Valuation: Pearson plc

Capitalization 5.96B 7.98B 6.87B 6.37B 11.1B 722B 11.94B 73.61B 28.97B 345B 29.81B 29.23B 1,258B P/E ratio 2025 *
15.9x
P/E ratio 2026 * 14.4x
Enterprise value 7.08B 9.48B 8.16B 7.57B 13.18B 857B 14.18B 87.4B 34.39B 409B 35.4B 34.71B 1,494B EV / Sales 2025 *
1.96x
EV / Sales 2026 * 1.83x
Free-Float
99.28%
Yield 2025 *
2.7%
Yield 2026 * 2.9%
More valuation ratios * Estimated data
Dynamic Chart
1 day-4.05%
1 week-11.42%
Current month-10.57%
1 month-10.49%
3 months-16.12%
6 months-10.83%
Current year-10.57%
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1 week 934
Extreme 934
1,104
1 month 934
Extreme 934
1,104
Current year 934
Extreme 934
1,104
1 year 934
Extreme 934
1,401
3 years 749.4
Extreme 749.4
1,401
5 years 571
Extreme 571
1,401
10 years 412.08
Extreme 412.0848
1,401
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Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 59 08/01/2024
Director of Finance/CFO 53 24/04/2020
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer 51 02/07/2024
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 65 01/01/2016
Director/Board Member 60 01/05/2019
Director/Board Member 62 01/05/2019
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Name Varia. Jan 1. Weight AuM
+0.13%0.35% 62 M€
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Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
-4.05%-11.42%-27.15%+2.47% 7.98B
-0.55%-1.10%-8.69%+47.59% 6.16B
-2.05%-0.50%-5.92%+33.24% 3.66B
-0.94%+0.42%-6.80%-8.24% 3.11B
-0.57%+2.23%+3.41%+42.54% 3.07B
-2.25%-0.53%-14.62%+12.59% 2.9B
+0.32%-0.32%-53.84%-35.06% 2.63B
-9.99%+10.35%+9.95%+93.53% 2.44B
Average -2.51%-2.16%-12.96%+23.58% 4B
Weighted average by Cap. -2.44%-3.56%-14.47%+22.29%
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Financials

2025 *2026 *
Net sales 3.61B 4.83B 4.16B 3.85B 6.71B 436B 7.22B 44.51B 17.52B 208B 18.03B 17.68B 761B 3.77B 5.04B 4.34B 4.03B 7.01B 456B 7.54B 46.51B 18.3B 218B 18.84B 18.47B 795B
Net income 385M 516M 444M 412M 717M 46.62B 771M 4.76B 1.87B 22.26B 1.93B 1.89B 81.29B 411M 550M 473M 439M 764M 49.7B 822M 5.07B 2B 23.74B 2.05B 2.01B 86.67B
Net Debt 1.12B 1.49B 1.29B 1.19B 2.08B 135B 2.24B 13.79B 5.43B 64.56B 5.59B 5.48B 236B 939M 1.26B 1.08B 1B 1.75B 114B 1.88B 11.59B 4.56B 54.28B 4.7B 4.61B 198B
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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
17,116
More about the company
Date Price Change Volume
16/01/26 939.00 p -4.05% 3,749,060
15/01/26 978.60 p +0.60% 1,984,159
14/01/26 972.80 p -9.55% 5,444,374
13/01/26 1,075.50 p +0.37% 2,384,627
12/01/26 1,071.50 p +1.08% 1,690,852

Delayed Quote London S.E., January 16, 2026 at 07:35 pm

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Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
9.390GBP
Average target price
12.11GBP
Spread / Average Target
+29.01%
Consensus

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