BENTLEY SYSTEMS INC financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
BSY on Nasdaq
Location
Exton, PA
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
26 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • BSY - BENTLEY SYSTEMS INC financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 25%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+2.1%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 31 Dec 2025.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2025-12-31) highlights Return On Equity 24.9%, Return On Assets 6.6%, and Operating Margin 20.7%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

72.6/100

Balanced Confidence high

Return On Equity

25%

Metric score 99.5/100

Return On Assets

6.6%

Metric score 58.1/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
0.56x
Quick Ratio
0.48x
Debt to Equity
1.08x

Strengths

Return On Equity, Operating Margin, and Revenues YoY

Watchpoints

No major risk flags from available metrics.

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

25%

YoY: +2.1%

Industry median: 1.8% (n=305)

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Return On Assets

6.6%

YoY: +14%

Industry median: -5.4% (n=303)

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Operating Margin

21%

YoY: +8.1%

Industry median: -8.2% (n=263)

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Current Ratio

0.56x

YoY: +3.4%

Industry median: 1.3x (n=304)

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Quick Ratio

0.48x

YoY:

Industry median: 0.94x (n=234)

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Debt-to-equity

1.08x

YoY:

Industry median: 0.51x (n=238)

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Revenues YoY

11%

YoY:

Industry median: 10% (n=265)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

18%

YoY:

Industry median: 6.9% (n=284)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 25% +2.1%
Return On Assets 6.6% +14%
Operating Margin 21% +8.1%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 0.56x +3.4%
Quick Ratio 0.48x
Debt-to-equity 1.08x

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 11%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 18%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 314,690,707 -0.06%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 333,089,213 -0.2%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $1,501,779,000 +11%
Cost of Revenue $277,530,000 +7.7%
Research and Development Expense $307,576,000 +9.4%
Selling and Marketing Expense $289,543,000 +13%
General and Administrative Expense $217,332,000 +3.3%
Operating Income (Loss) $362,621,000 +20%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $72,977,000 +24%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 0.88 +17%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 0.85 +18%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $123,278,000 +93%
Assets, Current $539,033,000 +22%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $170,368,000 -14%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $31,141,000 -3.6%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $193,018,000 -9.8%
Goodwill $2,482,154,000 +4.9%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $75,502,000 -13%
Assets $3,555,167,000 +4.6%
Accounts Payable, Current $26,952,000 +64%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $173,255,000 +2.2%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $278,244,000 +13%
Liabilities, Current $960,210,000 +18%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Noncurrent $18,410,000 +11%
Accrued Income Taxes, Noncurrent $0 -100%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $4,368,000 -49%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $22,150,000 -18%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $4,794,000 +26%
Liabilities $2,365,675,000 +0.3%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $74,558,000 +28%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $40,258,000 +47%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $1,189,413,000 +14%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $1,189,492,000 +14%
Liabilities and Equity $3,555,167,000 +4.6%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $123,278,000 +93%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $6,411,000 +43%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $184,698,000 -12%
Operating Lease, Liability $35,819,000 -7.1%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $307,381,000 +43%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $40,293,000 -7.9%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $13,669,000 +17%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $8,964,000 -12%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $15,571,000 +15%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.054 +3.8%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $4,474,000 -14%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $5,884,000 -20%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 100,000,000 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $0
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $4,262,000 -17%
Additional Paid in Capital $1,301,205,000 +6.8%
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding 0
Amortization of Intangible Assets $32,768,000 -3.6%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $178,287,000 -14%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $72,576,000 -2.5%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY