Pearson plc (PSO) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of Pearson plc (PSO): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
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. It operates through five segments: Assessment & Qualifications, Virtual Learning, English Language Learning, Enterprise Learning & Skills, and Higher Education. The Assessment & Qualifications segment offers pearson professional assessments, US student assessment, clinical assessment, UK GCSE, and A levels and international academic qualifications and associated courseware, including the English-speaking Canadian and Australian K-12 businesses, and PDR. The Virtual Learning segment provides virtual schools and online program management. The English Language Learning segment offers Pearson test of English, institutional courseware, and English online solutions. The Enterprise Learning & Skills segment provides vocational qualifications, GED, TalentLens, Faethm, Credly, Pearson College, and Enterprise content and training. The Higher Education segment engages in the US, Canadian, and international higher education courseware businesses.
Sector: Communication Services · Industry: Publishing · United Kingdom · 13,665 employees · plc.pearson.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-05
As of 2026-09-05, Pearson plc (PSO) had a market capitalization of $9.60B, a trailing P/E of 23.9 (forward 16.3), a dividend yield of 2.15% and a beta of -0.03; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $12.02 – $17.75 (13.4% over the year).
- Market cap
- $9.60B
- Enterprise value
- $11.29B
- Trailing P/E
- 23.9
- Forward P/E
- 16.3
- PEG ratio
- 1.69
- Price / book
- 2.17
- EPS (trailing)
- $0.67
- EPS (forward)
- $0.98
- Dividend yield
- 2.15%
- Payout ratio
- 51.6%
- Ex-dividend date
- 2026-08-14
- 52-week range
- $12.02 – $17.75
- 52-week change
- 13.4%
- Beta
- -0.03
- Average volume
- 743,233
- Shares outstanding
- 601.0M
- Short % of float
- 0.81%
- Profit margin
- 8.8%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-11
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-11 scan of the US universe, Pearson plc (PSO) last closed at $15.60 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 35 (neutral territory), price -3.8% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread -1.8%, MACD histogram -0.09.
Sentiment inputs: StockTwits 57% bullish.
Next scheduled company event: in 10 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
Members of Congress disclosed 1 buy and 0 sells of PSO; corporate insiders filed 0 buys and 0 sells (1 filer, latest disclosure 2026-07-21). Filings arrive days to weeks after the trade and are not a live signal. Most active filers: Alan Armstrong (1B/0S). Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
PSO has not appeared in the daily picks yet. Full scoreboard
What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls Pearson plc (PSO) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell PSO.
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