Bentley Systems, Incorporated (NASDAQ:BSY – Get Free Report) Director Keith A. Bentley sold 1,152 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $46.33, for a total transaction of $53,372.16. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 16,703,876 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $773,890,575.08. This represents a 0.01 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website.
Bentley Systems Trading Down 2.1 %
BSY opened at $45.58 on Thursday. Bentley Systems, Incorporated has a 1-year low of $43.82 and a 1-year high of $57.19. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $47.56 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $48.64. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.25 billion, a PE ratio of 41.06, a PEG ratio of 3.48 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a current ratio of 0.52, a quick ratio of 0.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.37.
Bentley Systems (NASDAQ:BSY – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 7th. The company reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.24. The firm had revenue of $335.17 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $340.36 million. Bentley Systems had a net margin of 27.73% and a return on equity of 29.50%. Bentley Systems’s revenue was up 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.18 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Bentley Systems, Incorporated will post 0.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a $62.00 price objective on shares of Bentley Systems in a report on Friday, November 8th. Piper Sandler decreased their price target on Bentley Systems from $65.00 to $57.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. assumed coverage on shares of Bentley Systems in a research report on Monday, December 9th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $52.00 target price for the company. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $57.29.
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Institutional Trading of Bentley Systems
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Point72 Hong Kong Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Bentley Systems during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $30,000. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division raised its position in shares of Bentley Systems by 57.1% during the 3rd quarter. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division now owns 759 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,000 after acquiring an additional 276 shares during the last quarter. Tobam acquired a new position in shares of Bentley Systems in the 4th quarter valued at $55,000. Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt boosted its position in shares of Bentley Systems by 500.0% in the 3rd quarter. Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt now owns 1,200 shares of the company’s stock worth $61,000 after purchasing an additional 1,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. grew its stake in shares of Bentley Systems by 71.8% during the third quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 2,105 shares of the company’s stock worth $107,000 after purchasing an additional 880 shares during the period. 44.16% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Bentley Systems Company Profile
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, provides infrastructure engineering software solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company offers open modeling engineering applications, such as MicroStation, OpenBridge, OpenBuildings, OpenCities, OpenComms, OpenFlows, OpenPlant, OpenRail, OpenRoads, OpenSite, OpenTower, OpenTunnel, OpenUtilities, and OpenWindowPower; and open simulation engineering applications, including ADINA, AutoPIPE, CUBE, DYNAMEQ, EMME, LEGION, Power Line Systems, RAM, SACS, SPIDA, and STAAD; and geoprofessional applications for modeling and simulation of near and deep subsurface conditions, including AGS, Central, GeoStudio, Imago, Leapfrog, MX Deposit, Oasis montaj, OpenGround, and PLAXIS.
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