BHGE
Bh Global Ltd
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You’re right that Bluware (along with BHGE/seismic workflow additions) drove the bulk of that jump from $74M to $126M. Legacy CMG reservoir simulation has historically compounded at modest mid-single digits organically. The critical issue isn’t just top-line quality, but what buying that growth did to the unit economics: operating margins got cut in half from \~42% down to \~21%, and FCF conversion cratered. Comparing today’s 2.6x P/S against the historical \~7x multiple is comparing apples to oranges because the historical business had a 40%+ EBIT margin with net cash and zero debt. The moat itself (decades of validated sub-surface physics, history matching, and engineering expertise) hasn't disappeared. But the market went from paying peak multiple on idealized software growth to punishing an acquisitive, levered small-cap with messy margins. The bull case now isn't that it deserves its old 7x P/S; it’s whether management can optimize Bluware, stop margin dilution, and let the core FCF engine re-emerge while trading at \~16x forward earnings. If they can get operating margins back toward 30%+, the re-rate takes care of itself—regardless of multiple expansion.