Valuation: Pearson plc

Market Cap 7.55B 10.15B 8.87B 8.19B 14.23B 978B 14.54B 97.87B 38.49B 479B 38.13B 37.3B 1,649B P/E 2026 *
19.9x
P/E 2027 * 17.9x
Enterprise Value 8.53B 11.47B 10.03B 9.25B 16.07B 1,105B 16.43B 111B 43.49B 541B 43.09B 42.14B 1,863B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.29x
EV / Sales 2027 * 2.18x
Free-Float
99.32%
Yield 2026 *
2.12%
Yield 2027 * 2.27%
1 day+0.14%
1 week-0.81%
Current month+6.26%
1 month+11.14%
3 months+22.17%
6 months+36.00%
Current year+22.62%
1 week 14.45
Extreme 14.45
15.18
1 month 13.15
Extreme 13.15
15.18
Current year 10.27
Extreme 10.27
15.18
1 year 10.27
Extreme 10.27
15.18
3 years 9.49
Extreme 9.492
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.($)
+0.14%-0.81% - - 10.13B
-5.56%-2.06%-30.81%+35.54% 5.42B
+0.64%+3.18%-16.64%-17.59% 3.52B
-0.76%-3.75%-3.77%+6.64% 3.32B
-1.90%-6.90%-11.96%-12.38% 3.08B
+0.20%+2.85%-23.02%-14.41% 2.67B
+0.06%+1.31%+27.81%+46.42% 2.57B
-5.33%-8.78%-14.41%-49.85% 2.1B
-1.46%0.00%-41.05%+24.31% 1.74B
+0.11%+4.13%-10.63%+31.79% 1.64B
Average -1.39%+0.36%-13.83%+5.61% 2.9B
Weighted average by Cap. -1.32%+0.73%-14.73%+7.11%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.72B 5B 4.37B 4.03B 7.01B 482B 7.16B 48.21B 18.96B 236B 18.78B 18.37B 812B 3.89B 5.23B 4.57B 4.22B 7.33B 504B 7.49B 50.42B 19.83B 247B 19.65B 19.21B 849B
Net income 400M 538M 470M 434M 754M 51.8B 770M 5.18B 2.04B 25.37B 2.02B 1.98B 87.34B 429M 577M 504M 465M 808M 55.52B 826M 5.56B 2.19B 27.19B 2.17B 2.12B 93.6B
Net Debt 981M 1.32B 1.15B 1.06B 1.85B 127B 1.89B 12.72B 5B 62.22B 4.95B 4.85B 214B 943M 1.27B 1.11B 1.02B 1.78B 122B 1.82B 12.23B 4.81B 59.83B 4.76B 4.66B 206B
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
17/07/26 €14.77 +0.14% 0
16/07/26 €14.75 +1.37% 0
15/07/26 €14.55 -2.48% 5
14/07/26 €14.92 -0.80% 1,871
13/07/26 €15.04 +1.01% 300
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
12.56GBP
Average target price
12.04GBP
Spread / Average Target
-4.07%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise