Wrapping up 2020 earnings with Ansys, Autodesk, and Bentley

Wrapping up 2020 earnings with Ansys, Autodesk, and Bentley

Wrapping up 2020 earnings with Ansys, Autodesk, and Bentley I have been trying to get to writing long-form pieces about how 2020 ended for Ansys, Autodesk, and Bentley ever since the companies reported but it’s been crazybusy. We’re nearing the end of March, which...
Bentley acquires Seequent for ~$1.05 Billion

Bentley acquires Seequent for ~$1.05 Billion

Bentley acquires Seequent for ~$1.05 Billion Bentley just announced that it was acquiring Seequent, a “leader in software for geological and geophysical modeling, geotechnical stability, and cloud services for geodata management, visibility, and...
Bentley acquires Seequent for ~$1.05 Billion

Bentley builds construction portfolio with E7

Bentley builds construction portfolio with E7 A couple of days ago, amid all of the earnings reports (and ahead of its own, on Tuesday), Bentley Systems announced that it has acquired E7, an Australia-based maker of project delivery software for heavy civil...

BSY rings the Nasdaq bell last week

I had promised you a photo of Bentleys ringing the opening bell at the Nasdaq, but can go one better — a video! The first 3:30 minutes or so are of the big LED pilar billboard in Times Square, showing pictures of Bentley employees (“colleagues” in...
Bentley’s IPO. Done. Finally.

Bentley’s IPO. Done. Finally.

Bentley shares started trading under the BSY symbol at around 11:15 on Wednesday. Someone told me that the bookmaker, the brokerage firm that handles trading of the shares, had to determine the opening price, which I thought would be the price Bentley set last night,...
Quickie: Bentley IPO now at $22/share

Quickie: Bentley IPO now at $22/share

Quickie: Bentley IPO now at $22/share I am no expert at IPOs but this seems unusual to me: Bentley’s offering had originally set a price range of $17 to $19 per share, then yesterday that range was upped to $19 to $21 — and then last night, it was again...
Wrapping up 2020 earnings with Ansys, Autodesk, and Bentley

Quickie: Bentley raises price in IPO

Quickie: Bentley raises price in IPO How interesting: Bentley just filed with the SEC to raise its price per share from $17 to $19, to $19 to $21 — that ups the value of the shares being sold to a max of ​ $259,580,811. Why raise the offering price? Typically,...