NYSE:PSO - Pearson Stock Price, Forecast & News

Pearson trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PSO."

Pearson announced a dividend on Wednesday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.073 per share on Wednesday, September 18th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 15th. View Pearson's Dividend History.

4 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Pearson's stock. Their forecasts range from $10.89 to $10.89. On average, they expect Pearson's share price to reach $10.89 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Pearson.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Pearson in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Pearson.

News headlines about PSO stock have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media 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 negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Pearson earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media 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 next few days. View News Stories for Pearson.

Some companies that are related to Pearson include JOHN WILEY & SONS -CL A (JW.A), John Wiley & Sons (JW.B), Scholastic (SCHL), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMHC) and Lingo Media (LMDCF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Pearson investors own include Pearson (PSON), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), SandRidge Permian Trust (PER), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP), Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund (CLM), Government Properties Income Trust (GOV), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP) and Navios Maritime Midstream Partners (NAP).

Pearson's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.18%), Henry James International Management Inc. (0.04%), Millennium Management LLC (0.03%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%), Eqis Capital Management Inc. (0.02%) and Cowen Investment Management LLC (0.01%).

PSO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Financial Gravity Wealth Inc. and Comerica Bank.

PSO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Cowen Investment Management LLC, Henry James International Management Inc., AdvisorNet Financial Inc, Quadrant Capital Group LLC, Eqis Capital Management Inc. and Wetherby Asset Management Inc..

Shares of PSO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PSO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $8.39.

Pearson has a market capitalization of $6.55 billion and generates $5.51 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $784.86 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.94 on an earnings per share basis. Pearson employs 24,322 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 X0, WC2R 0RL. The company can be reached via phone at 44-20-7010-2000 or via email at [email protected]