Pegasystems Inc [NASDAQ: PEGA] plunged by -$3.72 during the normal trading session on while it closed the day at $99.57.
Pegasystems Inc stock has also gained 1.78% of its value over the past 7 days. However, PEGA stock has inclined by 22.17% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 15.04% and gained 6.83% year-on date.
The market cap for PEGA stock reached $8.52 billion, with 85.56 million shares outstanding and 43.47 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 960.68K shares, PEGA reached a trading volume of 7672094 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Pegasystems Inc [PEGA]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for PEGA shares is $106.60 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on PEGA stock is a recommendation set at 1.60. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
KeyBanc Capital Markets have made an estimate for Pegasystems Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Overweight, with their previous recommendation back on January 14, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Loop Capital raised their target price from $68 to $84. The new note on the price target was released on August 01, 2024, representing the official price target for Pegasystems Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $85, while JMP Securities analysts kept a Mkt Outperform rating on PEGA stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Pegasystems Inc is set at 3.40, with the Price to Sales ratio for PEGA stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 5.19. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 13.94, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 4.34. Price to Free Cash Flow for PEGA in the course of the last twelve months was 23.60 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.39.
PEGA stock trade performance evaluation
Pegasystems Inc [PEGA] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 1.78. With this latest performance, PEGA shares gained by 44.81% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 15.04% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 58.35% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for PEGA stock in for the last two-week period is set at 67.54, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 66.17, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 65.44 for Pegasystems Inc [PEGA]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 80.28, while it was recorded at 99.80 for the last single week of trading, and 82.55 for the last 200 days.
Pegasystems Inc [PEGA]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Pegasystems Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.39 and a Current Ratio set at 1.39.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Pegasystems Inc [PEGA] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for PEGA. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Pegasystems Inc go to 9.27%.
Pegasystems Inc [PEGA]: Institutional Ownership
The top three institutional holders of PEGA stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 5.46 million shares, which is approximately 6.4124%. BARES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC., holding 5.45 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$329.76 million in PEGA stocks shares; and BARES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC., currently with $$184.41 million in PEGA stock with ownership which is approximately 3.5777%.
