LON:PSONPearson Share Price, Forecast & News

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 6.6% and is now trading at GBX 575. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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.

Pearson is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Pearson.

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

Pearson declared a dividend on Friday, February 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 26th will be given a dividend of GBX 13.50 per share on Thursday, May 7th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 26th. This is a positive change from Pearson's previous dividend of GBX 6. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Pearson's dividend history.

13 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Pearson's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 400 to GBX 960. On average, they anticipate Pearson's share price to reach GBX 624 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Pearson.

Media stories about PSON stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Pearson earned a daily sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Pearson.

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

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 575.

Pearson has a market capitalization of £4.33 billion and generates £3.87 billion in revenue each year. Pearson employs 24,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Pearson is 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.