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PSO

US7050151056

Consumer Publishing

Real-time Estimate Cboe BZX 03:53:27 2024-05-17 pm EDT 5-day change 1st Jan Change
12.2 USD -0.04% Intraday chart for Pearson plc -2.09% -0.65%

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Capitalization 1 4,961 5,102 4,620 6,707 6,717 6,428 - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 5,977 5,656 5,117 7,264 5,973 7,093 7,015 7,003
P/E ratio 18.7 x 16.6 x 29.3 x 28.8 x 18.3 x 16.6 x 14.6 x 13.4 x
Yield 3.06% 2.87% 3.34% 2.29% 2.35% 2.5% 2.78% 3.02%
Capitalization / Revenue 1.28 x 1.5 x 1.35 x 1.75 x 1.83 x 1.76 x 1.68 x 1.61 x
EV / Revenue 1.54 x 1.66 x 1.49 x 1.89 x 1.63 x 1.94 x 1.83 x 1.75 x
EV / EBITDA 6.16 x 8.98 x 6.9 x 10.2 x 7.62 x 8.62 x 8.1 x 7.67 x
EV / FCF 34 x 22.2 x 19.5 x 33.9 x 15 x 15.8 x 14.5 x 13.4 x
FCF Yield 2.94% 4.51% 5.12% 2.95% 6.68% 6.33% 6.89% 7.49%
Price to Book 1.15 x 1.24 x 1.08 x 1.57 x 1.73 x 1.67 x 1.58 x 1.49 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 778,873 749,842 753,360 714,131 696,669 670,513 - -
Reference price 2 6.370 6.804 6.132 9.392 9.642 9.586 9.586 9.586
Announcement Date 2/21/20 3/8/21 2/25/22 3/3/23 3/1/24 - - -
1GBP in Million2GBP
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Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net sales 1 3,869 3,397 3,428 3,841 3,674 3,662 3,831 4,000
EBITDA 1 970 630 742 715 784 822.7 865.9 912.6
EBIT 1 581 313 385 456 573 615.9 663.5 712.2
Operating Margin 15.02% 9.21% 11.23% 11.87% 15.6% 16.82% 17.32% 17.8%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 232 354 157 323 493 535.8 592.5 650
Net income 1 264 310 160 242 378 387.3 426.9 461.3
Net margin 6.82% 9.13% 4.67% 6.3% 10.29% 10.58% 11.14% 11.53%
EPS 2 0.3400 0.4100 0.2090 0.3260 0.5270 0.5758 0.6551 0.7133
Free Cash Flow 1 176 255 262 214 399 448.7 483.7 524.3
FCF margin 4.55% 7.51% 7.64% 5.57% 10.86% 12.25% 12.62% 13.11%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) 18.14% 40.48% 35.31% 29.93% 50.89% 54.54% 55.86% 57.46%
FCF Conversion (Net income) 66.67% 82.26% 163.75% 88.43% 105.56% 115.85% 113.29% 113.65%
Dividend per Share 2 0.1950 0.1950 0.2050 0.2150 0.2270 0.2398 0.2664 0.2894
Announcement Date 2/21/20 3/8/21 2/25/22 3/3/23 3/1/24 - - -
1GBP in Million2GBP
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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December 2019 S2 2020 S1 2021 S1 2021 S2 2022 S1 2022 S2 2023 S1 2023 S2 2024 S1 2024 S2
Net sales 1 2,040 1,492 1,597 1,831 1,788 2,053 1,879 1,795 1,770 1,905
EBITDA - - - - 202 - - - - -
EBIT - - 127 - 160 - - - - -
Operating Margin - - 7.95% - 8.95% - - - - -
Earnings before Tax (EBT) - - - - - - - - - -
Net income - - - - - - - - - -
Net margin - - - - - - - - - -
EPS - - - - - - - - - -
Dividend per Share - - - 0.1420 0.0660 - - - - -
Announcement Date 2/21/20 7/24/20 7/30/21 2/25/22 8/1/22 3/3/23 7/31/23 3/1/24 - -
1GBP in Million
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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net Debt 1 1,016 554 497 557 - 665 587 575
Net Cash position 1 - - - - 744 - - -
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 1.047 x 0.8794 x 0.6698 x 0.779 x - 0.8087 x 0.6782 x 0.6302 x
Free Cash Flow 1 176 255 262 214 399 449 484 524
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) 10.2% 7.35% 3.81% 5.58% 9.89% 10.5% 11.1% 11.5%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) 3.39% 4.11% 2.16% 3.3% 5.89% 5.91% 6.43% 6.88%
Assets 1 7,778 7,550 7,397 7,326 6,415 6,552 6,642 6,707
Book Value Per Share 2 5.540 5.480 5.650 5.960 5.590 5.750 6.080 6.440
Cash Flow per Share 2 0.4700 0.5100 0.4300 0.4900 0.7300 0.8800 1.010 1.050
Capex 1 193 134 176 147 126 158 167 175
Capex / Sales 4.99% 3.94% 5.13% 3.83% 3.43% 4.3% 4.35% 4.37%
Announcement Date 2/21/20 3/8/21 2/25/22 3/3/23 3/1/24 - - -
1GBP in Million2GBP
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EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
9.586 GBP
Average target price
11.34 GBP
Spread / Average Target
+18.30%
Consensus

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise

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