Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$14.88
-1.98% today
1Y Change
+5.43%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 10, 2026
Coverage: 243 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 10, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Pearson plc (PSO) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $6.74B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $14.88 and up 5.4% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 10, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -1.5%, EPS growth of -20.6%, a dividend yield of 2.3%. What stands out right now is revenue -1.5%, EPS -20.6%, free cash flow +28.5% with operating margin 14.2% and ROIC 7.0%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.3%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 21.2 and price/sales 1.9. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines PSO price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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PSO
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
PSO Max Drawdown
-20.13%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for PSO and SPY.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$3.4B
-10.8% YoY
FY Net Income
$177.0M
-26.9% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$150.0M
-50.7% YoY
Revenue Growth
-1.5%
EPS Growth
-20.6%
Gross Margin
52.0%
Net Margin
9.4%
Income statement
GBP
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3.5B | 3.6B | 3.7B | 3.8B | 3.4B |
| Gross Profit | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.7B |
| Operating Income | 498M | 541M | 498M | 271M | 183M |
| EBITDA | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 930M | 751M |
| Net Income | 328M | 434M | 378M | 242M | 177M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
GBP
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 332M | 543M | 312M | 558M | 937M |
| Total Assets | 6.4B | 6.9B | 6.7B | 7.3B | 7.3B |
| Total Liabilities | 2.8B | 2.8B | 2.7B | 2.9B | 3.1B |
| Shareholder Equity | 3.6B | 4.0B | 4.0B | 4.4B | 4.3B |
| Total Debt | 1.9B | 1.5B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.4B |
| Net Debt | 1.6B | 929M | 849M | 683M | 463M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
326M
-9.7% YoY
Capital Expenditures
176M
-208.8% YoY
Free Cash Flow
150M
-50.7% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
52.0%
Operating Margin
14.2%
Net Margin
9.4%
ROE
9.3%
Debt / Equity
0.52x
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