Pearson PLC ADR

Pearson PLC ADR

PSO · NYSE · Communication Services / Publishing

17.39USD+0.16 (+0.93%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close17.23
Open17.40
Day Range17.37 – 17.49
52-Week Range11.73 – 17.63
Volume339.10K
Market Cap9.70B
P/E (TTM)24.07
Forward P/E18.02
EPS0.67
Dividend Yield2.15%
Beta-0.03
50-Day Avg16.33
200-Day Avg14.65

About

Pearson plc provides educational courseware, assessments, and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, other European countries, and internationally. It operates through five segments: Assessment & Qualifications, Virtual Learning, English Language Learning, Enterprise Learning & Skills, and Higher Education. The Assessment & Qualifications segment offers pearson professional assessments, US student assessment, clinical assessment, UK GCSE, and A levels and international academic qualifications and associated courseware, including the English-speaking Canadian and Australian K-12 businesses, and PDR. The Virtual Learning segment provides virtual schools and online program management. The English Language Learning segment offers Pearson test of English, institutional courseware, and English online solutions. The Enterprise Learning & Skills segment provides vocational qualifications, GED, TalentLens, Faethm, Credly, Pearson College, and Enterprise content and training. The Higher Education segment engages in the US, Canadian, and international higher education courseware businesses. Pearson plc was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Company Details

  • SectorCommunication Services
  • IndustryPublishing
  • CEOMr. Omar Paul Abbosh
  • Employees13.66K
  • Headquarters80 Strand, London, United Kingdom, WC2R 0RL, USA
  • Websitehttps://plc.pearson.com

Leadership

  • Mr. Omar Paul AbboshCEO & Executive Director · b. 1966
  • Mr. Simon Glen RobsonGroup CFO & Executive Director · b. 1973
  • Mr. Dave TreatChief Technology Officer · b. 1975
  • Ms. Cinthia NespoliGeneral Counsel & Executive Leader for Sustainability · b. 1982
  • Ms. Ginny Cartwright ZieglerChief Marketing Officer · b. 1968
  • Ms. Allison P. BeboChief Human Resources Officer · b. 1969
  • Mr. Tim BozikPresident of Higher Education, Interim Chief Product Officer & Co-President of Direct to Consumer · b. 1962
  • Mr. Albert Roger HitchcockHead of Telecom & Technology Partnerships · b. 1965
  • Mr. Robert WhelanPresident of Assessments & Qualifications · b. 1949
  • Mr. Cedrick CollombSenior Vice President for Global Product Technology

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: GBP1986-12-311987-12-311988-12-311989-12-311990-12-311991-12-311992-12-311993-12-311994-12-311995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Revenue952.60M952.20M1.19B1.46B1.54B1.60B1.64B1.87B1.55B1.83B2.19B2.29B2.40B3.33B3.88B4.23B4.32B4.05B3.70B3.81B3.99B4.16B4.81B5.14B5.66B5.86B5.06B5.07B4.87B4.47B4.55B4.51B4.13B3.87B3.40B3.43B3.84B3.67B3.55B3.58B
Growth (%)--0.04%+25.46%+22.21%+5.15%+4.25%+2.21%+14.33%-17.11%+18.08%+19.43%+4.90%+4.44%+39.12%+16.38%+9.18%+2.03%-6.30%-8.70%+3.03%+4.78%+4.31%+15.59%+6.84%+10.18%+3.51%-13.70%+0.20%-3.85%-8.33%+1.88%-0.86%-8.51%-6.30%-12.20%+0.91%+12.05%-4.35%-3.32%+0.70%
Cost of Revenue-----------1.11B1.18B-1.35B1.91B2.06B1.91B1.79B1.79B1.84B1.91B2.17B2.38B2.59B2.62B2.22B2.31B2.20B1.98B2.09B2.07B1.94B1.86B1.77B1.75B2.05B1.84B1.74B1.72B
Gross Profit952.60M952.20M1.19B1.46B1.54B1.60B1.64B1.87B1.55B1.83B2.19B1.18B1.22B3.33B2.52B2.33B2.26B2.14B1.91B2.02B2.15B2.25B2.64B2.76B3.08B3.24B2.83B2.76B2.67B2.49B2.46B2.45B2.19B2.01B1.63B1.68B1.79B1.83B1.81B1.86B
Gross Margin100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%51.41%50.90%100.00%65.07%54.97%52.20%52.88%51.60%53.07%53.86%54.11%54.81%53.66%54.30%55.24%56.04%54.39%54.82%55.66%54.02%54.22%52.94%51.98%47.98%49.04%46.73%49.95%50.99%52.00%
Operating Expense811.50M781.60M959.20M1.15B1.24B1.43B1.49B1.68B1.28B1.59B2.04B855.70M969.00M3.01B2.67B2.31B2.11B1.91B1.50B1.50B1.63B1.68B1.96B2.14B2.33B2.01B2.32B2.30B2.27B2.89B4.96B2.00B1.63B1.74B1.22B1.50B1.52B1.34B1.27B1.24B
Operating Income141.10M170.60M235.40M312.40M291.40M169.30M144.40M190.30M272.40M237.60M147.60M323.20M250.00M318.00M-148.63M13.08M143.00M226.00M404.00M516.00M522.00M574.00M676.00M619.00M743.00M1.23B515.00M458.00M398.00M-404.00M-2.50B451.00M553.00M275.00M411.00M183.00M271.00M498.00M541.00M618.15M
Operating Margin14.81%17.92%19.71%21.40%18.98%10.58%8.83%10.18%17.57%12.98%6.75%14.09%10.44%9.54%-3.83%0.31%3.31%5.58%10.93%13.55%13.08%13.79%14.05%12.04%13.12%20.91%10.18%9.04%8.17%-9.04%-54.86%9.99%13.39%7.11%12.10%5.34%7.06%13.55%15.23%17.28%
EBITDA168.90M198.10M266.60M351.30M334.10M290.50M264.20M317.50M320.70M494.10M490.80M323.20M211.00M361.01M103.11M495.53M609.05M593.04M658.48M817.11M867.00M712.51M862.00M877.00M1.02B1.34B819.00M776.00M952.00M828.00M-1.87B1.09B1.09B840.00M1.01B751.00M930.00M1.10B1.11B1.10B
EBITDA Margin17.73%20.80%22.32%24.06%21.76%18.15%16.15%16.98%20.69%26.99%22.45%14.09%8.81%10.83%2.66%11.70%14.10%14.65%17.82%21.46%21.73%17.12%17.92%17.06%18.10%22.79%16.19%15.31%19.53%18.53%-40.99%24.22%26.33%21.71%29.82%21.91%24.21%29.86%31.39%30.84%
Net Income64.40M239.30M175.70M276.20M88.20M134.10M105.30M148.00M222.90M261.00M240.50M38.30M437.00M294.00M179.43M-391.60M-111.00M55.00M262.00M624.00M446.00M284.00M292.00M425.00M1.30B957.00M326.00M538.00M471.00M823.00M-2.34B406.00M588.00M264.00M330.00M177.00M242.00M378.00M434.00M327.66M
Net Income Margin6.76%25.13%14.71%18.92%5.75%8.38%6.44%7.91%14.38%14.26%11.00%1.67%18.25%8.82%4.63%-9.25%-2.57%1.36%7.09%16.39%11.18%6.82%6.07%8.27%22.90%16.33%6.44%10.61%9.66%18.42%-51.34%9.00%14.24%6.82%9.71%5.16%6.30%10.29%12.22%9.16%
R&D--4.30M5.60M8.80M9.70M8.20M10.80M--------------------00014.00M14.00M13.00M280.00M279.00M303.00M284.00M291.00M-
R&D as % of Total Revenue--0.36%0.38%0.57%0.61%0.50%0.58%--------------------0.00%0.00%0.00%0.31%0.34%0.34%8.24%8.14%7.89%7.73%8.19%-
Interest Expense20.00M18.80M36.50M61.90M65.10M59.30M56.90M42.10M40.80M67.50M70.80M196.30M0184.00M0620.78M131.00M80.00M96.00M84.00M94.00M95.00M89.00M98.00M109.00M97.00M65.00M72.00M81.00M46.00M59.00M79.00M91.00M84.00M79.00M68.00M69.00M61.00M79.00M69.44M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue2.10%1.97%3.06%4.24%4.24%3.71%3.48%2.25%2.63%3.69%3.24%8.56%0.00%5.52%0.00%14.66%3.03%1.98%2.60%2.21%2.36%2.28%1.85%1.91%1.92%1.65%1.28%1.42%1.66%1.03%1.30%1.75%2.20%2.17%2.33%1.98%1.80%1.66%2.22%1.94%

Balance Sheet

Currency: GBP1986-12-311987-12-311988-12-311989-12-311990-12-311991-12-311992-12-311993-12-311994-12-311995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Assets947.40M1.07B1.31B1.55B1.75B1.94B2.15B1.92B2.40B2.57B2.25B2.25B5.32B5.35B8.82B8.05B6.85B6.34B6.58B7.60B7.21B7.29B9.90B9.41B10.67B11.24B11.35B10.93B11.40B11.63B10.07B7.89B7.91B7.65B7.45B7.34B7.31B6.73B6.89B6.45B
Total Liabilities472.30M471.10M831.00M894.40M1.04B954.70M1.09B920.60M1.35B1.71B1.85B2.10B4.23B4.02B4.61B4.28B3.32B3.25B3.56B3.87B3.57B3.42B4.87B4.78B5.06B5.28B5.64B5.22B5.41B5.22B5.72B3.87B3.38B3.33B3.32B3.06B2.91B2.74B2.84B2.79B
Total Equity444.10M593.80M469.00M648.70M705.80M975.40M1.05B997.30M1.04B833.20M388.60M152.50M1.05B1.32B4.05B3.60B3.34B2.89B2.80B3.56B3.48B3.69B4.75B4.34B5.54B5.94B5.69B5.70B5.99B6.41B4.34B4.01B4.52B4.31B4.13B4.27B4.40B3.97B4.04B3.64B
Cash104.00M191.40M61.80M61.10M217.40M385.70M420.00M425.90M366.70M672.00M299.00M214.80M345.00M328.00M425.15M393.67M575.00M561.00M461.00M902.00M592.00M560.00M685.00M750.00M1.74B1.37B1.06B729.00M530.00M1.70B1.46B518.00M568.00M437.00M1.10B937.00M558.00M312.00M543.00M332.41M
Total Debt182.40M176.50M437.00M438.90M627.90M507.90M545.20M431.20M516.80M738.00M730.80M1.89B3.96B2.33B2.82B2.78B1.98B1.92B1.82B1.96B1.74B1.61B2.36B2.01B2.31B2.05B2.27B2.23B3.27B2.33B2.47B1.08B720.00M1.68B1.65B1.40B1.24B1.16B1.47B1.48B
Net Debt78.40M-14.90M375.20M377.80M410.50M122.20M125.20M5.30M150.10M66.00M431.80M1.67B3.62B2.00B2.39B2.38B1.41B1.36B1.36B1.06B1.15B1.05B1.68B1.26B576.00M682.00M1.21B1.50B1.70B627.00M1.01B567.00M152.00M1.24B554.00M463.00M683.00M849.00M929.00M1.15B

Cash Flow

Currency: GBP1991-12-311992-12-311993-12-311994-12-311995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow99.50M113.80M109.20M183.70M39.60M77.90M132.30M315.00M42.00M153.32M491.40M338.98M228.48M562.00M514.00M457.00M498.00M615.00M783.00M1.01B872.00M776.00M356.00M455.00M211.00M410.00M298.00M462.00M369.00M389.00M326.00M361.00M525.00M627.00M674.88M
Investing Cash Flow72.60M-132.10M80.60M-342.30M-188.70M-132.70M-186.90M-2.09B285.00M-2.12B-172.06M-180.00M-185.00M-286.00M107.00M-446.00M-108.00M-369.00M-326.00M71.00M-395.00M-883.00M-330.00M-148.00M1.33B-41.00M651.00M211.00M-325.00M591.00M-80.00M13.00M-301.00M-131.00M-270.93M
Financing Cash Flow-57.20M-13.90M-19.90M52.30M266.70M21.60M125.00M1.92B-295.00M2.02B-384.72M-663.00M64.00M-260.00M-321.00M-324.00M-429.00M-149.00M-366.00M-92.00M-790.00M-23.00M-444.00M-534.00M-364.00M-697.00M-1.76B-729.00M-102.00M-299.00M-414.00M-804.00M-450.00M-241.00M-595.65M
Capital Expenditure81.20M70.40M71.30M60.70M100.20M89.80M110.30M125.00M102.00M139.26M165.18M126.00M105.00M125.00M100.00M97.00M119.00M120.00M120.00M132.00M144.00M151.00M182.00M182.00M247.00M245.00M232.00M200.00M193.00M134.00M176.00M147.00M126.00M124.00M28.36M
Free Cash Flow18.30M43.40M37.90M123.00M-60.60M-11.90M22.00M190.00M-60.00M14.06M326.22M212.98M123.48M437.00M414.00M360.00M379.00M495.00M663.00M874.00M728.00M625.00M174.00M273.00M-36.00M165.00M66.00M262.00M176.00M255.00M150.00M214.00M399.00M503.00M646.51M
Dividends Paid------106.50M113.00M-143.28M158.29M181.00M188.00M195.00M205.00M220.00M238.00M257.00M273.00M298.00M318.00M346.00M372.00M397.00M423.00M424.00M318.00M136.00M147.00M146.00M149.00M156.00M154.00M156.00M156.49M
FCF to OCF18.39%38.14%34.71%66.96%-153.03%-15.28%16.63%60.32%-142.86%9.17%66.39%62.83%54.04%77.76%80.54%78.77%76.10%80.49%84.67%86.88%83.49%80.54%48.88%60.00%-17.06%40.24%22.15%56.71%47.70%65.55%46.01%59.28%76.00%80.22%95.80%
Dividend Paid to FCF------484.09%59.47%-1019.05%48.52%84.98%152.25%44.62%49.52%61.11%62.80%51.92%41.18%34.10%43.68%55.36%213.79%145.42%-1175.00%256.97%481.82%51.91%83.52%57.25%99.33%72.90%38.60%31.01%24.21%

Earnings

Report DateJul 26, 2009Mar 31, 2011Jun 30, 2011Mar 31, 2012Jun 30, 2012Mar 31, 2013Jun 30, 2013Sep 30, 2013Dec 31, 2013Mar 31, 2014Jun 30, 2014Sep 30, 2014Dec 31, 2014Feb 27, 2015Jun 30, 2015Jul 24, 2015Dec 31, 2015Mar 24, 2016Jun 30, 2016Jul 29, 2016Dec 31, 2016Feb 24, 2017Jun 30, 2017Aug 4, 2017Dec 31, 2017Feb 23, 2018Jun 30, 2018Jul 27, 2018Dec 31, 2018Feb 22, 2019Jun 30, 2019Jul 26, 2019Dec 31, 2019Feb 21, 2020Jun 30, 2020Jul 24, 2020Dec 31, 2020Mar 8, 2021Jun 30, 2021Jul 30, 2021Mar 7, 2022Jul 28, 2022Feb 23, 2023Mar 14, 2025Aug 1, 2025
EPS Estimate0.060.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.0016.110.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00-
EPS Actual0.020.060.060.020.02-0.00-0.000.300.30-0.03-0.030.230.22-0.08-0.09-0.24-0.24-0.32-0.18-0.27-1.60-2.60-0.01-0.020.350.510.168.200.3370.200.0413.200.180.040.040.220.2428.700.020.000.000.000.000.410.25
Surprise-66.67%-----------------------100.12%---------------------
TimingAfter-hours-------------------------------------------After-hours

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap9.70B
Enterprise Value11.54B
Trailing P/E24.07
Forward P/E18.02
PEG Ratio1.68
Price / Sales2.67
Price / Book2.14
EPS0.67
Book Value7.38
Revenue (TTM)3.63B
Gross Profit (TTM)1.89B
EBITDA604.00M
Profit Margin8.78%
Operating Margin13.32%
Return on Equity9.16%
Return on Assets5.09%
Shares Outstanding601.66M
Shares Float608.89M
Beta-0.03
Dividend Yield2.15%
Dividend Rate0.35
Payout Ratio51.59%

Analyst Ratings

Hold
Based on 1 analystsTarget 15.70
  • Hold
    1

Ownership Breakdown

Institutions
4.47%
Insiders
0.05%
Retail / Other
95.48%

Top Institutional Holders

  • Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts
    4.00M0.67%
  • BlackRock Inc
    2.68M0.45%
  • The Goldman Sachs Group Inc
    2.41M0.40%
  • Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership
    1.65M0.27%
  • LMR Partners LLP
    1.37M0.23%
  • Amvescap Plc.
    1.08M0.18%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.
    1.01M0.17%
  • Northern Trust Corp
    794.46K0.13%
  • Optiver Holding B.V.
    614.93K0.10%
  • AllianceBernstein L.P.
    544.15K0.09%
  • BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA
    527.26K0.09%
  • Quantinno Capital Management LP
    512.85K0.09%
  • Jane Street Group LLC
    484.31K0.08%
  • 13D Management LLC
    458.34K0.08%
  • FMR Inc
    434.19K0.07%
  • Renaissance Group LLC
    369.74K0.06%
  • Connor Clark & Lunn Inv Mgmt Ltd
    342.32K0.06%

Top Fund Holders

  • Invesco International Div Achiev ETF
    820.41K0.14%
  • DFA International Core Equity 2 I
    349.43K0.06%
  • 13D Activist I
    347.34K0.06%

Dividends

20262×
0.11Aug 14, 20260.23Mar 20, 2026
20252×
0.09Aug 15, 20250.21Mar 21, 2025
20242×
0.10Aug 9, 20240.20Mar 21, 2024
20232×
0.09Aug 10, 20230.18Mar 23, 2023
20222×
0.08Aug 11, 20220.19Mar 24, 2022
20212×
0.09Aug 12, 20210.19Mar 25, 2021
20202×
0.08Aug 13, 20200.17Mar 26, 2020
20192×
0.07Aug 15, 20190.17Apr 4, 2019
20182×
0.07Aug 16, 20180.17Apr 5, 2018
20172×
0.07Aug 16, 20170.42Apr 5, 2017
20162×
0.24Aug 17, 20160.48Apr 6, 2016
20152×
0.28Aug 12, 20150.53Apr 2, 2015