Valuation: Pearson plc

Market Cap 7.19B 9.8B 8.39B 7.85B 13.49B 937B 13.67B 92.76B 36.17B 471B 36.78B 35.98B 1,557B P/E 2026 *
18.4x
P/E 2027 * 17x
Enterprise Value 8.44B 11.51B 9.86B 9.23B 15.85B 1,101B 16.06B 109B 42.5B 553B 43.22B 42.28B 1,830B EV / Sales 2026 *
2.27x
EV / Sales 2027 * 2.11x
Free-Float
99.32%
Yield 2026 *
2.24%
Yield 2027 * 2.38%
1 day+0.96%
1 week+0.88%
Current month-3.94%
1 month-1.51%
3 months+7.43%
6 months+29.34%
Current year+15.00%
1 week 1,172
Extreme 1172
1,212
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 832.8
Extreme 832.8
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.
06/05/26 Free 2,246 0.0004%
17/03/26 Buy

Director

500 0.0001%
21/01/26 Buy 503 0.0001%
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
+0.96%+0.88%+11.34%+44.02% 9.8B
+0.48%+3.60%-32.50%+26.00% 5.62B
-6.29%-4.46%-21.59%-19.65% 3.33B
+3.15%+3.24%+4.18%+6.31% 3.26B
-0.32%-1.59%-9.37%-14.57% 3.11B
-1.07%-0.49%-23.57%-15.63% 2.71B
-0.96%+0.37%+24.92%+39.93% 2.62B
-0.45%-9.99%+5.70%-32.18% 2.6B
+0.58%+2.81%-13.30%+40.21% 1.8B
-0.09%-0.68%-19.30%-34.25% 1.54B
Average -0.32%-1.68%-7.35%+4.02% 3.64B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.10%-1.25%-5.40%+13.35%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 3.72B 5.07B 4.34B 4.06B 6.98B 485B 7.08B 48.02B 18.73B 244B 19.04B 18.63B 806B 3.89B 5.3B 4.54B 4.25B 7.3B 507B 7.4B 50.22B 19.58B 255B 19.91B 19.48B 843B
Net income 400M 545M 467M 437M 751M 52.17B 761M 5.16B 2.01B 26.21B 2.05B 2B 86.68B 431M 587M 503M 471M 808M 56.17B 819M 5.56B 2.17B 28.22B 2.2B 2.16B 93.33B
Net Debt 1.26B 1.71B 1.47B 1.37B 2.36B 164B 2.39B 16.23B 6.33B 82.4B 6.44B 6.3B 273B 1.04B 1.42B 1.22B 1.14B 1.95B 136B 1.98B 13.44B 5.24B 68.24B 5.33B 5.21B 226B
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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 1,208.00 +1.05% 42,839
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
11.96GBP
Average target price
12.38GBP
Spread / Average Target
+3.57%

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