Is BSY a high-quality business?

AlphaMadera's AlphaQuality grade scores Bentley Systems, Incorporated on six pillars — profitability, capital efficiency, balance-sheet strength, growth durability, cash generation, and shareholder yield. The composite letter grade reflects how BSY compares to a Buffett-style quality bar.

What is Bentley Systems, Incorporated's AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to BSY based on a six-pillar quantitative model. The live page shows the composite grade plus each pillar's individual score with the underlying metrics.

What makes BSY a quality stock?

AlphaQuality looks at return on capital, free-cash-flow margins, debt-to-equity, revenue stability, dividend and buyback policy, and operating-margin trend. Stocks scoring well across all six pillars earn higher grades — the methodology favors compounders over cyclicals.

BSY - Bentley Systems, Incorporated

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

B+ 79.9 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for platform & compounding fcf businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 25%

B- 64.9

5yr Avg ROIC 8.0% 50/100
Operating Margin Trend +3.20 pp/yr 100/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

B 71.5

5yr Avg ROE 18.6% 89/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR 1.4% 40/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

A 92.9

5yr Revenue CAGR 11.7% 84/100
5yr EPS CAGR 29.7% 100/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 5/5 100/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

A 92.4

5yr FCF Margin 29.8% 100/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 1.85x 83/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

B+ 75.7

Net Debt / EBITDA 2.71x 56/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 29.21x 100/100
Altman Z-Score 3.16 82/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

B 74.0

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.41 42/100
Piotroski F-Score 9 100/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 0/5 100/100

2 of 3 gurus held; 2 added; 2 full exits.

Holders: 2 -1
Avg Δ position: +114.1%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 2

Cooperman sold -100%
Dalio sold -100%
Greenblatt increased +134%

How this is calculated

AlphaQuality grades six pillars from 0-100 and weights each by archetype:

Profitability (25%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (25%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (20%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (10%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (5%) — EPS Volatility (σ/μ), Piotroski F-Score, Negative-Revenue Years (5)

We deliberately ignore stock price, analyst targets, and consensus ratings so the grade is suitable for backtesting forward returns. A minimum of 5 fiscal years of audited statements is required; distressed and highly leveraged infrastructure businesses are declared ungradable rather than forced into a numeric score.