Valuation : Pearson plc

Market Cap 7.39B 10.04B 8.62B 8.07B 13.92B 959B 13.96B 95.58B 37.36B 483B 37.71B 36.89B 1,600B P/E 2026 *
18.8x
P/E 2027 * 17.3x
Enterprise Value 8.65B 11.75B 10.09B 9.45B 16.29B 1,122B 16.34B 112B 43.72B 566B 44.13B 43.17B 1,872B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.33x
EV / Sales 2027 * 2.17x
Free-Float
99.32%
Yield 2026 *
2.2%
Yield 2027 * 2.34%
1 day+1.34%
1 week+2.19%
Current month-2.78%
1 month-2.03%
3 months+8.86%
6 months+28.00%
Current year+16.75%
1 week 13.64
Extreme 13.64
14.13
1 month 13.58
Extreme 13.58
15.17
Current year 10.19
Extreme 10.19
15.2
1 year 10.19
Extreme 10.19
15.2
3 years 9.64
Extreme 9.644
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 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
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
+1.34%+2.19% - - 9.95B
+0.99%+3.54%+13.37%+46.61% 9.95B
+0.23%+5.47%-29.02%+25.82% 5.81B
-0.35%+2.86%+5.97%+6.99% 3.4B
0.00%-4.13%-21.20%-17.74% 3.26B
-0.53%+1.40%-7.00%-12.79% 3.16B
+1.21%+3.07%+32.31%+47.59% 2.7B
+0.49%+0.88%-22.27%-14.00% 2.64B
+1.10%-6.86%+5.93%-30.42% 2.53B
+0.24%+13.18%-13.50%+86.35% 2.12B
Average +0.51%+2.37%-3.93%+15.38% 3.95B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.61%+2.44%-2.58%+20.71%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.72B 5.05B 4.34B 4.06B 7.01B 483B 7.03B 48.1B 18.8B 243B 18.98B 18.57B 805B 3.89B 5.29B 4.54B 4.25B 7.33B 505B 7.35B 50.35B 19.68B 255B 19.86B 19.43B 843B
Net income 398M 541M 465M 435M 750M 51.68B 752M 5.15B 2.01B 26.05B 2.03B 1.99B 86.21B 433M 588M 505M 473M 816M 56.19B 818M 5.6B 2.19B 28.32B 2.21B 2.16B 93.72B
Net Debt 1.26B 1.71B 1.47B 1.37B 2.37B 163B 2.38B 16.27B 6.36B 82.27B 6.42B 6.28B 272B 1.04B 1.42B 1.21B 1.14B 1.96B 135B 1.97B 13.47B 5.27B 68.13B 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
27/08/26 14.01 -0.85%
26/08/26 €14.13 +0.64%
25/08/26 €14.04 +2.93%
24/08/26 €13.64 0.00%
21/08/26 €13.64 -0.51%
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AAA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
12.18GBP
Average target price
12.38GBP
Spread / Average Target
+1.70%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise