Pearson (PSO) Total Current Liabilities (2009 - 2025)

Pearson (PSO) recorded quarterly Total Current Liabilities of $1.5 billion in Q4 2025, down 18.59% quarter-over-quarter from $1.9 billion in Q4 2024, and down 18.59% on a YoY basis from $1.9 billion in Q4 2024.

Pearson (PSO) Total Current Liabilities (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Pearson's Total Current Liabilities history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.5 billion for Q4 2025.

  • In Q4 2025, Total Current Liabilities fell 18.59% year-over-year to $1.5 billion; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at $1.5 billion (down 18.59% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $1.5 billion, down 18.59% from the prior year.
  • Total Current Liabilities was $1.5 billion for Q4 2025 at Pearson, down from $1.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Total Current Liabilities ranged from a high of $2.1 billion in Q4 2021 to a low of $1.5 billion in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Total Current Liabilities has averaged $1.8 billion across 5 years, with a median of $1.8 billion in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Total Current Liabilities climbed 7.75% in 2024, then fell 18.59% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Total Current Liabilities shows it stood at $2.1 billion in 2021, then retreated by 18.55% to $1.7 billion in 2022, then climbed by 1.49% to $1.8 billion in 2023, then rose by 7.75% to $1.9 billion in 2024, then retreated by 18.59% to $1.5 billion in 2025.
  • The last three Total Current Liabilities figures came in at $1.5 billion (Q4 2025), $1.9 billion (Q4 2024), and $1.8 billion (Q4 2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Total Current Liabilities (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 Bn - 1.54 Bn
2 New York Times 12.54 Bn 11.90 Bn -372.70 Mn 666.70 Mn
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.34 Bn 2.24 Bn 302.26 Mn 692.42 Mn
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn 499.28 Mn
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn 621.10 Mn
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn 98.36 Mn
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - 35.04 Mn
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn 6.17 Mn
9 Pearson - - - 1.54 Bn
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn 692.42 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 1.54 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.90 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.73 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 2.13 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 2.07 Bn
Jul 24, 2020 -1.85 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 1.92 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 2.01 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 2.15 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 2.39 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 -3.35 Bn
Jul 24, 2015 -3.42 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 -3.47 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 -3.75 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 -3,447.80
Dec 31, 2011 -3.28 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 -3.54 Bn
Dec 31, 2009 -2.82 Bn