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Pearson PLC ADR (PSO) Financial History

20 years of revenue, earnings, cash-flow and balance-sheet history from public filings.

COMMUNICATION SERVICES · PUBLISHING · DATA UPDATED 2026-09-19

Pearson PLC ADR (PSO) operates in the PUBLISHING industry and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with about 13,665 employees. Its market capitalization is roughly $9 billion. In the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, PSO reported £3.6B in revenue and £328M in net income.

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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PSO Revenue & Earnings History — Annual Income Statement

Income statement	TTM → 2025-12-31	2025-12-31	2024-12-31	2023-12-31	2022-12-31	2021-12-31	2020-12-31	2019-12-31	2018-12-31	2017-12-31	2016-12-31	2015-12-31	2014-12-31	2013-12-31	2012-12-31	2011-12-31	2010-12-31	2009-12-31	2008-12-31	2007-12-31	2006-12-31
Total Revenue	£7.1B	£3.6B	£3.6B	£3.7B	£3.8B	£3.4B	£3.4B	£3.9B	£4.1B	£4.5B	£4.6B	£4.5B	£4.9B	£5.1B	£5.1B	£5.9B	£5.7B	£5.1B	£4.8B	£4.2B	£4.0B
Gross Profit	£3.7B	£1.9B	£1.8B	£1.8B	£1.8B	£1.7B	£1.6B	£2.0B	£2.2B	£2.4B	£2.5B	£2.5B	£2.7B	£2.8B	£2.8B	£3.2B	£3.1B	£2.8B	£2.6B	£2.3B	£2.1B
Gross Margin %	51.5%	52.0%	51.0%	50.0%	46.7%	49.0%	48.0%	52.0%	52.9%	54.2%	54.0%	55.7%	54.8%	54.4%	56.0%	55.2%	54.3%	53.7%	54.8%	54.1%	53.9%
Operating Income (EBIT)	£1.1B	£618M	£541M	£498M	£271M	£183M	£411M	£275M	£553M	£451M	(£2.5B)	(£404M)	£398M	£458M	£515M	£1.2B	£743M	£619M	£676M	£574M	£522M
Operating Margin %	14.8%	17.3%	15.2%	13.6%	7.1%	5.3%	12.1%	7.1%	13.4%	10.0%	-54.9%	-9.0%	8.2%	9.0%	10.2%	20.9%	13.1%	12.0%	14.1%	13.8%	13.1%
Net Income	£768M	£328M	£434M	£378M	£242M	£177M	£330M	£264M	£588M	£406M	(£2.3B)	£823M	£471M	£538M	£326M	£957M	£1.3B	£425M	£292M	£284M	£446M
Net Margin %	10.8%	9.2%	12.2%	10.3%	6.3%	5.2%	9.7%	6.8%	14.2%	9.0%	-51.3%	18.4%	9.7%	10.6%	6.4%	16.3%	22.9%	8.3%	6.1%	6.8%	11.2%
EBITDA	£2.0B	£1.1B	£1.1B	£1.1B	£930M	£751M	£1.0B	£840M	£1.1B	£1.1B	(£1.9B)	£828M	£952M	£776M	£819M	£1.3B	£1.0B	£877M	£862M	£713M	£867M
Earnings Per Share (EPS)	£1.14	£0.50	£0.63	£0.53	£0.33	£0.23	£0.44	£0.34	£0.76	£0.50	£-2.87	£1.01	£0.58	£0.67	£0.40	£1.19	£1.62	£0.53	£0.37	£0.36	£0.56
Shares Outstanding (M)	651M	660M	684M	717M	742M	759M	755M	778M	779M	814M	815M	814M	812M	809M	806M	802M	803M	800M	798M	798M	800M

GBP; £M / £B as marked (reporting currency). Newest period first. Source: public company filings (via Yahoo Finance aggregation).

PSO Quarterly Revenue & Earnings — Last 8 Quarters

Quarterly income statement	2025-12-31	2025-06-30	2024-12-31	2024-06-30	2024-03-31	2023-12-31	2023-09-30	2023-06-30
Total Revenue	£1.8B	£1.7B	£1.8B	£1.8B	£877M	£1.8B	£898M	£1.9B
Gross Profit	£975M	£879M	£932M	£879M	£440M	£916M	£458M	£919M
Gross Margin %	52.9%	51.0%	51.8%	50.1%	50.1%	51.0%	51.0%	48.9%
Operating Income (EBIT)	£273M	£240M	£322M	£219M	£118M	£267M	£158M	£231M
Operating Margin %	14.8%	13.9%	17.9%	12.5%	13.5%	14.9%	17.5%	12.3%
Net Income	£170M	£164M	£277M	£157M	£78M	£192M	£96M	£186M
Net Margin %	9.2%	9.5%	15.4%	8.9%	8.9%	10.7%	10.7%	9.9%
EBITDA	£613M	£294M	£819M	£296M	£148M	£576M	£174M	£540M
Earnings Per Share (EPS)	£0.26	£0.24	£0.40	£0.23	£0.11	£0.27	£0.13	£0.26
Shares Outstanding (M)	651M	671M	684M	687M	687M	716M	716M	719M

GBP; £M / £B as marked (reporting currency). Newest period first. Source: public company filings (via Yahoo Finance aggregation).

PSO Free Cash Flow History

Cash flow	TTM → 2025-12-31	2025-12-31	2024-12-31	2023-12-31	2022-12-31	2021-12-31	2020-12-31	2019-12-31	2018-12-31	2017-12-31	2016-12-31	2015-12-31	2014-12-31	2013-12-31	2012-12-31	2011-12-31	2010-12-31	2009-12-31	2008-12-31	2007-12-31	2006-12-31
Cash from Operations (CFO)	£1.3B	£675M	£627M	£525M	£361M	£326M	£389M	£369M	£462M	£298M	£410M	£211M	£455M	£356M	£776M	£872M	£1.0B	£783M	£615M	£498M	£457M
Capital Expenditures (CapEx)	£153M	£28M	£124M	£126M	£147M	£176M	£134M	£193M	£200M	£232M	£245M	£247M	£182M	£182M	£151M	£144M	£132M	£120M	£120M	£119M	£97M
Free Cash Flow (FCF)	£1.1B	£647M	£503M	£399M	£214M	£150M	£255M	£176M	£262M	£66M	£165M	(£36M)	£273M	£174M	£625M	£728M	£874M	£663M	£495M	£379M	£360M
FCF Margin %	16.0%	18.1%	14.2%	10.9%	5.6%	4.4%	7.5%	4.5%	6.3%	1.5%	3.6%	-0.8%	5.6%	3.4%	12.3%	12.4%	15.4%	12.9%	10.3%	9.1%	9.0%
Dividends Paid	£319M	£156M	£156M	£154M	£156M	£149M	£146M	£147M	£136M	£318M	£424M	£423M	£397M	£372M	£346M	£318M	£298M	£273M	£257M	£238M	£220M

GBP; £M / £B as marked (reporting currency). Newest period first. Source: public company filings (via Yahoo Finance aggregation).

PSO Quarterly Free Cash Flow — Last 8 Quarters

Quarterly cash flow	2025-12-31	2025-06-30	2024-12-31	2024-06-30	2024-03-31	2023-12-31	2023-09-30	2023-06-30
Cash from Operations (CFO)	£476M	£192M	£552M	£75M	£38M	£822M	£256M	£23M
Capital Expenditures (CapEx)	£15M	£14M	£106M	£18M	£9M	£363M	£7M	£63M
Free Cash Flow (FCF)	£461M	£178M	£446M	£57M	£28M	£459M	£249M	(£40M)
FCF Margin %	25.0%	10.3%	24.8%	3.2%	3.2%	25.6%	27.7%	-2.1%
Dividends Paid	£53M	£110M	£49M	£107M	£54M	£48M	£24M	£106M

GBP; £M / £B as marked (reporting currency). Newest period first. Source: public company filings (via Yahoo Finance aggregation).

PSO Balance Sheet History

Balance sheet	2025-12-31	2025-12-31	2024-12-31	2023-12-31	2022-12-31	2021-12-31	2020-12-31	2019-12-31	2018-12-31	2017-12-31	2016-12-31	2015-12-31	2014-12-31	2013-12-31	2012-12-31	2011-12-31	2010-12-31	2009-12-31	2008-12-31	2007-12-31	2006-12-31
Total Assets	£6.4B	£6.4B	£6.9B	£6.7B	£7.3B	£7.3B	£7.5B	£7.7B	£7.9B	£7.9B	£10.1B	£11.6B	£11.4B	£10.9B	£11.3B	£11.2B	£10.7B	£9.4B	£9.9B	£7.3B	£7.2B
Cash & Cash Equivalents	£332M	£332M	£543M	£312M	£558M	£937M	£1.1B	£437M	£568M	£518M	£1.5B	£1.7B	£530M	£729M	£1.1B	£1.4B	£1.7B	£750M	£685M	£560M	£592M
Total Liabilities	£2.8B	£2.8B	£2.8B	£2.7B	£2.9B	£3.1B	£3.3B	£3.3B	£3.4B	£3.9B	£5.7B	£5.2B	£5.4B	£5.2B	£5.6B	£5.3B	£5.1B	£4.8B	£4.9B	£3.4B	£3.6B
Total Debt (Short + Long-Term)	£1.1B	£1.1B	£1.0B	£678M	£636M	£835M	£1.0B	£930M	£741M	£1.1B	£2.5B	£2.4B	£4.9B	£3.3B	£3.5B	£3.1B	£3.3B	£3.2B	£3.3B	£2.6B	£2.8B
Total Shareholders' Equity	£3.6B	£3.6B	£4.0B	£4.0B	£4.4B	£4.3B	£4.1B	£4.3B	£4.5B	£4.0B	£4.3B	£6.4B	£6.0B	£5.7B	£5.7B	£5.9B	£5.5B	£4.3B	£4.8B	£3.7B	£3.5B

GBP; £M / £B as marked (reporting currency). Newest period first. Source: public company filings (via Yahoo Finance aggregation).

Quarterly statements, profitability ratios, price history, insider activity and institutional holders are in the interactive PSO viewer.

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