution
Declining
Debt relative to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
Optimal:
< 2x
|
4.59x
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Debt relative to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
Optimal:
< 2x
|
6.63x
Weak
↑
Weak
Improving
Debt relative to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
Optimal:
< 2x
|
6.36x
Weak
↑
Weak
Improving
Debt relative to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
Optimal:
< 2x
|
9.74x
Weak
↑
Weak
Improving
Debt relative to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
Optimal:
< 2x
|
1.32x
Good
Good
Debt relative to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
Optimal:
< 2x
|
1.34x
Good
Good
Debt relative to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
Optimal:
< 2x
|
— | — |
| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 10-K ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 10-K ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 10-K ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 10-K ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 10-K ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 10-K ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 10-K ↗ | FY 2018 Dec 31, 2018 10-K ↗ | FY 2017 Dec 31, 2017 10-K ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working Capital (USD) | $-421.18M | $-372.26M | $-340.81M | $-212.46M | $21.96M | $-125.30M | $-38.85M | — | — |
| LT Debt (USD) | $1.25B | $1.39B | $1.53B | $1.78B | $1.44B | $246.00M | $233.75M | — | — |
| Total Equity (USD) | $1.19B | $1.04B | $883.28M | — | — | $341.60M | $334.62M | $147.43M | $52.17M |
| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 10-K ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 10-K ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 10-K ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 10-K ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 10-K ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 10-K ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 10-K ↗ | FY 2018 Dec 31, 2018 10-K ↗ | FY 2017 Dec 31, 2017 10-K ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales/Revenue/Turnover (USD) | $1.50B | $1.35B | $1.23B | $1.10B | $965.05M | $801.54M | $736.65M | $691.71M | — |
| Depreciation Expense (USD) | — | — | — | $71.54M | $52.79M | $36.12M | $32.16M | $29.20M | — |
| Net Income, GAAP (USD) | $277.86M | $234.79M | $326.79M | $174.78M | $93.19M | $126.52M | $103.10M | $142.11M | — |
| Operating Cash Flow (USD) | $538.46M | $435.29M | $416.70M | $274.32M | $288.02M | $258.34M | $170.77M | $161.47M | — |
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Signals
Key bullish and bearish indicators for BSY
Operating Margin (%) is in the top quartile
Profit Margin (%) is in the top quartile
Return on Common Equity (%) is in the top quartile
No bearish signals detected
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