Valuation: Pearson plc

Market Cap 7.72B 10.22B 9.13B 8.49B 14.59B 989B 14.65B 102B 40.05B 504B 38.39B 37.55B 1,619B P/E 2026 *
20.1x
P/E 2027 * 18x
Enterprise Value 8.76B 11.59B 10.35B 9.63B 16.53B 1,121B 16.6B 116B 45.4B 572B 43.51B 42.56B 1,835B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.35x
EV / Sales 2027 * 2.24x
Free-Float
99.33%
Yield 2026 *
2.06%
Yield 2027 * 2.21%
1 day+2.04%
1 week+5.27%
Current month+5.73%
1 month+8.78%
3 months+0.35%
6 months+26.83%
Current year+20.87%
1 week 16.11
Extreme 16.11
17.02
1 month 15.7
Extreme 15.695
17.02
Current year 12.02
Extreme 12.02
17.74
1 year 12.02
Extreme 12.02
17.74
3 years 10.84
Extreme 10.84
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.($)
+2.04%+5.27% - - 10.22B
+0.52%+1.50%+12.96%+41.09% 16.2B
-0.42%+5.77%+21.33%+56.27% 10.7B
+1.46%+5.16%+22.15%+43.19% 10.22B
+1.22%+3.50%-10.00% - 4.61B
+4.03%-3.45%-41.03%-8.13% 4.22B
+1.24%-1.95%+3.93%+18.27% 3.41B
+3.48%+3.36%-18.68%-16.15% 3.28B
+1.11%+1.33%-2.46%-2.56% 2.92B
+2.96%+5.06%-11.85%-6.82% 2.89B
Average +1.76%+2.76%-2.63%+15.64% 6.49B
Weighted average by Cap. +1.31%+2.87%+6.09%+30.77%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.72B 4.92B 4.4B 4.09B 7.03B 477B 7.06B 49.23B 19.29B 243B 18.49B 18.09B 780B 3.89B 5.15B 4.6B 4.28B 7.35B 499B 7.38B 51.52B 20.19B 254B 19.35B 18.93B 816B
Net income 398M 527M 470M 437M 751M 50.96B 755M 5.27B 2.06B 25.98B 1.98B 1.93B 83.37B 432M 572M 511M 475M 816M 55.33B 819M 5.72B 2.24B 28.21B 2.15B 2.1B 90.53B
Net Debt 1.03B 1.36B 1.22B 1.13B 1.95B 132B 1.96B 13.65B 5.35B 67.34B 5.12B 5.01B 216B 1B 1.33B 1.19B 1.1B 1.89B 128B 1.9B 13.27B 5.2B 65.49B 4.98B 4.88B 210B
Projected Income Statement - Annual - Pearson plc
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 (14.3%), Europe (3.5%), the United States (67.1%), Asia/Pacific (9.9%), Canada (1.9%) and other (3.3%).
Employees
15,165
Date Price Change Volume
26-10-09 US$16.97 +2.04% 669,428
26-10-08 US$16.63 +1.28% 1,751,089
26-10-07 US$16.42 +0.61% 536,690
26-10-06 US$16.32 +0.49% 509,890
26-10-05 US$16.24 +0.74% 604,002
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
-
Ratings Surperformance© - Pearson plc
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
12.85GBP
Average target price
12.45GBP
Spread / Average Target
-3.15%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise

Rate of surprise - Net sales - Quarterly - Pearson plc