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Insiders appear to have a vested interest in Bentley Systems' growth, as seen by their sizeable ownership
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53% of the business is held by the top 8 shareholders
To get a sense of who is truly in control of Bentley Systems, Incorporated (NASDAQ:BSY), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 46% to be precise, is individual insiders. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.
So, insiders of Bentley Systems have a lot at stake and every decision they make on the company’s future is important to them from a financial point of view.
Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of Bentley Systems, beginning with the chart below.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Bentley Systems?
Many institutions measure their performance against an index that approximates the local market. So they usually pay more attention to companies that are included in major indices.
Bentley Systems already has institutions on the share registry. Indeed, they own a respectable stake in the company. This implies the analysts working for those institutions have looked at the stock and they like it. But just like anyone else, they could be wrong. When multiple institutions own a stock, there's always a risk that they are in a 'crowded trade'. When such a trade goes wrong, multiple parties may compete to sell stock fast. This risk is higher in a company without a history of growth. You can see Bentley Systems' historic earnings and revenue below, but keep in mind there's always more to the story.
Hedge funds don't have many shares in Bentley Systems. Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is Corinne Bentley with 11% of shares outstanding. Meanwhile, the second and third largest shareholders, hold 9.0% and 6.4%, of the shares outstanding, respectively. Keith Bentley, who is the third-largest shareholder, also happens to hold the title of Member of the Board of Directors.
We did some more digging and found that 8 of the top shareholders account for roughly 53% of the register, implying that along with larger shareholders, there are a few smaller shareholders, thereby balancing out each others interests somewhat.
Researching institutional ownership is a good way to gauge and filter a stock's expected performance. The same can be achieved by studying analyst sentiments. There are a reasonable number of analysts covering the stock, so it might be useful to find out their aggregate view on the future.