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Name Pearson
Epic PSON
Isin GB0006776081
Index UK100 UK350
Industry Media

Key numbers

Latest share price 1,088.00p Net gearing n/a
Market capitalisation £6,970.09 Debt ratio n/a
Shares in issue 640.94 Debt-to-equity ratio n/a
P/E ratio 20.6 Assets / equity ratio n/a
Total dividends per share 7.80p Price to book value n/a
Dividend yield 1.9 ROCE 21.05
Dividend cover 2.59 EPS growth 7
Earning per share 64.5 52-week high / low 1,033.00p / 1,379.00p

Dividends

Type Ex-date Pay-date Net-dividend
Interim 2025-08-14 2025-09-15 7.80p
Final 2025-03-20 2025-05-09 16.60p
Interim 2024-08-08 2024-09-16 7.40p
Final 2024-03-21 2024-05-03 15.70p
Interim 2023-08-10 2023-09-18 7.00p
Final 2023-03-23 2023-05-05 14.90p
Interim 2022-08-11 2022-09-20 6.60p
Final 2022-03-24 2022-05-06 14.20p
Interim 2021-08-12 2021-09-20 6.30p

Contact details

Company name Pearson
Address 80 Strand, London, United Kingdom, WC2R 0RL
Telephone +44 (0) 20 7010 2000
Website http://www.pearson.com

Directors

Director Position
Mr Arden Hoffman Non-Executive Director
Mr Omid Kordestani Non-Executive Chairman
Mr Graeme Pitkethly Senior Independent Director
Ms Alison Dolan Independent Non-Executive Director
Ms Esther Lee Independent Non-Executive Director
Ms Annette Thomas Independent Non-Executive Director
Ms Sherry Coutu Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Lincoln Wallen Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Alex Hardiman Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Omar Abbosh CEO and Executive director
Ms Sally Johnson CFO & Executive Director

Company financials

Assets £ (m) 2024 2023 2022
Reporting date 31/12/24 31/12/23 31/12/22
Intangible asssets and goodwill 3026 3091 3177
Investments and other non-current assets 12 22 25
Total non-current assets 4164 4294 4506
Inventory / work in progress 74 91 105
Trade and other receivables 1030 1050 1139
Cash and equivalents 543 312 558
Other current assets and asset held for resale 1081 978 1000
Total of all assets 6892 6727 7324
Liabilities £ (m) 2024 2023 2022
Short term liabilities 1478 1404 1479
Long term liabilities 1361 1335 1430
Other liabilites / pension etc n/a n/a n/a
Total of all liabilities 2839 2739 2909
Net assets £ (m) 2024 2023 2022
Net assets 4053 3988 4415
Equity £ (m) 2024 2023 2022
Share capital 166 174 179
Minority interests 15 14 13
Retained earnings 827 1177 1605
Share premium account 2649 2642 2633
Total equity 4053 3988 4415
Income £ (m) 2024 2023 2022
Turnover n/a n/a n/a
Operating profit 539 497 270
Pre-tax profit 510 493 323