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Fair value midpoint

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Fair value pending

Upside to midpoint

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Based on latest report

Confidence

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

6.6B

London Stock Exchange

Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

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Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E15.7

P25 7.3P50 12.4P75 15.7

Trailing P/E21.5

P25 8.8P50 15.7P75 25.3

ROE8.7

P25 -5.7P50 6.8P75 17.4

ROIC7.7

P25 1.3P50 7.7P75 13.5

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Indicator catalog

All LON/PSON market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

247

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Currency

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Showing 247 of 247 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Country	United Kingdom
Country code	UK
Employees	16,665
Employees Change	-451%
Employees Change Percent	-2.63
Enterprise value	GBX 7.8B
Exchange	London Stock Exchange
Financial currency	GBP
First seen	2026-05-10
Industry	Publishing
Isin	GB0006776081
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	GBX 6.6B
Price	GBX 1,092
Price currency	GBX
Rev Per Employee	235,872.07x
Sector	Communication Services
Sic	8200
Symbol	lon/PSON
Website	https://plc.pearson.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	5.08%
EV Earnings	23.15x
EV/EBIT	15.33x
EV/EBITDA	12.49x
EV/FCF	12.37x
EV/Sales	2.17x
FCF yield	9.51%
Forward P/E	15.69x
P/B ratio	1.8x
P/E ratio	21.54x
P/S ratio	1.84x
PE Ratio10 Y	20.47x
PE Ratio3 Y	18.08x
PE Ratio5 Y	18.32x
PEG ratio	1.58x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	14.12%
EBITDA Margin	16.38%
FCF margin	17.53%
Gross margin	52%
Gross Profit	GBX 1.9B
Gross Profit Growth	2.71%
Gross Profit Growth Q	5.26%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	1.19%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	-0.31%
Net Income	GBX 335M
Net Income Growth	-22.81%
Net Income Growth Q	-38.27%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-1.36%
Net Income Growth5 Y	2.79%
Pretax Margin	12.78%
Profit Margin	9.37%
Profit Per Employee	GBX 22,090
Profitable Years	9
ROA	4.73
Roa5y	4.14
ROCE	9.53
ROE	8.71
Roe5y	7.68
ROIC	7.71
Roic5y	7.73

Growth

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

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	6.04%
Cagr15y	3.13%
Cagr1y	-4.27%
Cagr20y	5.42%
Cagr3y	12.38%
Cagr5y	7.82%
Div CAGR10	-6.99%
Div CAGR3	4.79%
Div CAGR5	4.94%
EPS Growth	-20.16
EPS Growth Q	-35.7
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	0.68
EPS Growth5 Y	4.72
FCF Growth	5.56%
FCF Growth Q	-16.39%
FCF Growth3 Y	4.15%
FCF Growth5 Y	12.05%
OCF Growth	4.63%
OCF Growth Q	-15.94%
OCF Growth10 Y	5.36%
OCF Growth3 Y	3.77%
OCF Growth5 Y	10.02%
Revenue Growth	0.7x
Revenue Growth Q	3.17x
Revenue Growth Quarters	1x
Revenue Growth Years	1x
Revenue Growth3 Y	0.26x
Revenue Growth5 Y	-1.87x

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	GBX 0.54
Assets	GBX 6.5B
Cash	GBX 333M
Current Assets	GBX 2.3B
Current Liabilities	GBX 1.2B
Debt	GBX 1.5B
Debt EBITDA	GBX 2.39
Debt Equity	GBX 0.41
Debt FCF	GBX 2.37
Equity	GBX 3.7B
Interest Coverage	6.73
Liabilities	GBX 2.8B
Long Term Assets	GBX 4.1B
Long Term Liabilities	GBX 1.6B
Net Cash	GBX -1.2B
Net Cash By Market Cap	GBX -17.46
Net Debt EBITDA	GBX 1.96
Net Debt Equity	GBX 0.31
Net Debt FCF	GBX 1.84
Tangible Book Value	GBX 639M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	GBX 1.01
WACC	3.93

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	2
Inventory Turnover	24.53
Net Working Capital	GBX 889M
Quick ratio	0.95
Working Capital	GBX 1.2B
Working Capital Turnover	GBX 2.97

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	3.47%
Dividend Growth	5%
Dividend Growth Years	7%
Dividend per share	GBX 0.25
Dividend Years	35
Dividend Yield	2.31%
Ex Div Date	2026-03-19
Last Dividend	GBX 0.17
Payout Frequency	Semi-Annual
Payout Ratio	47.76%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y total return	79.82%
1Y total return	-4.26%
200-day SMA	1,025.3
3Y total return	41.92%
50-day SMA	1,016.7
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	45.68%
All Time High	2,578
All Time High Change	-57.64%
All Time High Date	2000-03-09
All Time Low	302
All Time Low Change	261.59%
All Time Low Date	1992-09-08
ATR	24.94
Beta	-0.05
Beta1y	0.05
Beta2y	0.04
Ch YTD	4
High	1,114.5
High52	1,225.3
High52 Date	2025-05-23
High52ch	-10.88%
Low	1,089
Low52	874.8
Low52 Date	2026-02-06
Low52ch	24.83%
Ma50ch	7.4%
Price vs 200-day SMA	6.51%
RSI	59.62
RSI Monthly	53.8
RSI Weekly	58.5
Sharpe ratio	-0.22x
Sortino ratio	-0.06
Total Return	5.77%
Tr YTD	5.85
Tr15y	58.86%
Tr1m	7.85%
Tr1w	-2.06%
Tr3m	23.71%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Operating Income	GBX 505M
Operating Income Growth	-12.17
Operating Income Growth Q	-21.75
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-1.41
Operating Income Growth5 Y	-1.33
Operating margin	14.12

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	598,280,826%
Net Borrowing	-34,000,000
Shares Insiders	0.38%
Shares Institutions	93.09%
Shares Out	603,543,652
Shares Qo Q	-3.1%
Shares Yo Y	-3.47%

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	GBX 588M
Average Volume	1,884,270.8x
Bv Per Share	5.74
CAPEX	GBX -29M
Ch10y	33.17
Ch15y	-4.88
Ch1m	7.85
Ch1w	-2.06
Ch1y	-6.63
Ch20y	40.18
Ch3m	21.55
Ch3y	32.43
Ch5y	29.05
Ch6m	10.19
Change	-1.71%
Change From Open	-1.62
Close	1,111
Days Gap	-0.09
Depreciation Amortization	81,000,000
Dollar Volume	1,852,727,604
Earnings Date	2026-02-27
EBIT	GBX 505M
EBITDA	GBX 586M
EPS	GBX 0.51
F Score	6
FCF	GBX 627M
FCF EV Yield	8.08x
FCF Per Share	GBX 1.04
Financing CF	-609,000,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,844
Goodwill	2,425,000,000
Graham Number	870.61
Graham Upside	-20.27
Income Tax	GBX 121M
Investing CF	-243,000,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Last Earnings Date	2026-02-27
Last Report Date	2025-12-31
Last Split Date	1992-06-15
Last Split Type	Forward
Lynch Fair Value	GBX 278
Lynch Upside	-74.59
Ma150	1,011.7
Ma150ch	7.94%
Ma20	1,077.5
Ma20ch	1.35%
Net CF	-210,000,000
Open	1,110
P FCF Ratio	10.51
P OCF Ratio	10.05
Payment Date	2026-05-08
Position In Range	11.76
Ppne	210,000,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	GBX 11.25
Ptbv Ratio	10.31
Relative Volume	0.93x
Revenue	3,577,000,000x
SBC By Revenue	1.09x
Share Based Comp	39,000,000
Tax By Revenue	3.38x
Tax Rate	26.48%
Tr20y	187.37%
Tr6m	12.15%
Volume	1,696,637
Z Score	2.76

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Forward P/E

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Next action

Research pending

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Income

LON/PSON dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+2.3%

$0.25 annual per share

Payout ratio

+47.8%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+4.9%

7 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+5.8%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-03-19

Performance

LON/PSON stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns LON/PSON?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+93.1%

Share of float held by funds and institutions

Insider ownership

+0.4%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Short interest

n/a

Float sold short by bearish positioning

Y/Y dilution

-3.5%

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

LON/PSON momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

59.6

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+6.5%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

-0.05

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

-0.22

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

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