Valuation: Pearson plc

Market Cap 7.51B 10.13B 8.85B 8.19B 14.22B 976B 14.47B 97.66B 38.36B 477B 38.04B 37.21B 1,646B P/E 2026 *
19.8x
P/E 2027 * 17.8x
Enterprise Value 8.49B 11.45B 10.01B 9.26B 16.08B 1,103B 16.36B 110B 43.37B 539B 43.01B 42.06B 1,860B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.28x
EV / Sales 2027 * 2.18x
Free-Float
99.32%
Yield 2026 *
2.12%
Yield 2027 * 2.28%
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% - - 10.13B
-5.56%-2.06%-30.81%+35.54% 5.42B
+0.64%+3.63%-17.30%-18.23% 3.52B
-0.76%-3.90%-3.03%+6.64% 3.32B
-1.90%-6.90%-11.96%-12.38% 3.08B
+0.20%-1.66%-23.95%-13.45% 2.67B
-1.12%+0.11%+26.29%+44.69% 2.57B
-5.33%+0.35%-16.47%-51.03% 2.1B
-1.46%0.00%-41.05%+24.31% 1.74B
+0.11%+4.13%-10.63%+31.79% 1.64B
Average -1.58%+0.58%-14.32%+5.32% 2.9B
Weighted average by Cap. -1.47%+0.97%-15.13%+6.85%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.72B 5.01B 4.38B 4.05B 7.04B 483B 7.16B 48.32B 18.98B 236B 18.82B 18.41B 814B 3.89B 5.24B 4.58B 4.24B 7.36B 505B 7.49B 50.53B 19.85B 247B 19.69B 19.25B 852B
Net income 400M 539M 471M 436M 757M 51.94B 770M 5.2B 2.04B 25.36B 2.02B 1.98B 87.57B 429M 578M 505M 467M 811M 55.67B 825M 5.57B 2.19B 27.18B 2.17B 2.12B 93.85B
Net Debt 981M 1.32B 1.16B 1.07B 1.86B 127B 1.89B 12.74B 5.01B 62.2B 4.96B 4.86B 215B 943M 1.27B 1.11B 1.03B 1.78B 122B 1.82B 12.25B 4.81B 59.81B 4.77B 4.67B 206B
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
-
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
12.50GBP
Average target price
12.04GBP
Spread / Average Target
-3.65%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise