BENTLEY SYS INC BSY
COM CL B · Common Stock · CUSIP 08265T208 · ISIN US08265T2087
Software company for CAD-Design
- SectorTechnology
- IndustryServices-Prepackaged Software
- HeadquartersExton, PA
- Founded1984
- Websitebentley.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($25.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $39.33. Options: 6 managers hold calls ($10.3m notional), 3 hold puts ($1.3m).
Trends to Q1 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 288 |
| Q4 2022 | 313 |
| Q1 2023 | 319 |
| Q2 2023 | 348 |
| Q3 2023 | 343 |
| Q4 2023 | 382 |
| Q1 2024 | 381 |
| Q2 2024 | 421 |
| Q3 2024 | 415 |
| Q4 2024 | 436 |
| Q1 2025 | 437 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 222 | 114 |
| Q3 2023 | 182 | 160 |
| Q4 2023 | 206 | 147 |
| Q1 2024 | 190 | 187 |
| Q2 2024 | 236 | 171 |
| Q3 2024 | 209 | 205 |
| Q4 2024 | 172 | 227 |
| Q1 2025 | 216 | 220 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | $19.7m | $3.0m | 0.15 |
| Q3 2024 | $26.4m | $1.5m | 0.06 |
| Q4 2024 | $28.1m | $569.7k | 0.02 |
| Q1 2025 | $10.3m | $1.3m | 0.13 |
Biggest buyers
| BESSEMER GROUP INC | Added | +1.9m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.1m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +898.1k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +863.0k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +729.0k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +508.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +420.6k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | New | +405.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +400.8k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | New | +380.9k |
Biggest sellers
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Reduced | -2.7m |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | Reduced | -1.7m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -828.1k |
| Capital Research Global Investors | Sold out | -681.4k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB | Reduced | -572.0k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC | Reduced | -548.8k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP | Sold out | -460.3k |
| Woodline Partners LP | Sold out | -435.3k |
| MIZUHO MARKETS AMERICAS LLC | Reduced | -269.9k |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -235.2k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $3.8m97.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $2.2m54.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $2.0m50.3k shares |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | First filing | $1.6m400 shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $798.0k20.3k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | First filing | $1.2m315 shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $62.9k1.6k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BENTLEY RICHARD P. 13G · exempt (held before listing) filed 2025-02-05 | 62.8% |
| Bentley Corinne Patricia 13G · exempt (held before listing) -2.8 pts · filed 2026-05-15 | 13.2% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution -1.2 pts · filed 2026-07-27 | 5.4% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26), KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC (4.4%, 2026-02-13)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 4 | $13.5m | $6.3m |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $18.4m | $18.4m |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $16.0m | $16.0m |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $35.2m | $35.2m |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $16.9m | $16.9m |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $40.1m | $40.1m |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $14.7m | $14.7m |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $5.8m | $5.8m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-12 | BENTLEY GREGORY S Executive Chair & President, director | Sold plan | $2.2m54.0k shares |
| 2025-03-03 | Ballard Brock Chief Revenue Officer | Sold plan | $332.4k7.7k shares |
| 2025-01-24 | Bentley Keith A. Director | Sold plan | $53.4k1.2k shares |
| 2025-01-02 | Bentley Keith A. Director | Sold plan | $3.2m69.6k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 18.0m $708.1m | Added +898.1k |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 1.56% of their portfolio | 16.2m $636.0m | Added +160.5k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.9m $546.2m | Added +24.1k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.17% of their portfolio | 3.9m $153.2m | Reduced -1.7m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.3m $131.0m | Reduced -26.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.1m $120.7m | Added +116.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.4m $95.6m | Added +1.3k |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc 0.57% of their portfolio | 2.4m $94.3m | Reduced -77.1k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.9m $74.1m | Added +1.9m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $72.4m | Added +257.9k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.6m $64.1m | Added +1.1m |
| AXA S.A. 0.20% of their portfolio | 1.6m $61.4m | Reduced -41.8k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $57.0m | Added +31.5k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $55.6m | Reduced -25.9k |
| Creative Planning 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.4m $53.3m | Added +10.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $50.7m | Added +420.6k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $43.9m | Added +729.0k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.70% of their portfolio | 1.1m $43.2m | Reduced -940 |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $40.8m | Reduced -16.7k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.0m $40.4m | Added +863.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 995.3k $39.2m | Reduced -58.4k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.05% of their portfolio | 978.0k $38.5m | Added +33.8k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 953.9k $37.5m | Reduced -117.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 934.6k $36.8m | Added +63.0k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.13% of their portfolio | 928.0k $36.5m | Reduced -25.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 911.4k $35.9m | Added +508.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 895.2k $35.2m | Added +24.3k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 828.9k $32.6m | Added +93.6k |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) 0.16% of their portfolio | 804.1k $31.6m | Added +248.4k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.05% of their portfolio | 727.2k $28.6m | Added +39.5k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 724.7k $28.5m | Added +128.5k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.02% of their portfolio | 662.6k $26.1m | Reduced -17.3k |
| Copeland Capital Management, LLC 0.50% of their portfolio | 635.3k $25.0m | Reduced -25.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 626.8k $24.7m | Reduced -828.1k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.10% of their portfolio | 623.6k $24.5m | Reduced -572.0k |
| Sone Capital Management, LLC 2.52% of their portfolio | 622.4k $24.5m | Added +239.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 616.8k $24.3m | Added +14.8k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 567.6k $22.3m | Added +400.8k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.04% of their portfolio | 540.6k $21.1m | Reduced -91 |
| Thematics Asset Management 1.06% of their portfolio | 531.5k $20.9m | Added +58.5k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 464.5k $18.3m | Added +140.4k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 449.6k $17.7m | Reduced -2.0k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 435.0k $17.1m | Reduced -21.7k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.03% of their portfolio | 405.7k $16.0m | New |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 384.3k $15.1m | Added +314.4k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.20% of their portfolio | 380.9k $15.0m | New |
| BLI - Banque de Luxembourg Investments 0.44% of their portfolio | 369.0k $14.6m | Added +55.0k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 368.2k $14.5m | Added +188.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 365.5k $14.4m | Added +18.8k |
| LBP AM SA 0.20% of their portfolio | 329.6k $13.0m | Added +38.5k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 327.0k $12.9m | Added +242.4k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 323.4k $12.7m | Reduced -1.8k |
| Montanaro Asset Management Ltd 3.57% of their portfolio | 309.2k $12.2m | Reduced -64.0k |
| Robeco Schweiz AG 0.30% of their portfolio | 306.7k $12.1m | Reduced -10.0k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 303.8k $12.0m | Reduced -13.0k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 302.5k $11.9m | First filing |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 291.4k $11.5m | Added +14.0k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 287.5k $11.3m | Added +12.7k |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 286.3k $11.3m | New |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.03% of their portfolio | 277.0k $10.9m | Reduced -53.4k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 272.1k $10.7m | Added +79.8k |
| Candriam S.C.A. 0.06% of their portfolio | 260.6k $10.3m | Reduced -64.9k |
| KBC Group NV 0.03% of their portfolio | 260.4k $10.2m | Added +26.8k |
| Vestmark Advisory Solutions, Inc. 0.26% of their portfolio | 258.6k $10.2m | Added +135.9k |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. 0.34% of their portfolio | 258.0k $10.1m | New |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 257.1k $10.1m | Added +214.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 248.8k $9.8m | Reduced -29.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 243.6k $9.6m | Reduced -7.4k |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.28% of their portfolio | 220.4k $8.7m | Added +137.6k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 211.1k $8.3m | Added +205.9k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 199.9k $7.9m | Added +190.9k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 199.2k $7.8m | Added +4.2k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 194.2k $7.6m | Reduced -548.8k |
| Legacy Advisors, LLC 0.79% of their portfolio | 193.6k $7.6m | Added +417 |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 192.2k $7.6m | Added +82.9k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 191.3k $7.5m | Reduced -12.6k |
| BAR HARBOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT 0.50% of their portfolio | 190.4k $7.5m | Added +10.3k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 190.1k $7.5m | Reduced -846 |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 189.9k $7.5m | Added +166.7k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 189.8k $7.5m | Reduced -4.4k |
| Empire Life Investments Inc. 0.47% of their portfolio | 181.9k $7.2m | Reduced -53.4k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 180.4k $7.1m | Reduced -150.6k |
| MIROVA 1.24% of their portfolio | 175.6k $6.9m | Added +7.1k |
| Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 169.8k $6.7m | Added +58.6k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 160.5k $6.3m | Added +16.2k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 157.8k $6.2m | Added +67.3k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 154.6k $6.1m | Reduced -20.1k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 150.3k $5.9m | Added +1.7k |
| MIRABELLA FINANCIAL SERVICES LLP 0.12% of their portfolio | 145.8k $5.9m | Added +109.5k |
| COMMERCE BANK 0.04% of their portfolio | 144.9k $5.7m | Reduced -3.3k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 142.9k $5.6m | Added +13.7k |
| Man Group plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 140.7k $5.5m | Added +124.2k |
| Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 140.7k $5.5m | Added +628 |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 138.8k $5.5m | First filing |
| DARK FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.25% of their portfolio | 136.6k $5.4m | Added +74.7k |
| Weiss Asset Management LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 135.3k $5.3m | Added +126.8k |
| WORLDQUANT MILLENNIUM ADVISORS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 135.1k $5.3m | Reduced -7.9k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 134.1k $5.3m | Added +47.2k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 132.8k $5.2m | Added +26.6k |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 129.6k $5.1m | Added +6.7k |