Pearson (PSO) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2025)
Pearson (PSO) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 10.99% for Q4 2024, down 2250.0% year-over-year from 0.51% in Q1 2024, and down 67.17% quarter-over-quarter from 33.49% in Q4 2023.
Pearson (PSO) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Pearson's Return on Capital Employed history runs 15 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 10.99% for Q4 2024.
- In Q4 2024, Return on Capital Employed fell 2250.0% year-over-year to 10.99%; the TTM figure through Dec 2024 stood at 10.99% (down 2250.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 9.37%, down 95.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2024 stood at 10.99%, down from 33.49% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 124.03% in Q4 2020, with the low at 10.99% in Q4 2024.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 56.88% (2022), against an average of 61.75%.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2020 and 2021: Return on Capital Employed surged 6921 bps in 2020, then slumped 4066 bps in 2021.
- Pearson's Return on Capital Employed stood at 124.03% in 2020, then tumbled by 33 bps to 83.37% in 2021, then plunged by 32 bps to 56.88% in 2022, then sank by 41 bps to 33.49% in 2023, then slumped by 67 bps to 10.99% in 2024.
- Business Quant data shows PSO's Return on Capital Employed at 10.99% in Q4 2024, 33.49% in Q4 2023, and 56.88% in Q4 2022.
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| 1 | New York Times | 10.67 Bn | 10.01 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 20.95% |
| 2 | Pearson | 10.59 Bn | 9.97 Bn | 1.18 Bn | 10.19% |
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| 5 | Scholastic | 955.58 Mn | 820.68 Mn | 285.70 Mn | 1.30% |
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| 7 | Educational Development | 11.58 Mn | 9.77 Mn | 2.82 Mn | -14.51% |
| 8 | TNL Mediagene | 674,570.46 | -1.26 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.22% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 10.99% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 33.49% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 56.88% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 83.37% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 124.03% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 54.82% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 23.48% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -4.93% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 3.78% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 34.00% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 34.76% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 35.37% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 21.77% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 3.05% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 2.86% |