Company Valuation: Pearson plc

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Capitalization 1 4,961 5,102 4,620 6,707 6,717 7,055 - -
Change - 2.83% -9.45% 45.19% 0.15% 5.03% - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 5,977 5,656 5,117 7,264 5,973 7,955 7,725 7,535
Change - -5.38% -9.54% 41.97% -17.77% 33.18% -2.89% -2.46%
P/E ratio 18.7x 16.6x 29.3x 28.8x 18.3x 19x 16.7x 15.6x
PBR 1.15x 1.24x 1.08x 1.57x 1.73x 1.83x 1.7x 1.61x
PEG - 0.8x -0.6x 0.5x 0.3x 2.98x 1.3x 2.26x
Capitalization / Revenue 1.28x 1.5x 1.35x 1.75x 1.83x 1.95x 1.87x 1.8x
EV / Revenue 1.54x 1.66x 1.49x 1.89x 1.63x 2.2x 2.05x 1.92x
EV / EBITDA 6.16x 8.98x 6.9x 10.2x 7.62x 9.91x 9.16x 8.49x
EV / EBIT 10.3x 18.1x 13.3x 15.9x 10.4x 13.2x 12x 10.9x
EV / FCF 34x 22.2x 19.5x 33.9x 15x 19x 17.1x 15.4x
FCF Yield 2.94% 4.51% 5.12% 2.95% 6.68% 5.26% 5.84% 6.49%
Dividend per Share 2 0.195 0.195 0.205 0.215 0.227 0.2405 0.2645 0.2837
Rate of return 3.06% 2.87% 3.34% 2.29% 2.35% 2.26% 2.49% 2.67%
EPS 2 0.34 0.41 0.209 0.326 0.527 0.5606 0.6354 0.6792
Distribution rate 57.4% 47.6% 98.1% 66% 43.1% 42.9% 41.6% 41.8%
Net sales 1 3,869 3,397 3,428 3,841 3,674 3,621 3,769 3,929
EBITDA 1 970 630 742 715 784 802.7 843.6 887.4
EBIT 1 581 313 385 456 573 602.7 643.5 689.5
Net income 1 264 310 160 242 378 383.2 423 458.2
Net Debt 1 1,016 554 497 557 -744 900 670.5 480.2
Reference price 2 6.37 6.80 6.13 9.39 9.64 10.62 10.62 10.62
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 778,873 749,842 753,360 714,131 696,669 663,998 - -
Announcement Date 21/02/20 08/03/21 25/02/22 03/03/23 01/03/24 - - -
1GBP in Million2GBP
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P/E ratio EV / Sales EV / EBITDA Yield (Y) Capi. ($)
18.95x2.2x9.91x+2.26%9.27B
271.54x7.04x35.18x+0.62%6.84B
27.32x - - - 5.55B
15.89x - - +4.33%4.14B
14.01x0.52x4.77x+2.91%3.52B
16.65x0.71x4.82x+4.94%3.4B
32.97x1.12x11.61x+1.00%2.84B
12.35x - - +2.23%1.53B
Average 51.21x 2.32x 13.26x +2.61% 4.64B
Weighted average by Cap. 66.54x 2.94x 15.41x +2.42%
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