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Pearson, PLC

Pearson, PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.7 billion, up 3.92% from fiscal 2024. Operating cash flow growth for three consecutive years.

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Market cap: $10.7B
P/E: 18.8×
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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Insider Ownership 16.10%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 10,700.00

Revenue 9,480.52

Net Income 1,820.67

Free Cash Flow 2,014.77

Net Debt 1,897.73

Current Ratio 2.00

Debt/Equity 0.52

P/E ratio 18.78

Fwd P/E —

P/S ratio 0.00

P/B ratio 0.00

Past 5Y EPS Growth 4.80%

This Y EPS Growth 10.55%

Next Y EPS Growth 11.49%

Next Y revenue growth —

Next 5Y EPS Growth 11.06%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years

P/E against its own 10 years 99.68%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 100.00%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/FCF against its own 10 years 17.29%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —

Annual Dividend Rate —

Annual Dividend Yield —

	total	individual payouts
2023	0.19	0.19
2022	0.25	0.17 0.08
2021	0.27	0.19 0.09
2020	0.24	0.17 0.08
2019	0.24	0.17 0.07
2018	0.88	0.16 0.72
2017	0.50	0.44 0.07
2016	0.73	0.49 0.24

special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Cash	408	734	442	460
Receivables	1,325	1,448	1,447	1,380
Inventory	113	95	87	97
Other	1,178	1,210	1,084	1,122
	3,026	3,486	3,059	3,059

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Payables	1,586	1,347	1,375	1,378
ST’ Debt	83	403	82	94
Other	37	98	12	12
	1,746	1,889	1,531	1,529

Compound Annual Growth %

	10y	5y	3y
Sales	(3.64%)	1.58%	(0.24%)
Cash Flow	10.37%	11.61%	24.66%
Earnings	(9.94%)	2.11%	13.85%
Book Value	(6.84%)	(1.87%)	(4.01%)

Revenue $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	—	—	—	—	—
’25	—	—	—	—	4,717
’24	—	—	—	—	4,539
’23	—	—	—	—	4,570
’22	—	—	—	—	4,751
’21	—	—	—	—	4,714
’20	—	—	—	—	4,362

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	—	—	—	—	—
’25	—	—	—	—	865
’24	—	—	—	—	801
’23	—	—	—	—	653
’22	—	—	—	—	447
’21	—	—	—	—	448
’20	—	—	—	—	499

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	—	349	—	—	—
’25	—	178	—	831	692
’24	—	29	—	767	650
’23	—	(61)	—	622	503
’22	—	(108)	—	393	282
’21	—	(203)	—	360	206
’20	—	(215)	—	431	327

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	—	—	—	—	—
’25	—	—	—	—	0.67
’24	—	—	—	—	0.81
’23	—	—	—	—	0.66
’22	—	—	—	—	0.40
’21	—	—	—	—	0.29
’20	—	—	—	—	0.53

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Group	Line	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	8.99	7.04	8.94	7.92	5.08	7.68	8.05	9.29	11.69	12.85	Analyst estimates 2026–2028 Powerpack
	High	13.20	10.13	12.73	13.19	9.48	12.39	12.03	12.41	16.30	17.90
People
People	Employees	32,719	30,339	24,322	22,734	20,000	20,744	20,438	18,360	17,116	16,665
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.19	0.19	0.23	0.22	0.22	0.23	0.23	0.25	0.27	0.28
Income, $m
Income, $m	Revenue	6,169	5,816	5,511	4,940	4,362	4,714	4,751	4,570	4,539	4,717
	Gross margin, %	54.02	54.22	52.94	51.98	47.98	49.04	46.73	49.95	50.99	52.00
	EBT	(3,466)	543	665	296	455	216	400	613	652	603
	EBT margin, %	(56.17)	9.33	12.06	6.00	10.42	4.58	8.41	13.42	14.36	12.78
	Net income	(3,165)	526	788	340	398	220	400	613	652	603
	Depreciation	3,947	403	338	497	407	561	390	322	300	273
Per share, $
Per share, $	Revenue	7.57	7.15	7.08	6.36	5.77	6.25	6.44	6.42	6.74	7.24
	Earnings	(3.57)	0.64	1.01	0.43	0.53	0.29	0.41	0.66	0.82	0.68
	Cash flow	0.68	0.47	0.79	0.61	0.66	0.59	0.61	0.92	1.19	1.33
	Capex	(0.40)	(0.37)	(0.12)	(0.32)	(0.23)	(0.32)	(0.22)	(0.21)	(0.22)	(0.27)
	Free cash flow	0.28	0.10	0.67	0.29	0.43	0.27	0.38	0.71	0.97	1.06
	Book value	7.23	6.37	7.76	7.10	7.03	7.80	7.40	6.97	7.70	7.42
	Shares, m	815	813	778	777	755	754	738	712	673	651
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	0.00	0.00	18.29	7.67	9.20	10.02	16.79	12.55	16.59	14.45
	P/S	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	P/B	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/FCF	1.79	1.46	0.74	2.77	1.94	1.48	1.46	1.08	0.92	0.90
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	556	384	617	471	499	448	447	653	801	865
	Capex	(327)	(299)	(96)	(245)	(172)	(242)	(165)	(151)	(151)	(173)
	Free cash flow	229	85	521	226	327	206	282	503	650	692
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	2,929	2,150	2,423	2,146	2,271	2,257	1,656	1,280	1,597	1,528
	Total debt	3,345	1,398	961	2,125	2,120	1,925	1,521	1,444	1,881	1,953
	Net debt	1,354	720	202	1,535	688	634	811	1,036	1,148	1,511
	Shareholders’ equity	5,893	5,182	6,040	5,520	5,308	5,885	5,461	4,961	5,179	4,830
Returns, %
Returns, %	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
	ROE	(40.33)	9.45	13.99	5.83	7.35	3.91	5.28	9.02	10.94	8.83

Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025

Charts ten years each

Company	Market cap	P/E	Fwd P/E	Revenue growth (Q)	EPS growth (Q)	FCF growth (Q)	Gross margin (Q)	EBIT margin (Q)	Compare
NYT The New York Times Company	$11.1B	28.0×	28.6×	+11.17% (above 0%: growing)	+13.73% (above 0%: growing)	+78.27% (above 0%: growing)	51.76%	15.48%	Compare
PSO Pearson, PLC	$10.7B	18.8×	—	+7.23% (above 0%: growing)	+1,083.81% (above 0%: growing)	+1,102.06% (above 0%: growing)	48.91%	0.00%
WLY John Wiley & Sons, Inc.	$2.7B	13.7×	11.2×	−2.63% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	+30.28% (above 0%: growing)	73.89%	0.76%	Compare
WLYB John Wiley & Sons, Inc.	$2.1B	13.7×	—	−2.63% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	+30.28% (above 0%: growing)	73.89%	0.76%	Compare
TDAY USA TODAY Co., Inc.	$1.1B	— (loss-making)	26.6×	−8.30% (below 0%: shrinking)	−88.89% (below 0%: shrinking)	+1.14% (above 0%: growing)	38.83%	3.73%	Compare
SCHL Scholastic Corporation	$711.5M	24.9×	16.2×	−3.90% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	−18.41% (below 0%: shrinking)	45.53%	(42.53%)	Compare
LEE Lee Enterprises, Incorporated	$150.0M	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	−10.85% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	−36.16% (below 0%: shrinking)	62.43%	6.85%	Compare
EDUC Educational Development Corporation	$9.3M	5.3×	10.4×	−11.92% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	−61.99% (below 0%: shrinking)	59.73%	(38.41%)	Compare
TNMG TNL Mediagene	$2.5M	13.1×	—	—	+25.00% (above 0%: growing)	−233.71% (below 0%: shrinking)	—	—	Compare
Median of peers	$880.8M	13.7×	16.2×	−3.90%	+13.73%	−8.64%	59.73%	0.76%

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Pearson, PLC (PSO) key facts

Concern: Net income was $602.6 million, or $0.68 per share (basic), a net margin of 9.37%.
Strength: Pearson, PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.7 billion, up 3.92% from fiscal 2024.
Pearson, PLC (PSO) is a Publishing company in the Communication Services sector, traded in the US as an ADR.
As of October 16, 2026, PSO traded at $18.24, a market capitalization of $10.7 billion.
At that price the stock trades at 18.8× trailing-twelve-month earnings; its P/E is higher than 100% of its own readings over the past ten years.
Return on equity was 8.83% and debt-to-equity 0.52.
Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.65 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.