Why PEGA lags the market
Down 48% over five years while the S&P 500 rose 72%.
- Its Oct 20 results:
Down 48% over five years while the S&P 500 rose 72%.
PEGA's Quality Score rose 3 points on Tue, Nov 10, to 0. It closed near its high of the day (3 chart checks started).
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| Holding it back | Below its 200-day since January |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 20 |
Wed Nov 18: RBC Capital Markets Global…Investor conference · date confirmed.
After its last 4 reports it closed -8.8% on average, higher 0 of 4 times.
Below Averagefor quality, not price, 3 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
PEGA is #208 of 268 by Quality Score.
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Sales over four quarters against a year before: PEGA +0.9%, WDAY +13%.
Expected to report Tue Feb 9, after the close (in 91 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $393.4M, 3% more than a year ago; a profit of $0.08 a share, from $0.24.
“While our ACV growth through the first three quarters of 2026 did not reflect the opportunity we see in the market, largely due to go-to-market execution challenges, our Q3 ACV add was the strongest of the year and reinforces our confidence in the demand for our solutions,”
| Line | Q3 2026 | Q3 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | $347M | $325M |
Each quarter's sales and their share of its total. Figures as filed (SEC filing, Oct 20)
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Free cash flow | $700M or more |
Sales grew 11% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $0.12 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2026 | -2.2% | -2.9% | -2.5% |
| Jul 21, 2026 | -18.2% | -16.0% | -4.6% |
| Apr 21, 2026 | +4.3% | -4.6% | -8.5% |
Sales grew every year from 2018 to 2025, to $1.7B. It made a profit in four of the eight years.
RSI 35.6, MACD below signal, below both averages. Not scored.
4 insiders sold $3.1M across 17 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
2 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: PEGA is under 0.1% of FTEC, under 0.1% of VGT, and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Aug 31, 2026.
Founded in 1983, Pegasystems provides a suite of solutions for customer engagement and business process management. The company's key offering is the Pega Infinity platform, which combines business process management with customer relationship management applications. The company focuses on enterprise-size customers in the financial, insurance, and healthcare industries.
“The markets for our offerings are intensely competitive, rapidly changing, and highly fragmented as current competitors expand their product offerings and new companies enter the market.”
PEGA scores 0 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average. It is #208 of 268 in Software by Quality Score, with 3 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 48% over five years while the S&P 500 rose 72%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
PEGA scores 0 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average (0 to 5). That is #208 of 268 in Software by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind PEGA's 0.
4 insiders sold $3.1M across 17 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Kenneth Stillwell, COO, CFO, who sold $578K on Nov 4. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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Insider and Congress trades, the chart, and the financials, in one score.
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