Pearson (PSORF) Acquisitions (2009 - 2025)

Pearson (PSORF) recorded quarterly Acquisitions of $223.5 million in Q4 2025, up 558.18% quarter-over-quarter from -$48.8 million in Q4 2024, and up 558.18% on a YoY basis from $34.0 million in Q4 2024.

Pearson (PSORF) Acquisitions (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Pearson's Acquisitions history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $223.5 million for Q4 2025.

  • In Q4 2025, Acquisitions rose 558.18% year-over-year to $223.5 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at $223.5 million (up 141.92% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $223.5 million, up 17310.8% from the prior year.
  • Acquisitions was $223.5 million for Q4 2025 at Pearson, up from -$48.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Acquisitions ranged from a high of $223.5 million in Q4 2025 to a low of -$259.2 million in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Acquisitions has averaged -$61.9 million across 5 years, with a median of -$48.8 million in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Acquisitions plunged 3104.93% in 2022, then soared 558.18% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Acquisitions shows it stood at -$8.1 million in 2021, then plunged by 3104.93% to -$259.2 million in 2022, then gained by 16.31% to -$216.9 million in 2023, then surged by 77.52% to -$48.8 million in 2024, then jumped by 558.18% to $223.5 million in 2025.
  • The last three Acquisitions figures came in at $223.5 million (Q4 2025), -$48.8 million (Q4 2024), and -$216.9 million (Q4 2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Acquisitions (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 Bn - 223.47 Mn
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 -
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn -
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn -
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn -
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - -
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn -
9 Pearson - - - 223.47 Mn
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 223.47 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -48.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -216.94 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -259.22 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -8.09 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -7.92 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -6.43 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 -6.43 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -15.93 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -14.92 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 -10.62 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -705.06 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 -45.33 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -194.31 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 -545.33 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 -235.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 -191.12 Mn