Pearson (PSON)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 100

1,278.50p
   
  • Change Today:
      6.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,282.50
  • 52 Week Low: 930.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 666.25m
  • Volume: 1,236,772
  • Market Cap: £8,518m
  • RiskGrade: 238
  • Beta: 0.52

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 1.8% 0.0%
Div Cover 2.6 2.6
Op Mrgn 13.5% 16.4%
ROCE 19.7%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 22.0 20.8
PEG 1.8 3.7
Pr/Revenue 2.3 2.4
Pr/Book 2.1  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -4.3% -1.7%
PBT 52.6% 20.1%
EPS 12.4% 5.6%
DPS 5.6% 5.6%

Pearson Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-19 3,869.00 232.00 34.00p 18.7 n/a -52% 19.50p 3.1%
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%

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-24 3,610.55 592.20 61.45p 20.8 3.7 +6% 23.97p 0.0%
31-Dec-25 3,751.80 631.95 67.54p 18.9 1.9 +10% 26.06p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 3,916.53 674.94 73.80p 17.3 1.9 +9% 29.99p 0.0%

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Pearson Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 16-Dec-2024 15:50 RNS
Total Voting Rights 02-Dec-2024 16:18 RNS
Block listing Interim Review 02-Dec-2024 16:00 RNS

Pearson ShareCast News

London close: Stocks slip ahead of US tech earni... 29-Oct-2024 ShareCast
Pearson upbeat after strong third quarter 29-Oct-2024 ShareCast
London close: Stocks finish mixed at start of bu... 29-Jul-2024 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
13-Dec-24 Buy Lincoln Wallen 1,619.68p 633 £10,252.57
13-Dec-24 Buy Esther Lee 1,619.68p 310 £5,021.01
13-Dec-24 Buy Omid Kordestani 1,619.68p 5,771 £93,471.73

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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 1,278.50p
Change Today 6.00p
% Change 0.47 %
52 Week High 1,282.50
52 Week Low 930.00
Volume 1,236,772
Shares Issued 666.25m
Market Cap £8,518m
Beta 0.52
RiskGrade 238

Pearson Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
96.66% below the market average96.66% below the market average96.66% below the market average96.66% below the market average96.66% below the market average
95.56% below the sector average95.56% below the sector average95.56% below the sector average95.56% below the sector average95.56% below the sector average
Price Trend
85.87% above the market average85.87% above the market average85.87% above the market average85.87% above the market average85.87% above the market average
86.96% above the sector average86.96% above the sector average86.96% above the sector average86.96% above the sector average86.96% above the sector average
Income
77.78% below the market average77.78% below the market average77.78% below the market average77.78% below the market average77.78% below the market average
47.37% below the sector average47.37% below the sector average47.37% below the sector average47.37% below the sector average47.37% below the sector average
Growth
17.96% above the market average17.96% above the market average17.96% above the market average17.96% above the market average17.96% above the market average
17.07% above the sector average17.07% above the sector average17.07% above the sector average17.07% above the sector average17.07% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 4
Neutral 4
Sell 0
Strong Sell 1
Total 13
buy
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Pearson Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 08-Aug-24 21-Mar-24
Paid 16-Sep-24 03-May-24
Amount 7.40p 15.70p

Trades for 24-Dec-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
12:54 528,910 @ 1,273.50p
12:54 528,910 @ 1,273.50p
12:35 64,361 @ 1,278.50p
12:35 221 @ 1,278.50p
12:35 194 @ 1,278.50p

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