Pearson (PSORF) Divestments (2009 - 2024)

Pearson (PSORF) recorded quarterly Divestments of -$7.7 million in Q4 2024, up 67.68% quarter-over-quarter from -$23.8 million in Q4 2023, and up 67.68% on a YoY basis from -$4.6 million in Q1 2024.

Pearson (PSORF) Divestments (2009 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

Pearson's Divestments history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$7.7 million for Q4 2024.

  • In Q4 2024, Divestments rose 67.68% year-over-year to -$7.7 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2024 stood at $85.7 million (down 49.58% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $10.6 million, up 218.44% from the prior year.
  • Divestments was -$7.7 million for Q4 2024 at Pearson, up from -$23.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Divestments ranged from a high of $661.7 million in Q3 2020 to a low of -$23.8 million in Q4 2023.
  • Historically, Divestments has averaged $137.3 million across 5 years, with a median of $34.4 million in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Divestments surged 1442.47% in 2022, then sank 118.81% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Divestments shows it stood at $76.6 million in 2020, then sank by 112.32% to -$9.4 million in 2021, then soared by 1442.47% to $126.7 million in 2022, then tumbled by 118.81% to -$23.8 million in 2023, then soared by 67.68% to -$7.7 million in 2024.
  • The last three Divestments figures came in at -$7.7 million (Q4 2024), -$23.8 million (Q4 2023), and $126.7 million (Q4 2022), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Divestments (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 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 -
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 - - - -
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2024 -7.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -23.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 126.68 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -9.44 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 76.59 Mn
Jul 24, 2020 661.72 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -128.57 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -7.97 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -46.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 4.55 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 560.88 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 -53.43 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 -11.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 6.53 Mn