Pearson (PSO) Common Equity (2009 - 2025)

Pearson (PSO) posted Common Equity of $4.9 billion for Q4 2025, down 6.34% on a QoQ basis from $5.2 billion in Q4 2024, and down 6.34% year-over-year from $5.2 billion in Q4 2024.

Analysis

Pearson (PSO) Common Equity (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Pearson has reported Common Equity for 17 years, with the latest figure at $4.9 billion in Q4 2025.

On a quarterly basis, Common Equity fell 6.34% year-over-year to $4.9 billion in Q4 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was $4.9 billion, a 6.34% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $4.9 billion, down 6.34% from the prior year.
Common Equity was $4.9 billion for Q4 2025 at Pearson, down from $5.2 billion in the prior quarter.
The five-year high for Common Equity was $5.8 billion in Q4 2021, with the low at $4.9 billion in Q4 2025.
Average Common Equity over 5 years is $5.2 billion, with a median of $5.2 billion recorded in 2022.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2022: Common Equity jumped 1145.29% in 2021, then fell 10.24% in 2022.
Over 5 years, Common Equity stood at $5.8 billion in 2021, then dropped by 10.24% to $5.2 billion in 2022, then dropped by 4.42% to $4.9 billion in 2023, then gained by 5.1% to $5.2 billion in 2024, then slipped by 6.34% to $4.9 billion in 2025.
The last three Common Equity figures came in at $4.9 billion (Q4 2025), $5.2 billion (Q4 2024), and $4.9 billion (Q4 2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Set

Peer Comparison

All peers

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Common Equity (Qtr)
1	Warner Bros. Discovery	77.15 Bn	74.93 Bn	4.10 Bn	34.00 Bn
2	Fox	24.55 Bn	20.44 Bn	-	11.73 Bn
3	Omnicom	20.71 Bn	17.98 Bn	1.30 Bn	10.27 Bn
4	News	17.37 Bn	15.99 Bn	-	9.24 Bn
5	Paramount Skydance	11.04 Bn	8.96 Bn	-2.08 Bn	12.89 Bn
6	Pearson	10.10 Bn	9.51 Bn	1.17 Bn	4.87 Bn
7	New York Times	9.93 Bn	9.27 Bn	394.61 Mn	2.05 Bn
8	Sirius Xm Holdings	8.86 Bn	8.68 Bn	1.44 Bn	11.91 Bn
9	36Kr Holdings	6.17 Bn	6.15 Bn	-	21.21 Mn
10	Wpp	5.43 Bn	2.51 Bn	-	3.74 Bn

Historic Data

Download Data

Date	Value
Dec 31, 2025	4.87 Bn
Dec 31, 2024	5.20 Bn
Dec 31, 2023	4.95 Bn
Dec 31, 2022	5.18 Bn
Dec 31, 2021	5.77 Bn
Dec 31, 2020	-551.95 Mn
Jul 24, 2020	5.23 Bn
Dec 31, 2019	5.56 Bn
Dec 31, 2018	5.82 Bn
Dec 31, 2017	5.34 Bn
Dec 31, 2016	5.41 Bn
Dec 31, 2015	9.74 Bn
Jul 24, 2015	8.38 Bn
Dec 31, 2014	9.48 Bn
Dec 31, 2013	-1.38 Bn
Dec 31, 2012	-139.71 Mn
Dec 31, 2011	9.37 Bn
Dec 31, 2010	8.77 Bn
Dec 31, 2009	7.57 Bn

API Access

Pearson Common Equity API

Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.

https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=common-equity&ticker=PSO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

import requests

url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "common-equity", "ticker": "PSO", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}

data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()

const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=common-equity&ticker=PSO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();

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Pearson (PSO) Common Equity (2009 - 2025)