Pearson (PSON)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 100

1,062.50p
   
  • Change Today:
      2.50p
  • 52 Week High: 1,379.00
  • 52 Week Low: 1,033.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 640.18m
  • Volume: 254,929
  • Market Cap: £6,802m
  • RiskGrade: 238
  • Beta: 0.47

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 2.3% 0.0%
Div Cover 2.6 2.5
Op Mrgn 15.2% 16.9%
ROCE 21.1%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 17.1 16.9
PEG 2.5 21.8
Pr/Revenue 1.9 1.9
Pr/Book 1.7  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -3.3% 1.2%
PBT 3.4% 18.9%
EPS 6.7% 0.8%
DPS 5.7% 4.4%

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 3,593.18 606.59 62.58p 16.9 21.8 +1% 25.06p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 3,776.55 654.45 69.28p 15.3 1.4 +11% 29.38p 0.0%
31-Dec-27 3,945.95 698.21 76.97p 13.8 1.2 +11% 29.37p 0.0%

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Pearson Company Announcements

Total Voting Rights 03-Nov-2025 10:06 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 03-Nov-2025 09:46 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 03-Nov-2025 07:00 RNS

Pearson ShareCast News

Pearson upbeat for Q4, confirms full-year outlook 17-Oct-2025 ShareCast
London close: Stocks maintain gains despite glob... 03-Sep-2025 ShareCast
Pearson slumps as Goldman says it expects only s... 03-Sep-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
30-Oct-25 Buy Omid Kordestani 1,069.30p 6,746 £72,134.78
24-Sep-25 Buy Esther Lee 1,031.83p 1,480 £15,271.12
24-Sep-25 Buy Esther Lee 1,031.94p 200 £2,063.89

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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 1,062.50p
Change Today 2.50p
% Change 0.24 %
52 Week High 1,379.00
52 Week Low 1,033.00
Volume 254,929
Shares Issued 640.18m
Market Cap £6,802m
Beta 0.47
RiskGrade 238

Pearson Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
94.8% below the market average94.8% below the market average94.8% below the market average94.8% below the market average94.8% 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
12.24% above the market average12.24% above the market average12.24% above the market average12.24% above the market average12.24% above the market average
52.38% above the sector average52.38% above the sector average52.38% above the sector average52.38% above the sector average52.38% above the sector average
Income
51.96% below the market average51.96% below the market average51.96% below the market average51.96% below the market average51.96% below the market average
57.89% below the sector average57.89% below the sector average57.89% below the sector average57.89% below the sector average57.89% below the sector average
Growth
8.08% above the market average8.08% above the market average8.08% above the market average8.08% above the market average8.08% above the market average
24.32% below the sector average24.32% below the sector average24.32% below the sector average24.32% below the sector average24.32% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 3
Neutral 4
Sell 0
Strong Sell 1
Total 9
neutral
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Pearson Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 14-Aug-25 20-Mar-25
Paid 15-Sep-25 09-May-25
Amount 7.80p 16.60p

Trades for 03-Nov-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
13:27 392 @ 1,062.50p
13:27 1,305 @ 1,062.50p
13:27 94 @ 1,062.50p
13:27 341 @ 1,062.50p
13:25 1,133 @ 1,063.00p

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