Pearson
1,222.00 GBpChange from previous close: −0.12%Absolute change: −1.50 GBp
At a glance
- Revenue growth
- +0.70%
- 2025 vs 2024
- Net income growth
- −22.81%
- 2025 vs 2024
- Net margin
- 9.4%
- 2024: 12.2%
Financial data
Amounts in millions of GBP; per-share values in GBP; shares in millions.
| Item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | 3,577 | 3,552 | 3,674 | 3,841 | — |
| Cost of revenue | 1,717 | 1,741 | 1,839 | 2,046 | — |
| Gross profit | 1,860 | 1,811 | 1,835 | 1,795 | — |
| Selling, general and administrative | 1,296 | 1,307 | 1,363 | 1,448 | — |
| Operating income | 596 | 544 | 513 | 396 | — |
| EBIT | 532 | 589 | 554 | 392 | — |
| EBITDA | 1,103 | 1,115 | 1,097 | 1,010 | — |
| Interest expense | 75.0 | 79.0 | 61.0 | 69.0 | — |
| Pre-tax income | 457 | 510 | 493 | 323 | — |
| Income tax | 121 | 75.0 | 113 | 79.0 | — |
| Net income | 335 | 434 | 378 | 242 | — |
| Net income to common shareholders | 335 | 434 | 378 | 242 | — |
| Basic EPS | 0.51 | 0.65 | 0.53 | 0.33 | — |
| Diluted EPS | 0.51 | 0.64 | 0.53 | 0.33 | — |
| Average shares (basic) | 651 | 673 | 712 | 738 | — |
| Average shares (diluted) | 660 | 684 | 717 | 742 | — |