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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended
June 30, 2025
OR
☐
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number:
001-39548
___________________________________
BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
___________________________________
Delaware
95-3936623
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
685 Stockton Drive
Exton
,
Pennsylvania
19341
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(
610
)
458-5000
___________________________________
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol
Name of each exchange on which registered
Class B Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value
BSY
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes
☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S‑T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
Yes
☒ No ☐
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Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
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☒
As of July 30, 2025, the registrant had
11,537,627
shares of Class A and
292,093,306
shares of Class B common stock outstanding.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q is for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. This Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q modifies and supersedes documents filed before it. The United States (“U.S.”) Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) allows us to “incorporate by reference” information that we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you directly to those documents. Information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q. In addition, information that we file with the SEC in the future will automatically update and supersede information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q.
Unless indicated otherwise, throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q, we refer to Bentley Systems, Incorporated and its consolidated subsidiaries, as “Bentley Systems,” “Bentley,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our.”
This Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q contains trademarks, service marks, brands, or product names owned by us, as well as those owned by others.
Numerical information in this report is presented on a rounded basis using actual amounts. Minor differences in totals and percentage calculations may exist due to rounding.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q includes forward‑looking statements. All statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q other than statements of historical facts, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial condition, our business strategy, and plans and our objectives for future operations, are forward‑looking statements. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “seeks,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” and similar expressions, as well as statements regarding our focus for the future, are intended to identify forward‑looking statements. We have based these forward‑looking statements largely on our current expectations, projections, and assumptions about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, short‑term and long‑term business operations and objectives, and financial needs. These forward‑looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including those described in the section titled “Risk Factors.” Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward‑looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, the future events and trends discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward‑looking statements. The forward‑looking statements, as well as our Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q as a whole, are subject to risks and uncertainties.
These statements are only current predictions and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to be materially different from those anticipated by the forward‑looking statements. We discuss many of these risks in this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q in greater detail in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q. You should not rely upon forward‑looking statements as predictions of future events.
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward‑looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, achievements, events, or circumstances reflected in the forward‑looking statements will occur. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any of these forward‑looking statements after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q to conform these statements to actual results or revised expectations.
Preferred stock, $
0.01
par value, authorized
100,000,000
shares;
none
issued or outstanding as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024
—
—
Class A common stock, $
0.01
par value, authorized
100,000,000
shares; issued and outstanding
11,537,627
shares as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024
115
115
Class B common stock, $
0.01
par value, authorized
1,800,000,000
shares; issued and outstanding
291,900,445
and
290,439,703
shares as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively
2,919
2,905
Additional paid-in capital
1,259,476
1,217,986
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(
69,095
)
(
104,078
)
Accumulated deficit
(
31,374
)
(
75,941
)
Total Bentley Systems stockholders’ equity
1,162,041
1,040,987
Noncontrolling interest
129
133
Total equity
1,162,170
1,041,120
Total liabilities and equity
$
3,423,284
$
3,399,807
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
Note 1:
Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries. The unaudited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in U.S. dollars, and in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the SEC regarding interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and notes required by GAAP for annual financial statements.
These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10
‑
K. In management’s opinion, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of normal, recurring and non-recurring adjustments) that were considered necessary for the fair statement of the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows as of the dates and for the periods indicated. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. The December 31, 2024 consolidated balance sheet included herein is derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications of prior period amounts have been made to conform to the current period presentation.
Accounting Policies
Software Development Costs
—
Under its Accelerated Commercial Development Program (“ACDP”) (the Company’s structured approach to an in‑house business incubator function), the Company capitalizes certain development costs related to certain projects once technological feasibility is established.
Total costs capitalized under the ACDP were $
484
and $
1,135
for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $
806
and $
2,434
for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Additionally, total ACDP related amortization was $
795
and $
1,012
for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $
1,550
and $
1,661
for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and is included in
Cost of subscriptions and licenses
in the consolidated statements of operations. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, $
13,215
and $
12,961
of ACDP capitalized costs were recorded in
Other assets
in the consolidated balance sheets, respectively.
Internal-Use Software Implementation Costs
—
The Company has entered into cloud-based software hosting arrangements related to new internal-use information technology systems, including a new enterprise resource planning system, human capital management system, and customer relationship management system for which it incurs implementation costs.
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, capitalized internal-use software implementation costs were $
23,986
and $
18,791
, respectively, which are included in
Prepaid and other current assets
or
Other assets
in the consolidated balance sheets, depending on the short- or long-term nature of such costs.
In November 2024, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2024‑03,
Income Statements–Reporting Comprehensive Income–Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses
(“ASU 2024‑03”), which requires enhanced disclosure of income statement expense categories to improve transparency and provide financial statement users with more detailed information about the nature, amount, and timing of expenses impacting financial performance. ASU 2024-03 is effective for the Company for the annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments in ASU 2024-03 may be adopted either on a prospective basis to financial statements issued for reporting periods after the effective date or on a retrospective basis to all periods presented. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2024‑03, however, other than additional disclosure, the Company does not expect a change to the consolidated financial statements.
In March 2024, the SEC adopted the final rule under SEC Release No. 33‑11275,
The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate‑Related Disclosures for Investors
.
The final rule requires registrants to disclose certain climate‑related information in registration statements and annual reports. The final rule disclosure requirements will begin phasing in prospectively for the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2025. In April 2024, the SEC issued an order staying the final rule pending completion of a judicial review of certain petitions challenging their validity. In March 2025, the SEC voted to end its defense of the final rule. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the final rule on its consolidated financial statements disclosures and monitoring the status of the final rule pending the court’s ultimate decision.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023‑09,
Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures
(“ASU 2023‑09”), which expands disclosures in an entity’s income tax rate reconciliation table and regarding cash taxes paid both in the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions. ASU 2023‑09 is effective for the Company for the annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2023‑09 on its consolidated financial statements disclosures.
(1)
Enterprise subscriptions are primarily revenues attributable to Enterprise 365 (“E365”) subscriptions of $
150,166
and $
125,630
for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $
297,070
and $
248,666
for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The Company recognizes perpetual licenses and the term license component of subscriptions as revenue when either the licenses are delivered or at the start of the subscription term. For the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company recognized $
184,341
and $
162,458
of license related revenues, respectively, of which $
174,148
and $
151,595
, respectively, were attributable to the term license component of the Company’s subscription‑based commercial offerings recorded in
Subscriptions
in the consolidated statements of operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company recognized $
385,379
and $
338,767
of license related revenues, respectively, of which $
364,394
and $
318,392
, respectively, were attributable to the term license component of the Company’s subscription‑based commercial offerings recorded in
Subscriptions
in the consolidated statements of operations.
Revenue from external customers is attributed to individual countries based upon the location of the customer. Revenues by geographic region are as follows:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
Americas
(1)
$
194,059
$
176,310
$
393,034
$
360,503
Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (“EMEA”)
105,414
95,865
212,419
190,579
Asia-Pacific (“APAC”)
64,633
58,162
129,195
117,018
Total revenues
$
364,106
$
330,337
$
734,648
$
668,100
(1)
Americas includes the U.S., Canada, and Latin America (including the Caribbean). Revenue attributable to the U.S. totaled $
155,358
and $
139,010
for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $
308,387
and $
277,262
for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The Company derived
6
% of its total revenues through channel partners for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and
7
% of its total revenues through channel partners for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2024.
Unbilled Accounts Receivable
Unbilled accounts receivable represent amounts that are unbilled due to agreed-upon contractual terms in which billing occurs subsequent to revenue recognition, and are included in
Accounts receivable
in the consolidated balance sheets. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, unbilled accounts receivable were $
174,012
and $
159,924
, respectively.
Contract Balances
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company’s contract assets relate to performance obligations completed in advance of the right to invoice and are included in
Prepaid and other current assets
in the consolidated balance sheets. Contract assets were
not
material as of June 30, 2025 or December 31, 2024.
Deferred revenues consist of billings made or payments received in advance of revenue recognition from subscriptions and services. The primary changes in deferred revenues are due to the Company’s performance under the contracts and new billings made or payments received in advance of revenue recognition from subscriptions and services. The satisfaction of performance obligations typically lags behind payments received under revenue from contracts with customers.
For the six months ended June 30, 2025, $
175,935
of revenues that were included in the December 31, 2024 deferred revenues balance were recognized. There were additional deferrals of $
163,049
for the six months ended June 30, 2025, which were primarily related to new billings. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, $
165,042
of revenues that were included in the December 31, 2023 deferred revenues balance were recognized. There were additional deferrals of $
152,734
for the six months ended June 30, 2024, which were primarily related to new billings.
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company deferred $
19,905
and $
18,540
, respectively, related to portfolio balancing exchange rights which is included in
Deferred revenues
in the consolidated balance sheets.
Remaining Performance Obligations
The Company’s contracts with customers include amounts allocated to performance obligations that will be satisfied at a later date. As of June 30, 2025, amounts allocated to these remaining performance obligations are $
264,818
, of which the Company expects to recognize approximately
93
% over the next
12
months with the remaining amount thereafter.
Note 4:
Acquisitions
The aggregate details of the Company’s acquisition activity are as follows:
Acquisitions Completed During
Six Months Ended June 30,
2025
2024
Number of acquisitions
—
1
Cash paid at closing
$
—
$
5,000
Net cash paid
$
—
$
5,000
The operating results of the acquired businesses were not material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.
The operating results for any acquired business are included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements from the closing date of each respective acquisition.
The following summarizes the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as well as the weighted average useful lives assigned to acquired intangible assets at the respective date of each acquisition:
Acquisitions Completed During
Year Ended
December 31, 2024
Consideration:
Cash paid at closing
$
143,299
Other
108
Total consideration
$
143,407
Assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Cash
$
12,892
Accounts receivable and other current assets
6,102
Operating lease right-of-use assets
103
Other assets
86
Software and technology (weighted average useful life of
5
years)
7,025
Customer relationships (weighted average useful life of
3
years)
284
Trademarks (weighted average useful life of
10
years)
5,145
Total identifiable assets acquired excluding goodwill
31,637
Accruals and other current liabilities
(
5,778
)
Deferred revenues
(
2,427
)
Operating lease liabilities
(
103
)
Deferred income taxes
(
136
)
Total liabilities assumed
(
8,444
)
Net identifiable assets acquired excluding goodwill
23,193
Goodwill
120,214
Net assets acquired
$
143,407
The Company is in the process of finalizing the purchase accounting for certain acquisitions completed during the year ended December 31, 2024. The initial accounting for these business combinations is not complete because the evaluation necessary to assess the fair values of certain net assets acquired is still in process. The provisional amounts are subject to revision until the evaluations are completed to the extent that additional information is obtained about the facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date. The allocation of the purchase price may be modified from the date of the acquisition as more information is obtained about the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, however, such measurement period cannot exceed one year. The primary areas of preliminary purchase price allocation that are not yet finalized relate to tax assets and liabilities, and residual goodwill.
Property and equipment, net consist of the following:
June 30, 2025
December 31, 2024
Land
$
1,341
$
1,341
Building and improvements
33,628
32,115
Computer equipment and software
58,580
50,696
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
10,504
9,183
Aircraft
2,038
2,038
Other
48
40
Property and equipment, at cost
106,139
95,413
Less: Accumulated depreciation
(
71,762
)
(
61,615
)
Total property and equipment, net
$
34,377
$
33,798
Depreciation expense was $
3,453
and $
3,313
for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $
6,798
and $
6,680
for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Note 6:
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Goodwill
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill are as follows:
Balance, December 31, 2024
$
2,367,179
Foreign currency translation adjustments
49,262
Other adjustments
374
Balance, June 30, 2025
$
2,416,815
Other Intangible Assets
Details of intangible assets other than goodwill are as follows:
The aggregate amortization expense for purchased intangible assets with finite lives was reflected in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations as follows:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
Cost of subscriptions and licenses
$
3,204
$
3,129
$
6,440
$
6,355
Amortization of purchased intangibles
8,201
8,392
16,409
17,356
Total amortization expense
$
11,405
$
11,521
$
22,849
$
23,711
Note 7:
Investments
Investments consist of the following:
June 30, 2025
December 31, 2024
Cost method investments
$
23,260
$
23,289
Equity method investments
2,584
2,475
Total investments
$
25,844
$
25,764
Cost Method Investments
The Company invests in technology development companies, generally in the form of equity interests or convertible notes. During the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company invested a total of $
0
and $
557
, respectively. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, $
8,928
of the total cost method investment balance relates to the Company’s equity interest in Worldsensing, a leading global connectivity hardware platform company for infrastructure monitoring.
During the second quarter of 2024, the Company acquired a business from Teralytics Holdings AG (“Teralytics”) for $
5,000
. During the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company sold its ownership percentage in Teralytics, which resulted in
no
gain or loss.
Note 8:
Leases
The Company’s operating leases consist of office facilities, office equipment, and automobiles. As of June 30, 2025, the Company’s leases have remaining terms of less than
one year
to
eight years
, some of which include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms from
one year
to
five years
and some of which include options to terminate the leases from less than
one year
to
five years
.
The components of operating lease cost reflected in the consolidated statements of operations were as follows:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
Operating lease cost
(1)
$
3,800
$
3,558
$
7,577
$
7,253
Variable lease cost
1,006
1,115
2,177
2,288
Total operating lease cost
$
4,806
$
4,673
$
9,754
$
9,541
(1)
Operating lease cost includes rent cost related to operating leases for office facilities of $
3,546
and $
3,301
for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $
7,078
and $
6,772
for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Supplemental operating cash flows and other information related to leases
was as follows:
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2025
2024
Cash paid for operating leases included in operating cash flows
$
8,156
$
7,409
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities
$
3,265
$
3,502
The weighted average remaining lease term for operating leases was
4.1
years and
4.3
years as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The weighted average discount rate was
5.4
% and
5.2
% as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
As of June 30, 2025, the Company had additional minimum operating lease payments of $
6,370
for executed leases that have not yet commenced, primarily for office locations.
Note 9:
Accruals and Other Current Liabilities
Accruals and other current liabilities consist of the following:
June 30, 2025
December 31, 2024
Accrued benefits
$
48,348
$
40,762
Accrued compensation
32,499
47,121
Other accrued and current liabilities
72,974
81,639
Total accruals and other current liabilities
$
153,821
$
169,522
Note 10:
Long-Term Debt
Long‑term debt consists of the following:
June 30, 2025
December 31, 2024
Credit facility:
Revolving loan facility due October 2029
$
—
$
135,315
Convertible senior notes due January 2026 (the “2026 Notes”)
677,830
687,830
Convertible senior notes due July 2027 (the “2027 Notes”)
575,000
575,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs
(
6,987
)
(
10,057
)
Total debt
1,245,843
1,388,088
Less: Current portion of long-term debt
—
—
Long-term debt
$
1,245,843
$
1,388,088
The Company had $
150
of letters of credit outstanding as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 under its second amended and restated credit agreement, entered into on October 18, 2024 with a syndicate of banks (the “Credit Facility”). As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had $
1,299,850
and $
1,164,535
, respectively, available under the Credit Facility.
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all debt covenants and none of the conditions of the 2026 Notes or 2027 Notes to early convert had been met. Unless converted, upon maturity in January 2026, the Company will be required to repay the outstanding principal amount on the 2026 Notes, which, as of June 30, 2025, was $
677,830
. As of June 30, 2025, the 2026 Notes were classified as long‑term in the consolidated balance sheets as the Company currently has the ability and intent to refinance them on a long‑term basis through available capacity under the Credit Facility.
During the first quarter of 2025, the Company paid $
9,797
in cash to repurchase $
10,000
aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 2026 Notes through open market transactions resulting in an insignificant gain, which was recorded in
Other (expense) income, net
in the consolidated statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The 2026 Notes were repurchased under the BSY Stock Repurchase Program (the “Repurchase Program”) authorization (see Note 13).
Interest Expense, Net
Interest expense, net consists of the following:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
Contractual interest expense
$
(
1,932
)
$
(
4,072
)
$
(
4,375
)
$
(
9,486
)
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs
(
1,894
)
(
1,927
)
(
3,788
)
(
3,750
)
Other interest expense
(
30
)
(
2
)
(
101
)
(
68
)
Interest income
337
901
937
1,684
Interest expense, net
$
(
3,519
)
$
(
5,100
)
$
(
7,327
)
$
(
11,620
)
The weighted average interest rate on borrowings under the Credit Facility were
6.24
% and
7.38
% for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and
6.22
% and
7.43
% for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Note 11:
Executive Incentive Plans
Executive Bonus Plan
The incentive compensation, including cash payments, election to receive shares of fully vested Class B common stock, and deferred compensation to plan participants, recognized under the amended and restated Bentley Systems, Incorporated Bonus Pool Plan (the “Bonus Plan”) (net of all applicable holdbacks) was $
2,393
and $
6,367
for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $
4,828
and $
13,398
for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Career Stock Program
In June 2024, the Sustainability Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Committee”) established an equity‑based incentive program to compensate a limited set of executives (the “Career Stock Program”) pursuant to which the Company may grant restricted stock units (“RSUs”) awards under the Bentley Systems, Incorporated 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”). Under the Career Stock Program, the Committee may from time to time grant RSU awards to program participants, the amount of which is to be determined based upon the Company’s Adjusted operating income less stock-based compensation expense (“AOI less SBC”) (previously titled Adjusted operating income inclusive of stock-based compensation expense (“Adjusted OI w/SBC”)) growth in the year preceding the date of grant (the “Performance Year”) as a percentage of the difference between realized AOI less SBC growth during the Performance Year and an inflation-adjusted target growth level for such Performance Year. Any such awards, if made, would thereafter cliff vest
five years
following the end of the Performance Year and would otherwise be subject to the terms and conditions of the 2020 Plan.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company granted
28,913
RSUs with a fair value of $
1,160
under the Career Stock Program based on the achievement of the performance goals for the year ended December 31, 2024. As of June 30, 2025, there was $
1,087
of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested RSUs under the Career Stock Program, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately
4.5
years.
Under the Company’s amended and restated Bentley Systems, Incorporated Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the “DCP”), certain officers and key employees may defer all or any part of their incentive compensation, and the Company may make discretionary awards on behalf of such participants. Elective participant deferrals and discretionary Company awards are received in the form of phantom shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, which are valued for accounting purposes in the same manner as actual shares of Class B common stock, and are recorded as stock‑based compensation expense in the consolidated statements of operations (see Note 15). The DCP has
50,000,000
shares of Class B common stock reserved for issuance. As of June 30, 2025, shares of Class B common stock available for future issuance under the DCP were
4,588,127
.
DCP elective participant deferrals were $
0
and $
43
for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $
0
and $
101
for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
No
discretionary contributions were made to the DCP during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, phantom shares of the Company’s Class B common stock issuable by the DCP were
10,917,802
and
12,728,808
, respectively.
In August 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an amendment to the DCP, which offered to certain active executives in the DCP a one‑time, short‑term election to reallocate a limited portion of their DCP holdings from phantom shares of the Company’s Class B common stock into other phantom investment funds. DCP participants’ holdings in phantom investment funds are classified as liabilities in either
Accruals and other current liabilities
or
Deferred compensation plan liabilities
in the consolidated balance sheets as they will be settled in cash upon eventual distribution. The deferred compensation plan liabilities are marked to market at the end of each reporting period, with changes in the liabilities recorded as an expense (income) to
Deferred compensation plan
in the consolidated statements of operations.
Deferred compensation plan
expense was $
7,584
and $
883
for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $
6,338
and $
6,682
for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The total liabilities related to the DCP is included in the consolidated balance sheets as follows:
June 30, 2025
December 31, 2024
Accruals and other current liabilities
$
4,159
$
3,798
Deferred compensation plan liabilities
98,895
96,684
Total DCP liabilities
$
103,054
$
100,482
Note 13:
Common Stock
BSY Stock Repurchase Program
The Company’s Board of Directors approved the Repurchase Program authorizing the Company to repurchase up to $
200,000
of the Company’s Class B common stock and/or outstanding convertible senior notes through
June 30, 2026
. As of June 30, 2025, $
113,358
was available under the Company’s Board of Directors authorization for future repurchases of Class B common stock and/or outstanding convertible senior notes under the Repurchase Program.
The shares and outstanding convertible senior notes proposed to be acquired in the Repurchase Program may be repurchased from time to time in open market transactions, through privately negotiated transactions, or by other means in accordance with federal securities laws. The Company intends to fund repurchases from available working capital and cash provided by operating activities. The timing, as well as the number and value of shares and/or outstanding convertible senior notes repurchased under the Repurchase Program, will be determined by the Company at its discretion and will depend on a variety of factors, including management’s assessment of the intrinsic value of the Company’s shares, the market price of the Company’s Class B common stock and outstanding convertible senior notes, general market and economic conditions, available liquidity, compliance with the Company’s debt and other agreements, and applicable legal requirements. The exact number of shares and/or outstanding convertible senior notes to be repurchased by the Company is not guaranteed, and the Repurchase Program may be suspended, modified, or discontinued at any time without prior notice.
During the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company repurchased
1,173,041
shares for $
50,023
, and $
10,000
aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 2026 Notes for $
9,797
(see Note 10) under the Repurchase Program. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company repurchased
729,681
shares for $
37,515
under the Repurchase Program.
Common Stock Issuances, Sales, and Repurchases
During the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company issued
1,572,829
shares of Class B common stock to DCP participants in connection with distributions from the plan, net of
274,556
shares which were sold back to the Company in the same period to pay for applicable income tax withholdings of $
11,165
. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company issued
2,474,063
shares of Class B common stock to DCP participants in connection with distributions from the plan. There were
no
shares sold back to the Company as they were issued on a gross basis during the six months ended June 30, 2024.
During the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company issued
49,545
shares of Class B common stock in connection with Bonus Plan incentive compensation, net of
20,779
shares which were sold back to the Company in the same period to pay for applicable income tax withholdings of $
902
. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company issued
168,291
shares of Class B common stock in connection with the Bonus Plan incentive compensation. There were
no
shares sold back to the Company as they were issued on a gross basis during the six months ended June 30, 2024.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company issued
844,283
shares of Class B common stock to colleagues who exercised their stock options, net of
67,146
shares withheld at exercise to pay for the cost of the stock options, as well as for $
2,195
of applicable income tax withholdings. The Company received $
4,007
in cash proceeds from the exercise of stock options. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $
40,775
.
Dividends
The Company declared cash dividends during the periods presented as follows:
During the six months ended June 30, 2025, colleagues who elected to participate in the Bentley Systems, Incorporated Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) purchased a total of
130,212
shares of Class B common stock, net of shares withheld, resulting in cash proceeds to the Company of $
5,312
. Of the total
133,840
shares purchased,
3,628
shares were sold back to the Company to pay for applicable income tax withholdings of $
169
. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, colleagues who elected to participate in the ESPP purchased a total of
122,020
shares of Class B common stock, net of shares withheld, resulting in cash proceeds to the Company of $
5,560
. Of the total
125,374
shares purchased,
3,354
shares were sold back to the Company to pay for applicable income tax withholdings of $
175
. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, $
6,271
and $
5,577
of ESPP withholdings via colleague payroll deduction were recorded in
Accruals and other current liabilities
in the consolidated balance sheets, respectively. As of June 30, 2025, shares of Class B common stock available for future issuance under the ESPP were
23,888,248
.
Note 14:
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Accumulated other comprehensive loss consists of the following during the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:
Foreign
Actuarial (Loss)
Currency
Gain on
Translation
Retirement Plan
Total
Balance, March 31, 2025
$
(
97,432
)
$
(
151
)
$
(
97,583
)
Other comprehensive income, before taxes
28,465
35
28,500
Tax expense
—
(
8
)
(
8
)
Other comprehensive income, net of taxes
28,465
27
28,492
Less: Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest
4
—
4
Balance, June 30, 2025
$
(
68,971
)
$
(
124
)
$
(
69,095
)
Foreign
Actuarial (Loss)
Currency
Gain on
Translation
Retirement Plan
Total
Balance, March 31, 2024
$
(
92,367
)
$
(
252
)
$
(
92,619
)
Other comprehensive loss, before taxes
(
645
)
—
(
645
)
Tax expense
—
—
—
Other comprehensive loss, net of taxes
(
645
)
—
(
645
)
Less: Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest
Accumulated other comprehensive loss consists of the following during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:
Foreign
Actuarial (Loss)
Currency
Gain on
Translation
Retirement Plan
Total
Balance, December 31, 2024
$
(
103,900
)
$
(
178
)
$
(
104,078
)
Other comprehensive income, before taxes
34,937
70
35,007
Tax expense
—
(
16
)
(
16
)
Other comprehensive income, net of taxes
34,937
54
34,991
Less: Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest
8
—
8
Balance, June 30, 2025
$
(
68,971
)
$
(
124
)
$
(
69,095
)
Foreign
Actuarial (Loss)
Currency
Gain on
Translation
Retirement Plan
Total
Balance, December 31, 2023
$
(
84,634
)
$
(
353
)
$
(
84,987
)
Other comprehensive (loss) income, before taxes
(
8,378
)
129
(
8,249
)
Tax expense
—
(
28
)
(
28
)
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of taxes
(
8,378
)
101
(
8,277
)
Less: Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest
—
—
—
Balance, June 30, 2024
$
(
93,012
)
$
(
252
)
$
(
93,264
)
Note 15:
Stock-Based Compensation
Total stock‑based compensation expense consists of the following:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
Restricted stock and RSUs expense
$
16,495
$
15,987
$
31,442
$
29,677
Bonus Plan expense (see Note 11)
1,828
4,879
3,652
10,180
ESPP expense (see Note 13)
670
591
1,301
1,215
Stock grants expense
600
600
600
600
DCP elective participant deferrals expense (see Note 12)
—
44
—
87
Total stock-based compensation expense
(1)
$
19,593
$
22,101
$
36,995
$
41,759
(1)
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, $
2,053
and $
1,556
remained in
Accruals and other current liabilities
in the consolidated balance sheets, respectively.
Total stock‑based compensation expense (income) is included in the consolidated statements of operations as follows:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
Cost of subscriptions and licenses
$
918
$
(
732
)
$
2,050
$
362
Cost of services
587
756
1,308
1,638
Research and development
5,854
5,082
11,053
9,963
Selling and marketing
4,206
3,542
7,963
6,320
General and administrative
8,028
13,453
14,621
23,476
Total stock-based compensation expense
$
19,593
$
22,101
$
36,995
$
41,759
Stock‑based compensation expense is measured at the grant date fair value of the award and is recognized ratably over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period. Specifically for performance‑based RSUs, stock‑based compensation expense is measured at the grant date fair value of the award and is recognized ratably over the requisite service period based on the number of awards expected to vest at each reporting date. The Company accounts for forfeitures of equity awards as those forfeitures occur.
Bentley Systems, Incorporated 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan
The Company’s 2020 Plan provides for the granting of stock, stock options, restricted stock, RSUs, and other stock‑based or performance‑based awards to certain directors, officers, colleagues, consultants, and advisors of the Company, and terminates in September 2030. The 2020 Plan provides that
25,000,000
shares of Class B common stock may be issued for equity awards. Equity awards that are expired, canceled, forfeited, or terminated for any reason will be available for future grant under the 2020 Plan. As of June 30, 2025, equity awards available for future grants under the 2020 Plan were
18,371,952
.
Restricted Stock and RSUs
Under the 2020 Plan, the Company may grant both time‑based and performance‑based shares of restricted Class B common stock and RSUs to eligible colleagues. Time‑based awards generally vest ratably on each of the first
four
anniversaries of the grant date. Performance‑based awards vesting is determined by the achievement of certain business growth targets, which include growth in annualized recurring revenues (“ARR”), as well as actual bookings for perpetual licenses and non‑recurring services. Performance targets are generally set for annual performance periods.
The following is a summary of unvested RSUs activity and related information:
Time-
Performance-
Based
Based
Weighted
Weighted
Average
Average
Time-
Performance-
Grant Date
Grant Date
Total
Based
Based
Fair Value
Fair Value
RSUs
RSUs
RSUs
Per Share
Per Share
Unvested, December 31, 2024
3,417,009
3,067,703
(1)
349,306
(2)
$
45.45
$
44.83
Granted
1,741,125
1,524,619
216,506
(3)
$
40.54
$
40.53
Vested
(
1,145,903
)
(
830,999
)
(
314,904
)
$
43.41
$
43.84
Forfeited and canceled
(
130,615
)
(
127,474
)
(
3,141
)
$
42.45
$
52.31
Unvested, June 30, 2025
3,881,616
(4)
3,633,849
247,767
$
43.97
$
42.23
(1)
Includes
175,928
time‑based RSUs granted during the three months ended March 31, 2022 to certain officers and key employees, which cliff vested on January 31, 2025. Additionally, includes
300,964
time‑based RSUs granted during the three months ended June 30, 2024 to certain officers, which vest
20
% on each of December 15, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029.
(2)
Primarily relates to the 2024 annual performance period. Includes
162,038
performance‑based RSUs granted during the year ended December 31, 2022 with extraordinary terms, which are described below.
(3)
Primarily relates to the 2025 annual performance period. Includes
10,493
additional shares earned based on the achievement of 2024 performance goals for performance-based RSUs granted during the year ended December 31, 2024.
(4)
Includes
42,841
RSUs which are expected to be settled in cash.
During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company granted
185,186
performance‑based RSUs to certain officers and key employees, which vest subject to the achievement of certain performance goals over a
three‑year
performance period (the “Performance Period”). For each year of the Performance Period, one‑third of the performance‑based RSUs were subject to a cliff, whereby no vesting of that portion would occur unless the Company’s applicable margin metrics (which, for 2022 was Adjusted EBITDA margin, and for 2023 and 2024 was AOI less SBC margin, excluding the impact of foreign currency exchange fluctuations) also equaled or exceeded the relevant target level for such year. Provided that the applicable margin targets were met, the total number of performance‑based RSUs that vested were determined by the achievement of growth targets, which included growth in ARR, as well as actual bookings for perpetual licenses and non‑recurring services. As of December 31, 2024,
162,038
of the aforementioned performance‑based RSUs were outstanding. On January 31, 2025,
162,038
performance‑based RSUs were determined to be vested based on the achievement of the performance goals during the Performance Period.
The weighted average grant date fair values of RSUs granted were $
40.54
and $
50.66
, for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
During the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, restricted stock and RSUs were issued net of
276,569
and
142,407
shares, respectively, which were sold back to the Company to settle applicable income tax withholdings of $
12,543
and $
7,256
, respectively.
As of June 30, 2025, there was $
124,907
of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested time‑based RSUs, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately
2.0
years. As of June 30, 2025, there was $
6,769
of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested performance‑based RSUs, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately
0.7
years.
Stock Grants
During the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company granted
12,591
and
11,391
fully vested shares of Class B common stock, respectively, with a fair value of $
600
.
The following is a summary of
Income before income taxes
,
Provision for income taxes
, and effective tax rate for the periods presented:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
Income before income taxes
$
79,315
$
77,357
$
191,140
$
169,905
Provision for income taxes
$
8,876
$
5,330
$
29,364
$
27,577
Effective tax rate
11.2
%
6.9
%
15.4
%
16.2
%
For the three months ended June 30, 2025, the effective tax rate was higher compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to the impact of a decrease in discrete tax benefits recognized, partially offset by the decrease in forecasted effective tax rate impact of U.S. international tax provisions. For the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded discrete tax benefits of $
8,114
and $
18,543
, respectively, primarily associated with windfall tax benefits from stock‑based compensation, net of the impact from officer compensation limitation provisions.
For the six months ended June 30, 2025, the effective tax rate was lower as compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to the impact of the decrease in forecasted effective tax rate impact of U.S. international tax provisions, partially offset by a decrease in discrete tax benefits recognized. For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded discrete tax benefits of $
13,187
and $
20,681
, respectively, primarily associated with windfall tax benefits from stock‑based compensation, net of the impact from officer compensation limitation provisions.
Note 17:
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
A financial asset or liability classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fair value hierarchy consists of the following three levels:
Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 inputs are quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly through market corroboration, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.
Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs based on management’s own assumptions used to measure assets and liabilities at fair value.
The Company’s financial instruments include cash equivalents, account receivables, certain other assets, accounts payable, accruals, certain other current and long‑term liabilities, and long‑term debt.
Current Assets and Current Liabilities
— In general, the carrying amounts reported on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets for current assets and current liabilities approximate their fair values due to the short‑term nature of those instruments.
The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in estimating its fair value measurements for Level 2 financial instruments as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
Interest Rate Swap
— The fair value of the Company’s interest rate swap asset or liability is determined using an income approach and is measured based on the implied forward rates for the remaining term of the interest rate swap. The Company considers these valuation inputs to be Level 2 inputs in the fair value hierarchy.
Long-Term Debt
— The fair value of the Company’s borrowings under its Credit Facility approximated its carrying value based upon discounted cash flows at current market rates for instruments with similar remaining terms.
The Company considers these valuation inputs to be Level 2 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. As of June 30, 2025, the estimated fair value of the 2026 Notes and 2027 Notes was $
672,089
and $
541,938
, respectively. As of December 31, 2024, the estimated fair value of the 2026 Notes and 2027 Notes was $
671,123
and $
519,271
, respectively.
The estimated fair value of the 2026 Notes and 2027 Notes is based on quoted market prices of the Company’s instrument in markets that are not active and are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret the market data and develop estimates of fair values. Accordingly, the estimates presented are not necessarily indicative of the amounts at which these instruments could be purchased, sold, or settled.
Deferred Compensation Plan Liabilities
— The fair value of deferred compensation plan liabilities, including the liability classified phantom investments in the DCP, are marked to market at the end of each reporting period.
Financial assets and financial liabilities carried at fair value measured on a recurring basis consist of the following:
June 30, 2025
Level 1
Level 2
Total
Assets:
Money market funds
(1)
$
17,248
$
—
$
17,248
Interest rate swap
(2)
—
24,461
24,461
Total assets
$
17,248
$
24,461
$
41,709
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan liabilities
(3)
$
103,054
$
—
$
103,054
Cash-settled equity awards
(4)
410
—
410
Total liabilities
$
103,464
$
—
$
103,464
December 31, 2024
Level 1
Level 2
Total
Assets:
Money market funds
(1)
$
5,648
$
—
$
5,648
Interest rate swap
(2)
—
32,172
32,172
Total assets
$
5,648
$
32,172
$
37,820
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan liabilities
(3)
$
100,482
$
—
$
100,482
Cash-settled equity awards
(4)
440
—
440
Total liabilities
$
100,922
$
—
$
100,922
(1)
Included in
Cash and cash equivalents
in the consolidated balance sheets.
(2)
Included in
Other assets
in the consolidated balance sheets.
(3)
Included in
Deferred compensation plan liabilities
, except for current liabilities of $
4,159
and $
3,798
as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, which are included in
Accruals and other current liabilities
in the consolidated balance sheets.
(4)
Included in
Accruals and other current liabilities
in the consolidated balance sheets.
In the normal course of business, the Company enters into various purchase commitments for goods and services. During the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company did
not
enter into any non‑cancelable future cash purchase commitments. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company entered into approximately $
45,500
of non‑cancelable future cash purchase commitments for services related to cloud provisioning of the Company’s software solutions and for internal‑use software costs. As of June 30, 2025, total non‑cancelable future cash purchase commitments were approximately $
88,000
to be paid through September 2029. The Company expects to fully consume its contractual commitments in the ordinary course of operations.
Litigation
From time to time, the Company is involved in certain legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In management’s opinion, based upon the advice of counsel, the outcome of such actions is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s future financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
Note 19:
Segment and Geographic Information
The Company operates and manages its business in a single reportable segment, the development and marketing of computer software and related services. The Company defines its chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) to be its Chief Executive Officer, who reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis. The Company’s reported measures of profit or loss for segment reporting purposes are Net income and AOI less SBC. The CODM is regularly provided Net income and AOI less SBC to understand the Company’s financial and operating results across accounting periods and for comparison of the Company’s results to those of other companies. The CODM regularly reviews AOI less SBC for internal budgeting and forecasting purposes, to evaluate operating performance, and to make decisions on allocation of resources. The CODM does not use segment asset information to evaluate operating performance or allocate resources.
The presentation of Net income is included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. AOI less SBC is a non‑GAAP financial measure and is defined as operating income adjusted for the following: amortization of purchased intangibles, expense (income) relating to deferred compensation plan liabilities, acquisition expenses, and realignment expenses (income), for the respective periods.
Reconciliation of operating income to AOI less SBC:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
Operating income
$
84,430
$
80,177
$
199,614
$
172,108
Amortization of purchased intangibles (see Note 6)
11,405
11,521
22,849
23,711
Deferred compensation plan
7,584
883
6,338
6,682
Acquisition expenses
(1)
1,804
1,969
2,642
4,328
Realignment expenses
(2)
—
743
—
809
AOI less SBC
$
105,223
$
95,293
$
231,443
$
207,638
Further explanation of certain of the Company’s adjustments in arriving at AOI less SBC are as follows:
(1)
Acquisition expenses
. The Company incurs expenses for professional services rendered in connection with business combinations, which are recorded in
General and administrative
in the consolidated statements of operations. Also included in the Company’s acquisition expenses are retention incentives paid to executives of the acquired companies.
(2)
Realignment expenses
. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024,
Realignment expenses
were primarily associated with a strategic realignment program, which the Company initiated during the fourth quarter of 2023 (the “2023 Program”).
“Headcount‑related” costs are considered the Company’s significant expense category and primarily include salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock‑based compensation expense, employment taxes, travel, training, and realignment of the Company’s colleagues, and third‑party personnel expenses and related overhead. The CODM is regularly provided headcount‑related costs to understand and compare operating results across accounting periods, for internal budgeting and forecasting purposes, to evaluate financial performance, and to align colleague resources and evaluate compensation to support the Company’s operational efficiency and maximize long‑term growth. Headcount‑related costs of $
209,081
and $
192,375
for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $
408,690
and $
377,576
for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, are included in
Cost of subscriptions and licenses
,
Cost of services
,
Research and development
,
Selling and marketing
, and
General and administrative
in the consolidated statements of operations.
Under the Company’s Net income measure of profit or loss for segment reporting purposes, other segment items were $
84,525
and $
65,916
for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $
164,120
and $
148,168
for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. These other segment items primarily include cloud‑related costs incurred for servicing the Company’s accounts using cloud provisioned solutions and the Company’s license administration platform, channel partner compensation for providing sales coverage to users, marketing costs, acquisition costs, depreciation expense, and amortization expense recorded in
Cost of subscriptions and licenses
,
Cost of services
,
Research and development
,
Selling and marketing
, and
General and administrative
. Additionally, other segment items include
Deferred compensation plan
expense (income),
Amortization of purchased intangibles
, and non‑operating expense (income) amounts presented in the consolidated statements of operations.
Under the Company’s AOI less SBC measure of profit or loss for segment reporting purposes, other segment items were $
51,596
and $
45,250
for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $
97,125
and $
87,652
for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. These other segment items primarily include cloud‑related costs incurred for servicing the Company’s accounts using cloud provisioned solutions and the Company’s license administration platform, channel partner compensation for providing sales coverage to users, marketing costs, and depreciation expense recorded in
Cost of subscriptions and licenses
,
Cost of services
,
Research and development
,
Selling and marketing
, and
General and administrative
. Within the reconciliation of AOI less SBC, retention incentives paid to executives of acquired companies included as a component of acquisition expenses and costs associated with the 2023 Program included as a component of realignment expenses totaling $
1,794
and $
2,581
for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $
2,610
and $
4,766
for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, are excluded from the calculation of headcount‑related costs.
Revenues by geographic region are presented in Note 3.
Long‑lived assets (other than goodwill), net of depreciation and amortization by geographic region (see Notes 5, 6, and 8) are as follows:
June 30, 2025
December 31, 2024
Americas
(1)
$
209,143
$
230,964
EMEA
33,654
32,712
APAC
15,804
16,384
Total long-lived assets
$
258,601
$
280,060
(1)
Americas includes the U.S., Canada, and Latin America (including the Caribbean).
Other (expense) income, net consists of the following:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
(Loss) gain from:
Change in fair value of interest rate swap (see Note 17)
$
(
3,339
)
$
(
429
)
$
(
7,711
)
$
2,361
Foreign exchange
(1)
196
(
2,284
)
2,944
58
Receipts related to interest rate swap
1,874
2,411
3,738
4,768
Other (expense) income, net
(
327
)
2,582
(
118
)
2,230
Total other (expense) income, net
$
(
1,596
)
$
2,280
$
(
1,147
)
$
9,417
(1)
Foreign exchange gain (loss) is primarily attributable to foreign currency translation derived mainly from U.S. dollar denominated cash and cash equivalents, account receivables, customer deposits, and intercompany balances held by foreign subsidiaries.
Note 21:
Net Income Per Share Attributable to Bentley Systems Stockholders
To compute the numerator of basic net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders, undistributed net income attributable to Bentley Systems allocated to participating securities (described further below) using the required two‑class method, is subtracted from net income attributable to Bentley Systems. The denominator of basic net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders is the weighted average number of shares, inclusive of undistributed shares held in the DCP as phantom shares of the Company’s Class B common stock.
The Company issues certain performance-based RSUs determined to be participating securities because holders of such shares have non-forfeitable dividend rights in the event of the Company’s declaration of a dividend for common shares. As of June 30, 2025 and 2024, there were
206,013
and
356,167
participating securities outstanding, respectively.
To compute the numerator of
diluted
net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders
, interest expense, net of tax, attributable to the assumed conversion of the
convertible senior notes using the if‑converted method
is added back to basic net income attributable to
Bentley Systems
.
To compute the denominator of
diluted
net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders
, the basic weighted average number of shares is adjusted for the effect of dilutive securities, including awards under the Company’s equity compensation plans and ESPP using the treasury stock method, and for the dilutive
effect of the assumed conversion of the convertible senior notes using the if‑converted method.
Except with respect to voting and conversion, the rights of the holders of the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock are identical. Each class of shares has the same rights to dividends and allocation of income (loss) and, therefore, net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders would not differ under the two‑class method.
The details of basic and diluted net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders are as follows
:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Bentley Systems
$
70,482
$
72,046
$
161,850
$
142,356
Less: Net income attributable to Bentley Systems allocated to participating securities
(
11
)
(
21
)
(
29
)
(
42
)
Basic net income attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders
70,471
72,025
161,821
142,314
Add: Interest expense, net of tax, attributable to assumed conversion of convertible senior notes
1,714
1,717
3,283
3,440
Diluted net income attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders
$
72,185
$
73,742
$
165,104
$
145,754
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares
314,622,491
314,980,580
314,894,050
314,660,906
Dilutive effect of stock options, restricted stock, and RSUs
574,768
1,036,506
638,912
1,361,265
Dilutive effect of ESPP
148,900
130,112
84,019
69,358
Dilutive effect of assumed conversion of convertible senior notes
17,477,861
17,633,786
17,533,301
17,633,786
Diluted weighted average shares
332,824,020
333,780,984
333,150,282
333,725,315
Net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders:
Basic
$
0.22
$
0.23
$
0.51
$
0.45
Diluted
$
0.22
$
0.22
$
0.50
$
0.44
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025,
314,348
and
277,635
RSUs, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share attributable to Bentley Systems stockholders as including them would have an anti‑dilutive effect. There were
no
anti‑dilutive securities for the three or six months ended June 30, 2024.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q and with our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10‑K.
All amounts presented in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, except share and per share amounts, are presented in thousands. Additionally, many of the amounts and percentages have been rounded for convenience of presentation. Minor differences in totals and percentage calculations may exist due to rounding.
Overview:
Bentley Systems is the infrastructure engineering software company. Our purpose is to advance the world’s infrastructure for better quality of life. We empower people to design, build, and operate better and more resilient infrastructure through the adoption of our intelligent digital twin solutions. We manage our business globally within one reportable segment, the development and marketing of computer software and related services, which is consistent with how our CODM reviews and manages our business.
Executive Summary:
•
Total revenues were $364,106 for the three months ended June 30, 2025, up 10.2% or 9.2% on a constant currency basis
(1)
compared to the three months ended June 30, 2024. Total revenues were $734,648 for the six months ended June 30, 2025, up 10.0% or 10.1% on a constant currency basis
(1)
compared to the six months ended June 30, 2024;
•
Subscriptions revenues were $333,452 for the three months ended June 30, 2025, up 12.1% or 11.2% on a constant currency basis
(1)
compared to the three months ended June 30, 2024. Subscriptions revenues were $675,770 for the six months ended June 30, 2025, up 11.8% or 11.9% on a constant currency basis
(1)
compared to the six months ended June 30, 2024;
•
ARR
(2)
was $1,379,161 as of June 30, 2025, compared to $1,215,910 as of June 30, 2024, representing a constant currency
(1)
ARR growth rate
(2)
of 11.5%;
•
Last twelve-month recurring revenues dollar-based net retention rate
(2)
was 109% as of June 30, 2025, compared to 108% as of June 30, 2024;
•
Operating income was $84,430 for the three months ended June 30, 2025, compared to $80,177 for the three months ended June 30, 2024. Operating income was $199,614 for the six months ended June 30, 2025, compared to $172,108 for the six months ended June 30, 2024;
•
AOI less SBC
(1)
was $105,223 for the three months ended June 30, 2025, compared to $95,293 for the three months ended June 30, 2024. AOI less SBC
(1)
was $231,443 for the six months ended June 30, 2025, compared to $207,638 for the six months ended June 30, 2024; and
•
Cash flows from operations was $280,500 for the six months ended June 30, 2025, compared to $267,555 for the six months ended June 30, 2024.
(1)
Constant currency and AOI less SBC are non‑GAAP financial measures. Refer to the “Non‑GAAP Financial Measures” section for additional information, including our definitions and our uses of constant currency and AOI less SBC.
(2)
Refer to the “Key Business Metrics” section for additional information, including our definitions and our uses of ARR, ARR growth rate, and recurring revenues dollar-based net retention rate.
Our results of operations have been, and in the future will be, affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Other than the natural hedge attributable to matching revenues and expenses in the same currencies, we do not currently hedge foreign currency exposure. Additionally, because we have operations in, and derive revenue from, geographies around the world, we will continue to monitor the impact of tariffs and other trade policies on our business and the businesses of our accounts, as well as on our financial condition, results of operations, and/or cash flows.
We identify the effects of foreign currency on our operations and present constant currency growth rates and fluctuations because we believe exchange rates are an important factor in understanding period‑over‑period comparisons and enhance the understanding of our results and evaluation of our performance. Refer to the “Non‑GAAP Financial Measures” section for additional information, including our definition and our use of constant currency.
Revenues
Consolidated Revenues
Change
Change
Three Months Ended
Constant
Six Months Ended
Constant
June 30,
Currency
June 30,
Currency
2025
2024
%
%
(1)
2025
2024
%
%
(1)
Subscriptions
$
333,452
$
297,444
12.1
%
11.2
%
$
675,770
$
604,533
11.8
%
11.9
%
Perpetual licenses
10,193
10,863
(6.2
%)
(7.0
%)
20,985
20,375
3.0
%
3.3
%
Subscriptions and licenses
343,645
308,307
11.5
%
10.5
%
696,755
624,908
11.5
%
11.7
%
Services
20,461
22,030
(7.1
%)
(8.6
%)
37,893
43,192
(12.3
%)
(12.3
%)
Total revenues
$
364,106
$
330,337
10.2
%
9.2
%
$
734,648
$
668,100
10.0
%
10.1
%
(1)
Constant currency is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section for additional information, including our definition and our use of constant currency, and for a reconciliation of constant currency growth rates.
The increase in total revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 was primarily driven by an increase in subscriptions revenues, partially offset by a decrease in services revenues.
Subscriptions
. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the increase in subscriptions revenues was driven by improvements in our business performance of $36,008 ($33,157 on a constant currency basis) and $71,237 ($72,052 on a constant currency basis), respectively. Our business performance includes the impact from programmatic acquisitions, which generally are immaterial, individually and in the aggregate.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the improvements in business performance were primarily driven by expansion from accounts with revenues in the same period in the prior year (“existing accounts”), and growth of 3% attributable to new accounts, most notably small- and medium-sized accounts. Improvements in business performance for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 were led by our engineering
applications, followed by geoprofessional
applications, and our
Bentley Infrastructure Cloud
.
Perpetual licenses
. For the three months ended June 30, 2025, the decrease in perpetual licenses revenues was driven by a decline in our business performance of $670 ($762 on a constant currency basis). For the six months ended June 30, 2025, the increase in perpetual licenses revenues was driven by improvements in business performance of $610 ($681 on a constant currency basis).
Services.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the decrease in services revenues was driven by a decline in our business performance of $1,569 ($1,894 on a constant currency basis) and $5,299 ($5,334 on a constant currency basis), respectively, driven primarily from weakness within Asset Performance Services.
Revenue from external customers is attributed to individual countries based upon the location of the customer.
Change
Change
Three Months Ended
Constant
Six Months Ended
Constant
June 30,
Currency
June 30,
Currency
2025
2024
%
%
(1)
2025
2024
%
%
(1)
Americas
$
194,059
$
176,310
10.1
%
10.3
%
$
393,034
$
360,503
9.0
%
9.7
%
EMEA
105,414
95,865
10.0
%
6.2
%
212,419
190,579
11.5
%
10.2
%
APAC
64,633
58,162
11.1
%
11.0
%
129,195
117,018
10.4
%
11.2
%
Total revenues
$
364,106
$
330,337
10.2
%
9.2
%
$
734,648
$
668,100
10.0
%
10.1
%
(1)
Constant currency is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section for additional information, including our definition and our use of constant currency, and for a reconciliation of constant currency growth rates.
Americas
. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the increase in revenues from the Americas was primarily driven by improvements in our business performance of $17,749 ($18,194 on a constant currency basis) and $32,531 ($34,858 on a constant currency basis), respectively.
The improvements in business performance for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 were primarily due to expansion of our subscriptions revenues from existing accounts in the U.S. Partially offsetting these improvements, for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was a decline in services revenues.
EMEA
. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the increase in revenues from EMEA was primarily driven by improvements in our business performance of $9,549 ($5,926 on a constant currency basis) and $21,840 ($19,402 on a constant currency basis), respectively.
The improvements in business performance for the three months ended June 30, 2025 were primarily due to expansion of our subscriptions revenues from existing accounts in the United Kingdom, Central Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
The improvements in business performance for the six months ended June 30, 2025 were primarily due to expansion of our subscriptions revenues from existing accounts in the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and Africa, partially offset by a decline in services revenues.
APAC.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the increase in revenues from APAC was primarily driven by improvements in our business performance of $6,471 ($6,381 on a constant currency basis) and $12,177 ($13,139 on a constant currency basis), respectively.
The improvements in business performance for the three months ended June 30, 2025 were primarily due to expansion of our subscriptions revenues from existing accounts in India, as well as an increase in our subscriptions revenues from new accounts in China, partially offset by declines in our subscriptions revenues from existing accounts in China.
The improvements in business performance for the six months ended June 30, 2025 were primarily due to expansion of our subscriptions revenues from existing accounts in India and Australia, as well as increases in our subscriptions and perpetual licenses revenues from new accounts in China, partially offset by declines in our subscriptions revenues from existing accounts in China.
The future results in China remain uncertain as a result of continued geopolitical challenges, the obstacles there to cloud‑deployed software, and the financial timing impact of the preference there for license sales, rather than subscriptions.
(1)
Constant currency is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section for additional information, including our definition and our use of constant currency, and for a reconciliation of constant currency growth rates.
Cost of subscriptions and licenses.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, on a constant currency basis, cost of subscriptions and licenses expenses increased due to an increase in headcount-related costs of $2,676 and $6,921, respectively, mainly due to an increase in annual and other compensation costs, and higher stock-based compensation expense, partially offset by realignment expenses recognized in the prior year periods related to the 2023 Program, which did not recur in the current year periods. Additionally, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, cost of subscriptions and licenses further increased due to an increase in cloud-related costs of $2,917 and $4,455, respectively.
Cost of services.
For the three months ended June 30, 2025, on a constant currency basis, cost of services expenses were flat as the increase in annual and other compensation costs was offset by a reduction in third‑party personnel costs.
For the six months ended June 30, 2025, on a constant currency basis, cost of services expenses decreased primarily due to a decrease in headcount‑related costs, mainly due to a reduction in third‑party personnel costs.
Operating Expenses
Change
Change
Three Months Ended
Constant
Six Months Ended
Constant
June 30,
Currency
June 30,
Currency
2025
2024
%
%
(1)
2025
2024
%
%
(1)
Research and development
$
75,385
$
65,709
14.7
%
14.5
%
$
147,835
$
134,080
10.3
%
11.2
%
Selling and marketing
69,873
57,129
22.3
%
21.8
%
132,932
111,515
19.2
%
20.0
%
General and administrative
49,857
54,854
(9.1
%)
(9.4
%)
97,085
101,336
(4.2
%)
(3.7
%)
Deferred compensation plan
7,584
883
NM
NM
6,338
6,682
(5.1
%)
(5.1
%)
Amortization of purchased intangibles
8,201
8,392
(2.3
%)
(2.6
%)
16,409
17,356
(5.5
%)
(5.4
%)
Total operating expenses
$
210,900
$
186,967
12.8
%
12.5
%
$
400,599
$
370,969
8.0
%
8.7
%
Percentage changes that are considered not meaningful are denoted with NM.
(1)
Constant currency is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section for additional information, including our definition and our use of constant currency, and for a reconciliation of constant currency growth rates.
Research and development.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, on a constant currency basis, research and development expenses increased primarily due to increases in headcount‑related costs of $10,041 and $15,802, respectively, mainly due to increases in headcount, and annual and other compensation costs.
Selling and marketing.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, on a constant currency basis, selling and marketing expenses increased primarily due to an increase in headcount‑related costs $9,145 and $17,074, respectively, mainly due to increases in headcount, and annual and other compensation costs, and an increase in promotional costs of $1,987 and $2,609, respectively.
General and administrative
. For the three months ended June 30, 2025, on a constant currency basis, general and administrative expenses decreased primarily due to a decrease in headcount‑related costs of $5,185, mainly due to lower incentive compensation expense related to the reduction in Gregory S. Bentley’s fractional interest under the Bonus Plan as part of Mr. Bentley’s transition to the role of Executive Chair effective July 1, 2024. Additionally, during the three months ended June 30, 2024, we recognized approximately $2,200 of other corporate initiatives expenses, which did not recur in the current year period. Partially offsetting these decreases were higher charitable contributions focusing on education and sustainability of $2,037.
For the six months ended June 30, 2025, on a constant currency basis, general and administrative expenses decreased primarily due to a decrease in headcount‑related costs of $5,748, mainly due to lower incentive compensation expense related to the change in the Bonus Plan described above, partially offset by increases in headcount, and annual and other compensation costs. Additionally, during the six months ended June 30, 2024, we recognized approximately $2,200 of other corporate initiatives expenses, which did not recur in the current year period. Partially offsetting these decreases were higher costs associated with our internal-use software implementations as compared to the same period in the prior year and higher charitable contributions focusing on education and sustainability of $1,981.
Deferred compensation plan
. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, deferred compensation plan expense was attributable to the marked to market impact on deferred compensation plan liability balances period over period.
Amortization of purchased intangibles.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, on a constant currency basis, amortization of purchased intangibles decreased primarily due to lower acquisition activity as compared to prior periods.
Interest Expense, Net
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2025
2024
Change
2025
2024
Change
Interest expense
$
(3,856)
$
(6,001)
(35.7
%)
$
(8,264)
$
(13,304)
(37.9
%)
Interest income
337
901
(62.6
%)
937
1,684
(44.4
%)
Interest expense, net
$
(3,519)
$
(5,100)
(31.0
%)
$
(7,327)
$
(11,620)
(36.9
%)
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, interest expense, net decreased primarily due to lower weighted average debt outstanding under the credit facilities as compared to the same periods in the prior year.
Other (Expense) Income, Net
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
(Loss) gain from:
Change in fair value of interest rate swap
$
(3,339)
$
(429)
$
(7,711)
$
2,361
Foreign exchange
(1)
196
(2,284)
2,944
58
Receipts related to interest rate swap
1,874
2,411
3,738
4,768
Other (expense) income, net
(327)
2,582
(118)
2,230
Total other (expense) income, net
$
(1,596)
$
2,280
$
(1,147)
$
9,417
(1)
Foreign exchange gain (loss) is primarily attributable to foreign currency translation derived mainly from U.S. dollar denominated cash and cash equivalents, account receivables, customer deposits, and intercompany balances held by foreign subsidiaries.
For the three months ended June 30, 2025, the effective tax rate was higher compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to the impact of a decrease in discrete tax benefits recognized, partially offset by the decrease in forecasted effective tax rate impact of U.S. international tax provisions. For the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, we recorded discrete tax benefits of $8,114 and $18,543, respectively, primarily associated with windfall tax benefits from stock‑based compensation, net of the impact from officer compensation limitation provisions.
For the six months ended June 30, 2025, the effective tax rate was lower as compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to the impact of the decrease in forecasted effective tax rate impact of U.S. international tax provisions, partially offset by a decrease in discrete tax benefits recognized. For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, we recorded discrete tax benefits of $13,187 and $20,681, respectively, primarily associated with windfall tax benefits from stock‑based compensation, net of the impact from officer compensation limitation provisions.
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”). The OBBBA includes the permanent extension of certain expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, modifications to the international tax framework, and the restoration of favorable tax treatment for certain business provisions. The legislation has multiple effective dates. Based on our preliminary impact assessment, we believe the OBBBA will have a favorable impact on our cash paid for income taxes in 2025, primarily attributable to the change in restoring immediate U.S. tax deductions for domestic research and development expenses. We are still evaluating the full impact of the OBBBA on our consolidated financial statements.
Key Business Metrics:
In addition to our results of operations discussed above, we believe the following presentation of key business metrics provides additional useful information to investors regarding our results of operations. To the extent material, we disclose below the additional purposes, if any, for which our management uses these key business metrics. Our key business metrics may vary significantly from period to period for reasons unrelated to our operating performance and may differ from similarly titled measures presented by other companies.
June 30,
2025
2024
ARR
$
1,379,161
$
1,215,910
Last twelve-months recurring revenues
$
1,309,010
$
1,162,849
Twelve-months ended constant currency
(1)
:
ARR growth rate
11.5
%
11
%
Account retention rate
99
%
99
%
Recurring revenues dollar-based net retention rate
109
%
108
%
(1)
Constant currency is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section for additional information, including our definition and our use of constant currency.
Recurring revenues are the basis for our other revenue-related key business metrics. We believe this measure is useful in evaluating our ability to consistently retain and grow our revenues within our existing accounts.
Recurring revenues are subscriptions revenues that recur monthly, quarterly, or annually with specific or automatic renewal clauses and professional services revenues in which the underlying contract is based on a fixed fee and contains automatic annual renewal provisions.
ARR
ARR is a key business metric that we believe is useful in evaluating the scale and growth of our business as well as to assist in the evaluation of underlying trends in our business. Furthermore, we believe ARR, considered in connection with our last twelve‑month recurring revenues dollar‑based net retention rate, is a leading indicator of revenue growth.
ARR is defined as the sum of the annualized value of our portfolio of contracts that produce recurring revenues as of the last day of the reporting period, and the annualized value of the last three months of recognized revenues for our contractually recurring consumption‑based software subscriptions with consumption measurement durations of less than one year, calculated using the spot foreign currency exchange rates. We believe that the last three months of recognized revenues, on an annualized basis, for our recurring software subscriptions with consumption measurement period durations of less than one year is a reasonable estimate of the annual revenues, given our consistently high retention rate and stability of usage under such subscriptions.
ARR resulting from the annualization of recurring contracts with consumption measurement durations of less than one year, as a percentage of total ARR, was 51% and 49% as of June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, with our E365 subscription offering representing 45% and 43% of total ARR as of June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Constant currency ARR growth rate is the growth rate of ARR measured on a constant currency basis. In reporting period‑over‑period ARR growth rates in constant currency, we calculate constant currency growth rates by translating current and prior period ARR on a transactional basis to our reporting currency using current year budget exchange rates. We believe that ARR growth is an important metric indicating the scale and growth of our business.
Last Twelve‑Months Recurring Revenues
Last twelve‑month recurring revenues is a key business metric that we believe is useful in evaluating our ability to consistently retain and grow our recurring revenues. We believe that we will continue to experience favorable growth in recurring revenues primarily due to our strong account retention and recurring revenues dollar‑based net retention rates, as well as the addition of new accounts with recurring revenues.
Last twelve‑months recurring revenues is calculated as recurring revenues recognized over the preceding twelve‑month period.
The last twelve‑months recurring revenues for the periods ended June 30, 2025 compared to the last twelve‑months of the comparative twelve‑month period increased by $146,161. This increase was primarily due to growth in ARR, which is primarily the result of growing our recurring revenues within our existing accounts as expressed in our recurring revenues dollar‑based net retention rate, as well as additional recurring revenues resulting from new accounts and acquisitions. For the twelve months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, 92% and 90%, respectively, of our revenues were recurring revenues.
Account Retention Rate
Account retention rate is a key business metric that we believe is useful in evaluating the long‑term value of our account relationships and our ability to retain our account base. We believe that our consistent and high account retention rates illustrate our ability to retain and cultivate long‑term relationships with our accounts.
Account retention rate for any given twelve-month period is calculated using the average foreign currency exchange rates for the prior period, as follows: the prior period recurring revenues from all accounts with recurring revenues in the current and prior period, divided by total recurring revenues from all accounts during the prior period.
Recurring Revenues Dollar‑Based Net Retention Rate
Recurring revenues dollar‑based net retention rate is a key business metric that we believe is useful in evaluating our ability to consistently retain and grow our recurring revenues.
Recurring revenues dollar‑based net retention rate is calculated, using the average exchange rates for the prior period, as follows: the recurring revenues for the current period, including any growth or reductions from existing accounts, but excluding recurring revenues from any new accounts added during the current period, divided by the total recurring revenues from all accounts during the prior period. A period is defined as any trailing twelve months. Related to our platform acquisitions, recurring revenues into new accounts will be captured as existing accounts starting with the second anniversary of the acquisition when such data conforms to the calculation methodology. This may cause variability in the comparison.
Given that recurring revenues represented 92% and 90% of our total revenues for the twelve months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, this metric helps explain our revenue performance as primarily growth from existing accounts.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures:
In addition to our results determined in accordance with GAAP discussed above, we believe the following presentation of financial measures not in accordance with GAAP provides useful information to investors regarding our results of operations. To the extent material, we disclose below the additional purposes, if any, for which our management uses these non‑GAAP financial measures and provide reconciliations between these non‑GAAP financial measures and their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Non‑GAAP financial information should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, or in isolation from, the financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP, including operating income, or other measures of performance. Our non‑GAAP financial measures may vary significantly from period to period for reasons unrelated to our operating performance and may differ from similarly titled measures presented by other companies.
Adjusted Operating Income Less Stock-Based Compensation Expense (“AOI less SBC”)
AOI less SBC is a non-GAAP financial measure and is used to measure the operational strength and performance of our business, as well as to assist in the evaluation of underlying trends in our business.
AOI less SBC is defined as operating income adjusted for the following: amortization of purchased intangibles, expense (income) relating to deferred compensation plan liabilities, acquisition expenses, and realignment expenses (income), for the respective periods.
AOI less SBC is our primary performance measure, which excludes certain expenses and charges, including the non-cash amortization expense resulting from the acquisition of intangible assets, as we believe these may not be indicative of our core business operating results. We intentionally include stock-based compensation expense in this measure as we believe it better captures the economic costs of our business.
Management uses this non-GAAP financial measure to understand and compare operating results across accounting periods, for internal budgeting and forecasting purposes, to evaluate financial performance, and in our comparison of our financial results to those of other companies. It is also a significant performance measure in certain of our executive incentive compensation programs.
Adjusted operating income is a non-GAAP financial measure that we believe is useful to investors in making comparisons to other companies, although this measure may not be directly comparable to similar measures used by other companies.
Adjusted operating income is defined as operating income adjusted for the following: amortization of purchased intangibles, expense (income) relating to deferred compensation plan liabilities, acquisition expenses, realignment expenses (income), and stock‑based compensation expense, for the respective periods.
Reconciliation of operating income to AOI less SBC and to Adjusted operating income:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
Operating income
$
84,430
$
80,177
$
199,614
$
172,108
Amortization of purchased intangibles
(1)
11,405
11,521
22,849
23,711
Deferred compensation plan
(2)
7,584
883
6,338
6,682
Acquisition expenses
(3)
1,804
1,969
2,642
4,328
Realignment expenses
(4)
—
743
—
809
AOI less SBC
105,223
95,293
231,443
207,638
Stock-based compensation expense
(5)
19,319
21,856
36,624
41,193
Adjusted operating income
$
124,542
$
117,149
$
268,067
$
248,831
Further explanation of certain of our adjustments in arriving at AOI less SBC and Adjusted operating income are as follows:
(1)
Amortization of purchased intangibles
. Amortization of purchased intangibles varies in amount and frequency and is significantly impacted by the timing and size of our acquisitions. Management finds it useful to exclude these non‑cash charges from our operating expenses to assist in budgeting, planning, and forecasting future periods. The use of intangible assets contributed to our revenues earned during the periods presented and will also contribute to our revenues in future periods. Amortization of purchased intangible assets will recur in future periods.
(2)
Deferred compensation plan
. We exclude
Deferred compensation plan
expense (income) when we evaluate our continuing operational performance because it is not reflective of our ongoing business and results of operation. We believe it is useful for investors to understand the effects of this item on our total operating expenses. Deferred compensation plan liabilities are marked to market at the end of each reporting period, with changes in the liabilities recorded as an expense (income) to
Deferred compensation plan
in the consolidated statements of operations.
(3)
Acquisition expenses
. We incur expenses for professional services rendered in connection with business combinations, which are included in our GAAP presentation of general and administrative expense. Also included in our acquisition expenses are retention incentives paid to executives of the acquired companies. We exclude these acquisition expenses when we evaluate our continuing operational performance as we would not have otherwise incurred these expenses in the periods presented as part of our continuing operations.
(4)
Realignment expenses
. We exclude these charges and subsequent adjustments to our estimates when we evaluate our continuing operational performance because they are not reflective of our ongoing business and results of operations. We believe it is useful for investors to understand the effects of these items on our total operating expenses. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024,
Realignment expenses
were primarily associated with the 2023 Program.
(5)
Stock‑based compensation expense
. We exclude non-cash stock‑based compensation expenses from certain of our non‑GAAP measures because we believe this is useful to investors in making comparisons to other companies.
Constant currency and constant currency growth rates are non-GAAP financial measures that present our results of operations excluding the estimated effects of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. A significant amount of our operations is conducted in foreign currencies. As a result, the comparability of the financial results reported in U.S. dollars is affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. We use constant currency and constant currency growth rates to evaluate the underlying performance of the business, and we believe it is helpful for investors to present operating results on a comparable basis period over period to evaluate its underlying performance.
In reporting period‑over‑period results, except for ARR as discussed above in “Key Business Metrics” section, we calculate the effects of foreign currency fluctuations and constant currency information by translating current and prior period results on a transactional basis to our reporting currency using prior period average foreign currency exchange rates in which the transactions occurred.
Reconciliation of consolidated revenues to consolidated revenues in constant currency:
Three Months Ended June 30, 2025
Three Months Ended June 30, 2024
Actual
Impact of Foreign Exchange at 2024 Rates
Constant Currency
Actual
Impact of Foreign Exchange at 2024 Rates
Constant Currency
Subscriptions
$
333,452
$
(3,191)
$
330,261
$
297,444
$
(341)
$
297,103
Perpetual licenses
10,193
(95)
10,098
10,863
(2)
10,861
Subscriptions and licenses
343,645
(3,286)
340,359
308,307
(343)
307,964
Services
20,461
(317)
20,144
22,030
8
22,038
Total revenues
$
364,106
$
(3,603)
$
360,503
$
330,337
$
(335)
$
330,002
Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
Six Months Ended June 30, 2024
Actual
Impact of Foreign Exchange at 2024 Rates
Constant Currency
Actual
Impact of Foreign Exchange at 2024 Rates
Constant Currency
Subscriptions
$
675,770
$
142
$
675,912
$
604,533
$
(673)
$
603,860
Perpetual licenses
20,985
68
21,053
20,375
(3)
20,372
Subscriptions and licenses
696,755
210
696,965
624,908
(676)
624,232
Services
37,893
(36)
37,857
43,192
(1)
43,191
Total revenues
$
734,648
$
174
$
734,822
$
668,100
$
(677)
$
667,423
Reconciliation of revenues by geographic region to revenues by geographic region in constant currency:
Cash and cash equivalents held by foreign subsidiaries
84,071
61,164
Total cash and cash equivalents
$
89,646
$
64,009
Our primary source of operating cash is from the sale of our subscriptions, perpetual licenses, and services. Our primary use of cash is payment of our operating costs, which consist mainly of headcount‑related costs. In addition to operating expenses, we also use cash to service our debt obligations, to pay quarterly dividends, to repurchase our Class B common stock and convertible debt, and for capital expenditures in support of our operations. We also use cash to fund our acquisitions of software assets and businesses, and other investment activities.
We believe that cash generated from operations, together with existing cash and cash equivalent balances, and external borrowings including available liquidity under the Credit Facility, will be sufficient to meet our domestic and international working capital and capital expenditure requirements. We regularly review our capital structure and consider a variety of potential financing alternatives and planning strategies to ensure that we have the proper liquidity available in the locations in which it is needed and to fund our operations and growth investments with cash that has not been permanently reinvested outside the U.S. Our future capital requirements may be materially different than those currently planned in our budgeting and forecasting activities and depend on many factors, including our strategy of regularly acquiring and integrating specialized infrastructure engineering software businesses, our rate of revenue growth, the timing and extent of spending on research and development, the expansion of our sales and marketing activities, the timing of new product introductions, market acceptance of our products, competitive factors, our discretionary payments of dividends or repurchases of our Class B common stock and convertible debt, funding of our purchase commitments, currency fluctuations, and overall economic conditions, globally. To the extent that current and anticipated future sources of liquidity are insufficient to fund our future business activities and requirements, we may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing. The sale of additional equity would result in additional dilution to our stockholders, while the incurrence of additional debt financing, including convertible debt, would result in additional debt service obligations. Such debt instruments also could introduce new or modified covenants that might restrict our operations and/or our ability to pay dividends, consummate acquisitions, or otherwise pursue our business strategies. We cannot provide assurance that we could obtain additional financing on favorable terms or at all.
For the six months ended June 30, 2025, compared to the same period in the prior year, net cash provided by operating activities was higher by $12,945 due to an increase in net income of $19,482, partially offset by a net decrease in non‑cash adjustments of $3,935 and a decrease in net cash flows from the change in operating assets and liabilities of $2,602. The decrease in net cash flows from the change in operating assets and liabilities period over period was primarily due to lower period over period Cloud Services Subscription deposits, and accruals and other liabilities. Offsetting these decreases were increases primarily due to timing of collections on our receivables, the overall timing of payments for income taxes and for software maintenance contracts, as well as lower capitalized internal‑use software implementation costs compared to the same period in the prior year.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities was lower by $3,811 for the six months ended June 30, 2025, compared to the same period in the prior year, primarily due to lower acquisition related payments of $5,000.
Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities was lower by $13,490 for the six months ended June 30, 2025, compared to the same period in the prior year, primarily due to lower net paydowns of the credit facilities of $61,713, partially offset by higher payments for shares acquired of $27,661, including shares repurchased under the Repurchase Program, higher dividend payments of $6,642, primarily due to an increase in our quarterly dividend per share to $0.07 in 2025 from $0.06 in 2024, and lower proceeds from the exercise of stock options of $4,007. Additionally, we paid $9,797 in cash to repurchase $10,000 aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 2026 Notes during the first quarter of 2025.
Long-Term Debt
June 30, 2025
December 31, 2024
Current portion of long-term debt
$
—
$
—
Long-term debt
1,245,843
1,388,088
Total debt
$
1,245,843
$
1,388,088
As of June 30, 2025, we had $1,299,850 available under the Credit Facility, and we were in compliance with all covenants under the Credit Facility, the 2026 Notes, and the 2027 Notes. Any failure to comply with such covenants under the Credit Facility would prevent us from being able to borrow additional funds under the Credit Facility, and, as with any failure to comply with such covenants under the 2026 Notes and the 2027 Notes, could constitute a default that may cause all amounts outstanding to become due and immediately payable in full.
Unless converted, upon maturity in January 2026, we will be required to repay the outstanding principal amount on the 2026 Notes, which, as of June 30, 2025, was $677,830. As of June 30, 2025, the 2026 Notes were classified as long‑term in the consolidated balance sheets as we currently have the ability and intent to refinance them on a long‑term basis through available capacity under the Credit Facility.
Our Board of Directors approved the Repurchase Program authorizing us to repurchase up to $200,000 of our Class B common stock and/or outstanding convertible senior notes through June 30, 2026. We may use available working capital, cash provided by operating activities, and/or external borrowings including available liquidity under our Credit Facility to make repurchases.
During the six months ended June 30, 2025, we repurchased 1,173,041 shares for $50,023, and $10,000 aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 2026 Notes for $9,797 under the Repurchase Program. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, we repurchased 729,681 shares for $37,515 under the Repurchase Program.
The timing, as well as the number and value of shares and/or outstanding convertible senior notes repurchased under the Repurchase Program, will be determined at our discretion and will depend on a variety of factors, including our assessment of the intrinsic value of our shares, the market price of our Class B common stock and outstanding convertible senior notes, general market and economic conditions, available liquidity, compliance with our debt and other agreements, and applicable legal requirements.
Withholding Taxes on Certain Equity Awards
We have the right to require that certain equity awardees receive gross or net quantities of shares of our Class B common stock, including distributions from the DCP and share issuances under our Bonus Plan. In the case of a gross issuance or distribution, an awardee is required to reimburse promptly to us the cash required for his or her tax withholding amounts. Conversely, under a net issuance or distribution, shares are withheld in consideration of remitting withholding taxes on behalf of an equity awardee, thereby requiring us to remit cash for the tax withholdings. We exercised our right to require that impacted equity awardees receive gross quantities of our Class B common stock during the first quarter of 2025, but we allowed impacted awardees the option to receive net quantities of shares of our Class B common stock during the second quarter of 2025. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, we exercised our right to require that impacted equity awardees receive gross quantities of our Class B common stock. We will continue to evaluate whether share awards will be required to be received by awardees on a gross basis, or if net settlement may be elected by awardees.
Dividend Payments
The declaration and payment of dividends is within the discretion of our Board of Directors. We paid quarterly dividends of $0.07 per share of common stock during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and $0.06 per share of common stock during the six months ended June 30, 2024. While we intend to continue paying quarterly dividends, any future determination will be subject to the discretion of our Board of Directors and will be dependent on a number of factors, including our results of operations, capital requirements, restrictions under Delaware law, and overall financial condition, as well as any other factors our Board of Directors considers relevant. In addition, the terms of the agreement governing the Credit Facility limit the amount of dividends we can pay.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
There have been no material changes in our market risk exposure as described in Part II, Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk in our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10‑K.
Evaluation of Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management maintains disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a‑15(e) and 15d‑15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is processed, recorded, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively), as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
We evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of June 30, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will necessarily prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within Bentley Systems, Incorporated have been detected.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting identified in management’s evaluation pursuant to Rules 13a or 15d of the Exchange Act that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2025 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
We are subject from time to time to various legal proceedings and claims which arise in the ordinary course of our business. Although the outcome of these and other claims cannot be predicted with certainty, we do not believe that the ultimate resolution of pending matters will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. We currently believe that we do not have any material litigation pending against us.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10‑K.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Recent Sales of Unregistered Equity Securities
From April 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025, we issued 883,626 shares of our Class B common stock in connection with distributions from our DCP.
None of the foregoing transactions involved any underwriters, underwriting discounts or commissions, or any public offering. Unless otherwise stated, the sales of the above securities were deemed to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Rule 701 promulgated under Section 3(b) of the Securities Act as transactions by an issuer pursuant to benefit plans and contracts relating to compensation as provided under Rule 701. All recipients had adequate access, through their relationships with us, to information about us. The issuance of these securities were made without any general solicitation or advertising.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table reflects our Class B common stock we repurchased during the three months ended June 30, 2025:
Total Number of
Approximate Dollar
Shares Purchased as
Value of Shares that
Total Number of
Average Price
Part of Publicly
May Yet Be Purchased
Period
Shares Purchased
Paid per Share
Announced Plan
(1)
Under the Plan
(2)
April 1, 2025 to April 30, 2025
499,143
$
40.07
499,143
$
113,358,334
May 1, 2025 to May 31, 2025
—
$
—
—
$
113,358,334
June 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025
—
$
—
—
$
113,358,334
499,143
$
40.07
499,143
(1)
Represents shares purchased in open‑market transactions under the Repurchase Program approved by our Board of Directors.
(2)
These amounts correspond to the plan publicly announced and approved by our Board of Directors in March 2024 that authorizes the repurchase of up to $200 million of our Class B common stock and/or outstanding convertible senior notes through June 30, 2026.
On
May 14, 2025
,
Julien Moutte
, the Company’s
Chief Technology Officer
,
terminated
a trading plan established pursuant to Rule 10b5‑1 of the Exchange Act, which was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5‑1(c) and was adopted effective December 5, 2024 to sell an aggregate of 1,944 shares of our Class B common stock through June 5, 2025.
During the three months ended June 30, 2025, there were no other Company directors or executive officers who
adopted
or
terminated
any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of Company securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5‑1(c) or any “non-Rule 10b5‑1 trading arrangement.”
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Filed or furnished herewith. The certification attached as Exhibit 32 that accompanies this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q is not deemed filed with the SEC and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Bentley Systems, Incorporated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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