Pearson PLC (PSORF) stock

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 –

Pearson statistics

83 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.

Important dates

Next earnings: –
Last ex-dividend date: Aug 13, 2026
Fundamentals through: Dec 31, 2025
Share price as of: –

Valuation ratiosIndustry

Market Cap: £8.26B; –
Enterprise Value: £9.42B; –
PE Ratio: 25.62; –
PS Ratio: 2.31; –
PB Ratio: 2.26; –
P/TBV Ratio: 6.75; –
P/OCF Ratio: 12.59; –

Enterprise valuationIndustry

EV / Sales: 2.63; –
EV / EBITDA: 18.58; –
EV / EBIT: 18.58; –

Share statisticsIndustry

Shares Outstanding: 636M; –
Shares Change (YoY): -3.46%; –
Float: 434M; –
Shares Held by Insiders: 31.8%; –
Shares Held by Institutions: 4.22%; –

Short sellingIndustry

Short Interest: 4M; –
Short Interest Change: -6.88%; –
Days to Cover: 5.12; –

Stock price statisticsIndustry

Price Change (1 Week): -4.77%; –
Price Change (1 Month): 7.49%; –
Price Change (3 Months): 3.64%; –
Price Change (6 Months): 15.2%; –
Price Change (YTD): 23.7%; –
Price Change (1 Year): 22.2%; –
Price Change (3 Years): 47.2%; –
Price Change (5 Years): 106.3%; –
Price Change (10 Years): 92.1%; –
Average Volume (10 Days): 687,503; –
Average Volume (20 Days): 767,082; –
Average Volume (90 Days): 729,067; –
Relative Volume: 0.84; –
Relative Strength Index (14): 51.6; –
Volatility (1 Year): 25.3%; –
Beta (5 Years): 0.37; –

MarginsIndustry

Gross Margin: 52.0%; –
Operating Margin: 14.2%; –
Pretax Margin: 12.8%; –
Profit Margin: 9.37%; –
EBITDA Margin: 14.2%; –

Returns on capitalIndustry

Return on Equity (ROE): 8.72%; –
Return on Assets (ROA): 5.02%; –
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC): 7.64%; –

Financial positionIndustry

Debt / Equity: 0.41; –
Debt / EBITDA: 2.92; –
Net Debt / EBITDA: 2.26; –
Interest Coverage: 5.17; –

GrowthIndustry

Revenue Growth (YoY): 0.70%; –
Net Income Growth (YoY): -22.8%; –
EPS Growth (YoY): -20.2%; –
Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR): -2.35%; –
Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR): 1.04%; –
EPS Growth (3Y CAGR): 15.9%; –
EPS Growth (5Y CAGR): -59.0%; –

EfficiencyIndustry

Asset Turnover: 0.54; –
Inventory Turnover: 24.53; –
Revenue Per Employee: £757.52K; –
Profits Per Employee: £70.94K; –
Employee Count: 4,722; –
WACC: 7.08%; –

Income statement (TTM)Industry

Revenue: £3.58B; –
Gross Profit: £1.86B; –
Operating Income: £507.00M; –
Pretax Income: £457.00M; –
Net Income: £335.00M; –
EBITDA: £507.00M; –
EPS (Diluted): 0.51 GBP; –

Balance sheetIndustry

Cash & Short-Term Investments: £333.00M; –
Total Debt: £1.48B; –
Net Cash (Debt): -£1.15B; –
Net Cash Per Share: -1.81 GBP; –
Equity (Book Value): £3.65B; –
Book Value Per Share: 5.74 GBP; –
Tangible Book Value: £1.22B; –

Cash flow (TTM)Industry

Operating Cash Flow: £656.00M; –

Dividends and yieldsIndustry

Earnings Yield: 4.06%; –
Payout Ratio: 47.8%; –

Taxes and interestIndustry

Interest Expense: £98.00M; –
Income Tax: £121.00M; –
Effective Tax Rate: 26.5%; –

Scores and fair valueIndustry

Graham Number: 8.09 GBP; –
Graham Upside: -37.7%; –
Altman Z-Score: 2.72; –
Piotroski F-Score: 5; –

Total return vs. the S&P 500

Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Oct 19, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.

Period	PSORF	S&P 500	Difference	PSORF per year	S&P 500 per year
1 month	+14.9%	+0.6%	+14.3 pts
3 months	+13.3%	+3.4%	+9.9 pts
Year to date	+39.6%	+13.3%	+26.3 pts
1 year	+30.9%	+16.6%	+14.3 pts
3 years	+78.0%	+86.4%	−8.4 pts	+21.2%	+23.1%
5 years	+134.4%	+81.9%	+52.5 pts	+18.6%	+12.7%
10 years	+132.8%	+318.9%	−186.1 pts	+8.8%	+15.4%

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 15, 2026.

4M PSORF shares were sold short on Oct 15, 2026, up 3.8% from the previous report. At recent volumes it would take 1000.0 days to buy them back.

Settlement date	Shares short	Change	Avg. daily volume	Days to cover
Oct 15, 2026	4,037,505	+3.8%	0	1000.0
Sep 30, 2026	3,888,677	-1.5%	27	1000.0
Sep 15, 2026	3,945,922	-1.2%	1,510	1000.0
Aug 31, 2026	3,994,163	+0.7%	121	1000.0
Aug 14, 2026	3,965,010	+4.8%	780	1000.0
Jul 31, 2026	3,782,145	+15.6%	0	1000.0
Jul 15, 2026	3,271,724	-9.8%	0	1000.0
Jun 30, 2026	3,625,814	+3.5%	620	1000.0
Jun 15, 2026	3,504,168	-1.5%	0	1000.0
May 29, 2026	3,558,640	+2.3%	985	1000.0
May 15, 2026	3,479,319	+10.6%	0	1000.0
Apr 30, 2026	3,144,633	+18.9%	74	1000.0