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Pearson

PSON:LSE

Pearson

Consumer DiscretionaryMedia
  • Price (GBX)974.40
  • Today's Change7.00 / 0.72%
  • Shares traded2.25m
  • 1 Year change29.23%
  • Beta0.5747
Data delayed at least 20 minutes, as of May 02 2024 16:35 BST.
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Inc stmt in GBPIncome statement in GBPView more

Year on year Pearson grew net income 56.20% from 242.00m to 378.00m despite declining revenues.
Gross margin49.95%
Net profit margin10.34%
Operating margin13.55%
Return on assets5.41%
Return on equity9.03%
Return on investment6.82%
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Cash flow in GBPView more

In 2023, cash reserves at Pearson fell by 234.00m. However, the company earned 525.00m from its operations for a Cash Flow Margin of 14.29%. In addition the company used 301.00m on investing activities and also paid 450.00m in financing cash flows.
Cash flow per share0.8908
Price/Cash flow per share10.25
Book value per share5.70
Tangible book value per share1.27
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Balance sheet in GBPView more

Pearson has a Debt to Total Capital ratio of 22.55%, a lower figure than the previous year's 25.99%.
Current ratio1.73
Quick ratio1.67
Total debt/total equity0.2922
Total debt/total capital0.2255
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Growth rates in GBP

Year on year, both dividends per share and earnings per share excluding extraordinary items growth increased 5.58% and 61.58%, respectively. The positive trend in dividend payments is noteworthy since only some companies in the Printing & Publishing industry pay a dividend. Additionally when measured on a five year annualized basis, both dividend per share and earnings per share growth ranked in-line with the industry average relative to its peers.
Div yield(5 year avg)2.78%
Div growth rate (5 year)4.18%
Payout ratio (TTM)41.27%
EPS growth(5 years)-6.94
EPS (TTM) vs
TTM 1 year ago		58.52
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