Valuation: Pearson plc

Market Cap 7.24B 169B 9.64B 8.47B 7.87B 13.58B 933B 13.82B 94.14B 36.72B 455B 36.17B 35.39B 1,579B P/E 2026 *
19.1x
P/E 2027 * 17.2x
Enterprise Value 8.22B 192B 10.94B 9.62B 8.94B 15.42B 1,059B 15.69B 107B 41.69B 517B 41.07B 40.18B 1,793B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.21x
EV / Sales 2027 * 2.1x
Free-Float
99.32%
Yield 2026 *
2.2%
Yield 2027 * 2.37%
1 day-4.96%
6 months-4.96%
Current year-4.96%
Current year 228.04
Extreme 228.04
228.04
1 year 228.04
Extreme 228.04
265.52
3 years 216.94
Extreme 216.94
265.52
5 years 179.14
Extreme 179.14
265.52
10 years 179.14
Extreme 179.14
265.52
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 60 08/01/2024
Director of Finance/CFO 53 08/05/2026
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer 51 02/07/2024
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 60 01/05/2019
Director/Board Member 62 01/05/2019
Director/Board Member 61 01/10/2021
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
-4.96%-.--% - - 9.64B
-1.30%-4.62%-41.34%+22.97% 4.97B
-0.31%+2.24%-14.55%-14.09% 3.6B
-0.94%-4.55%-7.12%+1.10% 3.15B
-0.34%-5.48%-14.77%-17.56% 2.84B
-0.59%+0.89%-22.66%-10.79% 2.7B
-1.52%-4.36%+21.92%+45.74% 2.49B
+1.65%-4.06%-12.56%-43.49% 2.02B
0.00%-4.00%-42.14%+33.47% 1.63B
+2.05%-1.36%-9.83%+29.61% 1.58B
Average -0.69%-3.25%-15.90%+5.22% 2.77B
Weighted average by Cap. -1.71%-3.65%-17.55%+4.61%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.72B 86.68B 4.95B 4.35B 4.04B 6.97B 479B 7.1B 48.34B 18.85B 234B 18.57B 18.17B 811B 3.89B 90.65B 5.17B 4.55B 4.23B 7.29B 501B 7.42B 50.55B 19.72B 244B 19.43B 19.01B 848B
Net income 400M 9.32B 532M 468M 435M 750M 51.53B 763M 5.2B 2.03B 25.13B 2B 1.95B 87.2B 429M 9.99B 570M 502M 466M 804M 55.22B 818M 5.57B 2.17B 26.94B 2.14B 2.09B 93.45B
Net Debt 981M 22.86B 1.3B 1.15B 1.07B 1.84B 126B 1.87B 12.75B 4.97B 61.64B 4.9B 4.79B 214B 943M 21.98B 1.25B 1.1B 1.03B 1.77B 122B 1.8B 12.26B 4.78B 59.27B 4.71B 4.61B 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
15,165
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
12.04GBP
Average target price
12.24GBP
Spread / Average Target
+1.61%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise