Ratings Bentley Systems, Incorporated

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BSY

US08265T2087

Market Closed - Nasdaq Other stock markets 04:00:00 2024-05-31 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
50.24 ^USD	-.--%		-5.72%	-3.72%

May. 24	Bentley Systems Maintains Quarterly Dividend at $0.06 Per Share, Payable June 13 to Stockholders of Record June 4	MT
May. 24	Bentley Systems, Incorporated Declares Dividend on Class A and B Shares for the Second Quarter 2024, Payable on June 13, 2024	CI

Summary

The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.

Strengths

The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
Margins returned by the company are among the highest on the stock exchange list. Its core activity clears big profits.
Analysts remain confident with respect to the group's activity and, more often than not, have revised upwards their earnings per share estimates.
Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
The opinion of analysts covering the stock has improved over the past four months.
There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.
The divergence of price targets given by the various analysts who make up the consensus is relatively low, suggesting a consensus method of evaluating the company and its prospects.
Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.

Weaknesses

The company's currently anticipated earnings per share (EPS) growth for the next few years is a notable weakness.
The group shows a rather high level of debt in proportion to its EBITDA.
The company's valuation in terms of earnings multiples is rather high. Indeed, the firm is getting paid 67.89 times its estimated earnings per share for the ongoing year.
The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world.
The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
The company is highly valued given the cash flows generated by its activity.
The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' consensus has been significantly revised downwards.

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