Valuation: Pearson plc

Market Cap 7.19B 9.8B 8.39B 7.85B 13.49B 937B 13.67B 92.76B 36.17B 471B 36.78B 35.98B 1,557B P/E 2026 *
18.4x
P/E 2027 * 17.1x
Enterprise Value 8.43B 11.5B 9.85B 9.21B 15.83B 1,100B 16.04B 109B 42.45B 553B 43.17B 42.23B 1,828B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.27x
EV / Sales 2027 * 2.11x
Free-Float
99.32%
Yield 2026 *
2.24%
Yield 2027 * 2.38%
1 day+0.87%
1 week-0.36%
Current month-7.61%
1 month-3.39%
3 months+6.89%
6 months+30.83%
Current year+15.90%
1 week 13.84
Extreme 13.84
13.99
1 month 13.84
Extreme 13.84
15.11
Current year 10.27
Extreme 10.27
15.18
1 year 10.27
Extreme 10.27
15.18
3 years 9.67
Extreme 9.67
16.46
5 years 6.85
Extreme 6.85
16.46
10 years 4.8
Extreme 4.799
16.46
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.($)
+0.87%-0.36% - - 9.8B
+0.93%-0.13%+8.93%+47.23% 9.8B
+1.29%+0.72%-33.91%+29.13% 5.62B
-6.29%-4.46%-21.52%-11.84% 3.33B
-0.84%+0.14%+2.17%+3.07% 3.26B
+0.11%-2.61%-9.07%-13.50% 3.11B
-1.07%-0.49%-23.05%-8.23% 2.71B
-0.96%+0.37%+29.44%+43.04% 2.62B
-0.45%-9.99%+7.19%-17.92% 2.6B
-0.14%-5.41%-33.18%+70.14% 1.88B
Average -0.66%-2.31%-8.11%+15.68% 3.88B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.12%-1.54%-6.44%+20.94%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.72B 5.07B 4.34B 4.06B 6.98B 485B 7.08B 48.02B 18.73B 244B 19.04B 18.63B 806B 3.89B 5.3B 4.54B 4.25B 7.3B 507B 7.4B 50.22B 19.58B 255B 19.91B 19.48B 843B
Net income 400M 545M 467M 437M 751M 52.17B 761M 5.16B 2.01B 26.21B 2.05B 2B 86.68B 431M 587M 503M 471M 808M 56.17B 819M 5.56B 2.17B 28.22B 2.2B 2.16B 93.33B
Net Debt 1.25B 1.7B 1.46B 1.36B 2.34B 163B 2.37B 16.11B 6.28B 81.74B 6.39B 6.25B 270B 1.04B 1.41B 1.21B 1.13B 1.95B 135B 1.97B 13.39B 5.22B 67.99B 5.31B 5.2B 225B
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
21/08/26 €13.96 +0.87% 0
20/08/26 €13.84 0.00% 0
19/08/26 €13.84 -0.43% 0
18/08/26 €13.90 -0.64% 46
17/08/26 €13.99 -0.14% 0
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AAA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
11.96GBP
Average target price
12.38GBP
Spread / Average Target
+3.57%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise