Pearson Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 1843

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Public

  • Employees
  • 20,169

Employees

  • Stock Symbol
  • PSON

Stock Symbol

  • Investments
  • 104

  • Share Price
  • $11.87
  • (As of Monday Closing)

Pearson General Information

Description

U.K.-listed Pearson is the world's largest educational provider. The company has been disposing of noncore businesses such as the Financial Times, The Economist, and publishing house Penguin, and is now focused on being an educational resource and testing provider. While Pearson's primary activity centres on higher-level education, the firm also has significant operations in providing clinical assessments, professional certification and testing.

Contact Information

Website
plc.pearson.com
Ownership Status
Publicly Held
Financing Status
Corporation
Primary Industry
Publishing
Other Industries
Educational and Training Services (B2C)
Stock Exchange
LON
Primary Office
  • 80 Strand
  • London WC2R 0RL
  • England, United Kingdom
+44 020 0000 0000

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Pearson Stock Performance

(As of Monday Closing)

Stock Price Previous Close 52 wk Range Market Cap Shares Average Volume EPS
$11.87 $11.61 $9.35 - $12.24 $8.33B 701M 2.18M $0.49

Pearson Financials Summary

In Thousands,
USD 		TTM 30-Jun-2023 FY 2022 31-Dec-2022 FY 2021 31-Dec-2021 FY 2020 31-Dec-2020
EV 8,254,022 9,225,044 7,338,501 8,417,229
Revenue 4,729,031 4,733,910 4,713,971 4,354,514
EBITDA 1,211,123 732,086 671,067 1,322,890
Net Income 351,189 298,257 243,399 423,017
Total Assets 8,680,297 8,863,502 9,910,384 10,154,408
Total Debt 1,744,384 1,488,545 1,889,492 2,250,024
Public Fundamental Data provided by Morningstar, Inc. disclaimer

Pearson Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA		 Post-Val Status Debt

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Pearson Comparisons

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Pearson Competitors (6)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Chegg Formerly VC-backed Santa Clara, CA 0000 00000 000000000000 00000
00000000 0000000 0 Private Equity-Backed Boston, MA 0000 000.00 000000000 00 000.00
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0000000000 Corporation Oxford, United Kingdom
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Pearson Patents

  • 11

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 000

    Granted

  • 11

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

Pearson Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
GB-8826947-D0 Shelf Pending 17-Nov-1988
GB-8826853-D0 Winch Pending 17-Nov-1988
GB-8824302-D0 Corner shelves Pending 18-Oct-1988
GB-8821620-D0 Corner shelves Pending 15-Sep-1988
GB-8809240-D0 Integrated fan & heat exchanger unit Pending 19-Apr-1988
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Pearson Executive Team (94)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Andy Bird Chief Executive Officer, Board Member and Member of the Reputation & Responsibility Committee
Lynne Frank Chief Marketing Officer and Co-President, Direct to Consumer
Tony Prentice Chief Product Officer and Co-President of DTC
Art Valentine President - Assessment & Qualifications
Giovanni Giovannelli Ph.D President - English Language Learning
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Pearson Board Members (18)

Name Representing Role Since
000000 00000 Self Board Member and Member of Audit Committee 000 0000
0000 0000 Pearson Chief Executive Officer, Board Member and Member of the Reputation & Responsibility Committee 000 0000
000000 000000000 Self Board Member, Chairman of the Audit Committee and Member of the Reputation & Responsibility Committees 000 0000
0000000 000000 00. Self Board Member & Member of the Audit and Reputation & Responsibility Committees 000 0000
0000 0000000000 Pearson Chairman of the Board & Member of the Nomination & Governance Committee 000 0000
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Pearson Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Pearson Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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Pearson Investments & Acquisitions (104)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Personnel Decisions Research Institutes 19-Dec-2022 0000000000 00000 Human Capital Services 0000 0000
Mondly 29-Apr-2022 0000000000 00000 Educational Software 0000 0000
Clutch Learning 02-Mar-2022 0000000000 Educational Software
Credly 31-Jan-2022 0000000000 00000 Business/Productivity Software
Faethm 07-Sep-2021 Merger/Acquisition 000.00 Business/Productivity Software 0000000 0
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Pearson Subsidiaries (22)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Faethm Business/Productivity Software Sydney, Australia 2017
Mondly Educational Software Brasov, Romania 0000
Pearson Ventures Corporate Venture Capital London, United Kingdom 0000
Credly Business/Productivity Software New York, NY 0000
Smart Sparrow Educational Software Sydney, Australia 0000
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Pearson ESG

Risk Overview

Risk Rating

Updated October, 13, 2022

6.03 | Negl Risk

Risk Scale

A lower score indicates better sustainability

Negl

0-10

Low

10-20

Med

20-30

High

30-40

Severe

40+

Exposure

Exposure refers to the extent to which a company is exposed to different material ESG issues

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Management

Management is related to actions taken to manage ESG issues

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Peers Analysis

Peer performance insights compare the company’s ESG performance to the performance of selected peers to help inform future ESG decisions and drive internal performance improvements.

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Covered Companies

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Industry

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Subindustry

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Pearson Exits (46)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
Pearson Holdings 30-Aug-2013 000000000 00000000 000.00 Completed
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Penguin Random House 01-Jul-2013 00000 0000000 Completed
  • 2 buyers
TutorVista.com 25-Feb-2013 000000000 00000 Completed
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NOOK Media 28-Dec-2012 000000000 00000000 000.00 Completed
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Author Solutions 19-Jul-2012 Merger/Acquisition 00000 Completed
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