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Share Price:
Down 760.60p
Change Today:
-2.40p
Market Cap:
£5,733m
Sector:
Media

Pearson Overview

UK higher education-focused publisher of courseware and assessment services provider. Its product offering includes Wall Street English, a global language school for adults, online program management, academic and vocal qualifications and digital learning for schoolchildren. Pearson's stated strategy is to combine its core capabilities and learning technology with related services to enable its partners to achieve scale online.

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Pearson Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-15 4,468.00 (433.00) 70.30p 10.5 2.1 +5% 52.00p 7.1%
31-Dec-16 4,552.00 (2,557.00) 58.80p 13.9 n/a -16% 52.00p 6.4%
31-Dec-17 4,513.00 421.00 54.10p 13.6 n/a -8% 17.00p 2.3%
31-Dec-18 4,129.00 498.00 70.30p 13.3 0.4 +30% 18.50p 2.0%
31-Dec-19 3,869.00 232.00 57.80p 11.0 n/a -18% 19.50p 3.1%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Pearson ShareCast News

Pearson slumps after double downgrade by UBS 01-Feb-2021 ShareCast
Thursday broker round-up 28-Jan-2021 ShareCast
Heavily-shorted Pearson, Cineworld surge 27-Jan-2021 ShareCast

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Note 2: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 3: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 4: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 5: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Pearson Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Price 760.60p
Change Today -2.40p
52 Week High 867.80p
52 Week Low 423.50p
Volume 841,138
Shares Issued 753.73m
Market Cap £5,733m

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What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 0
Neutral 4
Sell 0
Strong Sell 7
Total 14
sell
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Pearson Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 13-Aug-20 26-Mar-20
Paid 21-Sep-20 07-May-20
Amount 6.00p 13.50p

Trades for 02-Mar-2021

Time Volume / Share Price
16:10 201 @ 760.60p
16:10 197 @ 760.60p
16:10 68 @ 760.60p
16:10 304 @ 760.80p
16:10 112 @ 760.80p

Pearson Key Personnel

Chair Sidney Taurel
CEO Andy Bird