Valuation: Pearson plc

Capitalization 6.54B 8.93B 7.57B 6.94B 12.2B 850B 12.3B 82.26B 32.11B 405B 33.49B 32.79B 1,402B P/E ratio 2026 *
17.3x
P/E ratio 2027 * 15.7x
Enterprise value 7.5B 10.24B 8.69B 7.95B 13.99B 975B 14.1B 94.33B 36.82B 464B 38.4B 37.6B 1,607B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.01x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.9x
Free-Float
99.42%
Yield 2026 *
2.46%
Yield 2027 * 2.64%
1 day-1.24%
1 week-4.29%
Current month-0.88%
1 month+5.46%
3 months+18.56%
6 months+6.03%
Current year+2.10%
1 week 1,066.5
Extreme 1066.5
1,142.5
1 month 991.8
Extreme 991.8
1,146.5
Current year 874.8
Extreme 874.8
1,146.5
1 year 874.8
Extreme 874.8
1,225.34
3 years 793.2
Extreme 793.2
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
Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
-1.20%-4.29%-8.06%+30.29% 8.93B
-1.15%-1.64%-25.79%+31.08% 5.56B
-1.05%+0.32%-18.87%-31.05% 3.54B
+2.21%+0.34%-1.74%+13.56% 3.21B
0.00%+1.67%-17.25%-15.62% 3.06B
-0.56%-5.19%-10.95%-17.32% 3B
+10.01%+9.57%+47.07%-32.19% 3.24B
-2.37%+0.57%-8.43%+15.29% 2.08B
+0.51%-3.20%-11.50%+16.78% 1.69B
-0.06%-1.40%-49.87%-61.53% 1.66B
Average +0.57%-1.51%-10.54%-5.07% 3.6B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.32%-1.73%-9.48%+3.64%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.73B 5.09B 4.32B 3.96B 6.96B 485B 7.01B 46.91B 18.31B 231B 19.1B 18.69B 799B 3.9B 5.33B 4.52B 4.14B 7.28B 507B 7.34B 49.09B 19.16B 242B 19.98B 19.56B 836B
Net income 405M 553M 469M 430M 756M 52.68B 762M 5.1B 1.99B 25.09B 2.07B 2.03B 86.83B 439M 599M 508M 465M 818M 57.03B 825M 5.52B 2.15B 27.16B 2.25B 2.2B 93.99B
Net Debt 959M 1.31B 1.11B 1.02B 1.79B 125B 1.8B 12.07B 4.71B 59.41B 4.91B 4.81B 206B 861M 1.18B 997M 913M 1.61B 112B 1.62B 10.83B 4.23B 53.32B 4.41B 4.32B 185B
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
12/05/26 1,072.00 p -1.24% 85,794
11/05/26 1,085.50 p -0.60% 1,111,322
08/05/26 1,092.00 p -1.71% 1,618,534
07/05/26 1,111.00 p -1.55% 2,181,539
06/05/26 1,128.50 p +0.76% 2,119,705
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
10
Last Close Price
10.86GBP
Average target price
11.83GBP
Spread / Average Target
+8.98%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise