PEGASYSTEMS INC PEGA
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 705573103 · ISIN US7055731035
American software company
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($4.8m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 85.4m as of 2024-07-17, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $60.55. Options: 10 managers hold calls ($36.7m notional), 8 hold puts ($14.8m).
Trends to Q2 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 178 |
| Q4 2022 | 185 |
| Q1 2023 | 192 |
| Q2 2023 | 174 |
| Q3 2023 | 193 |
| Q4 2023 | 241 |
| Q1 2024 | 267 |
| Q2 2024 | 282 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 88 | 97 |
| Q1 2023 | 107 | 96 |
| Q2 2023 | 70 | 101 |
| Q3 2023 | 98 | 76 |
| Q4 2023 | 134 | 78 |
| Q1 2024 | 148 | 108 |
| Q2 2024 | 166 | 123 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $1.2m | $8.2m | 6.96 |
| Q4 2023 | $4.8m | $1.7m | 0.36 |
| Q1 2024 | $45.2m | $14.8m | 0.33 |
| Q2 2024 | $36.7m | $14.8m | 0.40 |
Biggest buyers
| Quarry LP | New | +1.4m |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | New | +1.1m |
| Woodline Partners LP | Added | +289.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Added | +284.1k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +283.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Added | +241.8k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +213.8k |
| SCOPIA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | Added | +155.4k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Added | +152.1k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Added | +144.7k |
Biggest sellers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -881.4k |
| CADIAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP | Sold out | -880.0k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. | Reduced | -699.8k |
| Capital Research Global Investors | Reduced | -556.2k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Reduced | -403.3k |
| TPG GP A, LLC | Reduced | -297.3k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -137.1k |
| Bares Capital Management, Inc. | Reduced | -129.0k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC | Reduced | -123.0k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -103.3k |
Biggest calls
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $15.8m261.2k shares |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | New | $6.9m113.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Unchanged | $4.8m78.9k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $3.3m54.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $2.3m37.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Unchanged | $2.0m32.5k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $714.3k11.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $671.9k11.1k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $326.9k5.4k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $6.3m104.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $2.6m42.4k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.9m30.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.5m24.2k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | New | $1.3m22.3k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $853.5k14.1k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Reduced | $369.2k6.1k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| TREFLER ALAN 13G · passive no change · filed 2025-11-12 | 46.0% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution new · filed 2025-07-17 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $81.0k | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $183.8k | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $344.6k | $162.2k |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 4 | $245.2k | $125.4k |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 4 | $487.9k | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 5 | $2.7m | $348.7k |
| Q2 2024 | 1 | $504.2k | 5 | $1.4m | $809.0k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-26 | Akgonul Rifat Kerim Chief Product Officer | Sold plan | $60.0k1.0k shares |
| 2024-06-26 | STILLWELL KENNETH COO, CFO | Sold plan | $60.0k1.0k shares |
| 2024-06-11 | Rowlands Sharon T Director | Bought | $504.2k8.6k shares |
| 2024-06-03 | STILLWELL KENNETH COO, CFO | Sold plan | $57.9k1.0k shares |
| 2024-06-03 | Akgonul Rifat Kerim Chief Product Officer | Sold plan | $57.9k1.0k shares |
| 2024-05-31 | Trefler Leon Chief of Clients and Markets | Sold plan | $43.1k752 shares |
| 2024-05-20 | KOUNINIS EFSTATHIOS A VP of Finance & CAO | Sold | $31.8k500 shares |
| 2024-05-01 | STILLWELL KENNETH COO, CFO | Sold plan | $120.8k2.0k shares |
| 2024-05-01 | Akgonul Rifat Kerim Chief Product Officer | Sold plan | $120.8k2.0k shares |
| 2024-04-30 | Trefler Leon Chief of Clients and Markets | Sold plan | $45.4k752 shares |
| 2024-04-29 | JONES RICHARD H Director · Richard H. Jones Revocable Trust | Sold | $608.8k10.0k shares |
| 2024-04-01 | Akgonul Rifat Kerim Chief Product Officer | Sold plan | $127.4k2.0k shares |
| 2024-04-01 | STILLWELL KENNETH COO, CFO | Sold plan | $127.4k2.0k shares |
| 2024-04-01 | Trefler Leon Chief of Clients and Markets | Sold plan | $48.3k752 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.5m $330.5m | Added +91.4k |
| Bares Capital Management, Inc. 15.86% of their portfolio | 5.4m $329.8m | Reduced -129.0k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.0m $184.4m | Reduced -556.2k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.7m $163.0m | Added +85.7k |
| TPG GP A, LLC 2.38% of their portfolio | 2.5m $152.7m | Reduced -297.3k |
| Quarry LP 0.29% of their portfolio | 1.4m $1.4m | New |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.2m $73.6m | First filing |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. 0.16% of their portfolio | 1.1m $68.0m | New |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 888.1k $53.8m | Added +28.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 793.4k $48.0m | Added +43.3k |
| Luxor Capital Group, LP 6.72% of their portfolio | 683.9k $41.4m | Added +49.9k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.18% of their portfolio | 682.9k $41.3m | Added +144.5k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.09% of their portfolio | 633.4k $38.3m | Reduced -87.6k |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.36% of their portfolio | 622.4k $37.7m | Added +289.0k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 554.8k $33.4m | Added +283.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 548.1k $33.2m | Added +241.8k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 533.9k $32.3m | Added +34.4k |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. 2.20% of their portfolio | 533.5k $32.3m | Reduced -6.9k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 520.1k $31.5m | Added +41.1k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 481.3k $29.1m | Added +3.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 475.6k $28.8m | Added +115.2k |
| Harber Asset Management LLC 7.61% of their portfolio | 471.2k $28.5m | Added +47.9k |
| SCOPIA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 3.57% of their portfolio | 398.1k $24.1m | Added +155.4k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 396.3k $24.0m | Added +213.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 390.6k $23.6m | Added +284.1k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 376.8k $22.8m | Added +111.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 367.5k $22.2m | Added +116.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 362.0k $21.9m | Added +152.1k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 351.5k $21.3m | Added +47.1k |
| HERALD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Ltd 3.44% of their portfolio | 347.5k $21.0m | Unchanged |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 311.3k $18.8m | Reduced -12.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 299.3k $18.1m | Added +113.2k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.03% of their portfolio | 298.9k $18.1m | Added +144.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 283.5k $17.2m | Reduced -881.4k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.03% of their portfolio | 267.5k $16.2m | Added +11.3k |
| Boston Partners 0.02% of their portfolio | 230.4k $13.9m | Reduced -9.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 222.0k $13.4m | Added +7.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 203.2k $12.3m | Added +144.1k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.19% of their portfolio | 200.8k $12.2m | Added +123.4k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 190.0k $11.5m | Reduced -137.1k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 186.9k $11.3m | Reduced -1.2k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 179.2k $10.8m | Reduced -62.4k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 167.4k $10.1m | Added +127.9k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 161.7k $9.8m | Added +74.3k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.10% of their portfolio | 150.5k $9.1m | Added +106.3k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 125.5k $7.6m | New |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 115.8k $7.0m | Reduced -13.5k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.07% of their portfolio | 114.4k $6.9m | Added +8.0k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 109.7k $6.6m | Added +59.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 109.5k $6.6m | Reduced -92.5k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 107.8k $6.5m | Added +4.6k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 104.5k $6.3m | Reduced -586 |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 104.1k $6.3m | Added +58.3k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 97.4k $5.9m | Added +54.1k |
| FIL Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 93.3k $5.6m | Added +8.2k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.6k $5.5m | Added +33.7k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 88.7k $5.4m | Reduced -31.3k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 85.7k $5.2m | Reduced -25.3k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.01% of their portfolio | 85.2k $5.1m | New |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 83.8k $5.1m | Reduced -15.5k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.5k $5.0m | Unchanged |
| PRELUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.42% of their portfolio | 82.1k $5.0m | Added +37.6k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.4k $4.3m | Added +16.3k |
| Crestline Management, L.P. 0.33% of their portfolio | 69.8k $4.2m | Reduced -47.2k |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 67.9k $4.1m | Added +39.8k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.2k $4.1m | Reduced -23.6k |
| AXA S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 63.8k $3.9m | New |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. 0.19% of their portfolio | 63.6k $3.9m | Added +45.6k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 60.6k $3.7m | Reduced -403.3k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.8k $3.6m | Added +27.0k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 59.6k $3.6m | Added +38.9k |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 58.9k $3.6m | New |
| Vontobel Holding Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 58.2k $3.5m | Added +54 |
| Twin Tree Management, LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 57.8k $3.5m | Reduced -69.8k |
| CenterBook Partners LP 0.22% of their portfolio | 57.5k $3.5m | Added +3.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.7k $3.4m | Reduced -35.8k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 53.4k $3.2m | Reduced -38.0k |
| Man Group plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 52.1k $3.2m | Reduced -47.1k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.0k $3.1m | Added +1.1k |
| Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. 0.06% of their portfolio | 50.0k $3.0m | Added +1.3k |
| CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 49.8k $3.0m | Added +3.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.9k $3.0m | Added +10.2k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 46.6k $2.8m | Reduced -2.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.5k $2.8m | Added +4.9k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.2k $2.7m | Reduced -51.4k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.0k $2.7m | Added +1.6k |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 43.8k $2.7m | Added +12.3k |
| IRONWOOD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 1.34% of their portfolio | 41.4k $2.5m | Added +124 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.1k $2.5m | Reduced -761 |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 41.1k $2.5m | Reduced -94.9k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.01% of their portfolio | 40.6k $2.5m | Added +13.3k |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 39.3k $2.4m | Reduced -223 |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.05% of their portfolio | 38.6k $2.3m | Reduced -201 |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 36.0k $2.2m | Reduced -25.7k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 35.5k $2.1m | New |
| ICON ADVISERS INC/CO 0.47% of their portfolio | 35.0k $2.1m | Unchanged |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.3k $2.1m | Reduced -67.0k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.1k $2.0m | Added +6.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.8k $2.0m | Added +3.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.5k $1.9m | Reduced -6.0k |