BSY Stock — Bentley Systems Inc.

Bentley Systems Inc. (BSY)

Updated October 16, 2026.

BSY is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.79%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.79%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 65/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 8.6% over the past 6.1 years, 147.9 points behind SPY at 156.5%.

Bentley Systems provides infrastructure engineering software solutions, including modeling and simulation applications for civil, structural, and geotechnical engineering, as well as cloud-based platforms for digital infrastructure asset management. The company distributes a modest quarterly dividend. This stock may appeal to investors seeking exposure to the infrastructure software sector with a modest income component.

BSY performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 8.6% over the past 6.1 years, 147.9 points behind SPY at 156.5%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -29.1%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 45.3%.

BSY key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

65 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.51%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

09/23/2020

Distribution rate

0.79%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.79%

5-year average yield

0.41

Last close

$35.37 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$10,277,735,442

Average volume

1661411.0

Dividend

$0.07

Ex-dividend date

09/22/2026

Payment date

09/29/2026

Beta

0.997

Payout ratio

25.4%

P/E ratio

38.87

Forward P/E

19.9601

EPS

$0.91

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.79%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.79%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

BSY risks and drawbacks

BSY's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 45.3%.

Who may consider BSY — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (BSY pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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