Pearson (PSO) Treasury Shares (2009 - 2025)

Pearson (PSO) posted Treasury Shares of -$29.3 million for Q4 2025, down 225.71% on a QoQ basis from -$9.0 million in Q4 2024, and down 225.71% year-over-year from $23.3 million in Q4 2024.

Analysis

Pearson (PSO) Treasury Shares (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Pearson has reported Treasury Shares for 17 years, with the latest figure at -$29.3 million in Q4 2025.

On a quarterly basis, Treasury Shares fell 225.71% year-over-year to -$29.3 million in Q4 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$29.3 million, a 225.71% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at -$29.3 million, down 225.71% from the prior year.
Treasury Shares was -$29.3 million for Q4 2025 at Pearson, down from -$9.0 million in the prior quarter.
The five-year high for Treasury Shares was $17.6 million in Q4 2022, with the low at -$29.3 million in Q4 2025.
Average Treasury Shares over 5 years is -$5.6 million, with a median of -$9.0 million recorded in 2024.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2023: Treasury Shares jumped 75.01% in 2021, then tumbled 234.03% in 2023.
Over 5 years, Treasury Shares stood at $16.2 million in 2021, then gained by 8.76% to $17.6 million in 2022, then sank by 234.03% to -$23.6 million in 2023, then soared by 61.9% to -$9.0 million in 2024, then tumbled by 225.71% to -$29.3 million in 2025.
The last three Treasury Shares figures came in at -$29.3 million (Q4 2025), -$9.0 million (Q4 2024), and -$23.6 million (Q4 2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Set

Peer Comparison

All peers

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Treasury Shares (Qtr)
1	Warner Bros. Discovery	77.15 Bn	74.93 Bn	4.10 Bn	230.00 Mn
2	Fox	24.55 Bn	20.44 Bn	-	-
3	Omnicom	20.71 Bn	17.98 Bn	1.30 Bn	10.02 Bn
4	News	17.37 Bn	15.99 Bn	-	78.43 Mn
5	Paramount Skydance	11.04 Bn	8.96 Bn	-2.08 Bn	-
6	Pearson	10.10 Bn	9.51 Bn	1.17 Bn	-29.26 Mn
7	New York Times	9.93 Bn	9.27 Bn	394.61 Mn	19.16 Mn
8	Sirius Xm Holdings	8.86 Bn	8.68 Bn	1.44 Bn	17,000.00
9	36Kr Holdings	6.17 Bn	6.15 Bn	-	-349,000.00
10	Wpp	5.43 Bn	2.51 Bn	-	254.92 Mn

Historic Data

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Date	Value
Dec 31, 2025	-29.26 Mn
Dec 31, 2025	-29.26 Mn
Dec 31, 2024	-8.98 Mn
Dec 31, 2024	-8.98 Mn
Dec 31, 2023	-23.58 Mn
Dec 31, 2023	-23.58 Mn
Dec 31, 2022	17.59 Mn
Dec 31, 2022	17.59 Mn
Dec 31, 2021	16.18 Mn
Dec 31, 2021	16.18 Mn
Dec 31, 2020	9.24 Mn
Dec 31, 2020	9.24 Mn
Jul 24, 2020	-21.19 Mn
Jul 24, 2020	-21.19 Mn
Dec 31, 2019	30.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2019	30.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2018	42.46 Mn
Dec 31, 2018	42.46 Mn
Dec 31, 2017	80.99 Mn
Dec 31, 2017	80.99 Mn

API Access

Pearson Treasury Shares 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=treasury-shares&ticker=PSO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

import requests

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

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Pearson (PSO) Treasury Shares (2009 - 2025)