PSONYSEBooks: Publishing or Publishing & PrintingFiscal year ends December 31Also trades as PSORF

PEARSON PLC

Financials through fiscal 2025, year ended Dec 31, 2025Last filing: 20-F on Mar 13, 2026

$18.19−0.05 (-0.27%)

Close on Oct 19, 2026

Margins

Share of revenue, fiscal years 2015 to 2025

52.0%+4.0 pts over 5 years

14.2%+2.1 pts over 5 years

9.4%−0.3 pts over 5 years

Compound annual growth to fiscal 2025

Per year	1 year	3 years	5 years	10 years
Revenue	+0.7%	-2.3%	+1.0%	-2.2%
Gross profit	+2.7%	+1.2%	+2.7%	-2.9%
Operating income	-6.3%	+23.2%	+4.3%	–
Net income	-22.8%	+11.4%	+0.3%	-8.6%
EPS, diluted	-20.2%	+15.9%	-59.0%	-6.7%

10 fiscal years. Hover a measure to see how it is calculated.

Measure	FY2016	FY2020	FY2025
Return on equity	–	7.8%	8.7%
Return on assets	-21.5%	4.4%	5.0%
Current ratio	2.12	–	–
Debt to equity	0.57	0.40	0.41
Interest coverage	-25.7×	3.8×	5.2×
Inventory turnover	–	11.9×	24.5×
Capex to revenue	1.9%	1.6%	–
Diluted shares	815M	755M	660M

Return on equity split into margin, efficiency and leverage

Net margin9.4%

Asset turnover0.54×

Equity multiplier1.74×

Return on equity, FY20258.7%

Fiscal year	Net margin	Asset turnover	Equity multiplier	Return on equity
FY2025	9.4%	0.54×	1.74×	8.7%
FY2024	12.2%	0.52×	1.70×	10.8%
FY2023	10.3%	0.52×	1.68×	9.0%
FY2022	6.3%	0.52×	1.69×	5.6%
FY2021	5.2%	0.46×	1.76×	4.2%
FY2020	9.7%	0.45×	1.79×	7.8%
FY2019	6.8%	0.50×	1.76×	6.0%
FY2018	14.2%	0.52×	1.85×	13.8%
FY2017	9.0%	0.50×	2.15×	9.7%

Trailing twelve months. Peers are matched on business description, industry and size. Ticks are peers, the dot is PSO.

Revenue growth0.7% · median 0.1%

Gross margin52.0% · median 65.5%

Operating margin14.2% · median 10.3%

Net margin9.4% · median 4.4%

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