Pearson (PSO) Total Debt (2015 - 2025)

Pearson (PSO) recorded quarterly Total Debt of $2.0 billion in Q4 2025, up 4.27% quarter-over-quarter from $1.9 billion in Q4 2024, and up 4.27% on a YoY basis from $1.9 billion in Q4 2024.

Pearson (PSO) Total Debt (2015 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Pearson's Total Debt history runs 11 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $2.0 billion for Q4 2025.

  • In Q4 2025, Total Debt rose 4.27% year-over-year to $2.0 billion; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at $2.0 billion (up 4.27% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $2.0 billion, up 4.27% from the prior year.
  • Total Debt was $2.0 billion for Q4 2025 at Pearson, up from $1.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Total Debt ranged from a high of $2.0 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $1.4 billion in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Total Debt has averaged $1.7 billion across 5 years, with a median of $1.9 billion in 2021.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Total Debt fell 23.55% in 2022, then grew 29.77% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Total Debt shows it stood at $1.9 billion in 2021, then declined by 23.55% to $1.4 billion in 2022, then grew by 0.92% to $1.5 billion in 2023, then gained by 29.77% to $1.9 billion in 2024, then climbed by 4.27% to $2.0 billion in 2025.
  • The last three Total Debt figures came in at $2.0 billion (Q4 2025), $1.9 billion (Q4 2024), and $1.5 billion (Q4 2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Total Debt (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 Bn - 1.97 Bn
2 New York Times 12.54 Bn 11.90 Bn -372.70 Mn -
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.34 Bn 2.24 Bn 302.26 Mn 807.54 Mn
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn 726.82 Mn
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn -
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn 455.47 Mn
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - 4.90 Mn
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn -
9 Pearson - - - 1.97 Bn
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn 807.54 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 1.97 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.89 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.46 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.44 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.89 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 2.18 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 2.14 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 926.47 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 1.44 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 -1.30 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 -992.44 Mn