Pearson PSO
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As of: Aug 21, 2026 · 2:35 PM EDT

Pearson (PSO) Divestments (2009 - 2025)

Pearson (PSO) posted quarterly Divestments of -$7.7 million for Q4 2024, up 67.68% year-over-year from -$4.6 million in Q1 2024, and up 67.68% quarter-over-quarter from -$23.8 million in Q4 2023.

Pearson (PSO) Divestments (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Pearson's Divestments history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$7.7 million for Q4 2024.

  • In Q4 2024, Divestments rose 67.68% year-over-year to -$7.7 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2024 stood at $85.7 million (down 49.58% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $10.5 million, up 217.88% from the prior year.
  • Divestments for Q4 2024 stood at -$7.7 million, up from -$23.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Divestments was $126.7 million in Q4 2022, with the low at -$23.8 million in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Divestments is -$7.7 million (2024), against an average of $32.5 million.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Divestments jumped 1442.47% in 2022, then plunged 118.81% in 2023.
  • Pearson's Divestments stood at $76.6 million in 2020, then plunged by 112.32% to -$9.4 million in 2021, then surged by 1442.47% to $126.7 million in 2022, then slumped by 118.81% to -$23.8 million in 2023, then surged by 67.68% to -$7.7 million in 2024.
  • Business Quant data shows PSO's Divestments at -$7.7 million in Q4 2024, -$23.8 million in Q4 2023, and $126.7 million in Q4 2022.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Divestments (Qtr)
1 New York Times 10.64 Bn 9.98 Bn 394.61 Mn -
2 Pearson 10.59 Bn 9.98 Bn 1.18 Bn 12.06 Mn
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.73 Bn 2.65 Bn 337.86 Mn -
4 Scholastic 958.67 Mn 823.77 Mn 285.70 Mn -
5 Usa Today 956.00 Mn 869.34 Mn 208.25 Mn -
6 Lee Enterprises 178.52 Mn 119.09 Mn 63.89 Mn -
7 Educational Development 11.62 Mn 9.81 Mn 2.82 Mn -
8 TNL Mediagene 674,570.46 -1.26 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 11.97 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -7.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -23.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 126.68 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -9.44 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 76.59 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -128.57 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -7.97 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -46.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 4.55 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 560.88 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 -53.43 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 -11.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 6.53 Mn