Bentley Systems (BSY) Competitors

Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) and Bentley Systems (NASDAQ:BSY) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SNOW or BSY?

65.1% of Snowflake shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.2% of Bentley Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Snowflake shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Bentley Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, SNOW or BSY?

Snowflake has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bentley Systems has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SNOW or BSY?

Snowflake presently has a consensus price target of $200.27, suggesting a potential upside of 25.57%. Bentley Systems has a consensus price target of $52.70, suggesting a potential upside of 22.59%. Given Snowflake's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Snowflake is more favorable than Bentley Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Snowflake	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	30 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Bentley Systems	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is SNOW or BSY more profitable?

Bentley Systems has a net margin of 27.73% compared to Snowflake's net margin of -33.02%. Bentley Systems' return on equity of 29.50% beat Snowflake's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Snowflake	-33.02%	-24.23%	-13.30%
Bentley Systems	27.73%	29.50%	8.49%

Does the media favor SNOW or BSY?

In the previous week, Snowflake had 37 more articles in the media than Bentley Systems. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Snowflake and 5 mentions for Bentley Systems. Bentley Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Snowflake's score of 1.14 indicating that Bentley Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Snowflake	30 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bentley Systems	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SNOW or BSY?

Snowflake received 203 more outperform votes than Bentley Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.30% of users gave Bentley Systems an outperform vote while only 52.31% of users gave Snowflake an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Snowflake	Outperform Votes 272 52.31%	Underperform Votes 248 47.69%
Bentley Systems	Outperform Votes 69 63.30%	Underperform Votes 40 36.70%

Which has better valuation and earnings, SNOW or BSY?

Bentley Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Snowflake. Snowflake is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bentley Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Snowflake	$3.63B	14.52	-$836.10M	-$3.87	-41.21
Bentley Systems	$1.35B	9.63	$326.71M	$0.73	58.89

Summary

Snowflake beats Bentley Systems on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.