LON/PSON (LON/PSON)

London Stock Exchange: LON/PSON · GBX

GBX 1,302

-23.45 (-1.8%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	7.8B
Revenue (ttm)	3.6B
Net income (ttm)	319M
EPS (ttm)	GBX 0.50
Shares out	601.1M
P/E (trailing)	26.0x
P/E (forward)	17.7x
Dividend	GBX 0.25 (1.94%)
Volume	1,758,143
Beta	-0.05

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 3.6B
Net income (ttm): 319M
EPS (ttm): GBX 0.50
P/E (trailing): 26.0x
P/E (forward): 17.7x
Market cap: 7.8B

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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EPS estimate—

Revenue estimate—

Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E17.7

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Trailing P/E26

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROE9.2

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROIC7.7

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Benchmarks · 1M

S&P 500+0.8%

Nasdaq Composite-1.0%

Dow Jones Industrial Average+1.9%

Russell 2000+0.3%

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Market & fundamental data

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270

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Currency

GBP

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	GBP
Country	United Kingdom
Country code	UK
Earnings date	2027-02-25
Employees	16,665
Employees change	-451
Employees growth	-2.63%
Enterprise value	GBX 9.3B
Exchange	London Stock Exchange
Financial currency	GBP
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-10
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1844
Industry	Publishing
Is primary listing	Yes
ISIN number	GB0006776081
Last earnings date	2026-07-31
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	1992-06-15
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	GBX 7.8B
Next earnings date	2027-02-25
Price	GBX 1,301.50
Price currency	GBX
Sector	Communication Services
SIC code	8200
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	lon/PSON
Website	https://plc.pearson.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	19.14x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	18.15x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	18.7x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	20.43x
Earnings yield	3.85%
EV/Earnings	29.48x
EV/EBIT	18.22x
EV/EBITDA	14.67x
EV/FCF	12.29x
EV/Sales	2.59x
FCF / EV yield	8.14%
FCF yield	9.6%
Forward P/E	17.75x
Graham number	781.797
Graham upside	-40.12%
Industry forward P/E	13.94x
Industry P/E	53.74x
Lynch fair value	GBX 250.40
Lynch upside	-80.82%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	10.97x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	10.38x
P/B ratio	2.37x
P/E ratio	25.99x
P/FCF ratio	10.41x
P/OCF ratio	9.88x
P/S ratio	2.19x
PEG ratio	1.76x
Price / tangible book value	24.58x
Price/EBITDA ratio	13.19x
Sector forward P/E	12.65x
Sector P/E	55.54x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	14.12%
EBITDA margin	16.62%
Effective tax rate	28.15%
FCF margin	21.05%
Gross margin	52.04%
Operating margin	14.12%
Pretax margin	12.22%
Profit margin	8.78%
Profit per employee	GBX 21,035
Profitable quarters	18
Profitable years	9
Revenue per employee	GBX 239,631
ROA	5.09%
ROA (5Y)	4.14%
ROCE	9.8%
ROE	9.16%
ROE (5Y)	7.68%
ROIC	7.71%
ROIC (5Y)	7.73%
SBC / revenue	1.07%
Tax / revenue	3.44%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-23.44%
EPS growth (Q)	-2.86%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-9.25%
EPS growth 10Y	-5%
EPS growth 3Y	7.55%
EPS growth 5Y	6.28%
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	6.99%
FCF growth (Q)	77.53%
FCF growth (QoQ)	-29.62%
FCF growth 3Y	29.16%
FCF growth 5Y	13.68%
Gross profit growth	4.42%
Gross profit growth (Q)	3.53%
Gross profit growth 3Y	0.04%
Gross profit growth 5Y	1.62%
Net income growth	-27.66%
Net income growth (Q)	-9.76%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-13.45%
Net income growth 3Y	2.99%
Net income growth 5Y	2.72%
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	8.33%
OCF growth (Q)	78.13%
OCF growth (QoQ)	-26.29%
OCF growth 10Y	11.89%
OCF growth 3Y	25.58%
OCF growth 5Y	12.02%
Operating income growth	-12.76%
Operating income growth (Q)	3.49%
Operating income growth 3Y	-1.7%
Operating income growth 5Y	10.46%
Revenue growth	3.24%
Revenue growth (Q)	3.31%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-4.1%
Revenue growth 10Y	-1.75%
Revenue growth 3Y	-2.59%
Revenue growth 5Y	0.74%
Revenue growth quarters	2
Revenue growth years	1

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	GBX -41M
Depreciation and amortization	GBX 91M
EBIT	GBX 513M
EBITDA	GBX 604M
EPS	GBX 0.50
FCF per share	GBX 1.27
Financing cash flow	GBX -549M
Free cash flow	GBX 765M
Free cash flow minus SBC	GBX 726M
Gross profit	GBX 1.9B
Income taxes	GBX 125M
Investing cash flow	GBX -282M
Net borrowing	GBX 202M
Net cash flow	GBX -15M
Net income	GBX 319M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	GBX 767M
Operating income	GBX 513M
Revenue	GBX 3.6B
Stock-based compensation	GBX 39M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	2.42
Book value per share	GBX 5.42
Debt / EBITDA	2.76
Debt / equity	0.52
Debt / FCF	2.3
Goodwill	GBX 2.5B
Interest coverage	6.04
Long-term assets	GBX 4.1B
Long-term liabilities	GBX 1.9B
Net cash (debt)	GBX -1.4B
Net cash / market cap	-17.85%
Net debt / EBITDA	2.35
Net debt / equity	0.42
Net debt / FCF	1.86
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	GBX 221M
Shareholders' equity	GBX 3.4B
Tangible book value	GBX 324M
Tangible book value per share	GBX 0.53
Total assets	GBX 6.4B
Total cash	GBX 339M
Total debt	GBX 1.8B
Total liabilities	GBX 3B
WACC	3.88%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.58
Current assets	GBX 2.3B
Current liabilities	GBX 1.1B
Current ratio	2
Inventory turnover	24.38
Net working capital	GBX 872M
Quick ratio	1.2
Working capital	GBX 1.1B
Working capital turnover	2.94

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	5.85%
Dividend growth	4.92%
Dividend growth (10Y)	-6.84%
Dividend growth (3Y)	5.34%
Dividend growth (5Y)	5.27%
Dividend growth years	7
Dividend payment date	2026-09-14
Dividend payment years	35
Dividend payout frequency	Semi-Annual
Dividend per share	GBX 0.25
Dividend yield	1.94%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-13
FCF payout ratio	20.12%
Last dividend	GBX 0.08
Payout ratio	49.53%
Shareholder yield	7.78%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	75.17%
10Y return CAGR	8.84%
10Y total return	133.31%
150-day SMA	GBX 1,178.68
15Y price change	9.83%
15Y return CAGR	4.09%
15Y total return	82.34%
1D price change	-1.77%
1M price change	6.81%
1M total return	6.81%
1W price change	-4.93%
1W total return	-4.93%
1Y price change	17.41%
1Y return CAGR	20.34%
1Y total return	20.33%
20-day SMA	GBX 1,310.20
200-day SMA	GBX 1,120.75
20Y price change	66.65%
20Y return CAGR	6.3%
20Y total return	239.24%
3M price change	3.38%
3M total return	4.09%
3Y price change	41.59%
3Y return CAGR	14.86%
3Y total return	51.53%
50-day SMA	GBX 1,241.70
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	GBX 1,390.00
52-week high date	2026-10-26
52-week low	GBX 874.80
52-week low date	2026-02-06
5Y price change	114.35%
5Y return CAGR	19.31%
5Y total return	141.72%
6M price change	20.45%
6M total return	21.29%
All-time high	GBX 2,578.00
All-time high date	2000-03-09
All-time low	GBX 302.00
All-time low date	1992-09-08
Average true range (ATR)	GBX 31.66
Average volume	1.7M
Beta (1Y)	0.21
Beta (2Y)	0.05
Beta (5Y)	-0.05
Change from 52-week high	-6.37%
Change from 52-week low	48.78%
Change from all-time high	-49.52%
Change from all-time low	330.96%
Change from open	-1.18%
Day's gap	-0.6%
Dollar volume	GBX 2.3B
High price	GBX 1,325.00
Low price	GBX 1,297.00
Monthly RSI	65.3
Open price	GBX 1,317.00
Position in 52-week range	16.07%
Previous close	GBX 1,325.00
Price vs 150-day SMA	10.42%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-0.66%
Price vs 200-day SMA	16.13%
Price vs 50-day SMA	4.82%
Relative volume	1.01
RSI	50.92
Sharpe ratio	0.79
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.5
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.66
Sortino ratio	1.24
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.95
Sortino ratio (5Y)	1.22
Volume	1.8M
Weekly RSI	60.57
YTD price change	23.95%
YTD total return	27.03%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	594.6M
Shares change (QoQ)	-4.23%
Shares change (YoY)	-5.85%
Shares held by insiders	0.34%
Shares held by institutions	87.72%
Shares outstanding	601.1M

Deeper analysis on LON/PSON

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Scorecard

Six-factor overlay and 9-category weighted scorecard.

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Recommendation

Final action, action steps, opportunity, and biggest risk.

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Perspectives

Growth, value, and income investor reads.

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Market cap

7.8B

Revenue (ttm)

3.6B

Net income (ttm)

319M

EPS (ttm)

GBX 0.50

Shares out

601.1M

P/E (trailing)

26.0x

P/E (forward)

17.7x

Dividend

GBX 0.25 (1.94%)

Volume

1,758,143

Beta

-0.05

Metric

Value

Amount currency

GBP

Country

United Kingdom

Country code

Earnings date

2027-02-25

Employees

16,665

Employees change

-451

Employees growth

-2.63%

Enterprise value

GBX 9.3B

Exchange

London Stock Exchange

Financial currency

GBP

Financial report date

2026-06-30

First seen

2026-05-10

Fiscal year end

December

Founded

1844

Industry

Publishing

Is primary listing

Yes

ISIN number

GB0006776081

Last earnings date

2026-07-31

Last refreshed

2026-10-28

Last stock split date

1992-06-15

Last stock split type

Forward

Market cap

GBX 7.8B

Next earnings date

2027-02-25

Price

GBX 1,301.50

Price currency

GBX

Sector

Communication Services

SIC code

8200

Stock price date

2026-10-28

Symbol

lon/PSON

Website

https://plc.pearson.com

Metric

Value

Adjusted P/E ratio

19.14x

Average P/E ratio (10Y)

18.15x

Average P/E ratio (3Y)

18.7x

Average P/E ratio (5Y)

20.43x

Earnings yield

3.85%

EV/Earnings

29.48x

EV/EBIT

18.22x

EV/EBITDA

14.67x

EV/FCF

12.29x

EV/Sales

2.59x

FCF / EV yield

8.14%

FCF yield

9.6%

Forward P/E

17.75x

Graham number

781.797

Graham upside

-40.12%

Industry forward P/E

13.94x

Industry P/E

53.74x

Lynch fair value

GBX 250.40

Lynch upside

-80.82%

P/(FCF - SBC) ratio

10.97x

P/(OCF - SBC) ratio

10.38x

P/B ratio

2.37x

P/E ratio

25.99x

P/FCF ratio

10.41x

P/OCF ratio

9.88x

P/S ratio

2.19x

PEG ratio

1.76x

Price / tangible book value

24.58x

Price/EBITDA ratio

13.19x

Sector forward P/E

12.65x

Sector P/E

55.54x

Metric

Value

EBIT margin

14.12%

EBITDA margin

16.62%

Effective tax rate

28.15%

FCF margin

21.05%

Gross margin

52.04%

Operating margin

14.12%

Pretax margin

12.22%

Profit margin

8.78%

Profit per employee

GBX 21,035

Profitable quarters

Profitable years

Revenue per employee

GBX 239,631

ROA

5.09%

ROA (5Y)

4.14%

ROCE

9.8%

ROE

9.16%

ROE (5Y)

7.68%

ROIC

7.71%

ROIC (5Y)

7.73%

SBC / revenue

1.07%

Tax / revenue

3.44%

Metric

Value

EPS growth

-23.44%

EPS growth (Q)

-2.86%

EPS growth (QoQ)

-9.25%

EPS growth 10Y

-5%

EPS growth 3Y

7.55%

EPS growth 5Y

6.28%

EPS growth years

FCF growth

6.99%

FCF growth (Q)

77.53%

FCF growth (QoQ)

-29.62%

FCF growth 3Y

29.16%

FCF growth 5Y

13.68%

Gross profit growth

4.42%

Gross profit growth (Q)

3.53%

Gross profit growth 3Y

0.04%

Gross profit growth 5Y

1.62%

Net income growth

-27.66%

Net income growth (Q)

-9.76%

Net income growth (QoQ)

-13.45%

Net income growth 3Y

2.99%

Net income growth 5Y

2.72%

Net income growth years

OCF growth

8.33%

OCF growth (Q)

78.13%

OCF growth (QoQ)

-26.29%

OCF growth 10Y

11.89%

OCF growth 3Y

25.58%

OCF growth 5Y

12.02%

Operating income growth

-12.76%

Operating income growth (Q)

3.49%

Operating income growth 3Y

-1.7%

Operating income growth 5Y

10.46%

Revenue growth

3.24%

Revenue growth (Q)

3.31%

Revenue growth (QoQ)

-4.1%

Revenue growth 10Y

-1.75%

Revenue growth 3Y

-2.59%

Revenue growth 5Y

0.74%

Revenue growth quarters

Revenue growth years

Metric

Value

Capital expenditures

GBX -41M

Depreciation and amortization

GBX 91M

EBIT

GBX 513M

EBITDA

GBX 604M

EPS

GBX 0.50

FCF per share

GBX 1.27

Financing cash flow

GBX -549M

Free cash flow

GBX 765M

Free cash flow minus SBC

GBX 726M

Gross profit

GBX 1.9B

Income taxes

GBX 125M

Investing cash flow

GBX -282M

Net borrowing

GBX 202M

Net cash flow

GBX -15M

Net income

GBX 319M

Operating cash flow minus SBC

GBX 767M

Operating income

GBX 513M

Revenue

GBX 3.6B

Stock-based compensation

GBX 39M

Metric

Value

Altman Z-Score

2.42

Book value per share

GBX 5.42

Debt / EBITDA

2.76

Debt / equity

0.52

Debt / FCF

2.3

Goodwill

GBX 2.5B

Interest coverage

6.04

Long-term assets

GBX 4.1B

Long-term liabilities

GBX 1.9B

Net cash (debt)

GBX -1.4B

Net cash / market cap

-17.85%

Net debt / EBITDA

2.35

Net debt / equity

0.42

Net debt / FCF

1.86

Piotroski F-Score

Property, plant and equipment

GBX 221M

Shareholders' equity

GBX 3.4B

Tangible book value

GBX 324M

Tangible book value per share

GBX 0.53

Total assets

GBX 6.4B

Total cash

GBX 339M

Total debt

GBX 1.8B

Total liabilities

GBX 3B

WACC

3.88%

Metric

Value

Asset turnover

0.58

Current assets

GBX 2.3B

Current liabilities

GBX 1.1B

Current ratio

Inventory turnover

24.38

Net working capital

GBX 872M

Quick ratio

1.2

Working capital

GBX 1.1B

Working capital turnover

2.94

Metric

Value

Buyback yield / dilution

5.85%

Dividend growth

4.92%

Dividend growth (10Y)

-6.84%

Dividend growth (3Y)

5.34%

Dividend growth (5Y)

5.27%

Dividend growth years

Dividend payment date

2026-09-14

Dividend payment years

Dividend payout frequency

Semi-Annual

Dividend per share

GBX 0.25

Dividend yield

1.94%

Ex-dividend date

2026-08-13

FCF payout ratio

20.12%

Last dividend

GBX 0.08

Payout ratio

49.53%

Shareholder yield

7.78%

Metric

Value

10Y price change

75.17%

10Y return CAGR

8.84%

10Y total return

133.31%

150-day SMA

GBX 1,178.68

15Y price change

9.83%

15Y return CAGR

4.09%

15Y total return

82.34%

1D price change

-1.77%

1M price change

6.81%

1M total return

6.81%

1W price change

-4.93%

1W total return

-4.93%

1Y price change

17.41%

1Y return CAGR

20.34%

1Y total return

20.33%

20-day SMA

GBX 1,310.20

200-day SMA

GBX 1,120.75

20Y price change

66.65%

20Y return CAGR

6.3%

20Y total return

239.24%

3M price change

3.38%

3M total return

4.09%

3Y price change

41.59%

3Y return CAGR

14.86%

3Y total return

51.53%

50-day SMA

GBX 1,241.70

50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA

50over200

52-week high

GBX 1,390.00

52-week high date

2026-10-26

52-week low

GBX 874.80

52-week low date

2026-02-06

5Y price change

114.35%

5Y return CAGR

19.31%

5Y total return

141.72%

6M price change

20.45%

6M total return

21.29%

All-time high

GBX 2,578.00

All-time high date

2000-03-09

All-time low

GBX 302.00

All-time low date

1992-09-08

Average true range (ATR)

GBX 31.66

Average volume

1.7M

Beta (1Y)

0.21

Beta (2Y)

0.05

Beta (5Y)

-0.05

Change from 52-week high

-6.37%

Change from 52-week low

48.78%

Change from all-time high

-49.52%

Change from all-time low

330.96%

Change from open

-1.18%

Day's gap

-0.6%

Dollar volume

GBX 2.3B

High price

GBX 1,325.00

Low price

GBX 1,297.00

Monthly RSI

65.3

Open price

GBX 1,317.00

Position in 52-week range

16.07%

Previous close

GBX 1,325.00

Price vs 150-day SMA

10.42%

Price vs 20-day SMA

-0.66%

Price vs 200-day SMA

16.13%

Price vs 50-day SMA

4.82%

Relative volume

1.01

RSI

50.92

Sharpe ratio

0.79

Sharpe ratio (3Y)

0.5

Sharpe ratio (5Y)

0.66

Sortino ratio

1.24

Sortino ratio (3Y)

0.95

Sortino ratio (5Y)

1.22

Volume

1.8M

Weekly RSI

60.57

YTD price change

23.95%

YTD total return

27.03%

Metric

Value

Float

594.6M

Shares change (QoQ)

-4.23%

Shares change (YoY)

-5.85%

Shares held by insiders

0.34%

Shares held by institutions

87.72%

Shares outstanding

601.1M

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