LON:PSONPearson Share Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Pearson plc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add GBX 610.20 -15.20 (-2.43 %) (As of 08/14/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range 604.80Now: GBX 610.20▼ 624.6050-Day Range 512.20MA: GBX 562.56▼ 631.8052-Week Range 5.71Now: GBX 610.20▼ 891.40Volume1.69 million shsAverage Volume4.52 million shsMarket Capitalization£4.59 billionP/E Ratio17.74Dividend Yield3.57%BetaN/A ProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsInsider TradesHeadlines Pearson plc provides educational products and services to institutions, governments, professional bodies, and individual learners worldwide. The company operates through North America, Core, and Growth segments. It offers courseware services, including curriculum materials provided in book form and/or through access to digital content; and assessments, such as test development, processing, and scoring services. The company also operates schools, colleges, and universities; and provides online learning services in partnership with universities and other academic institutions. In addition, it delivers and installs off-the-shelf software; and provides services to academic institutions, such as program development, student acquisition, education technology, and student support services, as well as undertakes contracts to process qualifying tests for individual professions and government departments under multi-year contractual arrangements. The company was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 2.0 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingPearson has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.08, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of GBX 604.45, Pearson has a potential downside of 0.9% from its current price of GBX 610.20.Amount of Analyst CoveragePearson has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock. Previous Next 1.9 Community Rank Outperform VotesPearson has received 674 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesPearson has received 1,108 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentPearson has received 62.18% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Pearson and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe PSON will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe PSON will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 1.7 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldPearson pays a meaningful dividend of 3.57%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthPearson does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Pearson is 58.14%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Previous Next 0.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Pearson insiders have not sold or bought any company stock. Previous Next 0.0 Earnings and Valuation Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Pearson is 17.74, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 17.39.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Pearson is 17.74, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 16.69.Price to Book Value per Share RatioPearson has a P/B Ratio of 1.11. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 2.0Community Rank: 1.9Dividend Strength: 1.7Insider Behavior: 0.0Valuation: 0.0 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.12 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange LON Industry Publishing Sub-IndustryN/A SectorConsumer Cyclical Current SymbolLON:PSON Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.pearson.com Phone+44-20-70102000Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio46.01 Current Ratio1.94 Quick Ratio1.20Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio17.74 Forward P/E Ratio0.11 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£3.53 billion Price / Sales1.30 Cash FlowGBX 98.44 per share Price / Cash Flow6.20 Book ValueGBX 551 per share Price / Book1.11Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous Employees24,000 Outstanding Shares752,809,024Market Cap£4.59 billion Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableNot Optionable GBX 610.20 -15.20 (-2.43 %) (As of 08/14/2020 04:00 PM ET) 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive PSON News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for PSON and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Pearson (LON:PSON) Frequently Asked Questions How has Pearson's stock price been impacted by Coronavirus? Pearson's stock was trading at GBX 539.20 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PSON shares have increased by 13.2% and is now trading at GBX 610.20. View which stocks have been most impacted by COVID-19. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Pearson? 13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Pearson in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Pearson. How were Pearson's earnings last quarter? Pearson plc (LON:PSON) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July, 24th. The company reported ($5.10) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($1.00) by $4.10. View Pearson's earnings history. How often does Pearson pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Pearson? Pearson announced a dividend on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 13th will be paid a dividend of GBX 6 per share on Monday, September 21st. This represents a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 13th. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Pearson's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for PSON? 13 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Pearson's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 400 to GBX 900. On average, they anticipate Pearson's share price to reach GBX 604.45 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.9%. View analysts' price targets for Pearson. Has Pearson been receiving favorable news coverage? Headlines about PSON stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Pearson earned a coverage optimism score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Pearson. Who are some of Pearson's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Pearson include John Wiley & Sons (JW.B), JW-A (JW.A), Daily Mail and General Trust P L C (DMGT), Transcontinental (TCL.A), Euromoney Institutional Investor (ERM), Yellow Pages (Y), Transcontinental (TCL.B), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), Reach (RCH), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Independent News & Media (INM), Wilmington (WIL), Torstar (TS.B), Connect Group (CNCT) and Haynes Publishing Group (HYNS). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Pearson own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Pearson investors own include CA (CA), BlackRock (BLK), Endologix (ELGX), Pearson (PSO), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), NIC (EGOV), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Prudential (PRU) and Centrica (CNA). Who are Pearson's key executives? Pearson's management team includes the following people: Mr. John Joseph Fallon, CEO & Exec. Director (Age 56)Mr. Coram Williams, CFO & Exec. Director (Age 45)Mr. Albert Roger Hitchcock, Chief Technology & Operations Officer (Age 53)Mr. Tom Waldron, VP of Investor RelationsMr. Bjarne Philip Tellmann, Gen. Counsel & Chief Legal Officer What is Pearson's stock symbol? Pearson trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "PSON." How do I buy shares of Pearson? Shares of PSON and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock. What is Pearson's stock price today? One share of PSON stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 610.20. How big of a company is Pearson? Pearson has a market capitalization of £4.59 billion and generates £3.53 billion in revenue each year. Pearson employs 24,000 workers across the globe. What is Pearson's official website? The official website for Pearson is www.pearson.com. How can I contact Pearson? Pearson's mailing address is 80 Strand, LONDON, WC2R 0RL, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-20-70102000. This page was last updated on 8/15/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for $1.00 Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. Compare your portfolio performance to leading indices and get personalized stock ideas based on your portfolio. Stock Ideas and Recommendations Get daily stock ideas top-performing Wall Street analysts. Get short term trading ideas from the MarketBeat Idea Engine. 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