Pegasystems PegaWorld 2026: Investor Session + Leadership Keynote Themes

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Pegasystems PegaWorld 2026: Investor Session + Leadership Keynote Themes

J P M O R G A N North America Equity Research

08 June 2026

Pegasystems Overweight

PEGA, PEGA US

PegaWorld 2026: Investor Session + Leadership Price (08 Jun 26):$35.11

Keynote Themes

Vertical SaaS & HealthTech

Alexei Gogolev AC

(1-212) 622-9391

alexei.gogolev@jpmorgan.com

Destiny Jackson

(1-212) 622-4360

destiny.jackson@jpmorgan.com

Pega kicked off the first full day of PegaWorld in Las Vegas with leadership

Ella Smith

keynotes and its investor session, largely centered on what Pega views as “ideal vs.

(1-212) 622-2451

not ideal” in an agentic world. The core message across speakers was that ella.smith@jpmchase.com

enterprise AI adoption will increasingly lean toward predictable outcomes and Isabella A Camaj

costs, which PEGA believes is its moat, and that its workflow-first architecture (1-212) 834-2379

(heavy AI at design time; constrained AI at runtime) is structurally advantaged as bella.camaj@jpmorgan.com

token economics, governance, and auditability become more visible in real-world J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

deployments. Against that backdrop, the investor session reinforced Pega’s long-

term operating framework, highlighting durable ACV growth levers, accelerating

Pega Cloud ACV momentum, continued margin progress against the 2027/2028

targets, and the company’s free cash flow and capital return framework.

• Token Economics / AI Cost Efficiency. A central theme of the day was that

lower token consumption (from constrained runtime AI usage) should

translate into lower AI operating costs for customers, and that recent market

attention to token economics reinforces the value of a workflow-governed

approach. Management also emphasized optionality in model choice (not