Valuation: Pearson plc

Market Cap 7.59B 10.17B 8.9B 8.21B 14.41B 971B 14.65B 98.27B 38.52B 477B 38.19B 37.36B 1,652B P/E 2026 *
20x
P/E 2027 * 18x
Enterprise Value 8.57B 11.49B 10.05B 9.27B 16.27B 1,096B 16.54B 111B 43.5B 538B 43.12B 42.18B 1,865B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.31x
EV / Sales 2027 * 2.2x
Free-Float
99.32%
Yield 2026 *
2.1%
Yield 2027 * 2.26%
1 day+2.48%
1 week+0.14%
Current month+5.54%
1 month+9.53%
3 months+26.68%
6 months+17.10%
Current year+20.67%
1 week 14.07
Extreme 14.07
14.8
1 month 12.78
Extreme 12.78
14.8
Current year 10.19
Extreme 10.19
14.8
1 year 10.19
Extreme 10.19
14.8
3 years 9.47
Extreme 9.47
16.78
5 years 6.55
Extreme 6.55
16.78
10 years 4.65
Extreme 4.65
16.78
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.($)
+2.48%+0.14% - - 10.17B
+2.36%-1.38%-28.40%+38.07% 5.07B
-0.16%+3.58%-3.14%+10.60% 3.44B
+0.44%+1.11%-20.68%-17.75% 3.4B
+0.50%+0.50%-9.09%-6.98% 3.22B
-4.38%-3.44%-29.05%-14.46% 2.71B
-0.02%-4.13%+15.72%+54.76% 2.56B
+10.01%+8.42%-4.11%-41.99% 1.98B
+1.96%+3.05%-42.18%+28.33% 1.69B
-1.05%-2.53%-13.82%+28.68% 1.59B
Average +1.34%-0.38%-14.97%+8.81% 2.85B
Weighted average by Cap. +1.43%-0.81%-15.37%+10.05%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.72B 4.98B 4.36B 4.02B 7.05B 475B 7.17B 48.1B 18.85B 233B 18.69B 18.29B 808B 3.89B 5.21B 4.55B 4.2B 7.38B 497B 7.5B 50.3B 19.72B 244B 19.55B 19.12B 845B
Net income 399M 535M 468M 431M 757M 51.04B 770M 5.17B 2.02B 25.06B 2.01B 1.96B 86.81B 428M 573M 501M 462M 812M 54.69B 825M 5.54B 2.17B 26.86B 2.15B 2.1B 93.03B
Net Debt 980M 1.31B 1.15B 1.06B 1.86B 125B 1.89B 12.69B 4.97B 61.57B 4.93B 4.82B 213B 942M 1.26B 1.1B 1.02B 1.79B 121B 1.82B 12.2B 4.78B 59.18B 4.74B 4.64B 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
Date Price Change
10/07/26 14.48 -0.41%
09/07/26 €14.54 -1.76%
08/07/26 €14.80 +1.79%
07/07/26 €14.54 +3.34%
06/07/26 €14.07 -2.70%
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
12.63GBP
Average target price
11.87GBP
Spread / Average Target
-6.01%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise