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Pearson PLC PSO
11 fiscal years on record · GBP · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2025
£3.6B
▲ 0.7% vs FY2024
EPS · FY25
£0.51
Dividend / sh · FY25
—
Payout · FY25
48%
ROE · FY25
8.7%
Net margin · FY25
9.4%
Dividend coverage
—
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Result
GBP 3.6B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 11-year series below
Revenue
Net income
9 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.
Per share
GBP 0.51
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS
The company pays no cash dividend.
Profitability
8.7%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
Operating margin14.2%
Net margin9.4%
Return on assets5.0%
Each GBP of equity produced 9 cents of profit this year.
Returned to shareholders
GBP 223.0M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidGBP 160.0M
Net buybacksGBP 63.0M
Share of profit66.6%
Consecutive raises—
GBP 160.0M in dividends and GBP 63.0M in buybacks — 67% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.
Growth
+1.0% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
−2.3%
+1.0%
−2.2%
Net income
+11.4%
+0.3%
−8.6%
EPS, diluted
+15.9%
−59.0%
−6.7%
Returned to shareholders
+4.9%
+8.0%
−6.7%
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.
Share base
0.64B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
Change, 5 years−15.6%
Change, 10 years−22.6%
The share count shrank 16% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.
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Balance sheet
GBP 6.5B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsGBP 6.5B
EquityGBP 3.6B
CashGBP 333.0M
Gross debtGBP 1.5B
Net debtGBP 1.1B
Net debt stands at 31% of equity.
History
11 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · GBP
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
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
−53.8
·
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 · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.
How we verifyAUDITED
34 of 34
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity
Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.
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