Pearson plc(PSO)Earnings, Financials & Key Ratios

PSO•NYSE

$15.22

$9.62B mkt cap·17.8× P/E·Price updated May 6, 2026

SectorCommunication Services IndustryPublishing Sub-IndustryEducation and academic publishers

AboutPearson plc provides educational courseware, assessments, and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, other European countries, and internationally. It operates through five segments: Assessment & Qualifications, Virtual Learning, English Language Learning, Higher Education, and Workforce Skills. The Assessment & Qualifications segment offers Pearson VUE, US student assessment, clinical assessment, UK GCSE, and A levels and international academic qualifications. The Virtual Learning segment provides virtual schools and online program management services. The English Language Learning segment offers Pearson test of English, institutional courseware, and English online solutions. The Higher Education segment provides the US, Canadian, and international higher education courseware businesses. The Workforce Skills offers BTEC, GED, TalentLens, Faethm, Pearson college, and apprenticeships. Pearson plc was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.Show more

Revenue$3.55B-3.3%
EBITDA$1.07B+2.5%
Net Income$434M+14.8%
EPS (Diluted)0.63+18.9%
Gross Margin50.99%+2.1%
EBITDA Margin30.04%+6.0%
Operating Margin15.23%+12.4%
Net Margin12.22%+18.8%
ROE10.79%+20.0%
ROIC8.26%+9.9%
Debt/Equity0.36+24.8%
Interest Coverage6.85-16.1%

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PSO Key Insights

Pearson plc (PSO) fundamental analysis — strengths, weaknesses & financial health based on data analysis

✓Strengths

✓Strong Piotroski F-Score: 7/9
✓High quality earnings: Operating CF exceeds net income
✓Healthy dividend yield of 2.0%
✓Share count reduced 4.6% through buybacks

✗Weaknesses

No significant weaknesses identified

* These insights are generated automatically based on available financial data. Please conduct your own research before making investment decisions.

PSO Price & Volume

Pearson plc (PSO) stock price & volume — 10-year historical chart

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PSO Growth Metrics

Pearson plc (PSO) revenue, earnings & EPS growth — 3, 5 & 10-year CAGR

Revenue CAGR

10 Years-3.11%

5 Years-1.7%

3 Years1.19%

TTM-6.38%

Profit CAGR

10 Years-0.81%

5 Years10.45%

3 Years34.85%

TTM38.6%

EPS CAGR

10 Years0.83%

5 Years13.13%

3 Years39.92%

TTM49.35%

Return on Capital

10 Years2.23%

5 Years6.74%

3 Years7.89%

Last Year10.08%

PSO Recent Earnings

Pearson plc (PSO) EPS & revenue vs analyst estimates — last 4 quarters

Full history →

●Beat EPS 6/12 qtrs (55%)●Beat Revenue 3/12 qtrs (27%)

Q1 2026Latest

Feb 27, 2026

EPS

$0.53

Est $0.52

+1.1%

Revenue

$2.5B

Est $2.5B

-1.1%

Q1 2025

Feb 27, 2025

EPS

$0.51

Est $0.46

+11.1%

Revenue

$2.2B

Est $2.3B

-0.1%

Q3 2024

Jul 29, 2024

EPS

$0.29

Est $0.30

-3.1%

Revenue

$2.2B

Est $2.3B

-2.5%

Q2 2024

Apr 26, 2024

EPS

$0.34

Est $0.40

-15.9%

Revenue

$2.3B

Est $2.3B

-3.3%

Quarter	Date	EPS (Act vs Est)	Revenue (Act vs Est)
Q1 2026Latest	Feb 27, 2026	$0.53vs $0.52+1.1%	$2.5Bvs $2.5B-1.1%
Q1 2025	Feb 27, 2025	$0.51vs $0.46+11.1%	$2.2Bvs $2.3B-0.1%
Q3 2024	Jul 29, 2024	$0.29vs $0.30-3.1%	$2.2Bvs $2.3B-2.5%
Q2 2024	Apr 26, 2024	$0.34vs $0.40-15.9%	$2.3Bvs $2.3B-3.3%

Based on last 12 quarters of dataView full earnings history →

Company	Market Cap	Stock Price	P/E Ratio (TTM)	Revenue Growth 1Y	Net Margin	Return on Equity (ROE)	Debt / Equity
SCHLScholastic CorporationDirect Competitor	966.17M	39.90	-579.94	2.25%	3.88%	6.91%	0.40
STRAStrategic Education, Inc.Direct Competitor	1.79B	78.58	14.50	3.96%	10.21%	7.85%	0.07
PRDOPerdoceo Education CorporationDirect Competitor	2.14B	34.11	14.10	24.2%	18.9%	16.3%	0.11
LOPEGrand Canyon Education, Inc.Direct Competitor	4.47B	164.51	21.34	7.07%	26.92%	29.53%	0.27
CHGGChegg, Inc.Product Competitor	129.87M	1.16	-1.21	-38.97%	-26.89%	-62.94%	0.70
COURCoursera, Inc.Product Competitor	1.02B	6.03	-19.45	9.04%	-8.23%	-10.06%	0.01
UDMYUdemy, Inc.Product Competitor	700.49M	4.80	186.77	0.42%	0.48%	1.74%	0.05
LAURLaureate Education, Inc.Product Competitor	4.64B	32.52	17.21	8.64%	16.08%	25.36%	0.71

Compare PSO vs Peers

Pearson plc (PSO) vs competitors — business, growth, and fundamentals comparison against the closest industry rivals.

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Scale Benchmark

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Peer Set

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PSO Income Statement

Pearson plc (PSO) annual income statement — 10-year revenue, gross profit & net income history

10Y historyFree accessUpdated daily

Line item	Dec'16	Dec'17	Dec'18	Dec'19	Dec'20	Dec'21	Dec'22	Dec'23	Dec'24	TTM
Sales/Revenue	4.55B	4.51B	4.13B	3.87B	3.4B	3.43B	3.84B	3.67B	3.55B	7.07B
Revenue Growth %	1.88%	-0.86%	-8.51%	-6.3%	-12.2%	0.91%	12.05%	-4.35%	-3.32%	-6.38%
Cost of Goods Sold	2.09B	2.07B	1.94B	1.86B	1.77B	1.75B	2.05B	1.84B	1.74B	3.46B
COGS % of Revenue	45.98%	45.78%	47.06%	48.02%	52.02%	50.96%	53.27%	50.05%	49.01%	-
Gross Profit	2.46B▲ 0%	2.45B▼ 0.5%	2.19B▼ 10.7%	2.01B▼ 8.0%	1.63B▼ 18.9%	1.68B▲ 3.1%	1.79B▲ 6.8%	1.83B▲ 2.2%	1.81B▼ 1.3%	3.61B▲ 0%
Gross Margin %	54.02%	54.22%	52.94%	51.98%	47.98%	49.04%	46.73%	49.95%	50.99%	51.01%
Gross Profit Growth %	-1.13%	-0.49%	-10.67%	-8.01%	-18.95%	3.13%	6.78%	2.23%	-1.31%	-
Operating Expenses	2.5B	2.2B	1.91B	1.81B	1.22B	1.5B	1.52B	1.34B	1.27B	2.56B
OpEx % of Revenue	55.03%	48.79%	46.19%	46.68%	35.88%	43.7%	39.68%	36.39%	35.75%	-
Selling, General & Admin	2.24B	2.17B	1.87B	1.69B	1.45B	1.39B	1.45B	1.36B	1.31B	2.56B
SG&A % of Revenue	49.12%	48.15%	45.34%	43.68%	42.6%	40.4%	37.7%	37.1%	36.8%	-
Research & Development	0	14M	14M	13M	280M	279M	303M	0	0	212.5M
R&D % of Revenue	-	0.31%	0.34%	0.34%	8.24%	8.14%	7.89%	-	-	-
Other Operating Expenses	-60M	0	21M	103M	-508M	-166M	-227M	-26M	-37M	-2M
Operating Income	-2.5B▲ 0%	451M▲ 118.1%	553M▲ 22.6%	275M▼ 50.3%	411M▲ 49.5%	183M▼ 55.5%	271M▲ 48.1%	498M▲ 83.8%	541M▲ 8.6%	1.05B▲ 0%
Operating Margin %	-54.85%	9.99%	13.39%	7.11%	12.1%	5.34%	7.06%	13.55%	15.23%	14.83%
Operating Income Growth %	-518.07%	118.06%	22.62%	-50.27%	49.45%	-55.47%	48.09%	83.76%	8.63%	-
EBITDA	-1.78B	1.1B	1.14B	870M	996M	701M	822M	1.04B	1.07B	1.9B
EBITDA Margin %	-39.17%	24.42%	27.71%	22.49%	29.32%	20.45%	21.4%	28.33%	30.04%	26.91%
EBITDA Growth %	-324%	161.81%	3.81%	-23.95%	14.48%	-29.62%	17.26%	26.64%	2.5%	3.76%
D&A (Non-Cash Add-back)	714M	651M	591M	595M	585M	518M	551M	543M	526M	854M
EBIT	-2.58B	442M	496M	245M	232M	233M	379M	549M	589M	1.13B
Net Interest Income	-48M	-82M	-14M	-28M	-55M	-53M	-2M	-11M	-24M	-50M
Interest Income	26M	23M	36M	41M	24M	15M	67M	50M	55M	168M
Interest Expense	59M	79M	91M	84M	79M	68M	69M	61M	79M	218M
Other Income/Expense	-60M	-30M	-55M	-43M	-31M	-6M	51M	-5M	-31M	-68M
Pretax Income	-2.56B▲ 0%	421M▲ 116.5%	498M▲ 18.3%	232M▼ 53.4%	380M▲ 63.8%	177M▼ 53.4%	322M▲ 81.9%	493M▲ 53.1%	510M▲ 3.4%	979M▲ 0%
Pretax Margin %	-56.17%	9.33%	12.06%	6%	11.19%	5.16%	8.38%	13.42%	14.36%	13.85%
Income Tax	-222M	13M	-92M	-34M	50M	-1M	79M	113M	75M	191M
Effective Tax Rate %	8.68%	3.09%	-18.47%	-14.66%	13.16%	-0.56%	24.53%	22.92%	14.71%	19.51%
Net Income	-2.34B▲ 0%	406M▲ 117.4%	588M▲ 44.8%	264M▼ 55.1%	330M▲ 25.0%	177M▼ 46.4%	242M▲ 36.7%	378M▲ 56.2%	434M▲ 14.8%	790M▲ 0%
Net Margin %	-51.34%	9%	14.24%	6.82%	9.71%	5.16%	6.3%	10.29%	12.22%	11.18%
Net Income Growth %	-383.96%	117.37%	44.83%	-55.1%	25%	-46.36%	36.72%	56.2%	14.81%	38.6%
Net Income (Continuing)	-2.33B	330M	590M	266M	330M	178M	243M	380M	435M	789M
Discontinued Operations	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minority Interest	4M	8M	9M	10M	9M	10M	13M	14M	15M	16M
EPS (Diluted)	-2.87▲ 0%	0.50▲ 117.4%	0.76▲ 52.0%	0.34▼ 55.3%	0.41▲ 20.6%	0.23▼ 43.9%	0.33▲ 43.5%	0.53▲ 60.6%	0.63▲ 18.9%	1.18▲ 0%
EPS Growth %	-384.16%	117.42%	52%	-55.26%	20.59%	-43.9%	43.48%	60.61%	18.87%	49.35%
EPS (Basic)	-2.87	0.50	0.76	0.34	0.41	0.23	0.33	0.53	0.63	-
Diluted Shares Outstanding	814.8M	813.7M	778.7M	777.5M	755.4M	759.1M	742M	717.3M	684M	670.7M
Basic Shares Outstanding	814.8M	813.4M	778.1M	777M	755.4M	754.1M	738.1M	717.27M	688.6M	669.39M
Dividend Payout Ratio	-	78.33%	23.13%	55.68%	44.24%	84.18%	64.46%	40.74%	35.94%	-

PSO Balance Sheet

Pearson plc (PSO) balance sheet — assets, liabilities & shareholders' equity

Line item	Dec'16	Dec'17	Dec'18	Dec'19	Dec'20	Dec'21	Dec'22	Dec'23	Dec'24	TTM
Total Current Assets	4.08B	3.29B	3.38B	3.17B	3.34B	3.22B	2.82B	2.43B	2.73B	2.34B
Cash & Short-Term Investments	1.47B	526M	568M	437M	1.1B	937M	558M	312M	543M	347M
Cash Only	1.46B	518M	568M	437M	1.1B	937M	558M	312M	543M	347M
Short-Term Investments	10M	8M	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accounts Receivable	1.21B	740M	1.07B	1.13B	825M	882M	856M	831M	1.01B	999M
Days Sales Outstanding	97.1	59.85	94.59	106.89	88.64	93.91	81.34	82.56	103.89	50.63
Inventory	235M	148M	164M	169M	129M	98M	105M	91M	74M	71M
Days Inventory Outstanding	40.98	26.15	30.81	33.2	26.65	20.48	18.73	18.06	15.51	8.56
Other Current Assets	1.3B	1.79B	1.67B	1.3B	1.1B	1.1B	1.1B	861M	1.1B	925M
Total Non-Current Assets	5.98B	4.6B	4.53B	4.48B	4.11B	4.12B	4.51B	4.29B	4.16B	3.88B
Property, Plant & Equipment	343M	281M	237M	618M	515M	366M	250M	217M	216M	203M
Fixed Asset Turnover	13.27x	16.06x	17.42x	6.26x	6.60x	9.37x	15.36x	16.93x	16.44x	33.54x
Goodwill	2.34B	2.03B	2.11B	2.14B	2.09B	2.15B	2.48B	2.43B	2.44B	2.29B
Intangible Assets	1.1B	934M	898M	761M	648M	624M	697M	657M	589M	524M
Long-Term Investments	1.3B	467M	618M	464M	144M	137M	158M	165M	153M	841M
Other Non-Current Assets	443M	796M	605M	436M	678M	793M	864M	819M	717M	2.74B
Total Assets	10.07B▲ 0%	7.89B▼ 21.6%	7.91B▲ 0.2%	7.65B▼ 3.2%	7.45B▼ 2.6%	7.34B▼ 1.4%	7.31B▼ 0.5%	6.73B▼ 8.0%	6.89B▲ 2.5%	6.22B▲ 0%
Asset Turnover	0.45x	0.57x	0.52x	0.51x	0.46x	0.47x	0.53x	0.55x	0.52x	1.06x
Asset Growth %	-13.49%	-21.64%	0.22%	-3.23%	-2.6%	-1.45%	-0.46%	-7.96%	2.45%	-15.24%
Total Current Liabilities	1.92B	2.21B	2.13B	1.49B	1.65B	1.58B	1.48B	1.4B	1.48B	1.01B
Accounts Payable	333M	265M	311M	358M	340M	351M	348M	317M	273M	902M
Days Payables Outstanding	58.07	46.82	58.42	70.33	70.23	73.33	62.08	62.92	57.23	66.61
Short-Term Debt	39M	15M	66M	18M	181M	87M	26M	3M	250M	11M
Deferred Revenue (Current)	65M	541M	321M	777M	304M	330M	340M	5M	0	32M
Other Current Liabilities	437M	1.43B	989M	-1.06B	410M	252M	181M	383M	846M	25M
Current Ratio	2.12x	1.49x	1.58x	2.13x	2.03x	2.04x	1.91x	1.73x	1.85x	1.85x
Quick Ratio	2.00x	1.42x	1.51x	2.01x	1.95x	1.98x	1.83x	1.67x	1.80x	1.80x
Cash Conversion Cycle	80.01	39.18	66.97	69.76	45.06	41.05	37.99	37.7	62.17	-7.42
Total Non-Current Liabilities	3.79B	1.66B	1.25B	1.83B	1.67B	1.48B	1.43B	1.33B	1.36B	1.61B
Long-Term Debt	2.4B	1.06B	672M	823M	787M	680M	610M	611M	705M	1.01B
Capital Lease Obligations	4M	4M	2M	749M	610M	565M	534M	483M	452M	1.81B
Deferred Tax Liabilities	466M	164M	136M	48M	62M	40M	37M	46M	63M	177M
Other Non-Current Liabilities	603M	397M	370M	160M	161M	142M	189M	122M	79M	494M
Total Liabilities	5.72B	3.87B	3.38B	3.33B	3.32B	3.06B	2.91B	2.74B	2.84B	2.62B
Total Debt	2.47B	1.08B	720M	1.68B	1.65B	1.4B	1.24B	1.16B	1.47B	1.5B
Net Debt	1.01B	567M	152M	1.24B	554M	463M	683M	849M	929M	1.15B
Debt / Equity	0.57x	0.27x	0.16x	0.39x	0.40x	0.33x	0.28x	0.29x	0.36x	0.36x
Debt / EBITDA	-	0.98x	0.63x	1.93x	1.66x	2.00x	1.51x	1.12x	1.38x	0.79x
Net Debt / EBITDA	-	0.51x	0.13x	1.43x	0.56x	0.66x	0.83x	0.82x	0.87x	0.87x
Interest Coverage	-42.32x	5.71x	6.08x	3.27x	5.20x	2.69x	3.93x	8.16x	6.85x	5.19x
Total Equity	4.35B▲ 0%	4.02B▼ 7.5%	4.53B▲ 12.5%	4.32B▼ 4.5%	4.13B▼ 4.4%	4.28B▲ 3.5%	4.42B▲ 3.2%	3.99B▼ 9.7%	4.05B▲ 1.6%	3.6B▲ 0%
Equity Growth %	-32.25%	-7.52%	12.53%	-4.46%	-4.37%	3.53%	3.15%	-9.67%	1.63%	-22.45%
Book Value per Share	5.34	4.94	5.81	5.56	5.47	5.64	5.95	5.56	5.93	5.37
Total Shareholders' Equity	4.34B	4.01B	4.52B	4.31B	4.13B	4.27B	4.4B	3.97B	4.04B	3.59B
Common Stock	205M	200M	195M	195M	188M	189M	179M	174M	166M	163M
Retained Earnings	716M	662M	1.04B	911M	865M	1.07B	881M	745M	827M	658M
Treasury Stock	-79M	-61M	-33M	-24M	-7M	-12M	-15M	-19M	-7M	-22M
Accumulated OCI	905M	610M	708M	617M	459M	400M	724M	432M	403M	138M
Minority Interest	4M	8M	9M	10M	9M	10M	13M	14M	15M	16M

PSO Cash Flow Statement

Pearson plc (PSO) cash flow — operating, investing & free cash flow history

Line item	Dec'16	Dec'17	Dec'18	Dec'19	Dec'20	Dec'21	Dec'22	Dec'23	Dec'24	TTM
Cash from Operations	410M	298M	462M	369M	389M	326M	361M	525M	627M	627M
Operating CF Margin %	9.01%	6.6%	11.19%	9.54%	11.45%	9.51%	9.4%	14.29%	17.65%	-
Operating CF Growth %	94.31%	-27.32%	55.03%	-20.13%	5.42%	-16.2%	10.74%	45.43%	19.43%	457.87%
Net Income	-2.33B	408M	590M	266M	310M	160M	242M	378M	510M	790M
Depreciation & Amortization	2.91B	313M	253M	389M	317M	408M	572M	543M	526M	1.05B
Stock-Based Compensation	22M	33M	37M	25M	29M	28M	38M	40M	44M	76.5M
Deferred Taxes	-464M	-614M	34M	-181M	-282M	-280M	0	0	0	-389.5M
Other Non-Cash Items	41M	-5M	-428M	-12M	18M	8M	-540M	-340M	-400M	-38M
Working Capital Changes	234M	163M	10M	-118M	-3M	2M	49M	-96M	-53M	76M
Change in Receivables	156M	133M	-15M	59M	-1M	-71M	33M	-24M	32M	-9M
Change in Inventory	17M	24M	-10M	-20M	35M	22M	-34M	9M	15M	32M
Change in Payables	61M	6M	35M	-157M	0	37M	0	-20M	0	167M
Cash from Investing	-41M	651M	211M	-325M	591M	-80M	13M	-301M	-131M	-522M
Capital Expenditures	-245M	-232M	-200M	-193M	-134M	-176M	-57M	-30M	-33M	-410M
CapEx % of Revenue	5.38%	5.14%	4.84%	4.99%	3.94%	5.13%	1.48%	0.82%	0.93%	-
Acquisitions	-65M	419M	96M	-186M	625M	18M	-228M	-214M	-46M	-63M
Investments	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other Investing	165M	465M	311M	59M	170M	34M	298M	-56M	-45M	-44M
Cash from Financing	-697M	-1.76B	-729M	-102M	-299M	-414M	-804M	-450M	-241M	-1.07B
Debt Issued (Net)	-248M	-1.29B	-441M	91M	24M	-167M	-264M	-84M	344M	588M
Equity Issued (Net)	-1000K	-1000K	-1000K	-1000K	-1000K	-1000K	-1000K	-1000K	-1000K	-4M
Dividends Paid	-424M	-318M	-136M	-147M	-146M	-149M	-156M	-154M	-156M	-314M
Share Repurchases	-27M	-149M	-153M	-52M	-182M	-16M	-390M	-221M	-358M	-784M
Other Financing	-5M	-5M	-5M	6M	5M	-88M	6M	9M	-78M	-573M
Net Change in Cash	-247M▲ 0%	-794M▼ 221.5%	-105M▲ 86.8%	-91M▲ 13.3%	679M▲ 846.2%	-176M▼ 125.9%	-394M▼ 123.9%	-234M▲ 40.6%	234M▲ 200.0%	230M▲ 0%
Free Cash Flow	165M▲ 0%	66M▼ 60.0%	262M▲ 297.0%	176M▼ 32.8%	255M▲ 44.9%	150M▼ 41.2%	304M▲ 102.7%	399M▲ 31.3%	503M▲ 26.1%	1.14B▲ 0%
FCF Margin %	3.62%	1.46%	6.35%	4.55%	7.51%	4.38%	7.91%	10.86%	14.16%	16.13%
FCF Growth %	558.33%	-60%	296.97%	-32.82%	44.89%	-41.18%	102.67%	31.25%	26.07%	100.35%
FCF per Share	0.20	0.08	0.34	0.23	0.34	0.20	0.41	0.56	0.74	0.74
FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income)	-0.18x	0.73x	0.79x	1.40x	1.18x	1.84x	1.49x	1.39x	1.44x	1.44x
Interest Paid	0	0	0	0	0	0	57M	0	0	31M
Taxes Paid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

PSO Key Ratios

Pearson plc (PSO) financial ratios — P/E, ROE, debt and 30+ core market and balance-sheet ratios

Metric	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	TTM
Return on Equity (ROE)	-43.41%	9.7%	13.76%	5.97%	7.8%	4.21%	5.57%	9%	10.79%	21.91%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	-30.2%	6.8%	8.95%	4.03%	6.01%	2.91%	4.13%	7.52%	8.26%	8.26%
Gross Margin	54.02%	54.22%	52.94%	51.98%	47.98%	49.04%	46.73%	49.95%	50.99%	51.01%
Net Margin	-51.34%	9%	14.24%	6.82%	9.71%	5.16%	6.3%	10.29%	12.22%	11.18%
Debt / Equity	0.57x	0.27x	0.16x	0.39x	0.40x	0.33x	0.28x	0.29x	0.36x	0.36x
Interest Coverage	-42.32x	5.71x	6.08x	3.27x	5.20x	2.69x	3.93x	8.16x	6.85x	5.19x
FCF Conversion	-0.18x	0.73x	0.79x	1.40x	1.18x	1.84x	1.49x	1.39x	1.44x	1.44x
Revenue Growth	1.88%	-0.86%	-8.51%	-6.3%	-12.2%	0.91%	12.05%	-4.35%	-3.32%	-6.38%

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Pearson plc (PSO) reported $7.07B in revenue for fiscal year 2024. This represents a 286% increase from $1.83B in 1995.

Pearson plc (PSO) saw revenue decline by 3.3% over the past year.

Yes, Pearson plc (PSO) is profitable, generating $790.0M in net income for fiscal year 2024 (12.2% net margin).

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Yes, Pearson plc (PSO) pays a dividend with a yield of 2.04%. This makes it attractive for income-focused investors.

Pearson plc (PSO) has a return on equity (ROE) of 10.8%. This is reasonable for most industries.

Pearson plc (PSO) generated $1.14B in free cash flow for fiscal year 2024. Positive FCF indicates the company can fund dividends, buybacks, or reinvestment.

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