Pegasystems (PEGA) stock hits 52-week low after missing revenue

TLDR

• PEGA stock fell nearly 16%, hitting a 52-week low of $25.10.
• Second-quarter revenue was $420.7 million, below estimates of $426.6 million.
• Adjusted EPS of $0.35 missed the consensus of $0.43
• Management cited customers delaying purchases due to AI-driven alternatives
• This is the second quarter in a row that Pegasystems has missed estimates

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Pegasystems stock fell sharply on Tuesday after the company reported a second-quarter earnings loss in both revenue and profit. The stock fell roughly 16% to a 52-week low of $25.10, down from a 52-week high of $68.10.

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Revenue was $420.7 million, up 9% year over year but below Wall Street estimates of $426.6 million. The gap wasn’t huge, but in this market, a miss is a miss.

Adjusted earnings per share rose from $0.28 to $0.35, but that was still below the $0.43 level that analysts had expected.

$PEGA Highlights of the second quarter earnings results of 2026

🔹Revenues: $420.716 million (approximately $427 million) 🔴; +9% YoY
🔹Adjective. EPS: $0.35 ($0.43) 🔴; +25% year on year
🔸CEO: “The unprecedented changes in the artificial intelligence market have caused customers to delay their purchasing decisions.”

Other metrics:
🔹ACV: $1.62 billion; +7% YoY
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– Wall Street Engine (@wallstengine) July 21, 2026

Annual contract value (ACV) increased by 7%, while Pega Cloud ACV grew by 22%. Both sounds decent, but they were not enough to reassure investors.

Management pointed out a familiar culprit. “Unprecedented changes in the AI ​​market have caused customers to delay their purchasing decisions,” the company said. In plain terms: Customers are starting to use native AI tools rather than being bound by traditional software contracts.

Second miss in a row

This is now the second straight quarter in which Pegasystems has missed estimates. This pattern is difficult to ignore.

It also follows a difficult week for enterprise software across the board. IBM shares They fell sharply last week, pointing to similar pressures in automation. Pega’s findings add further weight to the idea that legacy enterprise software faces real competitive pressures from newer AI platforms.

COO and CFO Ken Stillwell tried to put a positive spin on things, saying the market’s shift “from experimenting with AI to token economies and trusted business outcomes… plays directly to Pega’s strengths.” Whether investors will buy this framework or not is another matter.

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The stock is down 48% year-to-date and 46.66% over the past year. At current prices, some of the data points look attractive.

InvestingPro reports a PEG ratio of just 0.2 and gives PEGA an “outstanding” financial health score of 3.3. The platform classifies the stock as undervalued at current levels.

Gross margins are still good at 74.84%. The company does not provide quarterly guidance, which puts additional pressure on every earnings print.

The stock currently trades at around $26, with a market cap of around $5.2 billion. Trading volume on Tuesday was more than three times the average daily figure of 2.3 million.