Valuation: Pearson plc

Market Cap 7.17B 9.67B 8.39B 7.87B 13.48B 922B 13.7B 92.64B 36.07B 462B 36.28B 35.52B 1,542B P/E 2026 *
18.4x
P/E 2027 * 17.1x
Enterprise Value 8.42B 11.36B 9.85B 9.24B 15.83B 1,082B 16.08B 109B 42.35B 542B 42.6B 41.71B 1,810B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.26x
EV / Sales 2027 * 2.11x
Free-Float
99.32%
Yield 2026 *
2.24%
Yield 2027 * 2.39%
1 day-0.25%
1 week-2.60%
Current month-4.84%
1 month-4.67%
3 months+9.66%
6 months+32.67%
Current year+14.81%
1 week 15.89
Extreme 15.89
16.68
1 month 15.89
Extreme 15.89
17.74
Current year 12.02
Extreme 12.02
17.74
1 year 12.02
Extreme 12.02
17.74
3 years 10.26
Extreme 10.265
17.9
5 years 7.68
Extreme 7.68
17.9
10 years 5.08
Extreme 5.08
17.9
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.($)
-0.25%-2.60% - - 9.77B
-0.91%-2.85%+10.26%+43.23% 9.77B
-1.78%-2.49%-37.49%+19.53% 5.4B
+0.44%-6.15%-17.85%-10.89% 3.44B
+0.87%+4.59%+5.75%+4.56% 3.3B
+0.43%+1.19%-8.88%-13.72% 3.07B
-0.49%+2.17%+22.79%-11.12% 2.88B
-0.29%-5.93%-20.26%-8.84% 2.75B
+0.73%-8.67%+29.14%+38.15% 2.53B
+0.27%+4.07%-33.09%+54.86% 1.87B
Average -0.10%-1.54%-5.51%+12.86% 3.89B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.34%-1.56%-4.29%+17.31%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.72B 5.02B 4.35B 4.08B 7B 478B 7.11B 48.09B 18.72B 240B 18.83B 18.44B 800B 3.89B 5.25B 4.55B 4.27B 7.32B 500B 7.43B 50.28B 19.58B 251B 19.69B 19.28B 837B
Net income 400M 540M 468M 439M 752M 51.44B 764M 5.17B 2.01B 25.78B 2.02B 1.98B 86.05B 431M 581M 504M 473M 810M 55.38B 823M 5.57B 2.17B 27.76B 2.18B 2.13B 92.65B
Net Debt 1.25B 1.68B 1.46B 1.37B 2.35B 160B 2.38B 16.13B 6.28B 80.42B 6.32B 6.18B 268B 1.04B 1.4B 1.21B 1.14B 1.95B 133B 1.98B 13.41B 5.22B 66.88B 5.25B 5.14B 223B
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
Date Price Change Volume
26-08-12 US$16.12 -0.25% 785,045
26-08-11 US$16.16 -1.70% 624,938
26-08-10 US$16.44 -0.12% 1,260,642
26-08-07 US$16.46 -0.66% 609,807
26-08-06 US$16.57 -0.66% 409,120
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
-
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
11.92GBP
Average target price
12.38GBP
Spread / Average Target
+3.83%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise