PSO vs RCI vs SCHL Stock Comparison

Pearson, Rogers Communications and Scholastic Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PSO Pearson Plc
$17.33 +8.7% 1M +18.5% 1Y
Market cap
$11.35B
P/E
25.6x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Publishing Communication Services
2 wins
RCI Rogers Communications Inc
$31.31 -0.4% 1M -21.7% 1Y
Market cap
$17.06B
P/E
25.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.37B
Div. yield
–
Wireless Carriers Communication Services
6 wins
SCHL Scholastic Corp
$38.84 +15.7% 1M +34.5% 1Y
Market cap
$738.52M
P/E
13.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.57B
Div. yield
0.03%
Publishing Communication Services
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Rogers Communications leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Rogers Communications 6, Scholastic 3, Pearson 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPSORCISCHLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.35B $17.06B $738.52M RCI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.6x 25.4x 13.0x SCHL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.5x 9.0x 29.2x RCI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +8.8% -2.5% RCI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 4.1% 3.6% RCI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 9.6% 1.2% RCI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.7x 0.8x SCHL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.03% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +18.5% -21.7% +34.5% SCHL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.9%/yr -7.6%/yr +1.4%/yr PSO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.7% 29.1% 35.3% PSO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 43/100 59/100 54/100 RCI

Percentile Scorecard

PSORCISCHL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisPSORCISCHL
Valuation 42 #31 of 53 85 #8 of 49 56 #24 of 53
Growth – 46 #25 of 45 33 #30 of 44
Profitability – 71 #14 of 45 51 #21 of 42
Financial Health 72 #18 of 61 35 #32 of 49 67 #21 of 61
Shareholder Returns 16 #22 of 26 58 #16 of 37 64 #10 of 26
Overall 43 59 54
  • PSO ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media
  • RCI ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • SCHL ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodPSORCISCHLSPY
1 month +8.7%-0.4%+15.7% +0.9%
3 months -1.8%-10.1%-5.3% +5.9%
6 months +19.9%-13.7%-3.5% +8.5%
Year to date +23.4%-17.0%+31.1% +13.3%
1 year +18.5%-21.7%+34.5% +12.4%
3 years +56.4%-14.8%+4.4% +88.1%
3 years, per year +16.1%-5.2%+1.4% +23.5%
5 years +109.3%-32.8%+7.3% +68.2%
5 years, per year +15.9%-7.6%+1.4% +11.0%
10 years +87.4%-21.9%+2.2% +263.4%
10 years, per year +6.5%-2.4%+0.2% +13.8%

Risk

MeasurePSORCISCHLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.7%29.1%35.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.6%27.9%37.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.330.140.31 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.72-0.750.98 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -32.1%-61.3%-66.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.8%-23.6%-18.0% -0.9%
52-week high $18.40$40.97$47.34 $779.14
52-week low $12.06$29.79$27.00 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultiplePSORCISCHL
P/E now vs peer median 25.6xmedian 18.7x 25.2xmedian 11.6x 13.0xmedian 18.7x
P/S now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 0.6x 1.0xmedian 1.1x 0.4xmedian 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 10.6x 4.3xmedian 6.8x 7.8xmedian 10.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.3xmedian 8.9x 2.5xmedian 6.3x -47.5xmedian 8.9x
P/B now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.6x 1.5xmedian 1.2x 1.0xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.49 -4.11median 0.24 0.72median 0.49

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsPSORCISCHL
Revenue – $16.37B $1.57B
Gross profit – $7.23B $888.70M
Operating income – $6.95B $15.20M
Net income – $733.46M $56.60M
Free cash flow – $6.69B -$14.40M
EPS (diluted) – $1.24 $2.99
Cash & equivalents $448.46M $2.22B $106.80M
Total debt $1.99B $120.01B $184.80M
Shares (diluted) 660.30M 541.00M 18.90M
Enterprise value $8.46B $11.64B $292.92M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricPSORCISCHL
P/E 25.6x 25.2x 13.0x
P/FCF 13.3x 2.5x -47.5x
P/Operating cash flow – 3.7x 17.9x
P/S 2.3x 1.0x 0.4x
P/B 2.2x 1.5x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 2.9x -1.8x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA – 4.3x 7.8x
EV/EBIT – 6.5x 50.1x
EV/Revenue – 2.8x 0.5x
EV/FCF – 6.7x -52.9x
EV/Operating cash flow – 9.9x 20.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -4.11 0.72

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPSORCISCHL
Revenue growth (1Y) – 8.8% -2.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 6.7% -2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 4.5% -1.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 7.1% -0.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 5.9% 25.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 7.2% -38.5%
Net income growth (1Y) – -85.0% 639.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -1.2% -0.6%
EPS growth (1Y) – -86.3% 818.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -6.1% 18.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 14.8% -54.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 7.1% -39.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 0.3% -134.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 1.0% -28.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPSORCISCHL
Gross margin – 44.2% 56.5%
EBITDA margin – 63.8% 6.2%
Operating margin – 42.4% 1.0%
Pretax margin – 7.8% 5.6%
Net margin – 4.1% 3.6%
FCF margin – 40.9% -0.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 27.8% 2.4%
Return on equity – 6.3% 8.0%
Return on assets – 1.1% 3.3%
Return on invested capital – 9.6% 1.2%
Return on capital employed – 13.3% 1.3%
Asset turnover – 0.3x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 6.2x 0.7x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPSORCISCHL
Debt / assets 22.9% 46.7% 10.7%
Debt / equity 0.4x 2.6x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.7x 0.8x
Debt / FCF – 4.5x -12.8x
Liabilities / assets 43.3% 82.1% 61.9%
Equity / assets 56.7% 17.9% 38.1%
Interest coverage – 4.4x –
Current ratio 2.0x 0.7x 1.3x
Quick ratio 1.3x 0.5x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.2x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – – 2.21

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPSORCISCHL
Dividend yield 2.0% 6.4% 2.2%
Net buyback yield – – 38.8%
Shareholder yield 2.0% 6.4% 41.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 32.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – -129.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -15.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -11.7%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusPSORCISCHL
Forward P/E 19.5xFY2026 9.0xFY2026 29.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.89FY2026 $3.46FY2026 $1.33FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +3.5%FY2026 -5.5%FY2026 -28.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +23.6% 0.0% +78.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.14BFY2026 $15.02BFY2026 $1.66BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.8%FY2026 -5.0%FY2026 +5.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.6% +1.2% +4.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPSORCISCHL
Held by institutions 4.1% – 73.2%
Institutions holding 213 – 226
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.0% – -8.2%
Institutions buying 138 – 109
Institutions selling 36 – 89
Buyers to sellers 3.83 – 1.22

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

PSORCISCHL
PSO 1.00 0.12 0.07
RCI 0.12 1.00 0.07
SCHL 0.07 0.07 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PSO, RCI and SCHL?

Rogers Communications (RCI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Pearson (PSO) $11.35B, Rogers Communications (RCI) $17.06B, Scholastic (SCHL) $738.52M.

Which stock is cheaper, PSO, RCI and SCHL?

Scholastic (SCHL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Pearson (PSO) 25.6x, Rogers Communications (RCI) 25.4x, Scholastic (SCHL) 13.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Rogers Communications (RCI) is cheapest (Pearson (PSO) 19.5x, Rogers Communications (RCI) 9.0x, Scholastic (SCHL) 29.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Rogers Communications (RCI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Rogers Communications (RCI) +8.8%, Scholastic (SCHL) -2.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Rogers Communications (RCI) has the highest net margin (Rogers Communications (RCI) 4.1%, Scholastic (SCHL) 3.6%). On return on invested capital, Rogers Communications (RCI) leads (Rogers Communications (RCI) 9.6%, Scholastic (SCHL) 1.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Scholastic (SCHL) returned the most: Pearson (PSO) +18.5%, Rogers Communications (RCI) -21.7%, Scholastic (SCHL) +34.5%. Over five years, Pearson (PSO) compounded fastest (Pearson (PSO) +15.9%/yr, Rogers Communications (RCI) -7.6%/yr, Scholastic (SCHL) +1.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Pearson (PSO) 0.00%, Rogers Communications (RCI) 0.00%, Scholastic (SCHL) 0.03%. Pearson (PSO) and Rogers Communications (RCI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Pearson (PSO) has been the steadiest (Pearson (PSO) 25.7%, Rogers Communications (RCI) 29.1%, Scholastic (SCHL) 35.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PSO, RCI and SCHL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Rogers Communications (RCI) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.