Pearson plc

LSE:PSON Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£7.9b

Pearson Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Pearson's CEO is Omar Abbosh, appointed in Jan 2024, has a tenure of 1.33 years. total yearly compensation is £16.35M, comprised of 6% salary and 94% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.058% of the company’s shares, worth £4.60M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.2 years and 17.5 years respectively.

Key information

Omar Abbosh

Chief executive officer

UK£16.3m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage6.0%
CEO tenure1.3yrs
CEO ownership0.06%
Management average tenure4.2yrs
Board average tenure17.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Getting In Cheap On Pearson plc (LON:PSON) Is Unlikely

Apr 28
Getting In Cheap On Pearson plc (LON:PSON) Is Unlikely

Is Pearson (LON:PSON) A Risky Investment?

Apr 14
Is Pearson (LON:PSON) A Risky Investment?

Pearson (LON:PSON) Is Paying Out A Larger Dividend Than Last Year

Mar 17
Pearson (LON:PSON) Is Paying Out A Larger Dividend Than Last Year

Pearson's (LON:PSON) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Mar 03
Pearson's (LON:PSON) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year
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AI Integration And AWS Partnership Will Transform Future Of Education

Mar 02 Partnership with AWS and AI integration will enhance learning experiences, operational efficiency, and support revenue and margin growth.

Pearson (LON:PSON) Is Doing The Right Things To Multiply Its Share Price

Feb 26
Pearson (LON:PSON) Is Doing The Right Things To Multiply Its Share Price

Is There An Opportunity With Pearson plc's (LON:PSON) 20% Undervaluation?

Jan 14
Is There An Opportunity With Pearson plc's (LON:PSON) 20% Undervaluation?

Is Pearson (LON:PSON) Using Too Much Debt?

Dec 27
Is Pearson (LON:PSON) Using Too Much Debt?

Returns On Capital Are Showing Encouraging Signs At Pearson (LON:PSON)

Nov 11
Returns On Capital Are Showing Encouraging Signs At Pearson (LON:PSON)

Risks To Shareholder Returns Are Elevated At These Prices For Pearson plc (LON:PSON)

Oct 28
Risks To Shareholder Returns Are Elevated At These Prices For Pearson plc (LON:PSON)

Do Pearson's (LON:PSON) Earnings Warrant Your Attention?

Oct 01
Do Pearson's (LON:PSON) Earnings Warrant Your Attention?

Is There An Opportunity With Pearson plc's (LON:PSON) 34% Undervaluation?

Sep 16
Is There An Opportunity With Pearson plc's (LON:PSON) 34% Undervaluation?

Pearson (LON:PSON) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Sep 02
Pearson (LON:PSON) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Pearson's (LON:PSON) Dividend Will Be £0.074

Aug 01
Pearson's (LON:PSON) Dividend Will Be £0.074

Subdued Growth No Barrier To Pearson plc's (LON:PSON) Price

Jul 27
Subdued Growth No Barrier To Pearson plc's (LON:PSON) Price

Returns At Pearson (LON:PSON) Are On The Way Up

Jun 10
Returns At Pearson (LON:PSON) Are On The Way Up

Is Pearson (LON:PSON) A Risky Investment?

May 25
Is Pearson (LON:PSON) A Risky Investment?

Is Now The Time To Put Pearson (LON:PSON) On Your Watchlist?

May 09
Is Now The Time To Put Pearson (LON:PSON) On Your Watchlist?

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Omar Abbosh's remuneration changed compared to Pearson's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2024UK£16mUK£982k

UK£434m

Compensation vs Market: Omar's total compensation ($USD21.81M) is above average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD6.58M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Omar's compensation with company performance.

CEO

Omar Abbosh (58 yo)

1.3yrs

Tenure

UK£16,349,640

Compensation

Mr. Omar Paul Abbosh serves as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director at Pearson plc from January 08, 2024. He had been an Independent Director of Zuora, Inc. since July 21, 2020 until February 14,...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Omar Abbosh
CEO & Executive Director1.3yrsUK£16.35m0.058%
£ 4.6m
Sally Kate Johnson
CFO & Executive Director5.1yrsUK£2.98m0.027%
£ 2.1m
Dave Treat
Chief Technology Officerless than a yearno datano data
Cinthia Nespoli
General Counsel & Executive Leader for Sustainability5yrsno datano data
Ginny Ziegler
Chief Marketing Officerless than a yearno datano data
Allison Bebo
Chief Human Resources Officer3.4yrsno datano data
Tim Bozik
President of Higher Education9.3yrsno datano data
Albert Hitchcock
Head of Telecom & Technology Partnershipsno datano datano data
Robert Whelan
President of Assessments & Qualificationsno datano datano data
Cedrick Collomb
Senior Vice President for Global Product Technologyno datano datano data
Kate Edwards
Senior Vice President of Efficacy & Researchno datano datano data
Satish Menon
Senior VP & Chief Technology Officer of Product Platforms5.8yrsno datano data

4.2yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: PSON's management team is considered experienced (4.2 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Omar Abbosh
CEO & Executive Director1.3yrsUK£16.35m0.058%
£ 4.6m
Sally Kate Johnson
CFO & Executive Director5.1yrsUK£2.98m0.027%
£ 2.1m
Thomas Rabe
Chairman & CEO of Bertelsmannno datano datano data
Omid Kordestani
Independent Chairman of the Board3.2yrsUK£522.00k0.014%
£ 1.1m
Sherry Coutu
Independent Non-Executive Director6yrsUK£114.00k0.0030%
£ 235.2k
David Poldoian
Member of Strategic Advisory Board17.5yrsno datano data
Graeme Pitkethly
Deputy Chair & Senior Independent Non-Executive Director6yrsUK£158.00k0.0029%
£ 228.1k
Robert Olin
Member of Strategic Advisory Board17.5yrsno datano data
Anne Moore
Member of Strategic Advisory Board17.5yrsno datano data
Sue McKnight
Member of Strategic Advisory Board17.5yrsno datano data
Tom Maier
Member of Strategic Advisory Board17.5yrsno datano data
Frederic Litto
Member of Strategic Advisory Board17.5yrsno datano data

17.5yrs

Average Tenure

59yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: PSON's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 17.5 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/01 17:38
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/01 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Pearson plc is covered by 37 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Véronique Cabioc'h Le BrunAlphaValue
Nicholas Michael DempseyBarclays
JULIEN ROCHBarclays