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Pegasystems Inc. (PEGA) Stock Analysis

Pegasystems Inc. (PEGA) is a Software - Application stock listed on NASDAQ and quoted in US Dollar.

Last Updated: October 21, 2026

PEGA

$35.18

−$1.05 (−2.90%)

Oct 21, 2026 · Market close

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PEGA Key Statistics

As of Oct 21, 2026
Trading
Open
$35.42
Previous Close
$36.23
Day's Range
34.47–36.00
52-Week Range
25.10–68.10
Volume
7.39M
Valuation
Market Cap
$5.78B
P/E Ratio
19.88
Forward P/EShare price divided by forecast earnings for the year ahead, rather than the year just past.
14.06
PEG RatioThe P/E ratio divided by the expected earnings growth rate. It puts a high P/E in the context of how fast profits are growing.
2.99
P/S ratioMarket value divided by annual revenue. Useful for companies that are not yet profitable, where a P/E cannot be calculated.
3.31
EPS (ttm)Profit attributable to each share over the last twelve months.
1.77
Financials (FY)
Revenue (FY)
$1.75B+16.61%
Net Income (FY)
$393.44M+296.65%
Profit marginThe share of revenue left as profit after all costs and taxes.
16.86%
Shares OutstandingThe total number of shares held by all investors. Market value is this figure multiplied by the share price.
164.40M
1-Year Return
−38.20%
Dividend and dates
Dividend
$0.12+0.33%
Ex-Dividend Date
October 1, 2026
Avg Volume
2.62M

Only metrics the company reports are shown. Data provided by Yahoo Finance via yfinance. Updated daily.

Key facts

As of October 21, 2026, PEGA closed at $35.18, −38.20% over 1 year.

Pegasystems Inc. (PEGA) has a market capitalization of $5.78B.

In fiscal 2025, PEGA reported revenue of $1.75B.

PEGA Stock Return by Calendar Year

Pegasystems Inc. (PEGA) 10-year return: what $10,000 became

1 year
$10,000 $6,180
−38.20%
5 years
$10,000 $5,446
−45.54%
10 years
$10,000 $23,117
+131.17%

If you had invested $10,000 in Pegasystems Inc. (PEGA) 10 years ago, at the close on October 21, 2016, it would have been worth $23,117 at the close on October 21, 2026: +131.17% in total, +8.74% a year, with dividends reinvested. A historical calculation from closing prices adjusted for splits and dividends, before fees and taxes.

Calendar-year returns computed from daily closing prices. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

YearReturn
2026 (partial year)−40.96%
2025+28.39%
2024+91.01%
2023+43.07%
2022−69.29%
2021−16.01%
2020+67.51%
2019+66.81%
2018+1.66%
2017+31.28%
2016 (partial year)+39.47%

As of October 21, 2026.

PEGA Revenue and Earnings by Fiscal Year

FY ends December
Fiscal yearRevenueNet incomeNet margin
2025$1.75B$393.44M22.5%
2024$1.50B$99.19M6.6%
2023$1.43B$67.81M4.7%
2022$1.32B−$345.58M−26.2%
Fiscal yearRevenueGross profitOperating incomeNet incomeNet margin
2025$1.75B$1.32B$284.39M$393.44M22.5%
2024$1.50B$1.11B$160.81M$99.19M6.6%
2023$1.43B$1.05B$102.70M$67.81M4.7%
2022$1.32B$949.21M−$87.66M−$345.58M−26.2%

Annual figures as reported, in the company's reporting currency. As of December 31, 2025.

PEGA Dividend History

$0.09+100.0% vs 2024

Dividends per share, 2025 · 4 payments

YearDividends per sharePaymentsChange
2026*$0.174—
2025$0.094+100.0%
2024$0.053−25.0%
2023$0.064+0.0%
YearDividends per sharePaymentsChange
2026 (partial year)$0.174—
2025$0.094+100.0%
2024$0.053−25.0%
2023$0.064+0.0%
2022$0.064+0.0%
2021$0.064+0.0%
2020$0.064+0.0%
2019$0.064+0.0%
2018$0.064+0.0%
2017$0.064+300.0%
2016$0.021—

Most recent payment: $0.04 per share, ex-dividend August 17, 2026. Per-share amounts summed by calendar year from ex-dividend dates. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

PEGA Valuation vs Software - Application Median

Median of 240 stocks
MetricPEGASoftware - Application medianvs median
P/E19.8829.7933% below
P/S ratio3.312.8317% above
Profit margin16.86%0.82%16.0 pts above

Medians across 240 Software - Application stocks that report the metric. Medians, not averages, so one outlier cannot move them. As of October 21, 2026.

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Company Overview

Pegasystems Inc. (PEGA) carries a market capitalisation of $5.78B. The company sits in the Technology sector, in the Software - Application industry. The company reports 5,598 employees.

The most recent close on file for PEGA is $35.18, dated October 21, 2026. That is −$1.05 (−2.90%) against the previous close. The 52-week range on file runs from $25.10 to $68.10. The latest close sits 40.16% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

The most recent full year on file, fiscal 2025, shows revenue of $1.75B. Against the prior fiscal year total of $1.50B, that is a change of +16.61%. The same year closed with net income of $393.44M. That is +296.65% against the prior fiscal year. Profit margin runs at 16.86%. That is 16 percentage points above the Software - Application median of 0.82%. Trailing earnings per share are 1.77.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from $1.32B in 2022 to $1.75B in 2025. Of those 4 years, 3 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

The trailing P/E ratio stands at 19.88. That is 33.27% below the Software - Application median of 29.79. On forward earnings the ratio is 14.06. The PEG ratio, which sets the P/E against expected earnings growth, reads 2.99. The price-to-sales ratio is 3.31. On price-to-sales that is 17.05% above the Software - Application median of 2.83. 240 Software - Application companies report these metrics, and the medians quoted come from that group.

The trailing one-year total return is −38.20%. Across 10 years the annualized return works out at +8.74%. Daily returns over the trailing 10 years annualize to a volatility of 44.79%.

Growth & Income

The trailing dividend yield is 0.33%. That is 0.9 percentage points below the Software - Application median yield of 1.21%. The indicated annual rate is $0.12 a share. The ex-dividend date on file is October 1, 2026. Dividends are recorded for 11 calendar years; 2026 shows 4 payments totalling $0.17 a share. The year before, 2025, totalled $0.09 a share.

Across the complete calendar years on file, 2024 returned +91.01% and 2022 returned −69.29%. Of the 9 complete calendar years on file, 7 finished higher. So far in 2026 the total return is −40.96%.

Peer Comparison

Pegasystems Inc. (PEGA) operates in the Software - Application industry. Here is how it compares to its closest peers by market capitalization:

Company Ticker Market Cap P/E Ratio
Pegasystems Inc. PEGA $5.78B 19.9
SAP SE SAP $268.62B 29.9
Shopify Inc. SHOP $226.17B 117.8
Salesforce, Inc. CRM $198.98B 22.1

The Software - Application industry average P/E ratio is 29.8x. Pegasystems Inc. trades at a P/E of 19.9.

Every figure above is read from this page's own data on each daily rebuild. Informational only, not financial advice. As of October 21, 2026.

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About Pegasystems Inc.

Pegasystems Inc. develops, markets, licenses, hosts, and supports enterprise software in the United States, rest of the Americas, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It provides Pega Infinity, a software portfolio comprising of Pega Customer Decision Hub, a real-time AI-powered decision engine, which can predict a customer's behavior and recommend the next best action to take across channels in real-time; Pega Customer Service to anticipate customer needs, connect customers to people and systems, and automate customer interactions to evolve the customer service experience, as well as to allow enterprises to deliver interactions across channels and enhance employee productivity; and Pega Platform, a software for AI-powered workflow automation for increasing the efficiency of clients' processes and operational workflows. The company also offers Situational Layer Cake that organizes logic into layers that map to the unique dimensions of a client's business, such as customer types, lines of business, geographies, etc.; Pega GenAI Blueprint to rapidly prototype and accelerate the development and deployment of applications; Pega Cloud that allows clients to develop, test, and deploy applications; Pega Catalyst, which helps clients to transform and prototype their customer journeys; Pega Academy, which offers enablement content for Pega product implementations, such as instructor-led and online training to its employees, clients, and partners; and global service assurance and client support services. It primarily markets its software and services to financial services, healthcare, communications and media, government, insurance, manufacturing and high tech, and consumer industries through a direct sales force, as well as partnerships with technology providers and application developers. Pegasystems Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

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