What is Wedbush's Estimate for Pegasystems Q3 Earnings?

Key Points

• Wedbush has lowered its Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimate for Pegasystems to $0.07 from $0.11, while maintaining an "Outperform" rating and a $70.00 price target.
• Multiple analysts have recently increased their price targets for Pegasystems, with Barclays raising their objective to $58.00 and Citigroup up to $70.00.
• Pegasystems recently increased its quarterly dividend from $0.02 to $0.03, representing a 0.20% dividend yield based on an annualized rate.

Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ:PEGA - Free Report) - Analysts at Wedbush reduced their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Pegasystems in a report released on Thursday, July 24th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now anticipates that the technology company will post earnings per share of $0.07 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.11. Wedbush currently has a "Outperform" rating and a $70.00 price objective 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 $0.65 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.10 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.49 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. Barclays raised their price objective on Pegasystems from $50.00 to $58.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. JMP Securities raised their price objective on Pegasystems from $55.00 to $62.50 and gave the company a "market outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, June 3rd. Citigroup raised their price objective on Pegasystems from $66.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday. Rosenblatt Securities raised their price objective on Pegasystems from $56.00 to $59.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 21st. Finally, DA Davidson raised their price target on Pegasystems from $50.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Pegasystems currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $59.80.

Pegasystems Stock Up 1.3%

NASDAQ:PEGA opened at $58.83 on Monday. The business's 50-day moving average price is $51.29 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $45.65. Pegasystems has a twelve month low of $29.84 and a twelve month high of $59.85. The stock has a market cap of $10.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 50.50 and a beta of 1.13.

Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The technology company reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.04. Pegasystems had a return on equity of 42.42% and a net margin of 13.14%. The firm had revenue of $384.51 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $345.07 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.26 EPS. The company's revenue was up 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Pegasystems

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina grew its position in shares of Pegasystems by 0.6% in the 4th quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 19,597 shares of the technology company's stock worth $1,826,000 after buying an additional 120 shares during the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC lifted its stake in shares of Pegasystems by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 5,875 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $548,000 after purchasing an additional 139 shares during the period. Amalgamated Bank lifted its stake in shares of Pegasystems by 5.3% in the 1st quarter. Amalgamated Bank now owns 3,060 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $213,000 after purchasing an additional 153 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its stake in shares of Pegasystems by 50.5% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 599 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 201 shares during the period. Finally, Focus Partners Wealth lifted its stake in shares of Pegasystems by 9.1% in the 4th quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 3,533 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $329,000 after purchasing an additional 294 shares during the period. 46.89% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Pegasystems

In other news, Chairman Alan Trefler sold 45,000 shares of Pegasystems stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $53.34, for a total value of $2,400,300.00. Following the sale, the chairman directly owned 33,051,692 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,762,977,251.28. This trade represents a 0.14% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CAO Efstathios A. Kouninis sold 1,196 shares of Pegasystems stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $51.50, for a total value of $61,594.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 332 shares in the company, valued at approximately $17,098. This represents a 78.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 241,588 shares of company stock worth $13,769,343. Corporate insiders own 50.10% of the company's stock.

Pegasystems Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 1st were given a $0.03 dividend. This is a positive change from Pegasystems's previous quarterly dividend of $0.02. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 1st. Pegasystems's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 10.34%.

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.

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