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BSY vs. NET, EA, VEEV, RBLX, DDOG, BIDU, WIT, ZS, HUBS, and TTD

Should you be buying Bentley Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bentley Systems include Cloudflare (NET), Electronic Arts (EA), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Roblox (RBLX), Datadog (DDOG), Baidu (BIDU), Wipro (WIT), Zscaler (ZS), HubSpot (HUBS), and Trade Desk (TTD). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Bentley Systems vs.

Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) and Bentley Systems (NASDAQ:BSY) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.

Cloudflare presently has a consensus target price of $135.64, suggesting a potential upside of 26.22%. Bentley Systems has a consensus target price of $55.13, suggesting a potential upside of 37.06%. Given Bentley Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bentley Systems is more favorable than Cloudflare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cloudflare
3 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.37
Bentley Systems
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

In the previous week, Cloudflare had 12 more articles in the media than Bentley Systems. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Cloudflare and 14 mentions for Bentley Systems. Bentley Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Cloudflare's score of 1.00 indicating that Bentley Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cloudflare
18 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bentley Systems
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Bentley Systems has a net margin of 27.73% compared to Cloudflare's net margin of -4.72%. Bentley Systems' return on equity of 29.50% beat Cloudflare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cloudflare-4.72% -5.52% -1.67%
Bentley Systems 27.73%29.50%8.49%

82.7% of Cloudflare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.2% of Bentley Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Cloudflare shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of Bentley Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Cloudflare received 133 more outperform votes than Bentley Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.86% of users gave Bentley Systems an outperform vote while only 49.50% of users gave Cloudflare an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CloudflareOutperform Votes
199
49.50%
Underperform Votes
203
50.50%
Bentley SystemsOutperform Votes
66
62.86%
Underperform Votes
39
37.14%

Cloudflare has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bentley Systems has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Bentley Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cloudflare. Cloudflare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bentley Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cloudflare$1.67B22.21-$78.80M-$0.22-488.46
Bentley Systems$1.35B8.67$326.71M$0.7355.10

Summary

Bentley Systems beats Cloudflare on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BSY vs. The Competition

MetricBentley SystemsPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$11.73B$22.11B$21.70B$7.49B
Dividend Yield0.69%2.10%2.84%4.04%
P/E Ratio36.23102.7139.7318.07
Price / Sales8.6720.121,986.8886.83
Price / Cash43.1086.0634.5934.64
Price / Book13.507.795.723.99
Net Income$326.71M$436.62M$733.91M$247.18M
7 Day Performance-0.35%-3.29%-4.76%-6.42%
1 Month Performance-6.09%-8.23%49,729.96%-7.44%
1 Year Performance-18.40%2.43%52,618.98%-4.31%

Bentley Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BSY
Bentley Systems
4.8919 of 5 stars
$39.09
-2.8%
$55.13
+41.0%
-18.4%$11.41B$1.35B35.265,000News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
NET
Cloudflare
4.512 of 5 stars
$112.77
-1.9%
$135.64
+20.3%
+13.5%$38.91B$1.67B-512.573,220Insider Trade
Gap Down
EA
Electronic Arts
4.1014 of 5 stars
$144.52
+0.2%
$155.65
+7.7%
+9.3%$37.66B$7.35B36.7713,700Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Positive News
VEEV
Veeva Systems
4.4671 of 5 stars
$231.65
-1.1%
$256.52
+10.7%
+2.0%$37.61B$2.75B57.205,480Insider Trade
Positive News
Gap Down
RBLX
Roblox
3.5936 of 5 stars
$58.36
-1.2%
$64.23
+10.0%
+59.8%$36.13B$3.60B-40.252,130Insider Trade
Positive News
Gap Down
DDOG
Datadog
4.8961 of 5 stars
$99.21
-1.9%
$157.22
+58.5%
-22.3%$34.01B$2.68B194.534,800Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
BIDU
Baidu
4.5203 of 5 stars
$92.03
-1.4%
$111.25
+20.9%
-17.1%$32.27B$133.13B10.0445,500Gap Down
WIT
Wipro
1.7616 of 5 stars
$3.06
+0.8%
N/A-48.6%$31.95B$887.93B21.07240,000News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
ZS
Zscaler
3.9088 of 5 stars
$198.42
-4.2%
$232.52
+17.2%
+3.2%$30.70B$2.42B-793.687,348Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
HUBS
HubSpot
4.6893 of 5 stars
$570.58
-2.0%
$848.58
+48.7%
-16.3%$29.76B$2.63B6,340.527,430Insider Trade
Positive News
Gap Down
TTD
Trade Desk
3.6248 of 5 stars
$54.72
-2.0%
$115.41
+110.9%
-43.5%$27.15B$2.44B70.152,770Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:BSY) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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