Pearson PSO
NYSE PSO
$16.28 +0.21 (+1.31%)
As of: Aug 21, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Pearson (PSO) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)

Pearson (PSO) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of -$839.4 million for Q4 2024, up 2.71% year-over-year from -$817.3 million in Q1 2024, and up 2.71% quarter-over-quarter from -$862.8 million in Q4 2023.

Pearson (PSO) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Pearson's Operating Expenses history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$839.4 million for Q4 2024.

  • In Q4 2024, Operating Expenses rose 2.71% year-over-year to -$839.4 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at -$2.5 billion (up 28.54% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $4.0 billion, up 5.13% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2024 stood at -$839.4 million, up from -$862.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Expenses was -$809.3 million in Q4 2022, with the low at -$1.0 billion in Q4 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is -$862.8 million (2023), against an average of -$893.0 million.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2020 and 2023: Operating Expenses surged 59.06% in 2020, then declined 6.6% in 2023.
  • Pearson's Operating Expenses stood at -$950.7 million in 2020, then retreated by 5.49% to -$1.0 billion in 2021, then gained by 19.3% to -$809.3 million in 2022, then dropped by 6.6% to -$862.8 million in 2023, then gained by 2.71% to -$839.4 million in 2024.
  • Business Quant data shows PSO's Operating Expenses at -$839.4 million in Q4 2024, -$862.8 million in Q4 2023, and -$809.3 million in Q4 2022.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 New York Times 10.69 Bn 10.03 Bn 394.61 Mn 644.44 Mn
2 Pearson 10.59 Bn 9.98 Bn 1.18 Bn -864.18 Mn
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.72 Bn 2.64 Bn 337.86 Mn 337.80 Mn
4 Usa Today 957.47 Mn 870.81 Mn 208.25 Mn 156.72 Mn
5 Scholastic 952.03 Mn 817.13 Mn 285.70 Mn 424.70 Mn
6 Lee Enterprises 181.86 Mn 122.43 Mn 63.89 Mn 118.26 Mn
7 Educational Development 11.62 Mn 9.81 Mn 2.82 Mn 4.10 Mn
8 TNL Mediagene 687,810.81 -1.24 Mn - -

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 -857.96 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -839.41 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -862.76 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -809.32 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -1.00 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 -950.72 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -2.32 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 -2.45 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 -2.92 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 -3.08 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 -1.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 -1.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 -1.92 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 -3.50 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 -1.87 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 -1.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2009 -1.76 Bn