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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
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Pearson, PLC (PSO) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, Pearson, PLC (PSO) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 0.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (June 2020) to 0.9× (December 2020); the current reading is higher than 96% of that period. That is below the Publishing industry median of 9.5× and below the Communication Services sector median of 8.8×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 0.7× 31.70%
FY2024 0.5× 10.75%
FY2023 0.5× 15.03%
FY2022 0.4× (2.28%)
FY2021 0.4× 0.40%
FY2020 0.4× —
FY2019 0.0× —
FY2018 0.0× —
FY2017 0.0× —
FY2016 0.0× —

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Jun 2023 3.8× (12.01%)
Dec 2022 4.3× 4.90%
Jun 2022 4.1× (6.55%)
Dec 2021 4.4× (17.91%)
6 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 0.9×
Ten-year median 0.4×
Current reading's percentile 96

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
TNMG TNL Mediagene compare n/m
EDUC Educational Development Corporation compare n/m
PSO Pearson, PLC 0.8×
SCHL Scholastic Corporation compare 6.6×
TDAY USA TODAY Co., Inc. compare 7.1×
WLY John Wiley & Sons, Inc. compare 9.5×
WLYB John Wiley & Sons, Inc. compare 9.5×
LEE Lee Enterprises, Incorporated compare 13.1×
NYT The New York Times Company compare 17.6×
Publishing industry median 9.5×
Communication Services sector median 8.8×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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