Pearson PLC ADR (PSO) · Peers
Pearson against the 19 other companies here in its SEC industry, SIC 27xx (the wider group: its own four-digit code has fewer than five). Each figure is the one on the company's own page; the median is the peers', and the rank is among all 20, highest first.
Measure by measure
| Measure | PSO | Peer median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market value | $11.60B | median $830.89M | 3 of 20 |
| P/E | 26.2× | median 17.1× | 5 of 14 |
| Forward P/E | 15.8× | median 14.7× | 7 of 15 |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.5× | median 8.2× | 3 of 15 |
| P/S | 2.5× | median 0.7× | 5 of 20 |
| FCF yield | 7.4% | median 6.0% | 10 of 20 |
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | median 3.1% | 7 of 9 |
| Gross margin | 52.0% | median 39.5% | 5 of 16 |
| Operating margin | 14.2% | median 8.0% | 4 of 17 |
| Net margin | 9.4% | median 3.7% | 5 of 19 |
| ROIC | 7.5% | median 11.6% | 9 of 14 |
| ROE | 9.2% | median 10.3% | 9 of 16 |
| Revenue growth (4y, yearly) | 1.1% | median -0.7% | 7 of 15 |
| EPS growth (yearly) | 21.5% | median 0.1% | 1 of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.3× | median 3.5× | 7 of 10 |
| Current ratio | 2.0× | median 1.8× | 9 of 20 |
| Stock pay / revenue | 1.1% | median 0.9% | 10 of 20 |
| Share count change | -3.5% | median 0.4% | 19 of 20 |
Green where Pearson is on the better side of the median, red where on the worse; no colour where higher is neither, like size or dividend yield.
The peers, largest first
| Company | Market value | P/E | ROIC | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSOPearson PLC ADR | $11.60B | P/E 26.2× | 7.5% | 5.5 |
| TRIThomson Reuters Corporation Common Shares | $46.74B | P/E 31.1× | 11.6% | 5.5 |
| NWSNews Corp B | $18.36B | P/E 32.0× | – | 5.1 |
| NYTNew York Times Company | $11.05B | P/E 28.1× | 27.1% | 6.3 |
| WLYJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc. | $2.81B | P/E 12.7× | 14.9% | 5.7 |
| MHMcGraw Hill, Inc. | $2.67B | P/E 28.9× | 7.3% | 5.4 |
| CMPRCIMPRESS plc | $1.86B | P/E 19.4× | 21.6% | 5.8 |
| WBTNWEBTOON Entertainment Inc. | $1.18B | P/E – | -7.0% | 4.6 |
| DLXDeluxe Corp | $1.06B | P/E 10.6× | 9.4% | 5.5 |
| TDAYUSA TODAY Co., Inc. | $1.02B | P/E – | – | 4.0 |
| DJCODaily Journal Corp | $830.89M | P/E – | – | 6.3 |
| SCHLScholastic Corporation | $787.30M | P/E 13.9× | 1.7% | 4.7 |
| EBFEnnis Inc | $565.67M | P/E 13.2× | 16.0% | 6.5 |
| QUADQuad/Graphics, Inc. | $468.72M | P/E 17.1× | 13.9% | 5.2 |
| ACCOACCO BRANDS Corp | $417.23M | P/E 7.1× | 4.5% | 5.1 |
| PMTSCPI Card Group Inc. | $286.19M | P/E 20.8× | 16.4% | 5.7 |
| LEELEE ENTERPRISES, Inc | $143.11M | P/E – | 4.2% | 3.2 |
| SFHGSAMFINE CREATION HOLDINGS GROUP Ltd | $42.22M | P/E – | – | 3.4 |
| CRECre8 Enterprise Ltd | $5.09M | P/E 7.5× | – | 5.0 |
| SOBRSOBR Safe, Inc. | $263,973 | P/E – | – | 4.2 |
The industry is the Standard Industrial Classification code the company registered with the SEC. It is a broad label: a peer group is a starting point for comparing, not proof that two businesses are alike. None of this is advice.