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Pearson plc (PSO) stock score

Communication Services · Publishing · United Kingdom

$16.97 ▲ +2.04% today

92.5
Dad Score, out of 100
strong

Pearson plc (PSO) is a Publishing company in the Communication Services sector, listed in the United Kingdom. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 92.5 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a strong reading that places the business ahead of 92% of the 5,774 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Communication Services it ranks #18 of 256. Its strongest axes are valuation, quality and growth; its weakest are conviction and liquidity.

Scores from the run of Oct 4, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Above average
Quality
Above average
Growth
Above average
Price action
Strong
Risk
Strong
Conviction
Below average
Liquidity
Weak
Macro
Above average

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)24.4×
P/E (forward)16.6×
Dividend yield1.58%
Return on capital10.0%
Operating margin13.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.7%
FCF yield5.0%
Net debt / EBITDA2.35×
Piotroski F-Score7 / 9
52-week change+16.4%
Market cap$9.7B
Next earnings—

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Publishing peers

StockCompanyDad ScoreBandMarket cap
NYTThe New York Times Company67.6middling$10.1B
WLYJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.63.2middling$2.4B
TDAYUSA TODAY Co., Inc.72.5good$1.0B
SCHLScholastic Corporation80.5good$666M

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 4, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.