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Pearson (PSO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$14.88
+0.28 (+1.92%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

About Pearson Stock (NYSE:PSO)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$14.80
$14.97
50-Day Range
$13.30
$14.88
52-Week Range
$11.63
$14.97
Volume
728,806 shs
Average Volume
367,439 shs
Market Capitalization
$9.91 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
1.28%
Price Target
N/A
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Pearson plc offers educational courseware, assessments, and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, other European countries, and internationally. The company operates through five segments: Assessment & Qualifications, Virtual Learning, English Language Learning, Workforce Skills, and Higher Education. The Assessment & Qualifications segment offers Pearson VUE, US student assessment, clinical assessment, UK GCSE, and A levels and international academic qualifications and associated courseware. The Virtual Learning segment provides virtual schools and online program management services. The English Language Learning segment offers Pearson test of English, institutional courseware, and English online solutions. The Workforce Skills offers BTEC, GED, TalentLens, Faethm, Credly, Pearson college, and apprenticeships. The Higher Education segment engages in the US, Canadian, and international higher education courseware businesses. The company was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Pearson Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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27th Percentile Overall Score

PSO MarketRank™: 

Pearson scored higher than 27% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 251st out of 296 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Pearson are expected to grow by 10.39% in the coming year, from $0.77 to $0.85 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Pearson has a PEG Ratio of 2.67. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Pearson has a P/B Ratio of 2.09. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.14% of the float of Pearson has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Pearson has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Pearson has recently increased by 93.46%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Pearson pays a meaningful dividend of 1.34%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Pearson does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Pearson will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.35% next year. This indicates that Pearson will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Pearson's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.14% of the float of Pearson has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Pearson has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Pearson has recently increased by 93.46%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Pearson has a news sentiment score of 0.29. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.45 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 20 news articles for Pearson this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    1 people have searched for PSO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Pearson insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.14% of the stock of Pearson is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    Only 2.14% of the stock of Pearson is held by institutions.

  • Read more about Pearson's insider trading history.
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PSO Stock News Headlines

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Pearson price target raised to 1,100 GBp from 1,055 GBp at Barclays
Pearson reports 9M underlying sales growth of 3%
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PSO Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Pearson's stock was trading at $12.29 at the start of the year. Since then, PSO shares have increased by 21.1% and is now trading at $14.88.
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Pearson subsidiaries include Integrated Analytics LLC, Multi Holding, Virtual Nerd, EmbanetCompass, Author Solutions, Certiport, GlobalEnglish, and others.

Top institutional investors of Pearson include Henry James International Management Inc. (0.04%), Creative Planning (0.01%), US Bancorp DE (0.01%) and Ballentine Partners LLC.

Shares of PSO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Pearson investors own include Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO), NVIDIA (NVDA), General Electric (GE), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Builders FirstSource (BLDR) and Adobe (ADBE).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 9/19 Dividend
8/09/2024
Dividend Payable
9/19/2024
Today
11/02/2024
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Book publishing
Sub-Industry
Printing And Publishing
Employees
18,360
Year Founded
1998

Profitability

Pretax Margin
N/A

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$3.55 billion
Cash Flow
$1.22 per share
Book Value
$7.11 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
665,269,000
Market Cap
$9.91 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.40

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This page (NYSE:PSO) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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