Valuation: Pearson plc

Capitalization 6.1B 8.22B 7.01B 6.48B 11.37B 765B 11.6B 76.06B 29.76B 367B 30.86B 30.21B 1,309B P/E ratio 2026 *
15.8x
P/E ratio 2027 * 14.2x
Enterprise value 7.06B 9.52B 8.11B 7.5B 13.16B 885B 13.43B 88.01B 34.44B 425B 35.71B 34.95B 1,514B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.89x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.78x
Free-Float
99.28%
Yield 2026 *
2.68%
Yield 2027 * 2.88%
1 day-1.29%
1 week-1.19%
Current month+0.75%
1 month+2.11%
3 months-5.94%
6 months-5.23%
Current year-5.05%
1 week 997
Extreme 997
1,036.5
1 month 943
Extreme 943
1,036.5
Current year 874.8
Extreme 874.8
1,104
1 year 874.8
Extreme 874.8
1,225.34
3 years 749.4
Extreme 749.4
1,401
5 years 571
Extreme 571
1,401
10 years 412.08
Extreme 412.0848
1,401
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 59 07/01/2024
Director of Finance/CFO 53 23/04/2020
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer 51 01/07/2024
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member - 31/10/2025
Director/Board Member 62 30/04/2019
Chairman 61 28/04/2022
Name Varia. Jan 1. Weight AuM
+5.36%0.35% 64 M€
Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
-1.29%-1.19%-14.57%+18.32% 8.22B
+2.37%+3.47%-12.09%+51.36% 5.54B
-4.29%-7.75%-8.52%+27.35% 3.32B
+0.63%+2.79%-1.24%-9.95% 3.19B
+0.09%+2.29%-26.16%-1.50% 2.94B
-1.52%+1.57%+18.45%+18.01% 2.55B
-0.36%-1.54%-7.28%+1.32% 1.97B
+0.60%+0.75%-21.76%+29.50% 1.76B
-4.12%-3.20%-51.11%-60.37% 1.74B
+0.37%+5.01%-15.87%+41.01% 1.73B
Average -0.75%+0.26%-14.01%+11.50% 3.3B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.59%+0.17%-12.68%+16.88%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.74B 5.03B 4.29B 3.97B 6.96B 468B 7.1B 46.56B 18.22B 225B 18.89B 18.49B 801B 3.91B 5.27B 4.49B 4.15B 7.28B 490B 7.43B 48.73B 19.07B 235B 19.77B 19.35B 838B
Net income 405M 545M 464M 430M 753M 50.68B 769M 5.04B 1.97B 24.34B 2.04B 2B 86.71B 438M 590M 503M 465M 816M 54.89B 833M 5.46B 2.14B 26.36B 2.21B 2.17B 93.91B
Net Debt 959M 1.29B 1.1B 1.02B 1.79B 120B 1.82B 11.95B 4.68B 57.71B 4.85B 4.75B 206B 861M 1.16B 988M 914M 1.6B 108B 1.64B 10.72B 4.2B 51.79B 4.35B 4.26B 185B
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
Date Price Change Volume
10/04/26 997.00 p -1.29% 2,103,395
09/04/26 1,010.00 p +0.10% 1,978,597
08/04/26 1,009.00 p -0.35% 2,523,087
07/04/26 1,012.50 p +0.35% 1,853,754
02/04/26 1,009.00 p +2.25% 2,324,655
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
9.970GBP
Average target price
11.65GBP
Spread / Average Target
+16.83%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise