Pearson plc (PSO)

NYSE: PSO · USD

$17.3

-0.32 (-1.8%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	10.4B
Revenue (ttm)	4.8B
Net income (ttm)	423.2M
EPS (ttm)	$0.67
Shares out	616.3M
P/E (trailing)	26.0x
P/E (forward)	17.6x
Dividend	$0.35 (2.01%)
Volume	967,383
Beta	-0.05

Market data

Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 4.8B
Net income (ttm): 423.2M
EPS (ttm): $0.67
P/E (trailing): 26.0x
P/E (forward): 17.6x
Market cap: 10.4B

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Next earnings

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Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E17.6

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Trailing P/E26

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ROE9.2

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ROIC7.7

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Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000938323
Company name	Pearson plc
Country	United Kingdom
Country code	US
CUSIP number	705015105
Earnings date	2027-02-25
Employees	17,062
Employees change	38
Employees growth	0.22%
Enterprise value	$12.3B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	GBP
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1844
Industry	Publishing
IPO date	2000-09-01
Is primary listing	No
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US7050151056
Last 10-K release date	2026-03-13
Last earnings date	2026-07-31
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$10.4B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Next earnings date	2027-02-25
Options	Yes
Price	$17.32
Price currency	USD
Sector	Communication Services
SIC code	2731
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	PSO
Website	https://plc.pearson.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	19.12x
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	29.56x
EV/EBIT	18.38x
EV/EBITDA	15.61x
EV/FCF	12.3x
EV/Sales	2.6x
FCF / EV yield	8.13%
FCF yield	9.6%
Forward EV/Sales	4.84x
Forward P/E	17.57x
Forward P/S	4.1x
Graham number	10.72248
Graham upside	-38.54%
Industry P/E	28.12x
Lynch fair value	$3.48
Lynch upside	-80.03%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	10.98x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	10.39x
P/B ratio	2.38x
P/E ratio	26x
P/FCF ratio	10.42x
P/OCF ratio	9.89x
P/S ratio	2.2x
Price / tangible book value	24.66x
Price/EBITDA ratio	13.23x
Sector forward P/E	18.37x
Sector P/E	19.08x

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	$24,806
Profitable years	9
Revenue per employee	$282,590
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)	13.94%
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 years	1

Financial statements

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

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-54.5M
Depreciation and amortization	$121M
EBIT	$680.6M
EBITDA	$801.4M
EPS	$0.67
FCF per share	$1.65
Financing cash flow	$-728.4M
Free cash flow	$1B
Free cash flow minus SBC	$965.5M
Gross profit	$2.5B
Income taxes	$165.8M
Investing cash flow	$-374.2M
Net borrowing	$268.7M
Net cash flow	$-19.9M
Net income	$423.2M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$1B
Operating income	$680.6M
Revenue	$4.8B
Stock-based compensation	$51.7M

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	2.42
Book value per share	$7.20
Debt / EBITDA	2.76
Debt / equity	0.52
Debt / FCF	2.3
Goodwill	$3.3B
Interest coverage	6.04
Long-term assets	$5.4B
Long-term liabilities	$2.5B
Net cash (debt)	$-1.9B
Net cash / market cap	-17.8%
Net debt / EBITDA	2.35
Net debt / equity	0.42
Net debt / FCF	1.85
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$293.9M
Shareholders' equity	$4.5B
Tangible book value	$429.9M
Tangible book value per share	$0.70
Total assets	$8.5B
Total cash	$449.8M
Total debt	$2.3B
Total liabilities	$4B
WACC	3.88%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.58
Current assets	$3B
Current liabilities	$1.5B
Current ratio	2
Inventory turnover	24.38
Net working capital	$1.2B
Quick ratio	1.2
Working capital	$1.5B
Working capital turnover	4.3

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	5.85%
Dividend growth	6.23%
Dividend growth (10Y)	-7.15%
Dividend growth (3Y)	8.11%
Dividend growth (5Y)	4.8%
Dividend growth years	3
Dividend payment date	2026-09-21
Dividend payment years	26
Dividend payout frequency	Semi-Annual
Dividend per share	$0.35
Dividend yield	2.01%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-14
FCF payout ratio	20.97%
Last dividend	$0.11
Payout ratio	51.97%
Shareholder yield	7.81%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y price change	91.36%
10Y return CAGR	9.84%
10Y total return	155.53%
150-day SMA	$15.76
15Y price change	-10.19%
15Y return CAGR	2.74%
15Y total return	49.93%
1D price change	-1.84%
1M price change	7.13%
1M total return	7.13%
1W price change	-5.26%
1W total return	-5.26%
1Y price change	16.99%
1Y return CAGR	19.96%
1Y total return	19.95%
20-day SMA	$17.37
200-day SMA	$15.03
20Y price change	16.68%
20Y return CAGR	4.44%
20Y total return	138.47%
3M price change	3.23%
3M total return	3.93%
3Y price change	55.96%
3Y return CAGR	18.65%
3Y total return	67.06%
50-day SMA	$16.61
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$18.43
52-week high date	2026-10-26
52-week low	$12.02
52-week low date	2026-02-04
5Y price change	106.95%
5Y return CAGR	18.46%
5Y total return	133.28%
6M price change	18.68%
6M total return	19.49%
All-time high	$30.56
All-time high date	2000-09-01
All-time low	$5.08
All-time low date	2020-05-14
Average true range (ATR)	$0.33
Average volume	758.9K
Beta (5Y)	-0.05
Change from 52-week high	-6.05%
Change from 52-week low	44.05%
Change from all-time high	-43.46%
Change from all-time low	240.16%
Change from open	-0.32%
Day's gap	-1.53%
Dollar volume	$16.8M
High price	$17.57
Low price	$17.27
Monthly RSI	64.76
Open price	$17.37
Position in 52-week range	15%
Premarket change	-1.76%
Premarket close	$17.64
Premarket price	$17.33
Premarket volume	69.8K
Previous close	$17.64
Price vs 150-day SMA	9.66%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-0.5%
Price vs 200-day SMA	14.99%
Price vs 50-day SMA	4.06%
Relative volume	1.27
RSI	50.35
Sharpe ratio	0.69
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.72
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.58
Sortino ratio	1.14
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.27
Sortino ratio (5Y)	1.09
Volume	967.4K
Weekly RSI	59.69
YTD price change	23.08%
YTD total return	26.18%

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	594.6M
Float percentage	96.49%
Shares change (QoQ)	-4.23%
Shares change (YoY)	-5.85%
Shares held by insiders	0.34%
Shares held by institutions	87.72%
Shares outstanding	616.3M
Short % of shares	0.81%
Short ratio	6.1 days

Deeper analysis on PSO

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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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