PESA Stock Overview Offers educational courseware, assessments, and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, other European countries, and internationally. More details
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Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Pearson Historical stock prices Current Share Price UK£15.20 52 Week High UK£15.30 52 Week Low UK£10.40 Beta 0.28 1 Month Change 6.29% 3 Month Change 25.62% 1 Year Change 43.40% 3 Year Change 112.59% 5 Year Change 104.03% Change since IPO -0.87%
Recent News & Updates
Pearson Unveils Generative AI Foundations Certification Oct 01
Pearson Announces Appointment of Ginny Cartwright Ziegler as Chief Marketing Officer Jul 23
Pearson Unveils AI Tool to Help Educators Save Time and Prioritize Student Learning Jul 18
Pearson Appoints Dave Treat as Chief Technology Officer Jul 02
Pearson plc to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jul 29, 2024 May 24
Pearson Augments Nursing Content with Generative Ai Study Tools to Improve Nursing Education and Address Shortages May 18 See more updates
Pearson Unveils Generative AI Foundations Certification Oct 01
Pearson Announces Appointment of Ginny Cartwright Ziegler as Chief Marketing Officer Jul 23
Pearson Unveils AI Tool to Help Educators Save Time and Prioritize Student Learning Jul 18
Pearson Appoints Dave Treat as Chief Technology Officer Jul 02
Pearson plc to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jul 29, 2024 May 24
Pearson Augments Nursing Content with Generative Ai Study Tools to Improve Nursing Education and Address Shortages May 18
Pearson to Debut Generative AI Study Tools to University Students Internationally May 08
Pearson plc Announces Three New Connections Academy Full-Time, Online Public School Programs in Pennsylvania, California, and Missouri Mar 27
Pearson plc, Annual General Meeting, Apr 26, 2024 Mar 23
Pearson Appoints Vishaal Gupta as President of Workforce Skills Mar 12 Pearson plc Announces Board & Committee Changes
Pearson Announces Plans to Expand Its Beta AI Study Tools into Additional Pearson+ eTextbooks Feb 28
Pearson Opens Bookings for PTE Core Jan 30
Pearson plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Mar 01, 2024 Jan 18 Pearson plc Announces Board Changes Pearson plc Upgrades Group Earnings Guidance for the Year 2023 Oct 30
Pearson Launches Global Scale of Languages in French, Italian and Spanish to Mark European Day of Languages Sep 27
Pearson plc (LSE:PSON) commences an Equity Buyback Plan for 71,612,324 shares, representing 10% of its issued share capital, under the authorization approved on April 28, 2023. Sep 24
Pearson plc (LSE:PSON) commences an Equity Buyback Plan for 71,612,324 shares, representing 10% of its issued share capital, under the authorization approved on April 28, 2023. Sep 23 Pearson plc Appoints Omar Abbosh as Executive Director
Pearson plc Reiterates Group Financial Guidance for the Year 2023 Aug 02
Pearson plc Declares Interim Dividend, Payable on 18 September 2023 Aug 01
Pearson plc Announces Board and Committee Changes Jul 29
Pearson Has Announces Appointment of Siddharth Parnerkar as the New International Sales Director to Lead the Workforce Skills Vocational Qualifications Business Across Europe (Outside Uk), India Hub, Menat, Greater China and Apac Regions Jul 14 Pearson Appoints Vinay Kumar Swamy the Country Head for India Jun 14
Pearson plc to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Jul 31, 2023 May 26
Pearson plc Appoints Alison Dolan and Alex Hardiman as Independent Non-Executive Directors, with Effect from 1 June 2023 May 11
Pearson plc Announces Updates on the Generative Ai Enhancements in Products Across Its Portfolio May 10
Pearson plc to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Mar 03, 2023 Jan 11
Pearson plc (LSE:PSON) entered into an agreement to acquire Personnel Decisions Research Institutes Inc. from SHL US Inc. for an enterprise value of $190 million. Dec 21
Pearson plc Declares Interim Dividend for the Year 2022, Payable on 20 September 2022 Sep 14
Sanoma Oyj (HLSE:SAA1V) completed the acquisition of K12 learning content business for an enterprise value of €190 million from Pearson plc (LSE:PSON). Sep 01
Novus Holdings Limited (JSE:NVS) agreed to acquire a 75% stake in Pearson Holdings Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd from Pearson plc (LSE:PSON) for £53 million. Aug 13
Pearson plc Announces Committee Changes Jul 30
Pearson plc to Report First Half, 2022 Results on Aug 01, 2022 Jun 25
TC Media, Inc. acquired Editions Du Renouveau Pedagogique Inc. from Pearson plc (LSE:PSON). Jun 14
Sanoma Oyj (HLSE:SAA1V) agreed to acquire K12 learning content business from Pearson plc (LSE:PSON) for €190 million. Jun 08
Pearson Appoints Sulaekha "Sue" Kolloru as Chief Strategy Officer May 08
An unknown buyer acquired unknown stake in Pearson plc (LSE:PSON) from Lindsell Train Limited. Apr 10
Pearson plc (LSE:PSON) announces an Equity Buyback for £350 million worth of its shares. Apr 05
Pearson plc Announces Committee Appointments Feb 26
Pearson plc (LSE:PSON) acquired remaining 80% stake in Credly, Inc. from a group of shareholders for $160 million. Feb 01
Pearson plc (LSE:PSON) acquired remaining 80% stake in Credly, Inc. from a group of shareholders for $160 million. Jan 31
Pearson plc acquired Faethm AI. Sep 08
Pearson plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2021 Apr 26
Pearson plc Announces Executive Changes Mar 09
Pearson plc (LSE:PSON) acquired Opinion Interactive, LLC. Feb 27
Arco, Cogna Reportedly Eye Pearson's Brazilian Learning Business Feb 25
Pearson Announces Two New Connections Academy Full-Time Online Public Schools in Florida and Oregon Feb 24
Michael Lynton to Step Down from Pearson plc Board Feb 05
Pearson Appoints Dr. Florida E. Starks as Chief Diversity Officer Jan 28
Pearson plc to Report Fiscal Year 2020 Results on Mar 05, 2021 Jan 21
Pearson Appoints Mike Howells as Chief Strategy Officer Dec 03 Pearson plc Announces Resignation of Andy Bird as a Member of the Remuneration Committee A Consortium of investors completed the acquisition of Recoletos Grupo de Comunicación, S.A. from Pearson plc for €941 million.
Pearson plc Announces Executive Changes Aug 24
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA completed the acquisition of the remaining 25% stake in Penguin Random House LLC from Pearson plc (LSE:PSON). Jul 30
Pearson plc to Report First Half, 2020 Results on Jul 24, 2020 Jul 18 Shareholder Returns PESA DE Consumer Services DE Market 7D 0% 0.02% -2.0% 1Y 43.4% 31.6% 6.8%
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Return vs Market: PESA exceeded the German Market which returned 6.9% over the past year.
Price Volatility Is PESA's price volatile compared to industry and market? PESA volatility PESA Average Weekly Movement 2.7% Consumer Services Industry Average Movement 4.6% Market Average Movement 4.9% 10% most volatile stocks in DE Market 11.4% 10% least volatile stocks in DE Market 2.4%
Stable Share Price: PESA has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.
Volatility Over Time: PESA's weekly volatility (3%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company Pearson plc offers educational courseware, assessments, and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, other European countries, and internationally. The company operates through five segments: Assessment & Qualifications, Virtual Learning, English Language Learning, Workforce Skills, and Higher Education. The Assessment & Qualifications segment offers Pearson VUE, US student assessment, clinical assessment, UK GCSE, and A levels and international academic qualifications and associated courseware.
Show more Pearson plc Fundamentals Summary How do Pearson's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap? PESA fundamental statistics Market cap €10.18b Earnings (TTM ) €420.38m Revenue (TTM ) €4.27b
Earnings & Revenue Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM) PESA income statement (TTM ) Revenue UK£3.55b Cost of Revenue UK£1.75b Gross Profit UK£1.80b Other Expenses UK£1.45b Earnings UK£349.00m
Last Reported Earnings
Jun 30, 2024
Earnings per share (EPS) 0.53 Gross Margin 50.58% Net Profit Margin 9.83% Debt/Equity Ratio 29.9%
How did PESA perform over the long term?
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1.8% Current Dividend Yield
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status Data Last Updated (UTC time) Company Analysis 2024/12/23 01:02 End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00 Earnings 2024/06/30 Annual Earnings 2023/12/31
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Analyst Sources Pearson plc is covered by 36 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
Analyst Institution Véronique Cabioc'h Le Brun AlphaValue Nicholas Michael Dempsey Barclays JULIEN ROCH Barclays
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