Pearson (PSO) Debt Ratio (2015 - 2025)

Pearson (PSO) recorded quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.23 in Q4 2025, up 7.37% quarter-over-quarter from 0.21 in Q4 2024, and up 7.37% on a YoY basis from 0.21 in Q4 2024.

Pearson (PSO) Debt Ratio (2015 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Pearson's Debt Ratio history runs 11 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.23 for Q4 2025.

  • In Q4 2025, Debt Ratio rose 7.37% year-over-year to 0.23; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at 0.23 (up 7.37% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.23, up 7.37% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.23 for Q4 2025 at Pearson, up from 0.21 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.23 in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.17 in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.19 across 5 years, with a median of 0.19 in 2021.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2024: Debt Ratio decreased 13.96% in 2021, then advanced 23.75% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.19 in 2021, then slipped by 11.91% to 0.17 in 2022, then gained by 2.77% to 0.17 in 2023, then grew by 23.75% to 0.21 in 2024, then rose by 7.37% to 0.23 in 2025.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.23 (Q4 2025), 0.21 (Q4 2024), and 0.17 (Q4 2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 Bn - 0.23
2 New York Times 12.54 Bn 11.90 Bn -372.70 Mn -
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.34 Bn 2.24 Bn 302.26 Mn 0.32
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn 0.40
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn -
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn 0.74
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - 0.10
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn -
9 Pearson - - - 0.23
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn 0.32

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.23
Dec 31, 2024 0.21
Dec 31, 2023 0.17
Dec 31, 2022 0.17
Dec 31, 2021 0.19
Dec 31, 2020 0.22
Dec 31, 2019 0.22
Dec 31, 2018 0.09
Dec 31, 2017 0.14
Dec 31, 2016 -0.10
Dec 31, 2015 -0.06