Pearson PLC (PSORF) shareholders
PSORFOTCBooks: Publishing or Publishing & PrintingFiscal year ends December 31Also trades as PSO
Financials through fiscal 2025, year ended Dec 31, 2025Score 8/30
$18.00+0.00 (0.00%)
Close on Oct 19, 2026Market cap $11.44BP/E 26.5Yield –
Ownership
Who owns Pearson's shares
Held by institutions
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Shares held, 13F filers
Institutional holders
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Net institutional buying
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Insider trades, 12 months
0 buys · 0 sales
Open-market trades only
Holders of more than 5%
Latest Schedule 13D (active) or 13G (passive) filed by each holder
| Holder | Shares | % of class | Filing | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cevian Capital II GP LTD | 116,765,346 | 19.40% | 13D (active) amendment | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Cevian Capital II GP Limited | 85,202,977 | 12.85% | 13D (active) amendment | Apr 17, 2025 |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 54,446,953 | 8.20% | 13G (passive) amendment | Mar 31, 2025 |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of Oct 15, 2026 (FINRA, reported twice a month)
Short % of shares outstanding
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4M shares short
Days to cover
1000.0
Change since last report
+3.8%
From 4M shares
Short volume, 0 days
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Of volume reported to FINRA
Shares sold short, last 12 months
Short sale volume counts trades marked short on any given day, including market-maker hedging, so it runs far higher than the share of Pearson's stock actually held short. No settlement fails above the SEC's reporting threshold in the last 90 days.
Planned insider sales
Notices of proposed sale filed on Form 144 before shares are sold
| Seller | Filed | Shares | Market value | Planned sale | Acquired through |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Bird Former CEO filing due to 90 day look back | Jan 25, 2024 | 820,568 | $9.95M | Jan 25, 2024 | Executive Compensation |
| Andrew Bird Former CEO filing due to 90 day look back | Jan 24, 2024 | 100,000 | $1.21M | Jan 17, 2024 | Executive Compensation |