As of today (2024-05-03), Bentley Systems's share price is $51.72.
Bentley Systems's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.18. Hence, Bentley Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 43.83.
The historical rank and industry rank for Bentley Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
BSY'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 33.32 Med: 49.48 Max: 83.19
Current: 44.38
During the past 6 years, Bentley Systems's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 83.19. The lowest was 33.32. And the median was 49.48.
BSY's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 73.2% of 1459
companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 22.91
vs BSY: 44.38
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Bentley Systems was 52.80% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 13.40% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 14.50% per year.
During the past 6 years, Bentley Systems's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 16.60% per year. The lowest was 9.30% per year. And the median was 13.40% per year.
Bentley Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Bentley Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Bentley Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Software - Application subindustry, Bentley Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Bentley Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Bentley Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Bentley Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Bentley Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
Bentley Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
Bentley Systems's Share Price of today is $51.72. Bentley Systems's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.18.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Bentley Systems (NAS:BSY) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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Bentley Systems (Bentley Systems) Business Description
Bentley Systems is a software vendor that caters to engineers, architects, constructors, and geospatial professionals by enabling design, modeling, simulation and project, and data management of infrastructure assets. The firm delivers solutions via the cloud, desktop, and hybrid environments. While Bentley is relatively small in comparison with peers like Autodesk, it shines in core specialty areas, like bridge or rail design, as opposed to being more broad-based in its applications. As of fiscal 2022, approximately 58% of revenue is derived from outside the U.S. (with 28% of revenue coming from EMEA and 18% coming from APAC as of fiscal 2022). Bentley's largest end market is the public works and utilities sector, which represents approximately two thirds of revenue.
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