EGAN vs NOW vs PEGA Stock Comparison

Egain, ServiceNow and Pegasystems Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EGAN EGAIN Corp
$5.68 -4.2% 1M -60.9% 1Y
Market cap
$152.36M
P/E
17.4x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
1 win
NOW ServiceNow, Inc.
$158.99 +12.9% 1M -15.4% 1Y
Market cap
$162.99B
P/E
97.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.73B
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
4 wins
PEGA Pegasystems Inc
$36.42 +3.5% 1M -44.5% 1Y
Market cap
$6.02B
P/E
20.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.75B
Div. yield
0.00%
Business Process Automation Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

ServiceNow leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (ServiceNow 4, Pegasystems 4, Egain 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEGANNOWPEGALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $152.36M $162.99B $6.02B NOW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.4x 97.6x 20.4x EGAN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 113.6x 41.3x 15.7x PEGA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +22.2% +0.9% NOW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 11.3% 16.9% PEGA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.8x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -60.9% -15.4% -44.5% NOW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -11.1%/yr +3.0%/yr -10.8%/yr NOW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 60.7% 58.7% 52.3% PEGA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 50/100 66/100 PEGA

Percentile Scorecard

EGANNOWPEGA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisEGANNOWPEGA
Valuation 96 #5 of 101 27 #74 of 101 76 #25 of 101
Growth – 58 #41 of 97 54 #45 of 97
Profitability – 81 #19 of 94 90 #10 of 94
Financial Health 79 #24 of 109 51 #54 of 109 66 #38 of 109
Shareholder Returns – 35 #42 of 64 44 #36 of 64
Overall – 50 66
  • EGAN ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • NOW ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • PEGA ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodEGANNOWPEGASPY
1 month -4.2%+12.9%+3.5% -1.0%
3 months -11.4%+61.0%+35.8% +2.9%
6 months -24.1%+76.3%-2.4% +6.4%
Year to date -44.8%+3.8%-39.0% +11.4%
1 year -60.9%-15.4%-44.5% +13.1%
3 years -8.1%+43.4%+86.7% +79.4%
3 years, per year -2.8%+12.8%+23.1% +21.5%
5 years -44.4%+15.8%-43.4% +67.7%
5 years, per year -11.1%+3.0%-10.8% +10.9%
10 years +89.3%+893.1%+134.7% +255.2%
10 years, per year +6.6%+25.8%+8.9% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureEGANNOWPEGASPY
Volatility, 1Y 60.7%58.7%52.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 71.1%61.5%57.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.660.620.73 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.00-0.26-0.85 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -66.9%-64.5%-76.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -63.3%-16.0%-45.3% -2.5%
52-week high $15.46$189.26$66.64 $779.14
52-week low $5.11$83.00$25.99 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleEGANNOWPEGA
P/E now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 29.9x 98.2xmedian 29.9x 20.2xmedian 29.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 2.8x 11.2xmedian 2.8x 3.4xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.4x 48.9xmedian 17.4x 22.5xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 16.9x 35.9xmedian 16.9x 13.5xmedian 16.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 3.1x 13.1xmedian 3.1x 10.9xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.86 18.89median 0.86 0.18median 0.86

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsEGANNOWPEGA
Revenue – $14.73B $1.75B
Gross profit – $11.02B $1.33B
Operating income – $1.68B $173.01M
Net income – $1.67B $294.76M
Free cash flow – $4.58B $442.24M
R&D – $3.26B $321.38M
EPS (diluted) – $1.61 $1.75
Cash & equivalents $73.34M $2.50B $202.19M
Total debt – $7.52B –
Shares (diluted) 27.86M 1.03B 168.64M
Enterprise value -$137.85M $141.45B $5.71B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricEGANNOWPEGA
P/E 17.4x 98.2x 20.2x
P/FCF 7.2x 35.9x 13.5x
P/Operating cash flow – 31.0x 12.9x
P/S 1.6x 11.2x 3.4x
P/B 1.8x 13.1x 10.9x
P/Tangible book 1.8x 18.8x 10.9x
EV/EBITDA – 48.9x 22.5x
EV/EBIT – 99.6x 32.6x
EV/Revenue – 11.4x 3.2x
EV/FCF – 36.5x 12.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – 31.5x 12.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 18.89 0.18

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEGANNOWPEGA
Revenue growth (1Y) – 22.2% 0.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 22.5% 8.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 16.4% 1.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 20.5% 10.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 4.9% -42.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 49.1% 84.9%
Net income growth (1Y) – 0.5% 6.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 5.5% 110.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – 1.7% 15.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 5.2% 109.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 13.0% 4.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 22.2% 38.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 19.0% 2.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 25.7% 44.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEGANNOWPEGA
Gross margin – 74.8% 75.9%
EBITDA margin – 23.2% 14.4%
Operating margin – 11.4% 9.9%
Pretax margin – 15.9% 10.4%
Net margin – 11.3% 16.9%
FCF margin – 31.1% 25.3%
Operating cash flow margin – 36.0% 26.5%
Return on equity – 13.8% 53.1%
Return on assets – 6.0% 21.7%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed – 10.6% 25.5%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 3.2x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 12.3% 8.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEGANNOWPEGA
Debt / assets – 23.7% –
Debt / equity – 0.6x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.8x –
Debt / FCF – 1.6x –
Liabilities / assets 43.1% 60.5% 58.7%
Equity / assets 56.9% 39.5% 41.3%
Interest coverage – – 650.4x
Current ratio 1.7x 0.7x 1.0x
Quick ratio 1.7x 0.6x 0.9x
Cash ratio 1.2x 0.4x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – 5.92 6.88

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEGANNOWPEGA
Dividend yield – – 0.5%
Net buyback yield – 1.9% 7.6%
Shareholder yield – 1.9% 8.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 6.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 4.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 57.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 26.8%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusEGANNOWPEGA
Forward P/E 113.6xFY2027 41.3xFY2026 15.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.05FY2027 $3.85FY2026 $2.32FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -89.4%FY2027 +9.7%FY2026 +10.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -60.0% +27.3% +6.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $89.04MFY2027 $15.24BFY2026 $1.76BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.3%FY2027 +14.8%FY2026 +0.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -12.3% +17.7% +9.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEGANNOWPEGA
Held by institutions 53.0% 81.6% 57.4%
Institutions holding 106 2,224 433
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.1% -2.1% +2.9%
Institutions buying 55 1,285 242
Institutions selling 34 779 153
Buyers to sellers 1.62 1.65 1.58

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

EGANNOWPEGA
EGAN 1.00 0.40 0.36
NOW 0.40 1.00 0.67
PEGA 0.36 0.67 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EGAN, NOW and PEGA?

ServiceNow (NOW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Egain (EGAN) $152.36M, ServiceNow (NOW) $162.99B, Pegasystems (PEGA) $6.02B.

Which stock is cheaper, EGAN, NOW and PEGA?

Egain (EGAN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Egain (EGAN) 17.4x, ServiceNow (NOW) 97.6x, Pegasystems (PEGA) 20.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pegasystems (PEGA) is cheapest (Egain (EGAN) 113.6x, ServiceNow (NOW) 41.3x, Pegasystems (PEGA) 15.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

ServiceNow (NOW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: ServiceNow (NOW) +22.2%, Pegasystems (PEGA) +0.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pegasystems (PEGA) has the highest net margin (ServiceNow (NOW) 11.3%, Pegasystems (PEGA) 16.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year ServiceNow (NOW) returned the most: Egain (EGAN) -60.9%, ServiceNow (NOW) -15.4%, Pegasystems (PEGA) -44.5%. Over five years, ServiceNow (NOW) compounded fastest (Egain (EGAN) -11.1%/yr, ServiceNow (NOW) +3.0%/yr, Pegasystems (PEGA) -10.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Egain (EGAN) 0.00%, ServiceNow (NOW) 0.00%, Pegasystems (PEGA) 0.00%. Egain (EGAN) and ServiceNow (NOW) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Pegasystems (PEGA) has been the steadiest (Egain (EGAN) 60.7%, ServiceNow (NOW) 58.7%, Pegasystems (PEGA) 52.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EGAN, NOW and PEGA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, ServiceNow (NOW) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.