Pearson, Plc (PSO) Stock

About Pearson, Plc

Pearson, Plc is led by CEO Omar Paul Abbosh, employs 17,116 people, headquartered in London, GB, publicly traded since 1996.

Pearson, Plc (PSO) stock trades at $18.24 with a market capitalization of $10.99B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.96, price-to-book of 2.25, price-to-sales of 2.02. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $12.02 and $18.39, and currently trades at or near its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.36%.

On profitability, Pearson, Plc generates a return on equity (ROE) of 9.13%, return on capital employed of 10.09%, an operating margin of 14.23%, a net profit margin of 8.78%.

Pearson, Plc by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Pearson, Plc reported revenue of $4.6B rising to $3.6B, a change of -21.4% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 1.0% a year over five years, -2.4% over three, 0.7% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $328.0M.

Operating margin went from -54.9% in 2016 to 17.3% in 2025, a gain of 72.1 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 8.78%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $7.2B and net profit $760.0M.

Borrowings fell from $2.5B to $1.5B, cash from operations was $675.0M in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 7.8% over five years, and was 9.0% in the most recent year.

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Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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