Pearson, PLC

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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
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
0.00 0.00 18.29 7.67 9.20 10.02 16.79 12.55 16.59 14.45
Piotroski F-Score
3 7 7 4 6 7 7 7 8 7
P/S ratio
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Altman Z-Score
1.42 2.06 2.43 1.96 2.06 1.92 2.42 2.67 2.95 2.65
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
2.41 3.07 3.77 3.39 3.61 3.56 3.43 3.39 3.61 3.40
P/FCF ratio
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Beneish M-Score
(3.96) (2.47) (2.23) (2.61) (2.59) (2.41) (2.62) (2.64) (2.56) (2.73)
P/Operating CF
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 57
P/B ratio
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
EV/Sales
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.09 0.11 0.12 0.16
EV/EBITDA
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.40 0.39 0.45 0.50 0.66
EV/FCF
1.79 1.46 0.74 2.77 1.94 1.48 1.46 1.08 0.92 0.90
Current Ratio
2.12 2.03 2.16 2.13 2.13 2.04 1.91 1.73 1.85 2.00
Net Debt/EBITDA
0.35 0.81 0.20 1.97 0.74 0.78 1.12 1.10 1.16 1.61
Debt/Equity
0.57 0.27 0.16 0.38 0.40 0.33 0.28 0.29 0.36 0.40
ROE
(40.33%) 9.45% 13.99% 5.83% 7.35% 3.91% 5.28% 9.02% 10.94% 8.83%
ROA
(20.15%) 4.40% 7.58% 3.32% 4.12% 2.22% 3.13% 5.40% 6.46% 5.10%
ROIC
(0.54%) 5.09% 6.80% 2.50% 5.43% 2.40% 3.33% 6.44% 6.80% 6.58%
Return on Tangible Assets
(93.33%) 20.83% 28.65% 11.48% 13.57% 7.92% 15.23% 28.53% 28.13% 24.47%
Average Days of Receivables
108.81 89.77 104.13 120.28 120.13 136.61 109.09 105.80 116.43 111.94
Earnings Yield
(0.83%) (4.51%) 5.47% 13.03% 10.87% 9.98% 5.96% 7.97% 6.03% 6.92%
Free Cash Flow Yield
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Free Cash Flow per Share
0.28 0.10 0.67 0.29 0.43 0.27 0.38 0.71 0.97 1.06
Book value per Share
7.23 6.37 7.76 7.10 7.03 7.80 7.40 6.97 7.70 7.42
Free Cash Flow
229.05 85.06 520.57 226.01 327.42 206.27 282.01 502.54 650.45 692.32
EV/EBIT
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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