Pearson PSO
NYSE PSO
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At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Pearson (PSO) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2025)

Pearson (PSO) posted quarterly Profit After Tax of $223.3 million for Q4 2024, down 37.51% year-over-year from $357.4 million in Q1 2024, and down 37.51% quarter-over-quarter from $357.4 million in Q4 2023.

Pearson (PSO) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Pearson's Profit After Tax history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $223.3 million for Q4 2024.

  • In Q4 2024, Profit After Tax fell 37.51% year-over-year to $223.3 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2024 stood at $765.5 million (down 68.66% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $443.0 million, down 20.33% from the prior year.
  • Profit After Tax for Q4 2024 stood at $223.3 million, down from $357.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Profit After Tax was $1.9 billion in Q4 2020, with the low at -$13.5 million in Q4 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Profit After Tax is $223.3 million (2024), against an average of $533.1 million.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2022: Profit After Tax plunged 100.71% in 2021, then soared 1570.5% in 2022.
  • Pearson's Profit After Tax stood at $1.9 billion in 2020, then slumped by 100.71% to -$13.5 million in 2021, then surged by 1570.5% to $198.2 million in 2022, then jumped by 80.3% to $357.4 million in 2023, then tumbled by 37.51% to $223.3 million in 2024.
  • Business Quant data shows PSO's Profit After Tax at $223.3 million in Q4 2024, $357.4 million in Q4 2023, and $198.2 million in Q4 2022.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) PAT (Qtr)
1 New York Times 10.69 Bn 10.03 Bn 394.61 Mn 93.42 Mn
2 Pearson 10.59 Bn 9.98 Bn 1.18 Bn 217.05 Mn
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.72 Bn 2.64 Bn 337.86 Mn 135.35 Mn
4 Usa Today 957.47 Mn 870.81 Mn 208.25 Mn 9.29 Mn
5 Scholastic 952.03 Mn 817.13 Mn 285.70 Mn 9.40 Mn
6 Lee Enterprises 181.86 Mn 122.43 Mn 63.89 Mn 5.17 Mn
7 Educational Development 11.62 Mn 9.81 Mn 2.82 Mn -1.40 Mn
8 TNL Mediagene 687,810.81 -1.24 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 215.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 223.33 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 357.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 198.22 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -13.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 1.90 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 2.35 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 2.35 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 3.06 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 -2.90 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 -139.61 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -41.19 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 476.01 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 504.24 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 1.36 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 835.75 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 614.19 Mn