Valuation: Pearson plc

Market Cap 7.39B 171B 9.94B 8.63B 8.08B 13.95B 947B 14.13B 94.49B 37.08B 473B 37.32B 36.51B 1,575B P/E 2026 *
19x
P/E 2027 * 17.6x
Enterprise Value 8.64B 200B 11.62B 10.08B 9.44B 16.3B 1,107B 16.52B 110B 43.34B 553B 43.62B 42.67B 1,840B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.32x
EV / Sales 2027 * 2.17x
Free-Float
99.32%
Yield 2026 *
2.18%
Yield 2027 * 2.32%
1 day-4.96%
6 months-4.96%
Current year-4.96%
Current year 228.04
Extreme 228.04
228.04
1 year 228.04
Extreme 228.04
261.98
3 years 216.94
Extreme 216.94
265.52
5 years 179.14
Extreme 179.14
265.52
10 years 179.14
Extreme 179.14
265.52
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.($)
-4.96%-.--% - - 9.94B
-0.81%-4.91%+13.43%+46.48% 9.94B
-2.67%-0.33%-38.12%+24.39% 5.22B
-1.88%-4.38%-14.56%-9.45% 3.54B
+0.82%+2.16%-6.51%+7.65% 3.26B
+0.97%+3.53%-8.61%-7.26% 3.09B
+3.63%+38.68%+31.20%-10.49% 3.08B
-1.67%-0.56%-18.63%-7.52% 2.81B
-1.49%+2.21%+41.48%+54.79% 2.73B
+2.36%+6.05%-33.24%+55.77% 1.86B
Average -0.57%+2.54%-3.73%+17.15% 3.95B
Weighted average by Cap. -1.44%+0.96%-1.97%+21.34%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.72B 86.17B 5.01B 4.34B 4.07B 7.02B 477B 7.12B 47.59B 18.68B 238B 18.79B 18.39B 793B 3.89B 90.11B 5.23B 4.54B 4.25B 7.35B 499B 7.44B 49.76B 19.53B 249B 19.65B 19.23B 829B
Net income 400M 9.26B 538M 467M 437M 755M 51.27B 765M 5.12B 2.01B 25.61B 2.02B 1.98B 85.25B 431M 9.98B 579M 503M 471M 813M 55.2B 824M 5.51B 2.16B 27.58B 2.18B 2.13B 91.79B
Net Debt 1.25B 28.9B 1.68B 1.46B 1.36B 2.36B 160B 2.39B 15.96B 6.26B 79.9B 6.3B 6.17B 266B 1.04B 24.03B 1.4B 1.21B 1.13B 1.96B 133B 1.98B 13.27B 5.21B 66.45B 5.24B 5.13B 221B
Logo Pearson plc
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
15,165
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
12.29GBP
Average target price
12.38GBP
Spread / Average Target
+0.75%

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