LON:PSON - Pearson Share Price, Forecast & News

Pearson trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "PSON."

Pearson announced a dividend on Friday, July 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 15th will be given a dividend of GBX 6 per share on Friday, September 13th. This represents a yield of 0.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 15th. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Pearson's Dividend History.

Pearson plc (LON:PSON) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 22nd. The company reported $70.30 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $65.30 by $5.00. View Pearson's Earnings History.

Pearson is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 21st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Pearson.

12 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Pearson's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 500 to GBX 960. On average, they expect Pearson's stock price to reach GBX 628.64 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Pearson.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Pearson in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Pearson.

News headlines about PSON stock have been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Pearson earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Pearson.

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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).

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.

One share of PSON stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 573.80.

Pearson has a market capitalization of £4.54 billion and generates £4.09 billion in revenue each year. Pearson employs 24,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Pearson.

The official website for Pearson is http://www.pearson.com/.

Pearson's mailing address is 80 Strand, LONDON, WC2R 0RL, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-20-70102000.