Pearson (PSORF) Change in Cash (2009 - 2024)

Pearson (PSORF) recorded quarterly Change in Cash of $29.5 million in Q4 2024, up 112.07% quarter-over-quarter from -$244.5 million in Q4 2023, and up 112.07% on a YoY basis from $13.9 million in Q1 2024.

Pearson (PSORF) Change in Cash (2009 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

Pearson's Change in Cash history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $29.5 million for Q4 2024.

  • In Q4 2024, Change in Cash rose 112.07% year-over-year to $29.5 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2024 stood at -$1.5 billion (down 25.46% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$279.3 million, down 193.01% from the prior year.
  • Change in Cash was $29.5 million for Q4 2024 at Pearson, up from -$244.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Cash ranged from a high of $330.1 million in Q4 2020 to a low of -$639.2 million in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Change in Cash has averaged -$230.2 million across 5 years, with a median of -$244.5 million in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2020 and 2021: Change in Cash jumped 310.45% in 2020, then slumped 289.88% in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Change in Cash shows it stood at $330.1 million in 2020, then plunged by 289.88% to -$626.8 million in 2021, then retreated by 1.98% to -$639.2 million in 2022, then soared by 61.75% to -$244.5 million in 2023, then soared by 112.07% to $29.5 million in 2024.
  • The last three Change in Cash figures came in at $29.5 million (Q4 2024), -$244.5 million (Q4 2023), and -$639.2 million (Q4 2022), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Cash (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 Bn - -
2 New York Times 12.54 Bn 11.90 Bn -372.70 Mn 6.54 Mn
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.34 Bn 2.24 Bn 302.26 Mn 27.71 Mn
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn -5.31 Mn
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn 5.30 Mn
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn 40.65 Mn
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - -
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn -2.09 Mn
9 Pearson - - - -
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn 27.71 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2024 29.52 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -244.53 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -639.25 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -626.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 330.11 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -156.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 -424.63 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -1.28 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 -987.12 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 -242.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -486.41 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 -782.01 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -576.51 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 -1.84 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 -94.79 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 -290.76 Mn