Valuation: Pearson

Market Cap 7.62B 10.18B 8.93B 8.24B 14.44B 975B 14.73B 99.08B 38.5B 477B 38.22B 37.39B 1,656B P/E 2026 *
20.1x
P/E 2027 * 18.2x
Enterprise Value 8.6B 11.49B 10.08B 9.3B 16.29B 1,100B 16.62B 112B 43.45B 538B 43.14B 42.2B 1,869B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.31x
EV / Sales 2027 * 2.2x
Free-Float
99.32%
Yield 2026 *
2.1%
Yield 2027 * 2.25%
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 60 2024-01-07
Director of Finance/CFO 53 2026-05-07
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer 51 2024-07-01
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 60 2019-04-30
Director/Board Member 62 2019-04-30
Director/Board Member 61 2021-09-30
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
0.00%0.00% - - 10.18B
-2.06%-4.02%-29.32%+35.57% 5.15B
-0.94%+3.75%-2.99%+11.95% 3.46B
+1.22%+3.50%-22.57%-17.48% 3.43B
-0.70%+0.20%-8.64%-8.00% 3.22B
+0.78%+3.39%-23.49%-9.76% 2.73B
-3.81%-1.39%+17.91%+54.82% 2.57B
-0.18%-5.19%-13.00%-47.83% 1.95B
+0.84%+0.92%-42.49%+24.90% 1.66B
+1.18%-0.70%-13.17%+30.05% 1.57B
Average +6.01%+0.97%-15.31%+8.25% 2.86B
Weighted average by Cap. +17.59%+1.16%-15.58%+9.65%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.72B 4.97B 4.36B 4.02B 7.05B 476B 7.19B 48.38B 18.8B 233B 18.66B 18.25B 808B 3.89B 5.2B 4.56B 4.21B 7.37B 498B 7.52B 50.6B 19.66B 244B 19.52B 19.09B 845B
Net income 400M 534M 468M 432M 757M 51.14B 773M 5.2B 2.02B 25.03B 2.01B 1.96B 86.87B 428M 572M 502M 463M 812M 54.8B 828M 5.57B 2.16B 26.82B 2.15B 2.1B 93.1B
Net Debt 980M 1.31B 1.15B 1.06B 1.86B 125B 1.9B 12.75B 4.96B 61.39B 4.92B 4.81B 213B 942M 1.26B 1.1B 1.02B 1.79B 121B 1.82B 12.26B 4.76B 59.01B 4.73B 4.63B 205B
Logo Pearson
Pearson plc specializes in books publishing, namely educational books, higher education books and professional training books. The group also offers educational evaluation services and on-line learning service, as well as the operation of schools, colleges and universities. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (13.7%), Europe (3.4%), the United States (68.8%), Asia/Pacific (8.8%), Canada (1.9%) and other (3.4%).
Employees
-
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
12.67GBP
Average target price
11.87GBP
Spread / Average Target
-6.31%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise