PSO
Pearson PLC ADR
NYSE: PSO · COMMUNICATION SERVICES · PUBLISHING
$14.68
+1.59% today
Updated 2026-04-30
Market cap
$8.74B
P/E ratio
21.24
P/S ratio
2.44x
EPS (TTM)
$0.68
Dividend yield
2.36%
52W range
$12 – $16
Volume
1.1M
Pearson PLC ADR (PSO) Financial statements
SEC filings — annual and quarterly data.
Income statement — annual
| Item | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.99B | $4.16B | $4.81B | $5.14B | $5.66B | $5.86B | $5.06B | $5.07B | $4.87B | $4.47B | $4.55B | $4.51B | $4.13B | $3.87B | $3.40B | $3.43B | $3.84B | $3.67B | $3.55B | $3.50B |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | — | +4.3% | +15.6% | +6.8% | +10.2% | +3.5% | -13.7% | +0.2% | -3.8% | -8.3% | +1.9% | -0.9% | -8.5% | -6.3% | -12.2% | +0.9% | +12.0% | -4.3% | -3.3% | -1.5% |
| Cost of revenue | $1.84B | $1.91B | $2.17B | $2.38B | $2.59B | $2.62B | $2.22B | $2.31B | $2.20B | $1.98B | $2.09B | $2.07B | $1.94B | $1.86B | $1.77B | $1.75B | $2.05B | $1.84B | $1.74B | $1.68B |
| Gross profit | $2.15B | $2.25B | $2.64B | $2.76B | $3.08B | $3.24B | $2.83B | $2.76B | $2.67B | $2.49B | $2.46B | $2.45B | $2.19B | $2.01B | $1.63B | $1.68B | $1.79B | $1.83B | $1.81B | $1.82B |
| Gross margin | 53.9% | 54.1% | 54.8% | 53.7% | 54.3% | 55.2% | 56.0% | 54.4% | 54.8% | 55.7% | 54.0% | 54.2% | 52.9% | 52.0% | 48.0% | 49.0% | 46.7% | 49.9% | 51.0% | 52.0% |
| R&D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $14.00M | $14.00M | $13.00M | $280.00M | $279.00M | $303.00M | $284.00M | — | — |
| SG&A | $1.80B | $1.80B | $2.08B | $3.70B | $3.54B | $3.43B | $2.11B | $1.16B | $1.31B | $1.20B | $1.24B | $1.19B | $1.02B | $986.00M | $816.00M | $802.00M | $823.00M | $767.00M | $754.00M | $1.30B |
| Operating income | $522.00M | $574.00M | $676.00M | $619.00M | $743.00M | $1.23B | $515.00M | $458.00M | $398.00M | $-404.00M | $-2.50B | $451.00M | $553.00M | $275.00M | $411.00M | $183.00M | $271.00M | $498.00M | $541.00M | $497.85M |
| Operating margin | 13.1% | 13.8% | 14.1% | 12.0% | 13.1% | 20.9% | 10.2% | 9.0% | 8.2% | -9.0% | -54.9% | 10.0% | 13.4% | 7.1% | 12.1% | 5.3% | 7.1% | 13.6% | 15.2% | 14.2% |
| EBITDA | $867.00M | $712.51M | $862.00M | $877.00M | $1.02B | $1.34B | $819.00M | $776.00M | $952.00M | $828.00M | $-1.87B | $1.09B | $1.09B | $840.00M | $1.01B | $751.00M | $930.00M | $1.10B | $1.11B | $1.06B |
| EBITDA margin | 21.7% | 17.1% | 17.9% | 17.1% | 18.1% | 22.8% | 16.2% | 15.3% | 19.5% | 18.5% | -41.0% | 24.2% | 26.3% | 21.7% | 29.8% | 21.9% | 24.2% | 29.9% | 31.4% | 30.2% |
| EBIT | $522.00M | $574.51M | $666.00M | $645.00M | $779.00M | $1.08B | $502.00M | $467.00M | $551.00M | $-372.00M | $-2.58B | $442.00M | $496.00M | $245.00M | $428.00M | $233.00M | $379.00M | $554.00M | $589.00M | $497.85M |
| Interest expense | $94.00M | $95.00M | $89.00M | $98.00M | $109.00M | $97.00M | $65.00M | $72.00M | $81.00M | $46.00M | $59.00M | $79.00M | $91.00M | $84.00M | $79.00M | $68.00M | $69.00M | $61.00M | $79.00M | $69.44M |
| Income tax | $4.00M | $131.00M | $172.00M | $146.00M | $146.00M | $199.00M | $148.00M | $87.00M | $63.00M | $-81.00M | $-222.00M | $13.00M | $-92.00M | $-34.00M | $50.00M | $-1.00M | $79.00M | $113.00M | $75.00M | — |
| Effective tax rate | 0.9% | 31.6% | 37.1% | 25.6% | 10.1% | 17.2% | 31.2% | 13.9% | 11.8% | -10.9% | 8.7% | 3.1% | -18.5% | -14.8% | 13.2% | -0.6% | 24.6% | 23.0% | 14.7% | 0.0% |
| Net income | $446.00M | $284.00M | $292.00M | $425.00M | $1.30B | $957.00M | $326.00M | $538.00M | $471.00M | $823.00M | $-2.34B | $406.00M | $588.00M | $264.00M | $330.00M | $177.00M | $242.00M | $378.00M | $434.00M | $327.66M |
| Net income growth (YoY) | — | -36.3% | +2.8% | +45.5% | +205.2% | -26.2% | -65.9% | +65.0% | -12.5% | +74.7% | -384.0% | +117.4% | +44.8% | -55.1% | +25.0% | -46.4% | +36.7% | +56.2% | +14.8% | -24.5% |
| Profit margin | 11.2% | 6.8% | 6.1% | 8.3% | 22.9% | 16.3% | 6.4% | 10.6% | 9.7% | 18.4% | -51.3% | 9.0% | 14.2% | 6.8% | 9.7% | 5.2% | 6.3% | 10.3% | 12.2% | 9.4% |