Pearson(PSO)
$17.20-0.05 (-0.29%)
PSO
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Pearson (PSO) Ratios
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PSO's free cash flow for Q2 2026 was £316.00M. For the 2026 fiscal year, PSO's free cash flow was decreased by £-26.00M and operating cash flow was £342.00M. See a summary of the company’s cash flow.
| Ratios | Dec 25 | Dec 24 | Dec 23 | Dec 22 | Dec 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liquidity Ratios | |||||
| Current Ratio | 2.00 | 1.85 | 1.73 | 1.91 | 2.04 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.94 | 1.80 | 1.67 | 1.83 | 1.98 |
| Cash Ratio | 0.29 | 0.37 | 0.22 | 0.38 | 0.59 |
| Solvency Ratio | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.27 | 0.23 |
| Operating Cash Flow Ratio | 0.58 | 0.42 | 0.37 | 0.24 | 0.21 |
| Short-Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage | 10.90 | 2.51 | 175.00 | 13.88 | 3.75 |
| Net Current Asset Value | £ -474.17M | £ -111.00M | £ -306.00M | £ -91.00M | £ 158.00M |
| Leverage Ratios | |||||
| Debt-to-Assets Ratio | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.19 |
| Debt-to-Equity Ratio | 0.41 | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.33 |
| Debt-to-Capital Ratio | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.25 |
| Long-Term Debt-to-Capital Ratio | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
| Financial Leverage Ratio | 1.77 | 1.71 | 1.69 | 1.66 | 1.72 |
| Debt Service Coverage Ratio | 7.50 | 3.16 | 15.38 | 8.96 | 4.85 |
| Interest Coverage Ratio | 8.90 | 6.85 | 8.16 | 3.93 | 2.69 |
| Debt to Market Cap | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.16 |
| Interest Debt Per Share | 2.38 | 2.25 | 1.70 | 1.77 | 1.95 |
| Net Debt to EBITDA | 1.04 | 0.83 | 0.77 | 0.73 | 0.62 |
| Profitability Margins | |||||
| Gross Profit Margin | 52.00% | 50.99% | 49.95% | 46.73% | 49.04% |
| EBIT Margin | 14.87% | 16.58% | 14.94% | 9.87% | 6.80% |
| EBITDA Margin | 30.84% | 31.39% | 29.86% | 24.21% | 21.91% |
| Operating Profit Margin | 17.28% | 15.23% | 13.55% | 7.06% | 5.34% |
| Pretax Profit Margin | 12.50% | 14.36% | 13.42% | 8.38% | 5.16% |
| Net Profit Margin | 9.16% | 12.22% | 10.29% | 6.30% | 5.16% |
| Continuous Operations Profit Margin | 9.19% | 12.25% | 10.34% | 6.33% | 5.19% |
| Net Income Per EBT | 73.30% | 85.10% | 76.67% | 75.16% | 100.00% |
| EBT Per EBIT | 72.31% | 94.27% | 99.00% | 118.82% | 96.72% |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | 5.08% | 6.30% | 5.62% | 3.31% | 2.41% |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 9.00% | 10.75% | 9.51% | 5.50% | 4.15% |
| Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) | 11.69% | 9.99% | 9.36% | 4.65% | 3.18% |
| Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) | 8.40% | 8.05% | 7.12% | 3.44% | 3.09% |
| Return on Tangible Assets | 9.52% | 11.23% | 10.40% | 5.86% | 3.87% |
| Earnings Yield | 4.83% | 4.89% | 5.45% | 3.52% | 3.78% |
| Efficiency Ratios | |||||
| Receivables Turnover | 3.27 | 3.51 | 4.42 | 4.49 | 3.89 |
| Payables Turnover | 1.65 | 6.38 | 5.80 | 5.88 | 4.98 |
| Inventory Turnover | 26.06 | 23.53 | 20.21 | 19.49 | 17.83 |
| Fixed Asset Turnover | 17.06 | 16.44 | 16.93 | 15.36 | 9.37 |
| Asset Turnover | 0.55 | 0.52 | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.47 |
| Working Capital Turnover Ratio | 2.97 | 3.12 | 3.10 | 2.58 | 2.06 |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | -95.58 | 62.17 | 37.70 | 37.99 | 41.05 |
| Days of Sales Outstanding | 111.74 | 103.89 | 82.56 | 81.34 | 93.91 |
| Days of Inventory Outstanding | 14.01 | 15.51 | 18.06 | 18.73 | 20.48 |
| Days of Payables Outstanding | 221.33 | 57.23 | 62.92 | 62.08 | 73.33 |
| Operating Cycle | 125.75 | 119.40 | 100.62 | 100.08 | 114.39 |
| Cash Flow Ratios | |||||
| Operating Cash Flow Per Share | 1.04 | 0.91 | 0.73 | 0.49 | 0.43 |
| Free Cash Flow Per Share | 0.99 | 0.73 | 0.56 | 0.41 | 0.20 |
| Dividend Paid and CapEx Coverage Ratio | 3.65 | 2.24 | 1.88 | 1.69 | 1.00 |
| Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio | 23.79 | 5.06 | 4.17 | 6.33 | 1.85 |
| Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.29 | 0.23 |
| Operating Cash Flow to Sales Ratio | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.10 |
| Free Cash Flow Yield | 9.53% | 5.67% | 5.76% | 4.42% | 3.21% |
| Valuation Ratios | |||||
| Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio | 20.84 | 20.45 | 18.34 | 28.42 | 26.44 |
| Price-to-Sales (P/S) Ratio | 1.90 | 2.50 | 1.89 | 1.79 | 1.37 |
| Price-to-Book (P/B) Ratio | 1.86 | 2.20 | 1.74 | 1.56 | 1.10 |
| Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) Ratio | 10.50 | 17.63 | 17.37 | 22.62 | 31.20 |
| Price-to-Operating Cash Flow Ratio | 10.06 | 14.15 | 13.20 | 19.05 | 14.36 |
| Price-to-Earnings Growth (PEG) Ratio | -1.01 | 1.08 | 0.30 | 0.65 | -0.60 |
| Enterprise Value Multiple | 7.19 | 8.79 | 7.09 | 8.13 | 6.85 |
| Enterprise Value | 7.94B | 9.80B | 7.78B | 7.56B | 5.14B |
| EV to EBITDA | 7.19 | 8.79 | 7.09 | 8.13 | 6.85 |
| EV to Sales | 2.22 | 2.76 | 2.12 | 1.97 | 1.50 |
| EV to Free Cash Flow | 12.27 | 19.48 | 19.50 | 24.87 | 34.29 |
| EV to Operating Cash Flow | 11.76 | 15.63 | 14.82 | 20.94 | 15.78 |
| Tangible Book Value Per Share | 1.00 | 1.49 | 1.25 | 1.66 | 2.00 |
| Shareholders’ Equity Per Share | 5.59 | 5.86 | 5.54 | 5.96 | 5.66 |
| Tax and Other Ratios | |||||
| Effective Tax Rate | 0.26 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.25 | -0.01 |
| Revenue Per Share | 5.49 | 5.16 | 5.12 | 5.20 | 4.55 |
| Net Income Per Share | 0.50 | 0.63 | 0.53 | 0.33 | 0.23 |
| Tax Burden | 0.73 | 0.85 | 0.77 | 0.75 | 1.00 |
| Interest Burden | 0.84 | 0.87 | 0.90 | 0.85 | 0.76 |
| Research & Development to Revenue | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
| SG&A to Revenue | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.23 |
| Stock-Based Compensation to Revenue | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Income Quality | 1.48 | 1.23 | 1.39 | 1.49 | 2.04 |
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