Pearson PSO
NYSE PSO
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At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Pearson (PSO) Change in Cash (2009 - 2025)

Pearson (PSO) posted quarterly Change in Cash of $29.5 million for Q4 2024, up 112.07% year-over-year from $13.9 million in Q1 2024, and up 112.07% quarter-over-quarter from -$244.5 million in Q4 2023.

Pearson (PSO) Change in Cash (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Pearson's Change in Cash history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $29.5 million for Q4 2024.

  • In Q4 2024, Change in Cash rose 112.07% year-over-year to $29.5 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2024 stood at -$1.5 billion (down 25.46% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$276.9 million, down 192.57% from the prior year.
  • Change in Cash for Q4 2024 stood at $29.5 million, up from -$244.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Change in Cash was $330.1 million in Q4 2020, with the low at -$639.2 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Cash is -$244.5 million (2023), against an average of -$230.2 million.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2020 and 2021: Change in Cash soared 310.45% in 2020, then sank 289.88% in 2021.
  • Pearson's Change in Cash stood at $330.1 million in 2020, then tumbled by 289.88% to -$626.8 million in 2021, then fell by 1.98% to -$639.2 million in 2022, then surged by 61.75% to -$244.5 million in 2023, then surged by 112.07% to $29.5 million in 2024.
  • Business Quant data shows PSO's Change in Cash at $29.5 million in Q4 2024, -$244.5 million in Q4 2023, and -$639.2 million in Q4 2022.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Cash (Qtr)
1 New York Times 10.69 Bn 10.03 Bn 394.61 Mn -
2 Pearson 10.59 Bn 9.98 Bn 1.18 Bn -262.60 Mn
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.72 Bn 2.64 Bn 337.86 Mn -19.49 Mn
4 Usa Today 957.47 Mn 870.81 Mn 208.25 Mn 1.74 Mn
5 Scholastic 952.03 Mn 817.13 Mn 285.70 Mn 30.30 Mn
6 Lee Enterprises 181.86 Mn 122.43 Mn 63.89 Mn 6.15 Mn
7 Educational Development 11.62 Mn 9.81 Mn 2.82 Mn 469,100.00
8 TNL Mediagene 687,810.81 -1.24 Mn - -

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 -260.71 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 29.52 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -244.53 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -639.25 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -626.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 330.11 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -156.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 -424.63 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -1.28 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 -987.12 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 -242.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -486.41 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 -782.01 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -576.51 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 -1.84 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 -94.79 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 -290.76 Mn