Valuation: Pearson

Market Cap 7.38B 9.86B 8.62B 7.92B 14B 939B 14.22B 95.1B 36.97B 461B 37.01B 36.22B 1,590B P/E 2026 *
19.5x
P/E 2027 * 17.6x
Enterprise Value 8.36B 11.17B 9.76B 8.97B 15.86B 1,063B 16.1B 108B 41.88B 523B 41.92B 41.02B 1,801B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.25x
EV / Sales 2027 * 2.14x
Free-Float
99.32%
Yield 2026 *
2.17%
Yield 2027 * 2.33%
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 60 07/01/2024
Director of Finance/CFO 53 07/05/2026
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer 51 01/07/2024
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 60 30/04/2019
Director/Board Member 62 30/04/2019
Director/Board Member 61 30/09/2021
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
-.--%-.--% - - 9.86B
-0.88%+6.02%-28.95%+36.89% 5.21B
-1.33%+1.60%-22.32%-21.57% 3.34B
+0.30%+9.23%-4.80%+3.64% 3.34B
+0.81%+4.08%-8.51%-7.87% 3.22B
+0.49%+3.65%-21.57%-10.35% 2.7B
+3.43%+9.48%+21.88%+54.31% 2.68B
+3.37%-0.45%-7.53%-47.31% 2.07B
+0.61%+4.13%-40.59%+21.75% 1.68B
+0.81%+0.93%-13.17%+29.46% 1.62B
Average +0.76%+5.30%-13.95%+6.55% 2.87B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.40%+5.65%-14.44%+8.13%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.72B 4.96B 4.34B 3.99B 7.05B 473B 7.16B 47.87B 18.61B 232B 18.63B 18.23B 800B 3.89B 5.19B 4.54B 4.17B 7.37B 494B 7.48B 50.06B 19.46B 243B 19.48B 19.06B 837B
Net income 400M 534M 467M 429M 758M 50.81B 770M 5.15B 2B 24.98B 2B 1.96B 86.07B 428M 572M 500M 459M 812M 54.45B 825M 5.52B 2.14B 26.77B 2.15B 2.1B 92.24B
Net Debt 980M 1.31B 1.14B 1.05B 1.86B 125B 1.89B 12.63B 4.91B 61.27B 4.91B 4.81B 211B 942M 1.26B 1.1B 1.01B 1.79B 120B 1.81B 12.14B 4.72B 58.89B 4.72B 4.62B 203B
Logo Pearson
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
12.26GBP
Average target price
11.80GBP
Spread / Average Target
-3.81%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise