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Pearson PLC Fundamentals

Company NamePearson PLCLast Updated2024-03-28
IndustryPublishingSectorCommunication Services
Shares in Issue683.640 mMarket Cap£7.12 bn
PE Ratio19.64Dividend per Share£0.22
Dividend Yield2.19Dividend Cover2.41
EPS£0.53EPS Growth (%)0.24
PEG0DPS Growth (%)0.0529
Debt Ratio0.1726Debt Equity Ratio0.2753
Asset Equity Ratio1.6868Cash Equity Ratio0.0782
Quick Ratio0.7906Current Ratio1.73
Price To Book Value1.7787ROCE0

Pearson PLC Dividends

TypeEx-DatePay DateCurrencyNet DividendYear Total
Prelim2024-03-212024-05-03GBP0.1570
Interim2023-08-102023-09-18GBP0.0700
Prelim2023-03-232023-05-05GBP0.1490
Interim2022-08-112022-09-20GBP0.0660
Prelim2022-03-242022-05-06GBP0.1420
Interim2021-08-122021-09-20GBP0.0630
Prelim2021-03-252021-05-07GBP0.1350

Pearson PLC Company Financials

Assets202320222021
Tangible Assets£217.00 m£250.00 m£366.00 m
Intangible Assets£3.09 bn£3.18 bn£2.77 bn
Investments£165.00 m£158.00 m£137.00 m
Total Fixed Assets£4.29 bn£4.51 bn£4.12 bn
Stocks£91.00 m£105.00 m£98.00 m
Debtors£798.00 m£921.00 m£1.04 bn
Cash & Equivalents£312.00 m£558.00 m£937.00 m
Other Assets£821.00 m£921.00 m£850.00 m
Total Assets£6.73 bn£7.32 bn£7.34 bn
Liabilities202320222021
Creditors within 1 year£1.40 bn£1.48 bn£1.58 bn
Creditors after 1 year£1.33 bn£1.43 bn£1.48 bn
Other Liabilities000
Total Liabilities£2.74 bn£2.91 bn£3.06 bn
Net assets£3.99 bn£4.42 bn£4.28 bn
Equity202320222021
Called up share capital£174.00 m£179.00 m£189.00 m
Share Premium£2.67 bn£2.66 bn£2.64 bn
Profit / Loss£493.00 m£323.00 m£177.00 m
Other Equity£3.97 bn£4.40 bn£4.27 bn
Preference & Minorities£14.00 m£13.00 m£10.00 m
Total Capital Employed£3.99 bn£4.42 bn£4.28 bn
Ratios202320222021
Debt Ratio£0.22£0.21£0.23
Debt-to-Equity£0.28£0.26£0.29
Assets / Equity1.68681.68681.6868
Cash / Equity0.07820.07820.0782
EPS£0.53£0.43£0.42
Cash Flow202320222021
Cash from operating activities£525.00 m£361.00 m£326.00 m
Cashflow before financing£75.00 m-£443.00 m-£88.00 m
Increase in Cash-£234.00 m-£394.00 m-£176.00 m
Income202320222021
Turnover£3.67 bn£3.84 bn£3.43 bn
Cost of sales£1.84 bn£2.05 bn£1.75 bn
Gross Profit£1.83 bn£1.79 bn£1.68 bn
Operating Profit£498.00 m£271.00 m£183.00 m
Pre-Tax profit£493.00 m£323.00 m£177.00 m

Pearson PLC Company Background

SectorCommunication Services
ActivitiesU.K.-listed Pearson is the world's largest educational provider. The company has been disposing of noncore businesses such as the Financial Times, The Economist, and publishing house Penguin, and is now focused on being an educational resource and testing provider. While Pearson's primary activity centres on higher-level education, the firm also has significant operations in providing clinical assessments, professional certification and testing.
Latest Interim Date31 Jul 2023
Latest Fiscal Year End Date1 Mar 2024

Pearson PLC Directors

AppointedNamePosition
2023-03-16Mr. Sidney TaurelNon-Executive Director,Chairman
2023-04-04Ms. Linda Koch LorimerNon-Executive Director
2023-12-18Mr. Omid R. KordestaniNon-Executive Director,Chairman
2013-04-26Ms. Rona Alison FairheadExecutive Director,Chairman and CEO, Financial Times
2015-12-31Mr. Glen Richard MorenoNon-Executive Director,Chairman
2018-05-04Mr. Harish ManwaniNon-Executive Director
2013-07-01Mr. John Crowther MakinsonExecutive Director,Chairman and Chief Executive, Penguin Grp
2015-04-24Mr. Kenneth John HydonNon-Executive Director
2013-03-21Dame Marjorie Morris ScardinoExecutive Director,Chief Executive
2012-12-31Mr. Patrick Jean-Pierre CescauNon-Executive Director
2015-07-30Mr. Robin A D FreestoneExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer
2013-08-07Professor Susan Harriet FuhrmanNon-Executive Director
2023-12-18Mr. Timothy ScoreNon-Executive Director,Deputy Chairman
2022-03-09Dame Vivienne Cox CBENon-Executive Director,Senior Independent Director
2013-12-31Mr. William EthridgeExecutive Director,Chief Executive, Pearson North America
2023-12-18Ms. Esther Soo LeeNon-Executive Director
2011-08-09Sir David Charles Maurice BellExecutive Director
2023-12-18Ms. Annette Christina ThomasNon-Executive Director
2015-04-24Sir Thomas David Guy ArculusNon-Executive Director
2021-04-01Mr. John J FallonExecutive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2023-12-18Ms. Alison Ann DolanNon-Executive Director
2007-04-02Mr. Gurvirendra Singh TalwarNon-Executive Director
2010-04-01Lord Terence Burns GCBNon-Executive Director
2023-12-18Ms. Sherry Leigh Coutu CBENon-Executive Director
2010-04-01Mr. Coimbatore Krishnarao PrahaladNon-Executive Director
2020-04-24Mr. Joshua LewisNon-Executive Director
2022-03-09Mr. Michael M. LyntonNon-Executive Director
2022-03-09Dame Elizabeth Pauline Lucy Corley CBENon-Executive Director
2020-04-24Mr. Coram WilliamsExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer
2023-12-18Mr. Graeme PitkethlyNon-Executive Director
2023-12-18Mr. Lincoln WallenNon-Executive Director
2023-12-07Ms. Sally Kate Miranda JohnsonExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer
2024-01-08Mr. Andy BirdExecutive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2023-12-18Mr. Alex HardimanNon-Executive Director

Pearson PLC Contact Details

Company NamePearson PLC
Address80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL
Telephone+44 2070102000
Websitehttps://plc.pearson.com

Pearson PLC Advisors

AuditorPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Phone+44 2075835000
Fax+44 2078224652
RegistrarEquiniti Limited
StockbrokerJ.P. Morgan Cazenove Ltd
Phone+44 2077424000
Remuneration ConsultantWillis Towers Watson
Phone+44 2071702000
Fax+44 2071702222
Financial AdviserCiti
Phone+44 2079864000
Fax+44 2079862266
SolicitorHerbert Smith Freehills LLP
Phone+44 2073748000
Fax+44 2073740888
SolicitorFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Phone+44 2079364000
Fax+44 2078327001
Financial AdviserJ.P. Morgan Cazenove
Phone+44 2077424000
SolicitorMorgan, Lewis & Bockius
Phone+1 (212) 309 6000
Fax+1 (212) 309 6273
BankHSBC Bank PLC
Financial AdviserGoldman Sachs International
Phone+44 2077741000
Fax+44 2077744477
Financial PR AdviserBrunswick Group LLP
Phone+44 2074045959
Fax+44 2078312823
StockbrokerCiti
Phone+44 2079864000
Fax+44 2079862266