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Bentley Systems (BSY) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)

Bentley Systems (BSY) reported Return on Capital Employed of 14.76% for Q1 2026, up 172.0% year-over-year from 5.42% in Q1 2025, and up 3.75% on a QoQ basis from 14.22% in Q4 2025.

Bentley Systems (BSY) has 7 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 14.76% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 172.0% year-over-year to 14.76% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 14.76% (up 172.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 14.41%, up 254.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed grew to 14.76% in Q1 2026 per BSY's latest filing, from 14.22% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 14.76% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 4.16% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 10.27% (2024), against an average of 10.27%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed tumbled 1464 bps; it then jumped 470 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing BSY's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 8.43% in 2022, then climbed by 11 bps to 9.35% in 2023, then rose by 25 bps to 11.69% in 2024, then rose by 22 bps to 14.22% in 2025, then increased by 4 bps to 14.76% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest BSY Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 14.76% (Q1 2026), 14.22% (Q4 2025), and 13.37% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

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1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 40.19%
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 12.51%
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 12.81%
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 12.40%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 12.32%
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 17.43%
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 49.21%
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -20.99%
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 23.43%
10 Bentley Systems 10.37 Bn 10.26 Bn 350.41 Mn 14.76%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 14.76%
Dec 31, 2025 14.22%
Sep 30, 2025 13.37%
Jun 30, 2025 12.90%
Mar 31, 2025 13.04%
Dec 31, 2024 11.69%
Sep 30, 2024 10.95%
Jun 30, 2024 11.25%
Mar 31, 2024 10.27%
Dec 31, 2023 9.35%
Sep 30, 2023 9.46%
Jun 30, 2023 8.73%
Mar 31, 2023 8.87%
Dec 31, 2022 8.43%
Sep 30, 2022 8.44%
Jun 30, 2022 4.65%
Mar 31, 2022 4.16%
Dec 31, 2021 4.82%
Sep 30, 2021 5.54%
Jun 30, 2021 10.09%
Mar 31, 2021 18.80%
Dec 31, 2020 23.36%