Pearson (PSO) Shares Outstanding (2010 - 2025)

Pearson (PSO) posted Shares Outstanding (Entity) of $635.8 million for Q4 2025, down 4.57% on a QoQ basis from $666.3 million in Q4 2024, and down 4.57% year-over-year from $666.3 million in Q4 2024.

Analysis

Pearson (PSO) Shares Outstanding (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Pearson has reported Shares Outstanding (Entity) for 17 years, with the latest figure at $635.8 million in Q4 2025.

On a quarterly basis, Shares Outstanding (Entity) fell 4.57% year-over-year to $635.8 million in Q4 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was $635.8 million, a 4.57% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $635.8 million, down 4.57% from the prior year.
Shares Outstanding (Entity) was $635.8 million for Q4 2025 at Pearson, down from $666.3 million in the prior quarter.
The five-year high for Shares Outstanding (Entity) was $756.8 million in Q4 2021, with the low at $635.8 million in Q4 2025.
Average Shares Outstanding (Entity) over 5 years is $694.4 million, with a median of $697.3 million recorded in 2023.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2022: Shares Outstanding (Entity) grew 0.47% in 2021, then decreased 5.43% in 2022.
Over 5 years, Shares Outstanding (Entity) stood at $756.8 million in 2021, then retreated by 5.43% to $715.7 million in 2022, then dropped by 2.58% to $697.3 million in 2023, then dropped by 4.45% to $666.3 million in 2024, then decreased by 4.57% to $635.8 million in 2025.
The last three Shares Outstanding (Entity) figures came in at $635.8 million (Q4 2025), $666.3 million (Q4 2024), and $697.3 million (Q4 2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Set

Peer Comparison

All peers

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Shares Outstanding (Qtr)
1	Warner Bros. Discovery	77.15 Bn	74.93 Bn	4.10 Bn	2.51 Bn
2	Fox	24.55 Bn	20.44 Bn	-	431.00 Mn
3	Omnicom	20.71 Bn	17.98 Bn	1.30 Bn	279.90 Mn
4	News	17.37 Bn	15.99 Bn	-	556.50 Mn
5	Paramount Skydance	11.04 Bn	8.96 Bn	-2.08 Bn	1.10 Bn
6	Pearson	10.10 Bn	9.51 Bn	1.17 Bn	651.30 Mn
7	New York Times	9.93 Bn	9.27 Bn	394.61 Mn	162.04 Mn
8	Sirius Xm Holdings	8.86 Bn	8.68 Bn	1.44 Bn	337.00 Mn
9	36Kr Holdings	6.17 Bn	6.15 Bn	-	1.06 Bn
10	Wpp	5.43 Bn	2.51 Bn	-	215.20 Mn

Historic Data

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Date	Value
Dec 31, 2025	651.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2024	673.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023	711.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2022	738.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2021	754.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2020	755.40 Mn
Jul 24, 2020	777.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019	777.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018	778.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2017	813.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2016	814.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2015	813.30 Mn
Jul 24, 2015	810.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2014	810.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2013	807.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2012	804.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2011	800.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2010	801.20 Mn

API Access

Pearson Shares Outstanding 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=shares-outstanding&ticker=PSO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

import requests

url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "shares-outstanding", "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=shares-outstanding&ticker=PSO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();

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Pearson (PSO) Shares Outstanding (2010 - 2025)