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

Pearson, PLC (PSO) Book value per share

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Pearson, PLC's book value per share at the end of fiscal 2025 was 7.4×, unchanged from fiscal 2024. At the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 it was 0.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.4× (fiscal 2017) to 12.1× (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. Pearson, PLC ranks 7th of 9 Publishing companies by book value per share.

Book value per share, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Book value per share Change
FY2025 7.4× (3.63%)
FY2024 7.7× 10.38%
FY2023 7.0× (5.76%)
FY2022 7.4× (5.20%)
FY2021 7.8× 11.07%
FY2020 7.0× (1.09%)
FY2019 7.1× (8.48%)
FY2018 7.8× 21.84%
FY2017 6.4× (11.91%)
FY2016 7.2× (40.06%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Book value per share Change
Jun 2026 0.0× —
Dec 2025 0.0× —
Jun 2025 0.0× —
Dec 2024 0.0× —
18 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 6.4× High 12.1×
Ten-year median 7.4×
Current reading's percentile 64

Book value per share against peers

What Book value per share is

BV per Share tells an investor how much of a company’s accounting net worth stands behind each share.

(Shareholders Equity (Total) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted))

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