The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

PSON.L

Concerning the House

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. Pearson plc was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom · plc.pearson.com

Quotation

$1,192.50

+0.08 (+0.0%)

52w hi$1,325.91
52w lo$891.38
Vol1.25M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.24

Short+0.46
Medium+0.09
Long+0.08

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Pearson plc

Communication Services · Publishing

Market cap$7.17B
Enterprise value$8.79B
Trailing P/E23.85x
Forward P/E15.18x
EV / EBITDA14.55x
P / S (ttm)1.97x
Profit margin8.8%
Return on equity9.2%
Revenue growth+3.3%
Earnings growth-2.9%
Debt / equity52.43
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX-0.01
Corr SPX-0.01
Annual vol23.0%
Annual ret+10.3%
Sharpe0.45
Max DD-35.5%

Window: 504 trading days (491 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.32
Sector-0.02
Technical+0.33
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$1,190.50$1,196.50$1,184.75$1,192.501.25M
Aug 12$1,198.50$1,202.00$1,178.50$1,192.50995.99K
Aug 11$1,220.50$1,220.75$1,203.50$1,203.501.20M
Aug 10$1,225.00$1,230.00$1,206.00$1,217.501.09M
Aug 7$1,230.50$1,238.50$1,205.50$1,224.004.85M