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 ($10.0m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 85.1m as of 2025-04-14, 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 ≈ $69.47. Options: 11 managers hold calls ($6.6m notional), 10 hold puts ($7.2m).
Trends to Q1 2025
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 |
| Q3 2024 | 302 |
| Q4 2024 | 322 |
| Q1 2025 | 330 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 70 | 101 |
| Q3 2023 | 98 | 76 |
| Q4 2023 | 134 | 78 |
| Q1 2024 | 148 | 108 |
| Q2 2024 | 166 | 123 |
| Q3 2024 | 180 | 120 |
| Q4 2024 | 170 | 137 |
| Q1 2025 | 207 | 153 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | $36.7m | $14.8m | 0.40 |
| Q3 2024 | $9.4m | $4.5m | 0.48 |
| Q4 2024 | $16.3m | $4.4m | 0.27 |
| Q1 2025 | $6.6m | $7.2m | 1.09 |
Biggest buyers
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | New | +2.2m |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC | New | +981.4k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | +482.2k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +451.0k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS | Added | +442.5k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +424.6k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | Added | +313.3k |
| Broad Bay Capital Management, LP | New | +309.7k |
| Fiera Capital Corp | New | +269.2k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | Added | +198.0k |
Biggest sellers
| Capital Research Global Investors | Reduced | -1.1m |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Reduced | -807.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -540.5k |
| Bares Capital Management, Inc. | Reduced | -359.0k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -352.7k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Reduced | -318.6k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -317.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -271.3k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -239.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -211.1k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $2.4m34.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.2m17.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $764.0k11.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $743.9k10.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $632.6k9.1k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $278.1k4.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $264.2k3.8k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | New | $208.6k3.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $69.5k1.0k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Reduced | $48.7k700 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $2.0m28.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $1.5m21.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.3m18.1k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | New | $1.2m17.3k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $556.2k8.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $298.0k4.3k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $278.1k4.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $152.9k2.2k shares |
| Quaker Wealth Management, LLC | First filing | $3485 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 Q1 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 5 | $5.1m | $4.7m |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 5 | $3.0m | $1.1m |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 4 | $11.0m | $10.2m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-12 | TREFLER ALAN C.E.O. & Chairman, director | Sold plan | $2.3m31.5k shares |
| 2025-03-12 | Akgonul Rifat Kerim Chief Product Officer | Sold | $144.5k2.0k shares |
| 2025-03-11 | TREFLER ALAN C.E.O. & Chairman, director | Sold plan | $2.2m31.5k shares |
| 2025-03-04 | Trefler Leon Chief of Clients and Markets | Sold plan | $155.0k2.0k shares |
| 2025-03-03 | STILLWELL KENNETH COO, CFO | Sold plan | $156.6k2.0k shares |
| 2025-02-26 | TREFLER ALAN C.E.O. & Chairman, director | Sold plan | $2.5m31.5k shares |
| 2025-02-25 | TREFLER ALAN C.E.O. & Chairman, director | Sold plan | $2.4m31.5k shares |
| 2025-02-14 | STILLWELL KENNETH COO, CFO | Sold | $655.9k7.7k shares |
| 2025-02-03 | STILLWELL KENNETH COO, CFO | Sold plan | $211.3k2.0k shares |
| 2025-01-02 | STILLWELL KENNETH COO, CFO | Sold plan | $188.0k2.0k 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, Q1 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.5m $383.8m | Reduced -271.3k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.6m $183.4m | Reduced -317.9k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.2m $151.1m | New |
| TPG GP A, LLC 2.84% of their portfolio | 2.0m $140.6m | Added +82.8k |
| Bares Capital Management, Inc. 16.37% of their portfolio | 2.0m $139.5m | Reduced -359.0k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.0m $138.1m | Reduced -1.1m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.8m $126.8m | Reduced -540.5k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.2m $81.3m | Added +451.0k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.16% of their portfolio | 1.1m $75.6m | Reduced -36.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.0m $71.4m | Added +167.1k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.16% of their portfolio | 1.0m $71.4m | Added +313.3k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.27% of their portfolio | 981.4k $68.2m | New |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 871.9k $60.6m | Added +46.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 818.3k $56.9m | Reduced -40.1k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 785.5k $54.6m | Added +45.9k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 784.1k $54.5m | Added +81.3k |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. 3.17% of their portfolio | 637.6k $44.3m | Reduced -60.4k |
| Shannon River Fund Management LLC 11.51% of their portfolio | 634.8k $44.1m | Reduced -163.6k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 621.8k $43.2m | Reduced -16.2k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 616.6k $42.9m | Added +140.9k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.17% of their portfolio | 603.2k $41.9m | Added +442.5k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 568.0k $39.5m | Added +482.2k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 502.0k $34.9m | Added +424.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 426.2k $29.6m | Reduced -59.3k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 396.1k $27.5m | Added +99.7k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 388.0k $27.0m | Added +198.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 382.7k $26.6m | Added +139.4k |
| HERALD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Ltd 4.58% of their portfolio | 351.8k $24.4m | Added +4.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 343.2k $23.9m | Added +19.5k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 331.3k $23.0m | Reduced -352.7k |
| CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.39% of their portfolio | 313.2k $21.8m | Added +9.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 312.5k $21.7m | Reduced -63.5k |
| Broad Bay Capital Management, LP 3.24% of their portfolio | 309.7k $21.5m | New |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 302.3k $21.0m | Added +145.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 288.2k $20.0m | Reduced -23.1k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 274.1k $19.1m | Added +15.2k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 270.5k $18.8m | Added +51.5k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.07% of their portfolio | 269.2k $18.7m | New |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.03% of their portfolio | 250.0k $17.4m | Added +135.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 248.2k $17.3m | Added +13.1k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 242.8k $16.9m | Added +49.8k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 230.0k $16.0m | Reduced -177.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 206.9k $14.4m | Added +92.8k |
| Harber Asset Management LLC 5.11% of their portfolio | 206.2k $14.3m | Added +43.6k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.68% of their portfolio | 195.4k $13.6m | Added +49.9k |
| Luxor Capital Group, LP 1.73% of their portfolio | 194.9k $13.5m | Reduced -201.5k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.03% of their portfolio | 186.0k $12.9m | Reduced -31.7k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 183.2k $12.7m | Added +45.3k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 173.6k $12.1m | Reduced -104.1k |
| Summit Creek Advisors LLC 1.73% of their portfolio | 170.7k $11.9m | Added +47.9k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.02% of their portfolio | 170.2k $11.8m | Reduced -26.5k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 169.7k $11.8m | Added +167.0k |
| WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 168.5k $11.7m | Added +1.9k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 167.8k $11.7m | Added +8.6k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 162.2k $11.3m | First filing |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 159.0k $11.2m | Reduced -19.1k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 155.8k $10.8m | Added +23.7k |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC 1.05% of their portfolio | 154.7k $10.8m | Added +13.2k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.02% of their portfolio | 149.8k $10.4m | Reduced -318.6k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 145.9k $10.1m | Added +29.6k |
| KORNITZER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /KS 0.17% of their portfolio | 119.7k $8.3m | Added +16.9k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 113.2k $7.9m | Reduced -83.4k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 113.1k $7.9m | Added +97.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 109.9k $7.6m | Added +94.9k |
| PINEBRIDGE INVESTMENTS, L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 108.8k $7.6m | New |
| CASTLEARK MANAGEMENT LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 108.7k $7.6m | Added +13.0k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.07% of their portfolio | 106.7k $7.4m | Reduced -120.8k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 105.0k $7.3m | Reduced -1.3k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 101.6k $7.1m | Reduced -6.1k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.01% of their portfolio | 97.6k $6.6m | Added +9.0k |
| FIL Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 97.0k $6.7m | Reduced -1.9k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.02% of their portfolio | 93.2k $6.5m | Added +5.6k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 92.5k $6.4m | Reduced -27.1k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.4k $6.4m | Added +7.4k |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.16% of their portfolio | 89.6k $6.2m | Added +4.3k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 89.6k $6.2m | Added +29.3k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 86.6k $6.0m | Added +4.5k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.7k $5.7m | Reduced -38.9k |
| Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. 0.07% of their portfolio | 81.5k $5.7m | New |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 76.9k $5.3m | Added +65.8k |
| SummitTX Capital, L.P. 0.22% of their portfolio | 72.0k $5.0m | First filing |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 69.6k $4.8m | Added +36.2k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 62.1k $4.3m | Added +22.2k |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. 0.07% of their portfolio | 58.0k $4.0m | Added +14.0k |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 57.2k $4.0m | Reduced -12.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.4k $3.9m | Added +12.1k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.0k $3.8m | Reduced -887 |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.05% of their portfolio | 52.1k $3.6m | Added +34.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.8k $3.6m | Added +6.4k |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 48.8k $3.4m | Added +5.7k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.9k $3.3m | Reduced -52.4k |
| 1492 Capital Management LLC 1.76% of their portfolio | 47.1k $3.3m | Added +23.3k |
| CWM, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.0k $3.3m | Added +11.7k |
| Abacus FCF Advisors LLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 46.3k $3.2m | Added +23.9k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 46.1k $3.2m | Reduced -470 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.0k $3.1m | Added +3.9k |
| Foundry Partners, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 42.6k $3.0m | Added +573 |
| ESSEX INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.61% of their portfolio | 41.8k $2.9m | Reduced -4.0k |
| IRONWOOD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 1.56% of their portfolio | 41.2k $2.9m | Reduced -313 |
| Vontobel Holding Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 41.1k $2.9m | Added +3.3k |