Valuation: Pearson plc

Market Cap 7.62B 10.23B 8.95B 8.25B 14.46B 976B 14.71B 98.61B 38.72B 481B 38.41B 37.57B 1,652B P/E 2026 *
20.1x
P/E 2027 * 18.1x
Enterprise Value 8.6B 11.54B 10.1B 9.31B 16.32B 1,101B 16.6B 111B 43.7B 542B 43.35B 42.4B 1,865B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.32x
EV / Sales 2027 * 2.2x
Free-Float
99.32%
Yield 2026 *
2.1%
Yield 2027 * 2.25%
1 day+0.18%
1 week+1.20%
Current month+6.42%
1 month+9.73%
3 months+26.38%
6 months+17.68%
Current year+20.44%
1 week 16.64
Extreme 16.64
17.12
1 month 14.79
Extreme 14.79
17.12
Current year 12.02
Extreme 12.02
17.12
1 year 12.02
Extreme 12.02
17.12
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.($)
+0.18%+1.20% - - 10.23B
-0.08%-1.46%-28.23%+36.29% 5.17B
-0.87%+1.24%-0.95%+10.18% 3.45B
+0.44%+2.47%-21.50%-18.55% 3.43B
0.00%-0.74%-7.41%-6.98% 3.24B
-4.38%-3.91%-28.69%-13.78% 2.6B
-0.22%-4.64%+18.18%+48.10% 2.56B
+10.01%+4.88%-8.52%-39.66% 2.18B
+0.30%+3.05%-42.43%+25.46% 1.72B
+0.24%-2.53%-14.17%+25.44% 1.58B
Average +0.57%-0.20%-14.86%+7.39% 2.88B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.31%-0.27%-15.01%+8.54%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.72B 4.99B 4.36B 4.02B 7.05B 476B 7.17B 48.07B 18.88B 234B 18.72B 18.32B 805B 3.89B 5.22B 4.56B 4.21B 7.37B 497B 7.5B 50.28B 19.74B 245B 19.58B 19.16B 842B
Net income 399M 536M 468M 432M 757M 51.08B 770M 5.16B 2.03B 25.16B 2.01B 1.97B 86.51B 428M 574M 502M 463M 812M 54.74B 825M 5.53B 2.17B 26.97B 2.16B 2.11B 92.71B
Net Debt 980M 1.32B 1.15B 1.06B 1.86B 125B 1.89B 12.68B 4.98B 61.81B 4.94B 4.83B 213B 942M 1.26B 1.11B 1.02B 1.79B 121B 1.82B 12.19B 4.79B 59.42B 4.75B 4.64B 204B
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
26-07-10 US$16.91 +0.18% 485,355
26-07-09 US$16.88 0.00% 639,250
26-07-08 US$16.88 +0.12% 572,205
26-07-07 US$16.86 +1.93% 585,345
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
-
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
12.68GBP
Average target price
11.87GBP
Spread / Average Target
-6.38%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise