Pearson (PSON)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 100

1,151.50p
   
  • Change Today:
    -24.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,379.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 930.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 662.29m
  • Volume: 682,131
  • Market Cap: £7,626m
  • RiskGrade: 238

Pearson Overview

UK higher education-focused publisher of courseware and assessment services provider. Its product offering includes Wall Street English, a global language school for adults, online program management, academic and vocal qualifications and digital learning for schoolchildren. Pearson's stated strategy is to combine its core capabilities and learning technology with related services to enable its partners to achieve scale online.

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Pearson Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.0% 0.0%
Div Cover 2.6 2.6
Op Mrgn 15.2% 17.2%
ROCE 21.1%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 18.9 17.5
PEG 2.8 2.1
Pr/Revenue 2.2 2.1
Pr/Book 1.9  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -3.3% 4.3%
PBT 3.4% 24.7%
EPS 6.7% 6.7%
DPS 5.7% 7.4%

Pearson Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-20 3,397.00 354.00 41.00p 16.6 0.8 +21% 19.50p 2.9%
31-Dec-21 3,428.00 177.00 34.90p 17.6 n/a -15% 20.50p 3.3%
31-Dec-22 3,841.00 323.00 51.80p 18.1 0.4 +48% 21.50p 2.3%
31-Dec-23 3,674.00 493.00 58.20p 16.6 1.4 +12% 22.70p 2.4%
31-Dec-24 3,552.00 510.00 62.10p 20.6 2.9 +7% 24.00p 1.9%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Pearson Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-25 3,703.57 635.89 66.27p 17.7 2.6 +7% 25.78p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 3,857.73 678.17 72.90p 16.1 1.6 +10% 29.79p 0.0%
31-Dec-27 4,013.49 720.98 79.82p 14.7 1.5 +10% 30.14p 0.0%

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Pearson Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 24-Apr-2025 17:21 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 23-Apr-2025 17:23 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 22-Apr-2025 17:14 RNS

Pearson ShareCast News

London close: FTSE rises on hopes for UK-US trad... 28-Feb-2025 ShareCast
Pearson profits jump 10%, unveils £350m buyback 28-Feb-2025 ShareCast
London close: Stocks higher as UK growth misses ... 16-Jan-2025 ShareCast

Pearson Top Newspaper Links

Pearson book 'suggests Moses had hand in US cons... 25-Sep-2014 Telegraph
British media group Pearson warns of 2013 profit... 24-Jan-2014 Guardian
Financial Times owner Pearson issues profit warn... 24-Jan-2014 The Scotsman

Latest Pearson Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
31-Mar-25 Buy Annette Thomas 1,224.00p 307 £3,757.68
31-Mar-25 Buy Graeme Pitkethly 1,224.00p 1,834 £22,448.16
31-Mar-25 Buy Alison Dolan 1,224.00p 1,200 £14,688.00

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Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Pearson Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 1,151.50p
Change Today -24.00p
% Change -2.04 %
52 Week High 1,379.00p
52 Week Low 930.00p
Volume 682,131
Shares Issued 662.29m
Market Cap £7,626m
RiskGrade 238

Pearson Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
95.03% below the market average95.03% below the market average95.03% below the market average95.03% below the market average95.03% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Price Trend
81.44% above the market average81.44% above the market average81.44% above the market average81.44% above the market average81.44% above the market average
86.05% above the sector average86.05% above the sector average86.05% above the sector average86.05% above the sector average86.05% above the sector average
Income
71.08% below the market average71.08% below the market average71.08% below the market average71.08% below the market average71.08% below the market average
44.44% below the sector average44.44% below the sector average44.44% below the sector average44.44% below the sector average44.44% below the sector average
Growth
5.96% below the market average5.96% below the market average5.96% below the market average5.96% below the market average5.96% below the market average
31.58% below the sector average31.58% below the sector average31.58% below the sector average31.58% below the sector average31.58% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 3
Neutral 6
Sell 0
Strong Sell 1
Total 11
neutral
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Pearson Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 20-Mar-25 08-Aug-24
Paid 09-May-25 16-Sep-24
Amount 16.60p 7.40p

Trades for 25-Apr-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
15:46 36 @ 1,151.50p
15:46 811 @ 1,151.50p
15:46 1,033 @ 1,151.50p
15:46 400 @ 1,151.75p
15:46 10 @ 1,152.00p

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