Bentley Systems (BSY) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)
Bentley Systems' (BSY) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 14.76% in Q1 2026, up 172.0% year-on-year from 5.42% in Q1 2025, and up 3.75% on a QoQ basis from 14.22% in Q4 2025.
Bentley Systems (BSY) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Bentley Systems (BSY) has 7 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 14.76% in Q1 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 172.0% year-over-year to 14.76% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 14.76%, a 172.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 14.41%, down 1971.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 14.76%, up from 14.22% in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for BSY reached as high as 30.59% in Q1 2024 and fell as low as 4.65% in Q2 2022.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 14.75% across 5 years, with a median of 12.9% in 2025.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 4581 bps in 2022 and surged 1503 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
- Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 23.38% in 2022, then grew by 22 bps to 28.57% in 2023, then tumbled by 59 bps to 11.69% in 2024, then increased by 22 bps to 14.22% in 2025, then grew by 4 bps to 14.76% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 14.76% in Q1 2026, 14.22% in Q4 2025, and 13.37% in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 4 | Uber Technologies | 141.48 Bn | 140.44 Bn | 5.95 Bn | 12.81% |
| 5 | Salesforce | 128.51 Bn | 116.67 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 10.65% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 98.38 Bn | 93.20 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 10.59% |
| 7 | Automatic Data Processing | 97.56 Bn | 94.34 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -7.29% |
| 8 | Snowflake | 91.55 Bn | 88.59 Bn | 926.45 Mn | -25.94% |
| 9 | Cadence Design Systems | 89.91 Bn | 88.50 Bn | 1.41 Bn | 17.43% |
| 10 | Bentley Systems | 9.42 Bn | 9.31 Bn | 350.41 Mn | 14.76% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 | 30.59% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 28.57% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 9.46% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.73% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 24.91% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 23.38% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 8.44% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.65% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 9.88% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 14.93% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 5.54% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 10.09% |