Pearson PLC (PSO) shareholders
PSONYSEBooks: Publishing or Publishing & PrintingFiscal year ends December 31Also trades as PSORF
Financials through fiscal 2025, year ended Dec 31, 2025Score 8/30
$17.39+0.16 (+0.93%)
Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $11.06BP/E 25.7Yield –
Ownership
Institutional holdings as of Jun 30, 2026, from 13F filings
Held by institutions
27M
Shares held, 13F filers
Institutional holders
211
29 new, 14 sold out
Net institutional buying
1M
In Q2 2026
Insider trades, 12 months
0 buys · 0 sales
Open-market trades only
Shares held by institutions
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 |
Top institutional holders
13F holdings as of Jun 30, 2026
| Holder | Shares | % of PSO | Value | Change | % of portfolio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | 4,832,707 | – | $76.79M | +833,894 | 0.00% |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2,831,013 | – | $44.98M | +147,778 | 0.00% |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 2,516,608 | – | $39.99M | +104,461 | 0.00% |
| LMR Partners LLP | 1,373,260 | – | $21.82M | – | 0.08% |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,012,867 | – | $16.09M | +2,720 | 0.00% |
| Invesco Ltd. | 834,389 | – | $13.26M | −248,965 | 0.00% |
| Northern Trust Corp | 816,368 | – | $12.97M | +21,908 | 0.00% |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 675,775 | – | $10.74M | +333,458 | 0.02% |
| Bnp Paribas Arbitrage, Snc | 663,777 | – | $10.55M | +136,513 | 0.00% |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 644,378 | – | $10.24M | +131,524 | 0.01% |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 587,977 | – | $9.34M | +103,663 | 0.00% |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 542,055 | – | $7.12M | −2,093 | 0.00% |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 513,204 | – | $8.15M | −1,132,257 | 0.00% |
| FMR LLC | 490,355 | – | $7.79M | +56,170 | 0.00% |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | 467,571 | – | $7.43M | +158,437 | 0.01% |
| 13D Management LLC | 458,338 | – | $7.28M | – | 10.21% |
| Renaissance Group LLC | 454,127 | – | $7.22M | +84,385 | 0.29% |
| Creative Planning | 384,989 | – | $6.12M | +119,339 | 0.00% |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | 308,966 | – | $4.91M | −305,960 | 0.00% |
| UBS Group AG | 295,130 | – | $4.69M | +215,661 | 0.00% |
Institutional buying and selling by quarter
Positions opened, added to, reduced and closed by 13F filers
| Quarter | Holders | Shares held | New / added | Reduced / closed | Shares bought | Shares sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 211 | 27M | 29 / 106 | 38 / 14 | 4M | 3M |
| Q1 2026 | 200 | 26M | 33 / 73 | 68 / 24 | 4M | 2M |
| Q4 2025 | 193 | 24M | 42 / 70 | 55 / 19 | 6M | 2M |
| Q3 2025 | 177 | 21M | 27 / 61 | 64 / 33 | 4M | 4M |
| Q2 2025 | 185 | 22M | 34 / 69 | 55 / 21 | 5M | 2M |
| Q1 2025 | 177 | 19M | 39 / 75 | 39 / 12 | 3M | 3M |
| Q4 2024 | 155 | 18M | 21 / 73 | 31 / 16 | 2M | 2M |
| Q3 2024 | 151 | 18M | 23 / 62 | 36 / 11 | 4M | 2M |
| Q2 2024 | 141 | 18M | 17 / 57 | 41 / 11 | 2M | 7M |
| Q1 2024 | 135 | 24M | 20 / 56 | 29 / 10 | 7M | 1M |
| Q4 2023 | 125 | 17M | 22 / 50 | 31 / 10 | 4M | 2M |
| Q3 2023 | 116 | 15M | 10 / 52 | 36 / 11 | 1M | 2M |
Top mutual fund and ETF holders
Latest monthly portfolio reports (Form N-PORT)
20 funds held PSO in Q2 2026, 42% of their shares through ETFs. Each fund counts once per quarter, from its quarter-end report.
| Fund | Shares | % of PSO | Value | % of fund | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invesco International Dividend AchieversTM ETF | 819,016 | – | $13.87M | 1.50% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| International Core Equity 2 Portfolio | 349,430 | – | $5.92M | 0.01% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| 13D Activist Fund | 347,338 | – | $5.52M | 4.78% | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF | 236,150 | – | $4.00M | 0.03% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| The Dfa International Value Series | 139,690 | – | $2.37M | 0.01% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| ActivePassive International Equity ETF | 126,030 | – | $1.87M | 0.18% | May 31, 2026 |
| Praxis International Index Fund | 114,298 | – | $1.82M | 0.27% | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Steward Values Enhanced International Fund | 97,434 | – | $1.65M | 0.49% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Dimensional World ex. U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF | 89,400 | – | $1.51M | 0.01% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio | 68,610 | – | $1.16M | 0.02% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Avantis International Equity ETF | 59,103 | – | $875.91K | 0.01% | May 31, 2026 |
| Leuthold Select Industries ETF | 41,673 | – | $662.18K | 0.55% | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF | 32,791 | – | $555.48K | 0.05% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Large Cap International Portfolio | 28,664 | – | $485.57K | 0.01% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Formidable ETF | 20,929 | – | $332.56K | 1.68% | Jun 30, 2026 |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of Oct 30, 2026 (FINRA, reported twice a month)
Short % of shares outstanding
–
3M shares short
Days to cover
4.2
At 1M shares a day
Change since last report
-19.7%
From 4M shares
Short volume, 20 days
33.4%
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. Settlement fails (shares not delivered on time) peaked at 56,562 shares on Oct 14, 2026 over 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 |
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