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Pegasystems (PEGA) Competitors

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$95.24 +1.11 (+1.18%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

PEGA vs. ANSS, TYL, SSNC, FDS, MANH, AZPN, GWRE, INFA, HCP, and ACIW

Should you be buying Pegasystems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pegasystems include ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Informatica (INFA), HashiCorp (HCP), and ACI Worldwide (ACIW). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.

Pegasystems vs.

ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) and Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and community ranking.

ANSYS has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pegasystems has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

ANSYS has a net margin of 23.01% compared to Pegasystems' net margin of 8.29%. Pegasystems' return on equity of 37.83% beat ANSYS's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ANSYS23.01% 12.64% 9.55%
Pegasystems 8.29%37.83%10.18%

In the previous week, ANSYS had 1 more articles in the media than Pegasystems. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ANSYS and 12 mentions for Pegasystems. Pegasystems' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat ANSYS's score of 0.75 indicating that Pegasystems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ANSYS
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pegasystems
4 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

92.4% of ANSYS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of Pegasystems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of ANSYS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.1% of Pegasystems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

ANSYS has higher revenue and earnings than Pegasystems. ANSYS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pegasystems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ANSYS$2.47B11.99$500.41M$6.4852.22
Pegasystems$1.48B5.52$67.81M$1.3769.52

ANSYS presently has a consensus price target of $342.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.22%. Pegasystems has a consensus price target of $89.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.55%. Given ANSYS's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe ANSYS is more favorable than Pegasystems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ANSYS
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Pegasystems
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Pegasystems received 77 more outperform votes than ANSYS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.15% of users gave Pegasystems an outperform vote while only 53.79% of users gave ANSYS an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ANSYSOutperform Votes
412
53.79%
Underperform Votes
354
46.21%
PegasystemsOutperform Votes
489
60.15%
Underperform Votes
324
39.85%

Summary

ANSYS and Pegasystems tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PEGA vs. The Competition

MetricPegasystemsData processing & preparation IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.17B$4.34B$25.52B$9.07B
Dividend Yield0.12%2.86%2.77%4.21%
P/E Ratio69.5232.97245.3417.15
Price / Sales5.521,743.103,289.54116.81
Price / Cash44.7733.4735.4537.86
Price / Book22.526.128.014.78
Net Income$67.81M$44.01M$675.54M$225.60M
7 Day Performance0.69%-2.73%0.67%-1.23%
1 Month Performance6.32%6.47%6.94%3.07%
1 Year Performance91.90%15.89%22.97%16.48%

Pegasystems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEGA
Pegasystems
4.6763 of 5 stars
$95.24
+1.2%
$89.00
-6.6%
+93.9%$8.17B$1.48B69.525,406Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
ANSS
ANSYS
4.0271 of 5 stars
$341.99
+0.5%
$342.50
+0.1%
+14.0%$29.91B$2.47B52.516,200
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.6422 of 5 stars
$613.83
+0.4%
$642.62
+4.7%
+48.0%$26.27B$1.95B111.627,300Insider Trade
SSNC
SS&C Technologies
4.4457 of 5 stars
$76.59
-0.1%
$77.75
+1.5%
+27.2%$18.97B$5.76B27.4526,000Positive News
FDS
FactSet Research Systems
4.1802 of 5 stars
$489.55
+0.2%
$451.85
-7.7%
+6.9%$18.60B$2.20B35.1612,398Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MANH
Manhattan Associates
4.3362 of 5 stars
$299.12
+0.3%
$292.89
-2.1%
+28.6%$18.27B$1.02B85.184,580Positive News
AZPN
Aspen Technology
3.1351 of 5 stars
$251.09
+0.9%
$258.00
+2.8%
+18.4%$15.88B$1.09B-428.973,937Positive News
GWRE
Guidewire Software
4.0259 of 5 stars
$172.76
flat
$193.00
+11.7%
+67.4%$14.43B$1.04B479.893,469Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
INFA
Informatica
3.8199 of 5 stars
$26.93
+0.4%
$33.27
+23.6%
-5.1%$8.22B$1.66B127.715,000Insider Trade
HCP
HashiCorp
1.0025 of 5 stars
$33.81
+0.1%
$32.08
-5.1%
+51.0%$6.91B$654.89M-55.392,200Analyst Forecast
ACIW
ACI Worldwide
2.6365 of 5 stars
$54.65
+1.2%
$49.50
-9.4%
+78.6%$5.73B$1.45B25.603,212Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PEGA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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