Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Pegasystems Inc shares valued at $2,619,846 were sold by TREFLER ALAN on Sep 16 ’25. At $58.22 per share, TREFLER ALAN sold 45,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 45,069,364 shares worth approximately $2.69 billion following the completion of this transaction.
Also, KOUNINIS EFSTATHIOS A sold 2,544 shares, netting a total of over 150,096 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $59.00 each, the insider now holds 0 shares.
Before that, Alan Trefler had added 270,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $15,670,800, the Officer bought Pegasystems Inc shares for $58.04 each.
Analysts at Loop Capital upgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early August. As of July 31, 2024, JMP Securities has increased its “Mkt perform” rating to a “Mkt outperform” for PEGA. Earlier on July 30, 2024, William Blair upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for PEGA stock which previously was a “a Mkt perform”.
Analyzing PEGA Stock Performance
On last trading session, Pegasystems Inc [NASDAQ: PEGA] rose 1.98% to $59.68. The stock’s lowest price that day was $58.87, but it reached a high of $60.4609 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.75%. Over the course of the year, Pegasystems Inc shares have jumped approximately 76.99%.
Is Pegasystems Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Pegasystems Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-29 jumping by 0.84 million shares to 5.81 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 4.97 million shares. A jump of 14.52% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.19 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.19.
Which companies own the most shares of Pegasystems Inc (PEGA)?
In terms of Pegasystems Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 105 in the next 12 months, up nearly 79.43% from the previous closing price of $58.52. Analysts anticipate Pegasystems Inc stock to reach 120 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 90. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked Pegasystems Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On January 12, 2024, Barclays assigned a price target of “an Equal weight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $52.
