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Adjusted Operating Profit by Segment
Examines profit from each business segment after adjustments, providing insight into operational efficiency and the financial health of various parts of the company.Pearson’s profit pool has consolidated into a few core segments—Assessment & Qualifications, Virtual Learning, Higher Education and Workforce/English—which explain recent margin gains and strong cash. A&Q remains the high‑margin anchor but faces a near‑term hit from the New Jersey contract loss and assessment‑volume headwinds. Virtual Learning is the clear growth engine with improving margins but requires reinvestment to fix teacher/capacity constraints. Workforce Skills and English are lumpy because of deal timing and recognition, so enterprise backlog conversion and quarter phasing are the main execution risks to the company’s stated mid‑single‑digit growth plan.
Date | Assessment & Qualifications | Virtual Learning | English Language Learning | Workforce Skills | Higher Education | Strategic Review | Global Online Learning | Global Assessment | North American Courseware | International | Enabling Functions | Penguin Random House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 30, 2026 | £157.00M | £49.00M | -£2.00M | £51.00M | £21.00M | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Dec 31, 2025 | £191.00M | £42.00M | £57.00M | -£14.00M | £96.00M | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Jun 30, 2025 | £170.00M | £39.00M | -£7.00M | £43.00M | -£3.00M | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Dec 31, 2024 | £181.00M | £35.00M | £46.00M | -£21.00M | £109.00M | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Jun 30, 2024 | £187.00M | £31.00M | £4.00M | £29.00M | -£1.00M | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Dec 31, 2023 | £176.00M | £29.00M | £39.00M | -£29.00M | £111.00M | -£3.00M | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Jun 30, 2023 | £174.00M | £47.00M | £8.00M | £21.00M | -£1.00M | £1.00M | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Dec 31, 2022 | £121.00M | £56.00M | £29.00M | -£31.00M | £95.00M | £26.00M | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Jun 30, 2022 | £137.00M | £14.00M | -£4.00M | £28.00M | -£4.00M | -£11.00M | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Dec 31, 2021 | £119.00M | £18.00M | £26.00M | -£7.00M | £72.00M | £30.00M | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |