Pearson PLC (PSON)

Industry Publishing

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Pearson PLC is a content publisher. Its products comprise of educational courseware, assessments and services, and consumer publishing.

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Income statement

Year chevron-l-regular chevron-r-regular	2023	2024
	3,674m	3,552m
	1,835m	1,811m
	513m	544m
	13.96	15.32
	378m	434m
	1,097m	1,115m
Sales, General and administrative	1,363m	1,307m
Interest expenses	61m	79m
Provision for income taxes	113m	75m
Operating expenses	1,322m	1,267m
Income before taxes	493m	510m
Net income available to common shareholders	378m	434m
	0.531	0.645
Net interest income	-11m	-24m
Advertising and promotion	-	-
Net investment income, net	3m	-3m
Realised capital gains (losses), net	-	-
Total benefits, claims and expenses	-	-
Earnings per share (diluted)	0.527	0.635
Free cash flow per share	0.3641	0.6643
Book value/share	6.006	5.7032
Debt equity ratio	0.275289	0.286528

Balance sheet

Year chevron-l-regular chevron-r-regular	2023	2024
Current assets	2,433m	2,728m
Current liabilities	1,404m	1,478m
Total capital	4,585m	4,743m
Total debt	1,161m	1,472m
Total equity	3,974m	4,038m
Total non current liabilities	-	-
Loans	611m	705m
Total assets	6,727m	6,892m
Total liabilities	-	-
Cash and cash equivalents	312m	543m
Common stock	695m	666m

Cash flow

Year chevron-l-regular chevron-r-regular	2023	2024
Cash at beginning of period	543m	309m
Cash dividends paid	-154m	-156m
	399m	503m
Investments (gains) losses	-301m	-131m
	309m	543m
Net income	-	-
	525m	627m
	-126m	-124m

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