# Pegasystems share price today (Pegasystems Inc., PEGA)

> Pegasystems Inc.'s earnings have grown faster than its share price. Earnings per share grew +285.8% in a year while the price moved −43.2%. PEGA · Technology · Software - Application · data as of 5 November 2026. Page: https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/pega

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## Key numbers

- Business trend: Mixed, from fewer quarters than usual
- Price: $33.57 (−43.2% in a year)
- P/E: 20.0× (lower than 85% of the last 2.8 years)
- Revenue (Sep 2026): $393 M (+3.1% on a year ago)
- Profit (Sep 2026): $14.1 M (−67.5% on a year ago)
- Operating margin: 8.3% (+4.5 points on a year ago)
- ROE: 50%, FY25
- ROIC: 74.2%, against a 9.3% cost of capital: +64.9 points

The main question: yearly earnings per share moved +285.8% while the share price moved −43.2%. ## What is the Pegasystems share price today? Pegasystems Inc.'s share price was $33.57 at the close on 5 November 2026. It has been falling for 22 weeks. That is 8.6% below its average price over the last 200 trading days. In the last 52 weeks it traded between $27 and $62, and at that close it sat 19% of the way up from that low. Over the past 13 weeks it has done better than the S&P 500, and it has stayed ahead for 10 weeks in a row. Over the last 10 years the share price moved +145% while the S&P 500 moved +245%, so it is behind the index over that whole period. The chart above shows the 13-week comparison for every week. This page treats a rise as over when the price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row. ## What dividend does Pegasystems pay? Pegasystems Inc. paid $0.10 per share over the last four reported quarters. The most recent declaration was $0.03 for Sep 2026. At today's price of $33.57 that is a yield of 0.30%, based on dividends already paid, not a forecast. ## Which stock lists is Pegasystems on? Pegasystems is on one of our US lists: US tech stocks. [US tech stocks](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us-tech-stocks)

## Is Pegasystems profitable? Pegasystems Inc. earned $14.1 M of net profit in the Sep 2026 quarter, −67.5% on the same quarter a year earlier. Full-year FY25 profit was $393 M. That is 3.6% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $43.4 M. 2 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making. For the full year, FY25 profit was $393 M (+296.7% on the year before). Why profit moved: revenue changed +3.1% on a year earlier and the margin moved +4.5 percentage points. Most of the change came from keeping more of each sale. On average over the last four quarters, profit changed −22.0% and revenue +1.4%. Profit is growing slower than sales: rising costs are taking part of the growth. ## How much revenue does Pegasystems make, and is it growing? Pegasystems Inc. reported $393 M of revenue in the Sep 2026 quarter, +3.1% on the same quarter a year earlier. That is the 2nd quarter in a row with growth on the year before. Over 4 years it has grown 9.6% a year on average. The last full year, FY25, came in at $1.7 B. The last four reported quarters add to $1.7 B. FY25 revenue was $1.7 B, +16.6% on the year before. Recent pace: the last four quarters grew +1.4% on average, against 9.6% a year over the longer run, so this year is growing slower than its own long-run rate. Is growth speeding up? Revenue over the last 12 months grew +0.9%, against +8.7% a year over the last 8 quarters (rolling over); profit over the last 12 months grew +6.0%, against +55.0% a year (rolling over). ## How much of every $100 of sales does Pegasystems keep? Pegasystems Inc.'s operating margin was 8.3% in the Sep 2026 quarter, 4.5 percentage points higher than the same quarter a year ago. Its latest full-year margin is the highest it has ever reported. Across 5 years it has been between −7.8% and 16.3%. The latest quarter is within that range. Across 5 years it has been between −7.8% and 16.3%, and FY25's 16.3% is the highest of them. Why the margin moved: operating margin changed +4.5 percentage points on the year while gross margin changed +1.4 points. So the gain came mostly from costs below the gross margin, such as staff and overheads, measured against sales. As noted under valuation: when margins are at a record, every ratio built on profit looks better than usual, so a low multiple can mislead. ## Is Pegasystems' profit turning into cash? Over the last 3 years, 191% of Pegasystems Inc.'s reported profit came in as cash from its operations, so the profit is backed by cash. In FY25 it brought in $505 M of operating cash against $393 M of profit. After $14.5 M of spending on assets, $491 M was left over as free cash. Cash-flow figures here are yearly, because quarterly cash statements are not published, so this section changes once a year. Why: the cash figure is clear, but the day counts behind it are not in our data, so we show it without guessing the reason. What to look at next: the main use of cash is spending on assets. The next section checks what that spending is building. ## Where does Pegasystems' cash go? Pegasystems Inc. does not report the customer, stock and supplier day counts a cash cycle needs, so this section looks at its spending on assets instead. It spent $39.0 M on assets over the last 3 years. Averaged over those years that is 0.7% of FY25 revenue a year. Nothing is estimated in place of the missing day counts, so no cash-cycle chart is drawn. Spending on assets: $39.0 M over the last 3 years. In short: the cash is going into new capacity, not getting stuck in the daily cycle. The question is whether the new capacity earns. ## What is Pegasystems' P/E ratio, and how does it compare with its own history? Pegasystems Inc.'s P/E is 20.0×, near the low end of its own history: it has been lower only 15% of the time. Its usual P/E (the middle reading) is 46.5×, over 2.8 years of weekly prices. This compares the share price with the company’s own past. It does not say what the business is worth. Keep one thing in mind: margins are the best this company has ever reported. A multiple that looks low against its own past can mislead when profit is at a record. If margins fall back, today's multiple is higher than it looks. Why the multiple is where it is: over the past year earnings per share moved +285.8% while the price moved −43.2%. Earnings did better than the price, which pulled the multiple down within its own range. Where the price move came from: over 3 years the price moved +13.8% a year; about +72.8% a year came from earnings growth and about −59.0 percentage points from the multiple (the market paying less). The split is approximate (price return minus earnings growth). It shows how much of the move came from the market paying a different multiple. In short: the multiple is low against its own past, so the earnings trend underneath matters more than the multiple. ## Is the Pegasystems business getting better or worse? Pegasystems Inc.'s business is giving mixed signals. Growth is slowing from a very fast pace: profit growth has eased from +126.4% at its peak to +6.0%, but the business is still expanding, with ROE rising at 50.0%. This is based on 12 quarters of 4 measures, with some gaps. Why it matters: when the lines disagree, each line above matters more than any single label. The return figures here are yearly, not quarterly. They show level and direction only; they can support the growth lines but never decide the reading alone. This reading has some gaps: at least one line is short, or the return line is not the quarterly series, so treat it with a little more caution. ## How much does Pegasystems earn on its capital? Pegasystems Inc. earned a ROE of 50% in FY25. That is up from a low of −264% in FY22. Its return on capital used (ROIC) is 64.9 percentage points above its cost of capital, so growth here adds value, not just size. It comes from a 22.5% net margin and 1.07× asset turnover (sales divided by assets). Why the return is what it is (FY25): a 22.5% net margin × 1.07× asset turnover × 2.07× leverage (assets divided by equity) ≈ 49.8% on equity. The margin does most of the work; borrowing is a big part of it. The key test, return on capital used minus the cost of capital: 74.2% − 9.3% = +64.9 percentage points. The 9.3% is an estimate of this company's own cost of capital. Read the sign and size of the gap, not the decimals. A gap this wide means each dollar put back into the business creates more than a dollar of value. The 74.2% ROIC above is the latest reading, as reported. The yearly chart below shows FY25 at 68.3%, and the quarterly chart works out each 12-month window from the quarterly figures, so the readings differ by date, not by method. ## Does Pegasystems have too much debt? Pegasystems Inc. has total debt of $69.0 M against shareholder equity of $549 M as of Sep 2026, so its debt is 0.13× its equity, which is very little. Year by year, that ratio went from 1.65 in FY21 to 0.10 in FY25. So the returns on this page come from the business, not from borrowed money. ## What is the Pegasystems shareholding pattern? 12.6% of Pegasystems Inc.'s tradable shares are in short positions, which are bets that the price will fall, so a large group of traders is betting against it. At normal trading volumes, closing those positions would take about 5.0 days. US companies do not publish a quarter-by-quarter list of owners, so this page uses short interest instead. It is a single reading at one point in time; we do not have its history. Why it is at this level: the figure does not say who holds the short positions or why, so we show the level without guessing the story. ## How far is Pegasystems from balance-sheet trouble? For Pegasystems Inc., the Z-score is 8.03. A Z-score above about 3 is safe and below about 1.8 signals danger, so this is well clear of danger. It estimates how far the balance sheet is from trouble; it is not a forecast of failure. Why it matters: a Z-score of 8.03 is well clear of the danger zone, so the balance sheet is not the risk here. ## How does Pegasystems rank in its industry? There is no score against its industry: Pegasystems Inc. is not among the largest members shown in this industry comparison for Software - Application. The score ranks a company within its industry: each measure is scored against the other members. Without that group there is no score, so none is shown. ## Which companies is Pegasystems compared with? No sector comparison is shown here, not among the largest members shown in this industry comparison. ## Which companies are close to Pegasystems in size? Pegasystems is the 54th largest of 142 Software - Application companies on Sector Alpha by market value (scores of 5 November 2026). Just above it: RingCentral, Inc., Klaviyo, Inc. and NICE. Just below it: Braze, Inc., Q2 Holdings, Inc. and Workiva Inc. ### Software - Application companies close in size

1. [RingCentral, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/rng) $6.3 billion
2. [Klaviyo, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/kvyo) $5.9 billion
3. [NICE Ltd.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/nice) $5.8 billion
4. Pegasystems Inc. $5.5 billion
5. [Braze, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/brze) $5.2 billion
6. [Q2 Holdings, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/qtwo) $4.7 billion
7. [Workiva Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/wk) $4.7 billion

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## What else do people ask about Pegasystems? ### What were Pegasystems's latest quarterly results? Pegasystems Inc. reported revenue of $393 M and net profit of $14.1 M for the Sep 2026 quarter. Revenue rose 3.1% and profit fell 67.5% compared with a year earlier. Earnings per share were $0.08. The operating margin was 8.3%, 4.5 percentage points higher than a year earlier (as of 5 November 2026). ### What is Pegasystems's market cap? Pegasystems Inc.'s market capitalisation is $5.5 B at a stock price of $33.57. Market cap is the share price times the number of shares, so it changes whenever the price moves (as of 5 November 2026). ### How is Pegasystems performing? Pegasystems Inc.'s share price has been falling for 22 weeks. In its latest quarter, revenue rose 3.1% and profit fell 67.5% compared with a year earlier. Over the past 13 weeks it has done better than the S&P 500, for 10 weeks running (as of 5 November 2026). ### Will Pegasystems's stock price go up? This page does not forecast Pegasystems Inc.'s stock price. What it shows instead: the stock price is $33.57, and it has been falling for 22 weeks. Its P/E of 20.0× is higher than 15% of its own last 3 years (as of 5 November 2026). ### Is Pegasystems's profit real cash? Yes, over the last 3 years, 191% of Pegasystems Inc.'s reported profit came in as cash from operations. The latest year was lower at 128%, so the trend is worth watching. In FY25, operating cash was $505 M against reported profit of $393 M. Most of that cash then goes into building new capacity. These are yearly figures (as of 5 November 2026). ### Where is Pegasystems in its business cycle? Pegasystems Inc.'s FY25 operating margin was 16.3%, against a 5-year range of −7.8% to 16.3%: the top of its range, a record year. When profit is at a record, every ratio looks better than usual, and the story depends on margins staying high. The latest quarter was 8.3%. Comparing margins with a company's own long history is a good way to see where it is in its cycle (as of 5 November 2026). ### What could break the Pegasystems story? The main question: yearly earnings per share moved +285.8% while the share price moved −43.2%. On price, this page treats a rise as over when the share price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row (as of 5 November 2026). ### Is Pegasystems a stock worth studying right now? What the numbers show: Pegasystems Inc.'s earnings have grown faster than its share price. Earnings per share grew +285.8% in a year while the price moved −43.2%. The main open question: whether the price catches up with earnings that have already grown. Every number on this page is worked out by code from the published figures, with no forecasts and no price opinions (as of 5 November 2026). ## Lists

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