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Bentley Systems, Incorporated

Bentley Systems, IncorporatedBSY

Technology · Software - Application
31.86USD
-0.31%
Sep 23, 2026
BSY overview ready
Engineering-Software Enabler Digitizing Grid Infrastructure Design and Asset Management
Bentley is an engineering-software enabler for infrastructure owners and their design and construction partners, including grid-related projects; it monetizes the workflow digitization and asset-management layer rather than supplying electrical equipment or construction labor.
Strong narrative exposure
Exposed to the Electric Grid Capacity Expansion narrative through Grid Engineering Design and Asset Intelligence Software — enabling supplier.
Price trend is broken
Longer-term context reads early recovery, with a near-term setup of failed reclaim.
The tactical setup reads failed reclaim, but the weekly structure is broken.
Fair valuation
The price broadly reflects the level and quality of its cash generation, with upside and risk reasonably balanced.
Solid fundamentals
Free cash flow yield is strong.
Primary risk
Dependence on infrastructure spending cycles.
Market Sep 22Filing Jun 30Price action Sep 22Research Jul 29

Conviction Level

NarrativeHeat9.1ThemeHeat6.3PriceAction3.4Valuation5.2CompanyPosition7.3
Price
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Price Action

Price trend is broken
Longer-term context reads early recovery, with a near-term setup of failed reclaim.
The tactical setup reads failed reclaim, but the weekly structure is broken.
EntryWeak / unconfirmed recovery

The daily chart may be improving, but the weekly fast averages have not been reclaimed — the recovery is not yet confirmed on the higher timeframe.

Key Financials

Market Cap
$9.5B
Avg Volume (60D)
2.7M
60 sessions
Revenue Growth YoY
+11.0%
FY2025 vs FY2024
Gross Margin
+81.8%
Trailing twelve months
Operating Margin
+23.6%
Trailing twelve months
Free Cash Flow Yield
+4.9%
Distance from 200DMA
-8.6%
Next Earnings
2026-11-04
P/E
35.2x
EV / EBITDA
25.1x
EV / Sales
7.0x
Market metrics as of Sep 22, 2026
Financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2026
Filed balance-sheet data as of Jun 30, 2026

Fundamentals & Valuation

Two of the three valuation perspectives say fair; own history is the dissenting view.
Bentley Systems, Incorporated has a Fair valuation stance because the price broadly reflects the level and quality of its cash generation, with upside and risk reasonably balanced.

What changed

  • BENTLEY SYSTEMS INC — 8-K (items 8.01, 9.01)
    Reported on 8-K, dated 2026-09-11.
    2026-09-11 · source

Company Research

Thesis
Bentley is an engineering-software enabler for infrastructure owners and their design and construction partners, including grid-related projects; it monetizes the workflow digitization and asset-management layer rather than supplying electrical equipment or construction labor.
Opportunity
Moderate opportunity
Utility, engineering-contractor, and asset-owner adoption of specialized design, modeling, simulation, digital-delivery, and asset-intelligence software to plan, build, interconnect, operate, and maintain expanding transmission and distribution networks.
Key risk
Dependence on infrastructure spending cycles.

Narrative & Theme

Electric Grid Capacity Expansion
Part of Grid Engineering Design and Asset Intelligence Software, with moderate fit.
BSY is a credible second-order beneficiary of electric-grid expansion because grid investment creates more engineering, design-integration, digital-delivery, inspection, and asset-performance work.
Narrative HeatHot9.1 / 10
Theme HeatNeutral6.3 / 10
This is the company’s own research reading. The canonical heat measurement for this story has not run.

Business & Markets

Technology · Software - Application
What they do

Bentley Systems develops and sells software solutions for infrastructure engineering used globally across multiple regions. It operates through a portfolio of open modeling, simulation, and geoprofessional applications tailored to infrastructure design, construction, and operations.

How it earns

The company primarily generates revenue through software subscriptions and licensing fees.

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Customers & end markets
Infrastructure engineering firms
Construction companies
Government agencies
Utilities
Market position

Bentley Systems is a leader in infrastructure engineering software with a broad and specialized product portfolio.

Demand drivers
Medium cyclicality

Demand is influenced by infrastructure investment cycles and government spending patterns.