Views of Wall Street’s Leading Experts on Bentley Systems Inc

With 0.9 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.42 million shares. During the session, the Software – Application company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $54.98 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $53.96. The 52-week range on BSY shows that it touched its highest point at $55.37 and its lowest point at $40.92 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $59.80. With its current market cap of 16.05 billion, BSY has annualized dividend of $0.21 while the current yield stands at 0.39%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.06.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of BSY was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.92%, but this was up by 4.67% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 7.40% while six-month performance rose 10.41%. The stock gained 30.47% in the past year, while it has gained 3.47% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BSY yields 1.00 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.14. For the next quarter, that number is 0.26. This implies an EPS growth rate of 6.04% for this year and 18.06% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 0.80% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 13.02%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 284.73 million BSY shares are outstanding with a float of 123.93 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-04-15, short shares totaled 9.46 million, which was 315.0 higher than short shares on 1710460800. In addition to Mr. Gregory S. Bentley as the firm’s CEO, President & Chairman of the Board, Mr. Barry Joe Bentley Ph.D. serves as its Co-Founder & Director.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.41867 of BSY’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2023-12-31, BSY reported revenue of $310641000.0 and operating income of $37773000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $51891000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for BSY since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.

Dividends & Yield:

In terms of dividends, BSY has a current ratio of $0.24, which is $0.24 over the trailing 12-months, while a dividend of $– is likely to be paid on average over the next five years. Dividend yield is another indicator that appeals to many investors, and BSY currently yields $0.39. In the past year, BSY’s dividend yield has been $0.39, but when looking at the stock over the past five years, its yield has been $–. Accordingly, BSY has a current buyback yield of $0.36. This was $0.36 for the TTM, and it was $– for the past five years.