Bentley Systems Inc (NASDAQ: BSY) is 17.89% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $36.51 and a high of $56.80 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The BSY stock was last observed hovering at around $56.68 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.33%.
Currently trading at $56.35, the stock is 6.32% and 13.87% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.69 million and changing -0.58% at the moment leaves the stock 19.68% off its SMA200. BSY registered 20.66% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 21.39%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $49.4855 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $47.085075.
The stock witnessed a 17.49% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 33.69%, and is 1.82% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.90% over the week and 2.02% over the month.
Bentley Systems Inc (BSY) has around 5500 employees, a market worth around $17.10B and $1.39B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 71.64 and Fwd P/E is 42.39. Profit margin for the company is 18.46%. Distance from 52-week low is 54.34% and -0.79% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.80%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 9.70% this year.
Bentley Systems Inc (BSY) Top Institutional Holders
642.0 institutions hold shares in Bentley Systems Inc (BSY), with institutional investors hold 79.40% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 291.37M, and float is at 126.11M with Short Float at 5.11%. Institutions hold 43.22% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 17.99 million shares valued at $887.86 million. The investor’s holdings represent 5.7107% of the BSY Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 15.94 million shares valued at $786.75 million to account for 5.0603 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC which holds 15.78 million shares representing 5.0094% and valued at over $778.83 million, while PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDING SA holds 1.6585 of the shares totaling 5.22 million with a market value of $257.85 million.
Bentley Systems Inc (BSY) Insider Activity
Bentley Systems Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jul 07 ’25 that Bentley Keith A. (Director) sold a total of 150,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jul 07 ’25 and was made at $55.54 per share for $8.33 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 3.86 million shares of the BSY stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jul 03 ’25, Shaman David R. (Chief Legal Officer) disposed off 19,156 shares at an average price of $54.98 for $1.05 million. The insider now directly holds 670,558 shares of Bentley Systems Inc (BSY).
