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BSY Bentley Systems, Incorporated

Technology

40.90 Close 10/30
Since 2024-12-02 -17.1%
Open
39.95
High
40.95
Low
39.44
Prev close
39.66
Volume
4.3M
Amplitude
3.81%
P/E
45.4
P/B
10.6
Revenue YoY (TTM)
+12.8%
52W 28.08 50.87

Is Bentley Systems, Incorporated a buy? Fundamentals and valuation first

As of 2026-10-30

Quality: Strong, Growth: Good, Momentum: Good, Risk / liquidity: Good; Valuation: Pricey.

Valuation Pricey Free-cash-flow yield is Good, but Price / book is Expensive.
TTM P/E 45.44 81th percentile Expensive
Price / book 10.61 93th percentile Expensive
Free-cash-flow yield (%) 3.91 62th percentile Good
US Stock Backtest in Python: Price-to-Book Ratio StrategyQuality Factor Investing: A US Quality Value Backtest
Quality Strong FCF margin, TTM is Top; Operating margin, TTM is Good.
ROE, TTM (%) 24.12 85th percentile Top
Operating margin, TTM (%) 23.59 76th percentile Good
FCF margin, TTM (%) 31.12 86th percentile Top
Quality Factor Investing: A US Quality Value Backtest
Growth Good All 2 indicators are Good.
Revenue growth, TTM YoY (%) 12.85 66th percentile Good
Diluted EPS growth, TTM YoY (%) 13.92 63th percentile Good
Momentum Good 60-day return is Top, but 240-day return is Average.
60-day return (%) 15.92 90th percentile Top
240-day return (%) -4.53 46th percentile Average
Momentum Trading Strategy: A 12-1 Momentum Backtest
Risk / liquidity Good 20-day dollar volume is Top; 60-day annualized volatility is Good.
20-day dollar volume 91,024,537 86th percentile Top
60-day annualized volatility (%) 37.7 43th percentile Good
Factor Investing Explained: 10 Classic Factors in US Stocks

Bentley Systems, Incorporated (BSY) today

1 quant signals active · As of 2026-10-30

Win rate and excess are historical post-trigger stats vs the market. Click a signal for its full definition and samples; history does not predict future results.

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Bentley Systems, Incorporated (BSY) quant signal backtests

Signals active now

Each active condition is tested against this stock’s own history and benchmarked versus the S&P 500.

Filed revenue acceleration

Active · now 12.85%

TTM revenue growth is at least 10% and improved versus the prior filed quarter; event date is the SEC filing date.

12 historical occurrences (since 2021-08-10)

Average forward return after Filed revenue acceleration

20-day: Win 58.3%, Sample 12, Median +1.28%, Excess -1.4%, Beat mkt rate 50%

60-day: Win 58.3%, Sample 12, Median +5.68%, Excess -3.41%, Beat mkt rate 50%

120-day: Win 45.5%, Sample 11, Median -0.2%, Excess -9.77%, Beat mkt rate 36.4%

120 days after: historical avg -3.8%

20-day +0.9%
60-day +0.04%
120-day -3.8%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
58.3%
58.3%
45.5%
Sample
12
12
11
Median
+1.28%
+5.68%
-0.2%
Excess
-1.4%
-3.41%
-9.77%
Beat mkt rate
50%
50%
36.4%

Over 11 occurrences, 120-day forward avg declined 3.8%, lagged the market by 9.77 pts; win rate 45.5%.

Valuation regime and forward returns

Daily TTM P/E is converted into an expanding own-history percentile, then grouped into five valuation regimes. Forward returns use adjusted prices over the next 240 trading days.

PE percentile bandSample days240-day avg returnMedianWin rateAvg excess (vs index)
0-20 244-5.2% -6.9% 41% -18.1%
20-40 You are here252-22.8% -23.4% 1.6% -44.4%
40-60 0Insufficient data
60-80 0Insufficient data
80-100 0Insufficient data

Quarterly EPS is aligned by SEC filing date before it is forward-filled to daily prices. The expanding percentile uses only information available up to each day.

Current TTM P/E is about 45.44, placing it in the 22.1 own-history percentile, inside the 20-40 bucket.

More history: Valuation × momentum analogs, Market-wide momentum baseline, Signals not active now

Valuation × momentum analogs

Each historical day is grouped by own-history P/E tercile and 60-day momentum direction, then tested for the next 120-trading-day adjusted return.

Valuation
Momentum
Cheap (own-history bottom third)
Middle
Expensive (own-history top third)
60-day momentum up
Now
-9.2%
Win rate 20.6% Excess -18%
228d
-31.1%
Win rate 3.1% Excess -39.7%
32d
Insufficient data
(0d)
60-day momentum down
-1.4%
Win rate 40.8% Excess -10.5%
353d
Insufficient data
(1d)
Insufficient data
(0d)

Currently in “Cheap (own-history bottom third) × 60-day momentum up”: across 228 historical days, 120-day forward avg declined 9.2%, win rate 20.6%, lagged the market by 18%.

Days = trading days in this bucket; returns use adjusted prices, ex-costs. 60-day momentum: direction of this stock's price over the past 60 trading days.

Market-wide momentum baseline

Across 99,493 liquid US common-stock samples, top-quintile 6-month momentum was followed by an average 60-trading-day return of +6.42%, a 58.4% positive-return rate, and +3.08 percentage points of average excess return versus the S&P 500.

Baseline: weekly samples since 2016 where a liquid US common stock ranked in the top quintile by 126-trading-day momentum. Forward return is 60 trading days; excess return is versus S&P 500 (^GSPC).

Signals not active now

Inactive signals still show the stock-specific historical forward-return distribution for context.

52-week adjusted-price high

Pending

Adjusted close first reaches a 252-trading-day high; repeated hits within 20 days count once.

Top-quintile 6-month momentum

Pending

The stock ranks in the top 20% of the liquid US common-stock universe by 126-day adjusted return.

Momentum Trading Strategy: A 12-1 Momentum Backtest

10 times historically; 60-day forward avg +10.81%, win rate 80%, beating the market by +4.26 pts on average.

EPS surprise beat

Pending

Reported EPS beat consensus estimate by at least 5%; event date is the earnings-surprise timestamp.

PEAD: Post-Earnings Announcement Drift Backtest

19 times historically; 60-day forward avg +4.73%, win rate 57.9%, beating the market by +0.56 pts on average.

Method and limits

  • Returns use us_price:adj_close, adjusted for splits and dividends where available.
  • Excess returns use world_index:^GSPC as the S&P 500 benchmark proxy.
  • Quarterly fundamentals are aligned to SEC filing dates before daily valuation studies.
  • The promoted universe starts from active NYSE/NASDAQ common stocks, then applies price and dollar-volume gates.
  • Snapshot-only tables such as analyst consensus, DCF, us_ratios, and us_key_metrics are intentionally excluded from historical evidence.
  • Overlapping event windows are descriptive distributions, not independent samples.

This page is for historical data analysis and education only. It is not investment advice. Backtests and historical return distributions do not predict future performance; evaluate risk independently before trading.