Pearson PSO
NYSE PSO
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Pearson (PSO) Cost of Revenue (2009 - 2025)

Pearson (PSO) posted quarterly Cost of Revenue of $1.1 billion for Q4 2024, down 6.71% year-over-year from $1.2 billion in Q1 2024, and down 6.71% quarter-over-quarter from $1.2 billion in Q4 2023.

Pearson (PSO) Cost of Revenue (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Pearson's Cost of Revenue history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.1 billion for Q4 2024.

  • In Q4 2024, Cost of Revenue fell 6.71% year-over-year to $1.1 billion; the TTM figure through Dec 2024 stood at $4.6 billion (changed 0.07% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $2.3 billion, up 1.73% from the prior year.
  • Cost of Revenue for Q4 2024 stood at $1.1 billion, down from $1.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Cost of Revenue was $1.2 billion in Q4 2023, with the low at $1.1 billion in Q4 2020.
  • The 5-year median for Cost of Revenue is $1.1 billion (2022), against an average of $1.1 billion.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2020 and 2023: Cost of Revenue sank 53.13% in 2020, then gained 6.58% in 2023.
  • Pearson's Cost of Revenue stood at $1.1 billion in 2020, then advanced by 0.88% to $1.1 billion in 2021, then fell by 0.01% to $1.1 billion in 2022, then advanced by 6.58% to $1.2 billion in 2023, then slipped by 6.71% to $1.1 billion in 2024.
  • Business Quant data shows PSO's Cost of Revenue at $1.1 billion in Q4 2024, $1.2 billion in Q4 2023, and $1.1 billion in Q4 2022.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cost of Rev (Qtr)
1 New York Times 10.69 Bn 10.03 Bn 394.61 Mn 367.84 Mn
2 Pearson 10.59 Bn 9.98 Bn 1.18 Bn 1.13 Bn
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.72 Bn 2.64 Bn 337.86 Mn 110.08 Mn
4 Usa Today 957.47 Mn 870.81 Mn 208.25 Mn 328.09 Mn
5 Scholastic 952.03 Mn 817.13 Mn 285.70 Mn 190.40 Mn
6 Lee Enterprises 181.86 Mn 122.43 Mn 63.89 Mn 62.08 Mn
7 Educational Development 11.62 Mn 9.81 Mn 2.82 Mn 1.93 Mn
8 TNL Mediagene 687,810.81 -1.24 Mn - -

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 1.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.20 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.20 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.13 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.13 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.13 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.13 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 1.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 1.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 2.39 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 2.39 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 2.50 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 2.50 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 2.74 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 2.74 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 2.60 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 2.60 Bn