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) Operating margin

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Pearson, PLC's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2023 was 0.00%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.01% (fiscal 2016) to 15.2% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is below the Publishing industry median of 2.51% and below the Communication Services sector median of 0.94%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 14.2% (1.02)
FY2024 15.2% 1.64
FY2023 13.5% 6.50
FY2022 7.03% 1.72
FY2021 5.31% (6.64)
FY2020 12.0% 6.24
FY2019 5.71% (6.62)
FY2018 12.3% 4.06
FY2017 8.27% 9.28
FY2016 −1.01% (9.81)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2023 0.00% 0.00
Dec 2022 0.00% 0.00
Jun 2022 0.00% 0.00
Dec 2021 0.00% 0.00
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Against its own ten years

Low −1.01% High 15.2%
Ten-year median 8.80%
Current reading's percentile 91

Operating margin against peers

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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