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Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROCE of 8.63%
- The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 8.63% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
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The company is Net-Debt Free
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Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 1.04% over the last 5 years
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With a growth in Operating Profit of 20.59%, the company declared Very Positive results in Dec 25
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With ROE of 9.21%, it has a expensive valuation with a 1.88 Price to Book Value
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Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
Total Returns (Price + Dividend) 
TimePeriod
Price Return
Dividend Return
Total Return
3 Months
17.5%
0%
17.5%
6 Months
7.38%
0%
7.38%
1 Year
5.78%
0%
5.78%
2 Years
17.67%
0%
17.67%
3 Years
38.17%
0%
38.17%
4 Years
50.32%
0%
50.32%
5 Years
34.7%
0%
34.7%
Pearson Plc for the last several years.
Risk Adjusted Returns v/s 
News
No Recent News for the Company
Announcements 
No announcement available
Corporate Actions 
No corporate action available
Quality key factors 
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
1.04%
EBIT Growth (5y)
17.42%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
5.02
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.19
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.12
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.73
Tax Ratio
14.76%
Dividend Payout Ratio
48.99%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.12%
ROCE (avg)
8.63%
ROE (avg)
8.28%
Valuation key factors
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
20
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.88
EV to EBIT
14.90
EV to EBITDA
7.02
EV to Capital Employed
1.73
EV to Sales
2.12
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
263.59%
ROCE (Latest)
11.62%
ROE (Latest)
9.21%
Technicals key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
Bullish
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Shareholding Snapshot : Dec 2025
Shareholding Compare (%holding) 
Majority shareholders
Foreign Institutions
Domestic Funds
Held in 0 Schemes (0%)
Foreign Institutions
Held by 4 Foreign Institutions (0.12%)
Strategic Entities with highest holding
Highest Public shareholder
Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Dec'25
Dec'25
Dec'24
Change(%)
Net Sales
3,577.00
3,552.00
0.70%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
1,127.00
1,022.00
10.27%
Interest
71.00
70.00
1.43%
Exceptional Items
-166.00
-9.00
-1,744.44%
Consolidate Net Profit
336.00
435.00
-22.76%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
176.70%
143.30%
3.34%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in year ended Dec 2025 is 0.70% vs -3.32% in Dec 2024
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in year ended Dec 2025 is -22.76% vs 14.47% in Dec 2024
About Pearson Plc 
Pearson Plc
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Pearson plc (Pearson) is a learning company. The Company delivers learning through providing a range of educational products and services to institutions, governments, professional bodies and individual learners. The Company operates through three segments, which include North America, Core and Growth. The Company's North America segment includes Assessments and Services businesses in the United States and Canada. The Company's Core segment includes Assessments and Services businesses in more mature markets including the United Kingdom, Australia and Italy. The Company's Growth segment includes Assessments and Services businesses in emerging markets including Brazil, China, India and South Africa. The Company provides content, assessment and digital services to schools, colleges and universities, as well as professional and vocational education to learners to help increase their skills and employability prospects.
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