Pearson plc (PSO)
Communications · NYQ
Price as at 30 Sept 2026, 23:49 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Pearson plc trades at $16.05, which is 52% above the $7.67 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 53 out of 100, which is a moat, but not a deep one. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 26.3 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
PSO dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $0.345 | 2 |
| 2025 | $0.298 | 2 |
| 2024 | $0.294 | 2 |
| 2023 | $0.272 | 2 |
| 2022 | $0.270 | 2 |
| 2021 | $0.277 | 2 |
| 2020 | $0.252 | 2 |
| 2019 | $0.244 | 2 |
| 2018 | $0.239 | 2 |
| 2017 | $0.489 | 2 |
| 2016 | $0.719 | 2 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
PSO earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 2 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Pearson plc
Pearson plc provides educational courseware, assessments, and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, other European countries, and internationally. It operates through five segments: Assessment & Qualifications, Virtual Learning, English Language Learning, Enterprise Learning & Skills, and Higher Education. The Assessment & Qualifications segment offers pearson professional assessments, US student assessment, clinical assessment, UK GCSE, and A levels and international academic qualifications and associated courseware, including the English-speaking Canadian and Australian K-12 businesses, and PDR. The Virtual Learning segment provides virtual schools and online program management. The English Language Learning segment offers Pearson test of English, institutional courseware, and English online solutions. The Enterprise Learning & Skills segment provides vocational qualifications, GED, TalentLens, Faethm, Credly, Pearson College, and Enterprise content and training. The Higher Education segment engages in the US, Canadian, and international higher education courseware businesses. Pearson plc was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
Super investor ownership
7 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Arrowstreet Capital, ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$8.15M · 0.0% of book
- Steve Cohen, Point72 Asset Management, L.P.$7.43M · 0.0% of book
- D. E. Shaw, D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.$3.41M · 0.0% of book
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$2.41M · 0.0% of book
- Israel Englander, MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC$2.34M · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Politician trades in PSO
Trades in PSO disclosed by members of Congress and executive-branch officials, latest first:
- Alan Armstrong · SenateBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 30 Mar 2026 · disclosed 21 Jul 2026
- Daniel Goldman · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 13 Jan 2023 · disclosed 24 Feb 2023
- Greg Gianforte · HouseBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 18 Mar 2020 · disclosed 7 Apr 2020
A disclosure reports a value band, not an amount, and is due up to 45 days after the trade; some arrive later. Every filer we track, each with their own page, is on the Congress trading tracker.
PSO peers
The largest companies in the same industry (Publishing), then in the same sector.
- NYT The New York Times Company
- WLYB John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- SPGNY Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA
- TDAY USA TODAY Co., Inc.
- SCHL Scholastic Corporation
- LEE Lee Enterprises, Incorporated
- GOOGL Alphabet Inc.
- META Meta Platforms, Inc.
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Common questions
Is Pearson plc (PSO) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $7.67, PSO at $16.05 is 52% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own PSO?
7 of the institutions we track reported a position in PSO in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is PSO's P/E ratio?
PSO trades at 26.3 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Pearson plc (PSO) pay a dividend?
Yes. Pearson plc yields 1.94% at the current share price. It has paid $0.345 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 25 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its PSO data?
Fundamentals for PSO come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 30 Sept 2026, 23:49 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 100/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.