Wedbush Has Bearish Forecast for Pegasystems Q4 Earnings

Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ:PEGA) – Equities research analysts at Wedbush cut their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Pegasystems in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, October 22nd. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now anticipates that the technology company will earn $0.47 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.52. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $75.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Pegasystems’ current full-year earnings is $1.89 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Pegasystems’ Q1 2026 earnings at $0.54 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.19 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.15 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.49 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.36 EPS.

PEGA has been the topic of several other reports. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price target on shares of Pegasystems from $65.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 23rd. Citigroup upped their price target on shares of Pegasystems from $66.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 24th. Loop Capital upped their price target on shares of Pegasystems from $60.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 24th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Pegasystems from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Saturday. Finally, DA Davidson raised shares of Pegasystems from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $60.00 to $85.00 in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $69.61.

Pegasystems Stock Up 0.6%

PEGA stock opened at $66.64 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $11.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.72 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $56.76 and a 200 day simple moving average of $52.01. Pegasystems has a fifty-two week low of $29.84 and a fifty-two week high of $68.10.

Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 21st. The technology company reported $0.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.12. The business had revenue of $381.35 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $351.95 million. Pegasystems had a net margin of 16.05% and a return on equity of 43.49%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 17.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.39 earnings per share.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pegasystems

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Amalgamated Bank increased its holdings in Pegasystems by 5.3% in the first quarter. Amalgamated Bank now owns 3,060 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $213,000 after buying an additional 153 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in Pegasystems by 50.5% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 599 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $42,000 after buying an additional 201 shares during the last quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC increased its holdings in Pegasystems by 20.5% in the third quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 1,331 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $77,000 after buying an additional 226 shares during the last quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. increased its holdings in Pegasystems by 139.7% in the first quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 549 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 320 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. increased its holdings in Pegasystems by 2.8% in the first quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 13,756 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $956,000 after buying an additional 370 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 46.89% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CAO Efstathios A. Kouninis sold 3,993 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $65.50, for a total value of $261,541.50. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 206 shares in the company, valued at $13,493. This represents a 95.09% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, insider Rifat Kerim Akgonul sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $54.08, for a total value of $270,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 72,405 shares in the company, valued at $3,915,662.40. This represents a 6.46% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 186,004 shares of company stock worth $10,795,187 over the last ninety days. 50.10% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Pegasystems Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, October 1st were issued a $0.03 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, October 1st. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.2%. Pegasystems’s dividend payout ratio is currently 8.05%.

About Pegasystems

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. The company provides Pega Infinity, a software portfolio comprising of Pega Customer Decision Hub, a real-time AI-powered decision engine to enhance customer acquisition and experiences across inbound, outbound, and paid media channels; 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, an intelligent automation software for increasing efficiency of clients’ processes and workflows.