Valuation: Pearson plc

Market Cap 7.36B 10.05B 8.61B 8.05B 13.9B 962B 14.04B 95.31B 37.06B 483B 37.72B 36.91B 1,598B P/E 2026 *
18.9x
P/E 2027 * 17.4x
Enterprise Value 8.62B 11.76B 10.08B 9.43B 16.27B 1,126B 16.44B 112B 43.39B 566B 44.17B 43.21B 1,871B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.32x
EV / Sales 2027 * 2.16x
Free-Float
99.32%
Yield 2026 *
2.18%
Yield 2027 * 2.32%
1 day+2.47%
1 week+2.34%
Current month-2.55%
1 month-0.08%
3 months+8.22%
6 months+31.21%
Current year+16.67%
1 week 1,172
Extreme 1172
1,227
1 month 1,172
Extreme 1172
1,337
Current year 874.8
Extreme 874.8
1,337
1 year 874.8
Extreme 874.8
1,337
3 years 834.2
Extreme 834.2
1,401
5 years 571
Extreme 571
1,401
10 years 412.08
Extreme 412.0848
1,401
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 60 08/01/2024
Director of Finance/CFO 53 08/05/2026
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer 51 02/07/2024
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 60 01/05/2019
Director/Board Member 62 01/05/2019
Director/Board Member 61 01/10/2021
Date Insider Type Main position Quantity % Market Cap.
5/6/26 A Free 2,246 0.0004%
3/17/26 A Buy

Director

500 0.0001%
1/21/26 A Buy 503 0.0001%
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
+2.47%+2.34%+11.46%+46.11% 10.05B
+0.40%+3.52%-33.65%+25.90% 5.65B
+0.23%-4.65%-21.41%-20.56% 3.33B
+0.82%+3.82%+4.98%+8.56% 3.36B
-0.21%-1.48%-9.93%-14.48% 3.1B
+0.59%-0.10%-23.12%-15.83% 2.73B
+3.14%+4.72%+28.84%+46.03% 2.69B
-1.50%-9.68%+4.12%-38.06% 2.56B
-0.11%+2.16%-13.37%+39.32% 1.79B
+0.17%-2.08%-19.16%-39.14% 1.54B
Average +0.59%+0.10%-7.12%+3.78% 3.68B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.98%+0.83%-5.13%+14.08%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.72B 5.07B 4.35B 4.07B 7.02B 486B 7.09B 48.14B 18.72B 244B 19.05B 18.64B 807B 3.89B 5.31B 4.55B 4.26B 7.35B 509B 7.43B 50.39B 19.59B 255B 19.94B 19.51B 845B
Net income 398M 543M 466M 436M 751M 52.02B 759M 5.15B 2B 26.12B 2.04B 2B 86.43B 433M 591M 506M 474M 817M 56.56B 826M 5.6B 2.18B 28.4B 2.22B 2.17B 93.96B
Net Debt 1.26B 1.72B 1.47B 1.38B 2.37B 164B 2.4B 16.28B 6.33B 82.51B 6.44B 6.3B 273B 1.04B 1.42B 1.22B 1.14B 1.97B 136B 1.99B 13.48B 5.24B 68.32B 5.34B 5.22B 226B
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
24/08/26 GBX 1,225.00 +2.47% 970,824
21/08/26 GBX 1,195.50 +0.93% 1,876,347
20/08/26 GBX 1,184.50 -0.25% 3,748,709
19/08/26 GBX 1,187.50 0.00% 3,466,025
18/08/26 GBX 1,187.50 -0.79% 1,410,756
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AAA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
12.25GBP
Average target price
12.38GBP
Spread / Average Target
+1.08%

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