Pearson PLC PSO
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.
Growth
Revenue compounded at +1.0% a year over the five years to FY2025 — but profit grew slower: net income at +0.3%, earnings per share at −59.0%.
The share count fell from 0.75B to 0.64B — the buyback concentrates the same profit into fewer slices.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Profitability
Each GBP of equity produced 9 cents of profit this year.
The 11-year record
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue £B | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Operating income £B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | −2.5 | −0.4 |
| EBITDA £B | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ◌ |
| Income tax £B | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | −0.0 | 0.1 | −0.0 | −0.1 | 0.0 | −0.2 | −0.1 |
| Net income £B | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | −2.3 | 0.8 |
| Free cash flow £B | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| EPS, diluted £ | 0.51 | 0.64 | 0.53 | 0.33 | 0.23 | 43.70 | 0.34 | 75.50 | 49.90 | −2.87 | 1.01 |
| Dividend / sh £ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ |
| Payout % | 48 | 36 | 41 | 64 | 84 | 44 | 56 | 23 | 78 | −18 | 51 |
| ROE % | 8.7 | 10.8 | 9.0 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 13.8 | 9.7 | −43.4 | 12.8 |
| Shares out B | 0.64 | 0.67 | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.82 |
Slide the table for earlier years. "—" not applicable · "◌" not available in our data.
Company facts, as filed
Reconciled in 8 of the 11 fiscal years we could check. 16 checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2015. Eight checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2015. Eight checks were skipped: revenue is not tagged before 2015.