# Pearson Plc (PSO)

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- **Ticker:** PSO (NYSE)
- **Sector:** Communication Services / Books: Publishing Or  Publishing & Printing
- **SEC CIK:** 0000938323
- **Latest annual report:** 20-F filed 2026-03-13 (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/938323/000119312526104945/d33885d20f.htm)
- **Data updated:** 2026-11-01

## Key figures

- **Last close:** $17.37 on 2026-10-30
- **Market cap:** $11.5B
- **P/E (trailing):** 26.0x
- **EPS, trailing 12 months:** $0.67
- **Revenue (FY2025):** $4.7B
- **Revenue growth:** +3.8%
- **Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR:** +1.6%
- **Gross margin:** 52.0%
- **Operating margin:** 14.2%
- **Net margin:** 9.4%
- **Return on invested capital:** 7.6%
- **Return on equity:** 8.8%
- **Net debt:** $1.5B
- **Net debt / EBITDA:** 2.1x
- **Change in share count:** −3.5%
- **Piotroski F-score:** 6/9
- **Insider buys, last 90 days:** $0.0M
- **Insider sells, last 90 days:** $0.0M

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## Annual results

From SEC EDGAR XBRL filings. Full table: https://stoqly.net/companies/pso/figures.csv

| US$ millions | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Revenue | 6,145 | 5,811 | 5,506 | 4,936 | 4,356 | 4,716 | 4,732 | 4,568 | 4,539 | 4,711 |
| Operating income | -3,371 | 581 | 737 | 351 | 527 | 252 | 334 | 619 | 691 | 668 |
| Net income | -3,155 | 523 | 784 | 337 | 423 | 243 | 298 | 470 | 555 | 441 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | -3.87 | 64.25 | 100.68 | 0.43 | 56.04 | 0.32 | 0.40 | 0.66 | 0.81 | 0.67 |
| Operating cash flow | 553 | 384 | 616 | 471 | 499 | 448 | 445 | 653 | 801 | 864 |
| Free cash flow | 435 | 278 | 523 | 401 | 431 | 360 | — | — | — | — |
| Cash | 1,796 | 700 | 727 | 577 | 1,497 | 1,263 | 671 | 397 | 680 | 448 |
| Debt and leases | 3,039 | 1,467 | 922 | 2,197 | 2,253 | 1,887 | 1,479 | 1,476 | 1,844 | 1,994 |

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