StockDecksPearson plc
Communication Services · Publishing
The four fundamentals ratings
Each rating is built from the measures listed beneath it. Values are the latest reported figures; the rating beside each one is how that measure scores on our −100 to +100 scale.
Debt levels, liquidity and how solid the balance sheet looks.
| Debt to equity | 0.52 × | -96 |
| Current ratio | 2 × | +90 |
| Quick ratio | 1.2 × | +51 |
| FCF / Total debt | 0.48 × | +84 |
| Buybacks vs new shares | Bought back 415M GBP of its own shares last year | +49 |
Margins, and the returns being earned on the capital employed.
| Gross margin | 52 % | +12 |
| Operating margin | 13.3 % | -15 |
| Net margin | 8.8 % | -16 |
| Return on equity | 9.2 % | -8 |
| Gross profit / assets | 28.8 % | +18 |
| Asset turnover | 0.55 × | — |
| Profit vs cash flow | 335M GBP profit, generated 656M GBP cash — profits fully cash-backed | +38 |
The direction and pace of revenue and earnings.
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.3 % | -22 |
| Earnings growth (YoY) | -2.9 % | -28 |
| Earnings growth (Q) | -9.8 % | -53 |
What you pay relative to what the business actually delivers.
| P/E (trailing) | 27.38 × | -17 |
| Forward P/E | 1731.64 × | -100 |
| PEG ratio | 1.95 × | -27 |
| Price/Book | 252.4 × | -100 |
| Price/Sales | 2.26 × | +82 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.35 × | -6 |
| FCF yield | 10.2 % | +90 |
Key figures
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Industry | Publishing |
| Market cap | $8.2B |
| Dividend yield | 1.87% |
| Payout ratio | 50.40% |
| Beta | -0.05 |
About Pearson plc
Pearson plc provides educational courseware, assessments, and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, other European countries, and internationally.
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