Pearson Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?


Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:PSON Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
01 May 24SellUK£647,508Sally Kate JohnsonIndividual66,708UK£9.71

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: PSON insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.


Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of PSON?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies952,5850.143%
Individual Insiders990,2550.149%
State or Government1,396,4480.21%
Employee Share Scheme2,672,6130.401%
General Public23,894,2553.58%
Hedge Funds85,202,97712.8%
Institutions551,431,07782.7%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.


Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 74.56% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
12.8%
Cevian Capital AB
85,202,977UK£863.5m0%9.1%
11.6%
BlackRock, Inc.
77,103,784UK£781.4m-1.76%0.02%
5.45%
Silchester International Investors LLP
36,341,993UK£368.3m0%1.73%
5.07%
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
33,783,078UK£342.4m13.1%0.34%
5%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
33,346,051UK£338.0m-27.5%0.1%
4.74%
Artemis Investment Management LLP
31,606,544UK£320.3m-9.31%1.59%
4.3%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
28,683,446UK£290.7m-11.1%0.01%
3.99%
Libyan Investment Authority
26,572,179UK£269.3m0%74.16%
2.93%
RWC Partners Limited
19,538,468UK£198.0m-7.86%2.91%
2.31%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
15,417,907UK£156.3m-1.26%0.04%
2.27%
Schroder Investment Management Limited
15,102,951UK£153.1m-40%0.13%
1.96%
UBS Asset Management AG
13,038,326UK£132.1m34.8%0.02%
1.8%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
11,997,806UK£121.6m-2.6%0.01%
1.46%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
9,700,686UK£98.3m10.4%0.01%
1.44%
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
9,591,652UK£97.2m-6.23%0.04%
0.98%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
6,503,856UK£65.9m12.8%0.03%
0.95%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership
6,311,560UK£64.0m125%0.07%
0.91%
FMR LLC
6,074,471UK£61.6m-2.75%no data
0.8%
Janus Henderson Group plc
5,338,163UK£54.1m18.3%0.03%
0.8%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
5,313,384UK£53.9m20.6%0.03%
0.7%
Aviva Investors Global Services Ltd.
4,684,515UK£47.5m88.8%0.08%
0.7%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
4,650,942UK£47.1m-1.86%0.01%
0.56%
AllianceBernstein L.P.
3,749,430UK£38.0m3,130%0.01%
0.55%
Deka Investment GmbH
3,665,771UK£37.2m98.1%0.04%
0.55%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
3,656,393UK£37.1m-1.27%no data
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