Valuation: Pearson plc

Market Cap 7.87B 183B 10.48B 9.19B 8.56B 14.76B 1,001B 15.02B 102B 39.76B 496B 39.33B 38.48B 1,715B P/E 2026 *
20.7x
P/E 2027 * 18.7x
Enterprise Value 8.86B 205B 11.78B 10.34B 9.63B 16.6B 1,126B 16.88B 114B 44.71B 558B 44.23B 43.27B 1,929B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.38x
EV / Sales 2027 * 2.27x
Free-Float
99.32%
Yield 2026 *
2.03%
Yield 2027 * 2.18%
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
261.98
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%-.--% - - 10.48B
+2.20%+1.51%-38.73%+21.67% 5.08B
+1.48%+0.63%-13.53%-10.96% 3.61B
+1.51%+1.26%-2.77%+2.81% 3.2B
+3.65%+4.58%-8.81%-10.12% 2.92B
+0.29%+0.69%-20.82%-8.00% 2.71B
+6.45%+6.97%+37.02%+59.94% 2.74B
-0.91%+0.87%-13.61%-39.51% 2.04B
+3.08%+4.81%-36.78%+40.81% 1.71B
+1.14%+2.19%-7.50%+23.33% 1.63B
Average +1.39%+0.80%-11.73%+8.89% 2.85B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.10%+0.35%-13.19%+8.57%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.72B 86.18B 4.95B 4.34B 4.04B 6.97B 473B 7.09B 47.95B 18.77B 234B 18.57B 18.17B 810B 3.89B 90.13B 5.17B 4.54B 4.23B 7.29B 494B 7.41B 50.15B 19.63B 245B 19.42B 19B 847B
Net income 400M 9.27B 532M 467M 435M 750M 50.82B 762M 5.16B 2.02B 25.2B 2B 1.95B 87.08B 429M 9.93B 570M 500M 466M 803M 54.47B 817M 5.53B 2.16B 27.01B 2.14B 2.09B 93.32B
Net Debt 981M 22.73B 1.3B 1.14B 1.07B 1.84B 125B 1.87B 12.65B 4.95B 61.81B 4.9B 4.79B 214B 943M 21.86B 1.25B 1.1B 1.03B 1.77B 120B 1.8B 12.16B 4.76B 59.43B 4.71B 4.61B 205B
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
13.10GBP
Average target price
12.24GBP
Spread / Average Target
-6.57%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise