Pearson (PSORF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)

Pearson (PSORF) recorded quarterly Operating Expenses of $223.5 million in Q4 2025, up 126.62% quarter-over-quarter from -$839.4 million in Q4 2024, and up 126.62% on a YoY basis from $98.6 million in Q4 2024.

Pearson (PSORF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

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

  • In Q4 2025, Operating Expenses rose 126.62% year-over-year to $223.5 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at $223.5 million (up 106.36% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $4.1 billion, up 5.63% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $223.5 million for Q4 2025 at Pearson, up from -$839.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $223.5 million in Q4 2025 to a low of -$1.0 billion in Q4 2021.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged -$658.2 million across 5 years, with a median of -$839.4 million in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Operating Expenses fell 6.6% in 2023, then jumped 126.62% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at -$1.0 billion in 2021, then advanced by 19.3% to -$809.3 million in 2022, then declined by 6.6% to -$862.8 million in 2023, then advanced by 2.71% to -$839.4 million in 2024, then surged by 126.62% to $223.5 million in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $223.5 million (Q4 2025), -$839.4 million (Q4 2024), and -$862.8 million (Q4 2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (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 640.73 Mn
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.34 Bn 2.24 Bn 302.26 Mn 347.28 Mn
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn 152.97 Mn
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn 356.00 Mn
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn 114.43 Mn
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - -
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn 4.76 Mn
9 Pearson - - - 223.47 Mn
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn 347.28 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 223.47 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -839.41 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -862.76 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -809.32 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -1.00 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 -950.72 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -2.32 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 -2.45 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 -2.92 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 -3.08 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 -1.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 -1.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 -1.92 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 -3.50 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 -1.87 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 -1.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2009 -1.76 Bn