Valuation: Pearson plc

Market Cap 8.23B 11B 9.83B 9.08B 15.39B 1,045B 15.65B 109B 43.25B 547B 41.3B 40.42B 1,725B P/E 2026 *
22.4x
P/E 2027 * 19.5x
Enterprise Value 9.34B 12.5B 11.16B 10.31B 17.48B 1,186B 17.77B 124B 49.12B 622B 46.9B 45.91B 1,960B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.51x
EV / Sales 2027 * 2.38x
Free-Float
99.33%
Yield 2026 *
1.93%
Yield 2027 * 2.08%
1 day-0.82%
Current month+13.64%
1 month+13.86%
3 months+11.97%
6 months+26.05%
Current year+29.91%
1 week 17.84
Extreme 17.845
18.4
1 month 15.88
Extreme 15.88
18.4
Current year 12.02
Extreme 12.02
18.4
1 year 12.02
Extreme 12.02
18.4
3 years 11.05
Extreme 11.05
18.4
5 years 7.68
Extreme 7.68
18.4
10 years 5.08
Extreme 5.08
18.4
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.($)
-0.82%0.00% - - 11B
-1.11%+2.35%+16.77%+43.22% 17.07B
+0.23%+2.66%+22.05%+66.46% 11.22B
-0.18%-0.44%+21.21%+49.99% 11B
-1.80%-2.77%-34.20%+6.97% 4.69B
+0.73%0.00%-8.57% - 4.63B
-0.32%-2.01%+10.32%+27.27% 3.56B
-1.83%-5.31%-18.32%-17.77% 3.27B
+5.35%+2.42%-41.65%-11.64% 2.96B
-0.60%-6.02%+27.97%-3.60% 2.92B
Average -0.03%-1.22%-0.49%+20.11% 6.81B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.35%+0.19%+8.19%+36.34%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.72B 4.98B 4.45B 4.11B 6.96B 473B 7.08B 49.42B 19.57B 248B 18.68B 18.28B 781B 3.91B 5.24B 4.68B 4.32B 7.32B 497B 7.44B 51.98B 20.58B 260B 19.65B 19.23B 821B
Net income 376M 503M 449M 415M 704M 47.77B 716M 5B 1.98B 25.03B 1.89B 1.85B 78.91B 422M 564M 504M 465M 789M 53.55B 802M 5.6B 2.22B 28.06B 2.12B 2.07B 88.46B
Net Debt 1.12B 1.49B 1.33B 1.23B 2.09B 142B 2.12B 14.83B 5.87B 74.31B 5.61B 5.49B 234B 1.07B 1.44B 1.28B 1.18B 2.01B 136B 2.04B 14.26B 5.65B 71.44B 5.39B 5.28B 225B
Projected Income Statement - Annual - Pearson plc
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 (14.3%), Europe (3.5%), the United States (67.1%), Asia/Pacific (9.9%), Canada (1.9%) and other (3.3%).
Employees
15,165
Date Price Change Volume
23/10/26 US$18.24 -0.82% 547,416
22/10/26 US$18.39 +1.32% 739,976
21/10/26 US$18.15 -0.49% 480,795
20/10/26 US$18.24 +0.27% 655,380
19/10/26 US$18.19 -0.27% 676,206
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
-
MarketScreener Ratings - Pearson plc
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
13.68GBP
Average target price
12.67GBP
Spread / Average Target
-7.40%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise

Rate of surprise - Net sales - Quarterly - Pearson plc