Pearson (PSO) Profit After Tax (2016)
Pearson's Profit After Tax was $762.1 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2025, up 1.9% from $747.79 million a year earlier.
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Pearson (PSO) Profit After Tax (2016) Analysis & Trends
From the year ended Dec 31, 2009 onward, Pearson has reported Profit After Tax for 17 years.
- Profit After Tax shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 6.7% (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- The figure for the year ended Dec 31, 2025 marks the highest annual Profit After Tax since the year ended Dec 31, 2012.
- Per Business Quant data, Profit After Tax in earlier years was $747.79 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-0.8%), $753.76 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+51.5%), $497.52 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (+121.8%) and $224.27 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (-59.4%).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | PAT (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 162.00 Mn |
| 2 | Fox | 27.65 Bn | 13.46 Bn | - | 696.00 Mn |
| 3 | Omnicom | 22.55 Bn | 4.64 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 604.40 Mn |
| 4 | News | 16.72 Bn | 8.21 Bn | - | 230.00 Mn |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.86 Bn | 8.97 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 10.98 Bn | 8.46 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 93.42 Mn |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.09 Bn | 8.67 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 239.00 Mn |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.82 Bn | 5.74 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.88 Bn | -6.16 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Nexstar Media | 5.02 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 1.06 Bn | 113.00 Mn |
API Access
Pearson Profit After Tax API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=profit-after-tax&ticker=PSO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "profit-after-tax", "ticker": "PSO", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=profit-after-tax&ticker=PSO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();