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Pearson

PSON:LSE

Pearson

Consumer DiscretionaryMedia
  • Price (GBX)898.40
  • Today's Change1.00 / 0.11%
  • Shares traded2.29m
  • 1 Year change-32.02%
  • Beta0.3605
Data delayed at least 20 minutes, as of Feb 06 2026 16:40 GMT.
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Financials data is unavailable for this security.

Inc stmt in GBPIncome statement in GBPView more

Year on year Pearson had revenues fall -3.32% from 3.67bn to 3.55bn, though the company grew net income 14.81% from 378.00m to 434.00m.
Gross margin51.45%
Net profit margin12.59%
Operating margin15.97%
Return on assets6.85%
Return on equity11.94%
Return on investment8.46%
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Cash flow in GBPView more

In 2024, Pearson increased its cash reserves by 75.73%, or 234.00m. The company earned 627.00m from its operations for a Cash Flow Margin of 17.65%. In addition the company used 131.00m on investing activities and also paid 241.00m in financing cash flows.
Cash flow per share0.9798
Price/Cash flow per share8.60
Book value per share5.50
Tangible book value per share1.19
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Balance sheet in GBPView more

Pearson has a Debt to Total Capital ratio of 29.22%, a lower figure than the previous year's 34.25%.
Current ratio2.31
Quick ratio2.24
Total debt/total equity0.4146
Total debt/total capital0.2922
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Growth rates in GBP

Year on year, both dividends per share and earnings per share excluding extraordinary items growth increased 5.73% and 20.40%, 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)2.42%
Div growth rate (5 year)4.24%
Payout ratio (TTM)36.73%
EPS growth(5 years)13.32
EPS (TTM) vs
TTM 1 year ago		31.17
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