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Pearson, PLC

PSO Communication Services Publishing

Pearson, PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.7 billion, up 3.92% from fiscal 2024.

17.51 0.23 −1.30%
Market cap
$10.5B
P/E
18.0×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.65
Beneish M
−2.73
Dividend safety
57/100
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 16.10%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 10,490.00
Revenue ttm 9,480.52
Net income ttm 1,820.67
Free cash flow ttm 2,014.77
Net debt Q 1,897.73
Valuation
P/E 18.03
Forward P/E —
Price / sales 0.00
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 0.00
Price / book 0.00
Financial health
Current ratio Q 2.00 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt / equity Q 0.52
Interest coverage Q —
Growth
Revenue growth Q +7.23% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q —
EPS, this year +10.21%
EPS, next year A +11.52%
Revenue, next year A —
EPS, past 5 yrs +4.80%
EPS, next 5 yrs A +10.95%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 0.2×, against a ten-year median of 0.1×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.1× in 2021 to 0.2× in 2026.
P/E against its own 10 years 97.98%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 100.00%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 17.73%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
—
Annual rate
—
Payout ratio
—
Growth, 2016–23
−17.6%/yr
  1. 0.73 ’16
  2. 0.50 ’17 −31
  3. 0.88 ’18 +75
  4. 0.24 ’19 −72
  5. 0.24 ’20 +0
  6. 0.27 ’21 +13
  7. 0.25 ’22 −9
  8. 0.19 ’23 −25
paid change on the year, %

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 408 734 442 460
Receivables 1,325 1,448 1,447 1,380
Inventory 113 95 87 97
Other 1,178 1,210 1,084 1,122
3,026 3,486 3,059 3,059
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1,586 1,347 1,375 1,378
ST’ Debt 83 403 82 94
Other 37 98 12 12
1,746 1,889 1,531 1,529

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (3.64%) 1.58% (0.24%)
Cash Flow 10.37% 11.61% 24.66%
Earnings (9.94%) 2.11% 13.85%
Book Value (6.84%) (1.87%) (4.01%)

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 — — — — —
’25 — — — — 0.67
’24 — — — — 0.81
’23 — — — — 0.66
’22 — — — — 0.40
’21 — — — — 0.29
’20 — — — — 0.53
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 — — — — —
’25 — — — — 4,717
’24 — — — — 4,539
’23 — — — — 4,570
’22 — — — — 4,751
’21 — — — — 4,714
’20 — — — — 4,362
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 — — — — —
’25 — — — — 865
’24 — — — — 801
’23 — — — — 653
’22 — — — — 447
’21 — — — — 448
’20 — — — — 499
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 — 349 — — —
’25 — 178 — 831 692
’24 — 29 — 767 650
’23 — (61) — 622 503
’22 — (108) — 393 282
’21 — (203) — 360 206
’20 — (215) — 431 327
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Jun ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 6,169 5,816 5,511 4,940 4,362 4,714 4,751 4,570 4,539 4,717 9,481 (2.9%) — — — —
Gross margin, % 54.02 54.22 52.94 51.98 47.98 49.04 46.73 49.95 50.99 52.00 48.22 (2.0) pt
EBT (3,466) 543 665 296 455 216 400 613 652 603 898 n/m
EBT margin, % (56.17) 9.33 12.06 6.00 10.42 4.58 8.41 13.42 14.36 12.78 9.48 +69.0 pt
Net income (3,165) 526 788 340 398 220 400 613 652 603 1,821 n/m
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 7.57 7.15 7.08 6.36 5.77 6.25 6.44 6.42 6.74 7.24 0.00 (0.5%)
Earnings (3.57) 0.64 1.01 0.43 0.53 0.29 0.41 0.66 0.82 0.68 0.97 n/m
Cash flow 0.68 0.47 0.79 0.61 0.66 0.59 0.61 0.92 1.19 1.33 0.00 +7.7%
Capex (0.40) (0.37) (0.12) (0.32) (0.23) (0.32) (0.22) (0.21) (0.22) (0.27) 0.00 (4.5%)
Free cash flow 0.28 0.10 0.67 0.29 0.43 0.27 0.38 0.71 0.97 1.06 0.00 +15.9%
Book value 7.23 6.37 7.76 7.10 7.03 7.80 7.40 6.97 7.70 7.42 0.00 +0.3%
Shares, m 815 813 778 777 755 754 738 712 673 651 — (2.5%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 0.00 18.29 7.67 9.20 10.02 16.79 12.55 16.59 14.45 18.03 10.6
P/S 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0
P/B 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0
EV/Sales 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.09 0.11 0.12 0.16 0.20 0.1
EV/FCF 1.79 1.46 0.74 2.77 1.94 1.48 1.46 1.08 0.92 0.90 0.94 1.5
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 556 384 617 471 499 448 447 653 801 865 2,382 +5.0%
Capex (327) (299) (96) (245) (172) (242) (165) (151) (151) (173) (367) (6.8%)
Free cash flow 229 85 521 226 327 206 282 503 650 692 2,015 +13.1%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 2,929 2,150 2,423 2,146 2,271 2,257 1,656 1,280 1,597 1,528 1,530 (7.0%)
Net debt 1,354 720 202 1,535 688 634 811 1,036 1,148 1,511 1,898 +1.2%
Shareholders’ equity 5,893 5,182 6,040 5,520 5,308 5,885 5,461 4,961 5,179 4,830 4,508 (2.2%)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (20.15) 4.40 7.58 3.32 4.12 2.22 3.13 5.40 6.46 5.10 0.00 +25.3 pt
ROIC (0.54) 5.09 6.80 2.50 5.43 2.40 3.33 6.44 6.80 6.58 0.00 +7.1 pt
ROE (40.33) 9.45 13.99 5.83 7.35 3.91 5.28 9.02 10.94 8.83 0.00 +49.2 pt
People
People Employees 32,719 30,339 24,322 22,734 20,000 20,744 20,438 18,360 17,116 16,665 — (7.2%)
Revenue/emp, $m 0.19 0.19 0.23 0.22 0.22 0.23 0.23 0.25 0.27 0.28 — +4.6%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025

Pearson, PLC vs peers in Publishing (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
NYT The New York Times Company $10.6B 25.8× 27.1× +9.66% (above 0%: growing) +20.70% (above 0%: growing) −14.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.41% 15.87% Compare
PSO Pearson, PLC $10.5B 18.0× — +7.23% (above 0%: growing) +1,083.81% (above 0%: growing) +1,102.06% (above 0%: growing) 48.91% 0.00%
WLY John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $2.6B 13.1× 15.7× −2.63% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +30.28% (above 0%: growing) 73.89% 0.76% Compare
WLYB John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $2.1B 13.2× — −2.63% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +30.28% (above 0%: growing) 73.89% 0.76% Compare
TDAY USA TODAY Co., Inc. $898.5M — (loss-making) 21.0× −7.41% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −28.17% (below 0%: shrinking) 35.06% 0.00% Compare
SCHL Scholastic Corporation $678.6M 24.4× 30.9× −3.90% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −18.41% (below 0%: shrinking) 45.53% (42.53%) Compare
LEE Lee Enterprises, Incorporated $156.0M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −10.85% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −36.16% (below 0%: shrinking) 62.43% 6.85% Compare
EDUC Educational Development Corporation $8.4M 5.2× 10.4× −11.92% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −1,474.93% (below 0%: shrinking) 59.73% (38.41%) Compare
TNMG TNL Mediagene $2.2M 12.4× — — +25.00% (above 0%: growing) −233.71% (below 0%: shrinking) — — Compare
Median of peers $788.5M 13.2× 21.0× −3.90% — −23.29% 59.73% 0.76%

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