Pearson, PLC PSO
16.13
0.11
0.69%
as of 25 Sep
- Market cap
- $9.6B
- P/E
- 16.6×
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| Dec '25 | Dec '24 | Dec '23 | Dec '22 | Dec '21 | Dec '20 | Dec '19 | Dec '18 | Dec '17 | Dec '16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P/E ratio |
14.45 | 16.59 | 12.55 | 16.79 | 10.02 | 9.20 | 7.67 | 18.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
P/S ratio |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
P/FCF ratio |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
P/Operating CF |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
P/B ratio |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Price to Tangible BV |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
EV/Sales |
0.16 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
EV/EBITDA |
0.66 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
EV/Operating CF |
0.75 | 0.73 | 0.96 | 1.08 | 0.95 | 1.19 | 2.41 | 0.53 | 0.82 | 1.28 |
EV/FCF |
0.90 | 0.92 | 1.08 | 1.46 | 1.48 | 1.94 | 2.77 | 0.74 | 1.46 | 1.79 |
Quick Ratio |
1.23 | 1.15 | 0.99 | 1.16 | 1.41 | 1.42 | 1.16 | 1.12 | 1.01 | 1.47 |
Current Ratio |
2.00 | 1.85 | 1.73 | 1.91 | 2.04 | 2.13 | 2.13 | 2.16 | 2.03 | 2.12 |
Net Debt/EBITDA |
1.61 | 1.16 | 1.10 | 1.12 | 0.78 | 0.74 | 1.97 | 0.20 | 0.81 | 0.35 |
Debt/Assets |
22.93% | 21.36% | 17.26% | 16.79% | 19.07% | 22.16% | 21.75% | 9.11% | 13.76% | 24.52% |
Debt/Equity |
0.40 | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.33 | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.16 | 0.27 | 0.57 |
Asset Turnover |
0.54 | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.49 | 0.39 |
Operating CF/Net income |
1.96 | 1.44 | 1.39 | 1.49 | 2.05 | 1.25 | 1.40 | 0.79 | 0.73 | (0.18) |
Capex/Depreciation |
(0.63) | (0.50) | (0.47) | (0.42) | (0.43) | (0.42) | (0.49) | (0.28) | (0.74) | (0.08) |
Interest Coverage |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 8.83% | 10.94% | 9.02% | 5.28% | 3.91% | 7.35% | 5.83% | 13.99% | 9.45% | (40.33%) | |
| 5.10% | 6.46% | 5.40% | 3.13% | 2.22% | 4.12% | 3.32% | 7.58% | 4.40% | (20.15%) | |
ROIC |
6.58% | 6.80% | 6.44% | 3.33% | 2.40% | 5.43% | 2.50% | 6.80% | 5.09% | (0.54%) |
Return on Tangible Assets |
24.47% | 28.13% | 28.53% | 15.23% | 7.92% | 13.57% | 11.48% | 28.65% | 20.83% | (93.33%) |
Average Days of Receivables |
111.94 | 116.43 | 105.80 | 109.09 | 136.61 | 120.13 | 120.28 | 104.13 | 89.77 | 108.81 |
Research and Development Expense of Revenue |
0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue |
37.77% | 35.61% | 35.98% | 40.33% | 45.57% | 41.27% | 46.68% | 46.19% | 48.79% | 55.03% |
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets |
0.47 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.34 |
Share Based Compensation of Revenue |
1.09% | 1.24% | 1.09% | 0.91% | 0.82% | 0.85% | 0.65% | 0.90% | 0.73% | 0.48% |
Graham Net Nets |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Graham Number |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Earnings Yield |
6.92% | 6.03% | 7.97% | 5.96% | 9.98% | 10.87% | 13.03% | 5.47% | (4.51%) | (0.83%) |
Free Cash Flow Yield |
0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Revenue per Share |
7.24 | 6.74 | 6.42 | 6.44 | 6.25 | 5.77 | 6.36 | 7.08 | 7.15 | 7.57 |
Operating CF per Share |
1.33 | 1.19 | 0.92 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.66 | 0.61 | 0.79 | 0.47 | 0.68 |
Capex per Share |
(0.27) | (0.22) | (0.21) | (0.22) | (0.32) | (0.23) | (0.32) | (0.12) | (0.37) | (0.40) |
Free Cash Flow per Share |
1.06 | 0.97 | 0.71 | 0.38 | 0.27 | 0.43 | 0.29 | 0.67 | 0.10 | 0.28 |
Cash per Share |
0.68 | 1.09 | 0.57 | 0.96 | 1.71 | 1.90 | 0.76 | 0.98 | 0.83 | 2.44 |
Shareholders Equity per Share |
7.42 | 7.70 | 6.97 | 7.40 | 7.80 | 7.03 | 7.10 | 7.76 | 6.37 | 7.23 |
Interest Debt per Share |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Book value per Share |
7.42 | 7.70 | 6.97 | 7.40 | 7.80 | 7.03 | 7.10 | 7.76 | 6.37 | 7.23 |
Free Cash Flow |
692.32 | 650.45 | 502.54 | 282.01 | 206.27 | 327.42 | 226.01 | 520.57 | 85.06 | 229.05 |
Working Capital |
1,528.37 | 1,597.38 | 1,279.97 | 1,656.21 | 2,256.54 | 2,271.40 | 2,146.46 | 2,422.66 | 2,149.72 | 2,928.80 |
Capital Expenditures |
(172.75) | (150.79) | (150.51) | (164.51) | (242.02) | (172.06) | (245.16) | (96.11) | (299.00) | (326.63) |
Net Current Asset Value |
(626.38) | (141.85) | (380.63) | (112.56) | 217.27 | 29.53 | (196.64) | (5.34) | (750.08) | (2,213.20) |
EV/EBIT |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Capex to Sales |
0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Net Profit Margin |
9.37% | 12.22% | 10.29% | 6.30% | 4.64% | 9.13% | 6.82% | 14.24% | 9.00% | (51.34%) |
Price to Operating Income |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Depreciation/Fixed assets |
0.99 | 0.80 | 0.88 | 1.26 | 1.11 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 1.07 | 1.11 | 8.49 |
Cash ROIC |
8.14% | 5.48% | 4.18% | 1.78% | (0.60%) | (1.83%) | (3.86%) | 3.87% | 0.30% | 0.81% |
Accounts Receivable Turnover |
3.26 | 3.27 | 3.33 | 2.98 | 2.95 | 2.85 | 3.09 | 3.67 | 3.56 | 3.25 |
Accounts Payable Turnover |
1.66 | 1.52 | 1.46 | 1.54 | 1.47 | 1.43 | 1.36 | 1.44 | 1.35 | 1.31 |
Inventory Turnover |
24.94 | 21.42 | 18.82 | 19.13 | 15.99 | 11.90 | 10.92 | 12.66 | 10.46 | 8.85 |
Average Days of Payables |
221.72 | 220.97 | 253.06 | 223.71 | 262.42 | 247.05 | 251.06 | 263.00 | 237.09 | 284.08 |
Days of Inventory on Hand |
14.03 | 15.51 | 18.06 | 18.73 | 20.48 | 26.65 | 33.20 | 30.81 | 26.15 | 40.98 |
Average Receivables |
1,447.24 | 1,386.31 | 1,372.36 | 1,592.11 | 1,599.88 | 1,531.78 | 1,600.22 | 1,501.48 | 1,634.86 | 1,901.19 |
Average Payables |
1,361.16 | 1,466.44 | 1,568.52 | 1,639.10 | 1,631.40 | 1,583.77 | 1,750.30 | 1,799.15 | 1,968.68 | 2,166.55 |
Average Inventory |
90.80 | 103.88 | 121.53 | 132.32 | 150.20 | 190.72 | 217.35 | 204.82 | 254.62 | 320.56 |
Average Assets |
8,661.73 | 8,587.50 | 8,713.39 | 9,578.21 | 9,832.22 | 9,667.68 | 10,159.94 | 10,358.82 | 11,904.25 | 15,716.18 |
Average Common Equity |
5,004.86 | 5,070.00 | 5,210.79 | 5,673.17 | 5,596.74 | 5,414.05 | 5,780.00 | 5,611.12 | 5,537.55 | 7,852.98 |
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