Bentley Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BSY) reported Q1 EPS of $0.20, $0.04 better than the analyst estimate of $0.16. Revenue for the quarter came in at $222 million versus the consensus estimate of $215.13 million.

First Quarter 2021 Financial Results:

• Total revenues were $222.0 million, up 14.0% year-over-year;
• Subscriptions revenues were $188.1 million, up 10.5% year-over-year;
• Last twelve-month recurring revenues were $716.9 million, up 10.7% year-over-year;
• Last twelve-month recurring revenues dollar-based net retention rate was 107% (calculated under Topic 606), compared to 109% (calculated under Topic 605) for the same period last year;
• Last twelve-month account retention rate was 98% (calculated under Topic 606), compared to 98% (calculated under Topic 605) for the same period last year;
• Annualized Recurring Revenue (“ARR”) was $760.2 million as of March 31, 2021, representing a constant currency ARR growth rate of 10% from March 31, 2020;
• GAAP operating income was $55.6 million, compared to $46.0 million for the same period last year;
• GAAP net income was $57.0 million, compared to $29.7 million for the same period last year. GAAP net income per diluted share was $0.18, compared to $0.10 for the same period last year;
• Adjusted Net Income was $64.0 million, compared to $43.2 million for the same period last year. Adjusted Net Income per diluted share was $0.20 compared to $0.15 for the same period last year;
• Adjusted EBITDA was $82.8 million, compared to $57.9 million for the same period last year. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 37.3%, compared to 29.8% for the same period last year;
• Cash flow from operations was $132.8 million, compared to $72.6 million for the same period last year.

Definitions of the non‑GAAP financial measures used in this press release and reconciliations of such measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measures are included below under the heading “Use and Reconciliation of Non‑GAAP Financial Measures.”

“Our first quarter operating results were broadly consistent with the progression of the same mildly improving application usage trends we reported earlier this year, with our established quarterly seasonalization, and with the outlook we have previously expressed for the unfolding of full-year 2021. On the other hand, the quarter’s unprecedented operating margins and operating cash flows benefited from circumstances likely unique to this unusual year. Of note, we are pleased by the indicated market demand for our applications within our newly-targeted ‘SMB’ prospects— our Virtuosity subscriptions have attracted over a thousand accounts new to Bentley Systems, since inception less than a year ago,” said Greg Bentley, CEO.

“I believe the long-term potential of infrastructure digital twins will be accelerated by the ‘programmatic’ acquisitions we announced last month, of INRO to add multi-modal and dynamic simulation capabilities for mobility digital twins, and of sensemetrics and Vista Data Vision to extend our iTwin platform for infrastructure IoT. Anticipating the closing later in this quarter of our largest acquisition to date, Seequent, subject to the completion of regulatory review, when we announce our second quarter operating results we will update our financial outlook for 2021 to reflect acquisition impacts,” concluded Mr. Bentley.

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