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) - Wedbush lowered their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Pegasystems in a note issued to investors 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 estimate of $0.11. Wedbush 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.

PEGA has been the subject of several other reports. DA Davidson raised their price target on shares of Pegasystems from $50.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. JMP Securities raised their target price on shares of Pegasystems from $55.00 to $62.50 and gave the company a "market outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $60.00 target price on shares of Pegasystems in a research note on Tuesday, June 3rd. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Pegasystems from $50.00 to $58.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities raised their target price on shares of Pegasystems from $56.00 to $59.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $59.80.

Pegasystems Price Performance

Shares of PEGA traded up $0.41 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $60.20. 128,697 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,021,017. The company has a market cap of $10.30 billion, a PE ratio of 51.65 and a beta of 1.13. Pegasystems has a 52 week low of $29.84 and a 52 week high of $60.96. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $51.88 and a 200 day simple moving average of $45.94.

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

Pegasystems Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 1st were given a $0.03 dividend. 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. This is a boost from Pegasystems's previous quarterly dividend of $0.02. Pegasystems's payout ratio is presently 10.34%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CAO Efstathios A. Kouninis sold 582 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $59.65, for a total value of $34,716.30. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Chairman Alan Trefler sold 45,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $53.34, for a total value of $2,400,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chairman directly owned 33,051,692 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,762,977,251.28. This trade represents a 0.14% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 247,049 shares of company stock valued at $14,142,653 in the last 90 days. 49.70% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. CX Institutional acquired a new position in Pegasystems in the first quarter valued at about $36,000. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. raised its stake in Pegasystems by 139.7% in the first quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 549 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 320 shares in the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. raised its stake in Pegasystems by 159.8% in the second quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 730 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 449 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in Pegasystems by 50.5% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 599 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 201 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new position in Pegasystems in the first quarter valued at about $57,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 46.89% of the company's stock.

Pegasystems Company Profile

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.