BearishMEDIUM severityEarnings1h ago

Pegasystems Non-GAAP EPS of $0.35 misses by $0.11, revenue of $393.36M misses by $27.7M

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WOOK’s read

Pegasystems closed at $35.00, down 0.11%, near the lower end of its 52-week range. The stock is at 23% of its range, with a low of $25.10, and recent coverage has been heavily bearish, with all mentions in the last week. The Information Technology sector shows calm today.

Written by Wook AI Oct 20, 4:19 PM ET from this page’s own figures at that time — not from the article — with every number checked against them. Not investment advice.

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Story context

What to watch: This report cites a concrete figure ($0.35) — compare it against the trailing trend before treating one data point as a turning point.

Amount
$0.35
Amount
$0.11
Amount
$393.36 million
Amount
$27.7 million

Latest session change: $PEGA -1.57%

How this was labelled

Seeking Alpha published it, and Wook filed it under Earnings. It reads bearish at medium severity because of “miss” in the wording, with nothing on the bullish side to offset it. It was matched to $PEGA. It carried $0.35, $0.11, $393.36 million and $27.7 million, shown as published and not recalculated. The publisher gave no preview text, and nothing has been written in to fill the gap.

When it landed

It landed after the close, so the session change beside it was final before the story existed. The next session is the first that could react.

Where the price is

$PEGA last traded at $34.49, -1.57% on the session. That is 49% below its 52-week high of $68.10 and 37% above its low of $25.10 — in the lower part of the range. The year's range spans 171% from low to high: a very wide band for one year, the kind of volatility where large swings are routine. These are latest-session quotes, not live prices.

How much is being written

Wook has stored 1 story about $PEGA in the last 30 days, 1 of them this week. At the 30-day pace you would expect about 0 a week, so this week is running well ahead of normal — something has drawn extra attention. Across those stories the wording ran 0% bullish, 0% neutral and 100% bearish; this one reads bearish, so it sits with the majority of the run. This is the only one from Seeking Alpha; the rest came from other outlets. 12 of them are listed beside this one.

The backdrop

Earnings stories turn less on the headline numbers than on how they compare with what analysts expected and on guidance for the next quarter; a beat with weak guidance can land worse than a miss with a raised outlook. On Wook's supply-chain scanner, Information Technology reads calm today — no unusual stress in the filings and disclosures it reads.

What is already on the calendar

$PEGA earnings today. These were scheduled before this story and are not caused by it, but the nearest is close enough that the next hard numbers on this company will arrive soon.

Where to look next

The $PEGA page has the full chart, the filings and the valuation model behind these figures. Because one outlet dominates the coverage, reading another outlet on the same story is the quickest check on whether it is being confirmed or just repeated. Wook AI, above, can pull live figures and do the math — how far $PEGA is from its high, or how this week's coverage compares — on request.

What this page is not saying

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What happened after this published

Seeking Alpha published this on October 20, 2026. $PEGA has moved -0.75% ($34.75 to $34.49). Measured from the first print available after publication, against the latest available quote. This comparison does not isolate the story's effect.

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