PSO
Pearson plc NYSE Listed Nov 18, 1996$14.88
-1.98%
vs $15.18
Mkt Cap $9.8B
52w Low $12.06
80.6% of range
52w High $15.56
50d MA $14.86
200d MA $13.84
P/E (TTM)
29.8x
EV/EBITDA
10.3x
P/B
2.6x
Debt/Equity
0.5x
ROE
—
P/FCF
15.2x
RSI (14)
51.30
ATR (14)
$0.25
Beta
-0.09
50d MA
$14.86
200d MA
$13.84
Avg Volume
875.6K
Pearson plc provides educational courseware, assessments, and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, other European countries, and internationally. It operates through five segments: Assessment & Qualifications, Virtual Learning, English Language Learning, Higher Education, and Workforce Skills. The Assessment & Qualifications segment offers Pearson VUE, US student assessment, clinical assessment, UK GCSE, and A levels and international academic qualifications. The Virtual Learning segment provides virtual schools and online program management services. The English Language Learning segment offers Pearson test of English, institutional courseware, and English online solutions. The Higher Education segment provides the US, Canadian, and international higher education courseware businesses. The Workforce Skills offers BTEC, GED, TalentLens, Faethm, Pearson college, and apprenticeships. Pearson plc was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
80 Strand · London, X0 WC2R 0RL · GB
| Date | Time | Est | Rptd | Surp | Base | Gap% | D1% | D2% | D3% | D4% | D5% | Guide ▲★ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2026 | AMC | 0.52 | 0.53 | +1.1% | 12.90 | -1.6% | -0.6% | +0.5% | +1.7% | -0.4% | +0.5% | — |
| Feb 27, 2025 | AMC | 0.46 | 0.51 | +11.1% | 16.86 | +1.5% | +2.4% | -0.3% | +3.1% | -2.0% | -4.5% | — |
| Jul 29, 2024 | AMC | 0.30 | 0.29 | -3.1% | 13.36 | +0.8% | +0.1% | +1.0% | -0.1% | -0.3% | -1.4% | — |
| Apr 26, 2024 | AMC | 0.40 | 0.34 | -15.9% | 12.38 | +0.0% | +0.1% | -1.7% | -0.9% | +1.7% | +1.1% | — |
| Jun 30, 2023 | AMC | 0.29 | 0.33 | +14.3% | 10.48 | -0.9% | -0.7% | +1.7% | -1.9% | +0.7% | +0.4% | — |
| Mar 3, 2023 | AMC | 0.34 | 0.19 | -44.6% | 10.57 | -0.8% | -2.3% | -1.7% | -0.2% | +1.2% | -0.8% | — |
| Date | Firm | Action | Grade | Target | Base | Open | Gap% | D1% | D2% | D3% | D4% | D5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21 | Deutsche Bank | Upgrade | Hold → Buy | — | $9.31 | $9.74 | +4.6% | +4.3% | -1.1% | -1.5% | +2.6% | +0.3% |
| Oct 19 | Berenberg | Upgrade | Sell → Hold | — | $8.52 | $8.89 | +4.3% | +2.9% | -1.3% | +0.6% | -0.6% | +0.1% |
| Sep 30 | Kepler Cheuvreux | Upgrade | Reduce → Hold | — | $9.63 | $9.74 | +1.1% | +0.4% | +2.6% | -0.5% | +0.0% | +3.1% |
| Aug 23 | JP Morgan | Upgrade | Neutral → Overweight | — | $10.41 | $10.66 | +2.4% | +2.6% | +0.3% | -0.2% | -1.1% | +0.1% |
| May 27 | Berenberg | Downgrade | Hold → Sell | — | $5.76 | $5.62 | -2.4% | -1.6% | +0.9% | +1.4% | +8.4% | +2.2% |
| Mar 17 | Goldman Sachs | Upgrade | Sell → Neutral | — | $6.10 | $6.33 | +3.8% | +7.4% | -4.7% | -0.6% | -7.1% | -6.9% |
| Mar 7 | UBS | Maintains | Neutral → Neutral | — | $10.89 | $10.86 | -0.3% | -0.9% | -0.8% | +1.4% | +0.0% | +1.6% |
| Aug 1 | Citigroup | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | — | $12.07 | $11.79 | -2.3% | -2.2% | -1.2% | +0.7% | +0.0% | +0.4% |
| Oct 27 | Morgan Stanley | Downgrade | Overweight → Equal Weight | — | $9.09 | $9.07 | -0.2% | -0.7% | +2.4% | -0.2% | -1.1% | +0.7% |
| Sep 22 | Exane BNP Paribas | Downgrade | Outperform → Neutral | — | $10.24 | $10.16 | -0.8% | -0.4% | -3.4% | -4.0% | +3.7% | +0.8% |
| Mar 2 | Goldman Sachs | Downgrade | Neutral → Sell | — | $12.13 | $11.91 | -1.8% | -0.9% | +1.3% | +1.6% | -0.4% | +0.2% |
| Jan 21 | Jefferies | Upgrade | Underperform → Buy | — | $9.41 | $10.57 | +12.3% | +16.4% | -0.8% | -2.0% | +3.9% | -1.9% |
| Nov 2 | Charles Stanley | Maintains | Hold → Hold | — | $13.32 | $13.29 | -0.2% | +0.2% | +0.4% | -0.1% | -3.9% | -3.8% |
| Oct 23 | Exane BNP Paribas | Downgrade | Outperform → Neutral | — | $14.54 | $13.84 | -4.8% | -5.8% | +1.2% | -3.9% | +1.7% | -0.9% |
| Oct 22 | JP Morgan | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | — | $15.32 | $14.30 | -6.7% | -5.1% | -5.8% | +1.2% | -3.9% | +1.7% |
| Oct 22 | BofA Securities | Maintains | Neutral → Neutral | — | $15.32 | $14.30 | -6.7% | -5.1% | -5.8% | +1.2% | -3.9% | +1.7% |
| Jul 8 | Berenberg | Downgrade | Hold → Sell | — | $18.87 | $18.44 | -2.3% | -3.2% | +1.5% | +3.0% | +0.7% | -0.4% |
| Apr 13 | Jefferies | Downgrade | Buy → Underperform | — | $21.55 | $21.24 | -1.4% | -1.9% | -0.0% | +0.2% | -2.8% | -0.8% |
| Mar 2 | Nomura | Upgrade | Reduce → Neutral | — | $21.85 | $21.78 | -0.3% | +0.1% | -0.6% | +0.6% | +1.1% | -1.5% |
| Apr 4 | Jefferies | Upgrade | Hold → Buy | — | $16.97 | $17.14 | +1.0% | +1.1% | -0.5% | +0.9% | +1.7% | -0.8% |
| Jan 27 | JP Morgan | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | — | $19.28 | $19.13 | -0.8% | -2.9% | +0.3% | -2.4% | +0.8% | -0.9% |
| Jan 26 | Citigroup | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 18 | Kepler Cheuvreux | Upgrade | Reduce → Hold | — | $21.33 | $21.49 | +0.8% | +1.4% | +0.5% | +0.8% | -0.9% | +1.1% |
| Oct 15 | Societe Generale | Upgrade | Sell → Hold | — | $20.96 | $20.85 | -0.5% | +0.1% | -0.3% | +2.0% | +1.4% | +0.5% |
| Mar 12 | Charles Stanley | Downgrade | Accumulate → Hold | — | $17.82 | $17.70 | -0.7% | -0.5% | +1.4% | +0.9% | +0.2% | +0.5% |
| Jan 24 | Barclays | Upgrade | Underweight → Equal Weight | — | $18.63 | $18.71 | +0.4% | +1.0% | +0.3% | -1.6% | +0.5% | +1.3% |
| Jul 9 | Deutsche Bank | Downgrade | Buy → Hold | — | $19.55 | $19.28 | -1.4% | -0.7% | -0.3% | +0.3% | +0.0% | +1.8% |
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Institutional (13F) — Top 20
All ↗
| # | Manager | Shares | Value | Chg | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan Stanley | 7,942,848 | $112M | Added | Dec 2025 |
| 2 | Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 1,645,461 | $22M | Added | Mar 2026 |
| 3 | Invesco Ltd. | 1,083,354 | $14M | Reduced | Mar 2026 |
| 4 | D.e. Shaw & Co | 828,931 | $11M | Added | Mar 2026 |
| 5 | Northern Trust Corp | 794,460 | $10M | Added | Mar 2026 |
| 6 | Bnp Paribas Financial Markets | 527,264 | $7M | Added | Mar 2026 |
| 7 | Quantinno Capital Management Lp | 512,854 | $7M | Added | Mar 2026 |
| 8 | 13d Management Llc | 458,338 | $6M | — | Mar 2026 |
| 9 | Fmr Llc | 434,185 | $6M | Added | Mar 2026 |
| 10 | Renaissance Group Llc | 369,742 | $5M | Reduced | Mar 2026 |
| 11 | Point72 Asset Management | 309,134 | $4M | Added | Mar 2026 |
| 12 | Abc Arbitrage Sa | 225,000 | $3M | Reduced | Mar 2026 |
| 13 | Jane Street Group, Llc | 169,688 | $2M | Added | Dec 2025 |
| 14 | Bank Of Montreal /can/ | 173,155 | $2M | Reduced | Mar 2026 |
| 15 | Qrg Capital Management, Inc. | 156,839 | $2M | Added | Dec 2025 |
| 16 | Hrt Financial Lp | 148,686 | $2M | New | Mar 2026 |
| 17 | Pathstone Holdings, Llc | 128,636 | $2M | Added | Mar 2026 |
| 18 | Aqr Capital Management Llc | 119,342 | $2M | Added | Mar 2026 |
| 19 | Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management, Llc | 112,621 | $1M | Added | Mar 2026 |
| 20 | Jpmorgan Chase & Co | 108,803 | $1M | Added | Mar 2026 |
Mutual Funds / ETFs (N-PORT) — Top 18
All ↗
Valuation
Market Cap
$9.83B
Enterprise Value
$10.91B
P/E (TTM)
29.76x
Forward P/E
21.43x
PEG Ratio
-1.00x
P/B
2.65x
P/S
2.81x
P/FCF
15.20x
EV/EBITDA
10.33x
Shares Out
660.3M
Financials (TTM)
Revenue
$3.50B
Net Income
$327.7M
EBITDA
$1.06B
Free Cash Flow
$646.5M
Op Cash Flow
$674.9M
EPS Basic
$0.50
EPS Diluted
$0.50
EPS Forward
$0.69
Gross Margin
52.0%
Op Margin
14.2%
Net Margin
9.4%
Balance Sheet
Total Assets
$6.45B
Total Liab.
$2.79B
Total Equity
$3.66B
Cash
$332.4M
LT Debt
$1.42B
Book Value/Sh
$5.61
Debt/Equity
0.52x
Current Ratio
2.00
Quick Ratio
1.94
Returns & Growth
ROE
—
ROA
—
ROIC
6.8%
Rev Growth YoY
-1.5%
EPS Growth YoY
-20.6%
Price Returns
2W
+0.8%
1M
+1.0%
3M
+14.9%
6M
+12.5%
12M
-7.1%
Technicals
52W High
$15.56
52W Low
$12.06
50d MA
$14.86
200d MA
$13.84
RSI (14)
51.30
ATR (14)
$0.25
Beta
-0.09
Avg Volume
876K
Dividends
Div Rate
$0.24
Div Yield
1.6%
Frequency
2
Ex-Div Date
Mar 20, 2026
Analyst Price Targets
Consensus
$14.50
High
$18.00
Low
$11.00
Median
$14.50
Data updated apr 26, 2026 9:03pm
· Source: financialmodelingprep.com