Pearson PSO Growth Metrics (2010-2025)

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Growth Ratios
Assets Growth (1y) (Quarter) 9.63%4.85%3.13%-2.88%2.03%-2.22%-29.12%-16.31%-2.87%-3.30%0.03%0.61%-13.21%-1.80%4.86%-2.89%
Assets Growth (3y) (Quarter) 5.83%1.64%0.72%-1.05%-10.91%-16.61%-16.79%-7.71%-2.06%-0.90%-4.41%-5.00%-3.68%0.00%
Assets Growth (5y) (Quarter) 3.27%0.93%-6.67%-10.49%-10.49%-11.44%-11.14%-11.04%-4.58%-3.88%-3.67%-2.10%-2.68%
Capital Expenditures Growth (1y) (Quarter) -16.96%42.61%-63.49%1.28%54.19%-56.73%-2.41%24.06%3.08%-18.65%18.92%-5.49%41.06%18.54%-15.15%19.39%
Capital Expenditures Growth (3y) (Quarter) -3.15%2.52%9.58%10.84%9.75%-6.82%8.99%4.41%2.31%-0.49%20.41%20.29%17.93%8.99%
Capital Expenditures Growth (5y) (Quarter) 13.08%7.84%-3.48%11.23%11.56%-6.99%6.23%5.67%10.33%13.39%13.91%14.01%
Cash & Equivalents Growth (1y) (Quarter) -13.29%477.72%12,132.33%-92.59%-74.57%54.26%787.19%-12.68%986.26%-97.77%-23.86%-38.91%4,531.40%-36.44%
Cash & Equivalents Growth (3y) (Quarter) -50.92%35.79%32.07%-69.26%51.53%128.63%338.22%-40.44%-43.10%-78.20%178.25%161.99%
Cash & Equivalents Growth (5y) (Quarter) 65.84%1.39%-45.71%99.40%-25.79%101.24%23.66%7.37%-37.12%39.12%-21.14%
Cash from Investing Activities Growth (1y) (Quarter) -20.18%-92.79%44.52%6.02%62.95%85.27%-43.37%-240.72%270.69%-284.60%-65.32%-71.62%66.02%69.29%
Cash from Investing Activities Growth (3y) (Quarter) -8.73%-0.18%42.19%62.84%57.22%10.38%117.85%-120.60%-39.42%14.00%1.21%43.69%
Cash from Investing Activities Growth (5y) (Quarter) 14.85%44.04%47.26%24.18%19.68%-17.80%-32.80%-14.92%-32.05%17.99%
Cash from Operations Growth (1y) (Quarter) 78.95%-33.67%-211.30%-23.91%-28.86%-24.24%20.76%12.08%42.03%10.76%-2.70%168.93%-41.62%113.83%78.63%5.32%
Cash from Operations Growth (3y) (Quarter) 4.31%-72.76%-70.66%-25.65%-8.25%4.70%26.08%23.09%19.00%38.06%34.13%41.95%30.64%58.89%
Cash from Operations Growth (5y) (Quarter) -6.94%-52.52%-37.38%-6.69%8.35%14.84%18.02%18.35%17.23%22.77%29.04%29.33%
Dividends Paid - Common Growth (1y) (Quarter) -101.65%7,134.24%-100.21%-0.82%2.14%33,717.66%104.70%-44.11%-36.65%34.22%74.31%-3.29%-47.36%-5.09%-2.35%-134.34%
Dividends Paid - Common Growth (3y) (Quarter) -26.04%47.30%-26.03%593.60%777.38%628.50%-10.18%-21.96%14.01%31.29%-3.90%-21.53%-21.28%-32.33%
Dividends Paid - Common Growth (5y) (Quarter) -14.90%118.81%6.98%228.32%199.36%218.75%11.14%-4.34%-5.48%2.48%-3.84%-16.67%
EBITDA Margin Growth (1y) (Quarter) 356.00-321.009,747.00854.00-11007.00-465.00-12736.0024,046.00-857.00-91.00-574.00-9086.00771.00338.00-1473.001,702.00
EBITDA Margin Growth (3y) (Quarter) 9,781.0010,280.00-406.00-10618.00-24208.0010,845.0010,453.0023,097.00-1522.00-9751.00-8888.00-7977.00-364.00566.00
EBITDA Margin Growth (5y) (Quarter) -372.00-1193.00-13607.00692.00-1020.009,896.009,788.0013,438.00-9837.00-8641.00-10024.00-7748.00
EBIT Growth (1y) (Quarter) 201.95%2.58%1,553.50%11.91%-101.53%-233.92%-1,485.81%193.36%-18.80%-2.92%-21.17%-99.33%1,330.86%58.20%2.35%13.57%
EBIT Growth (3y) (Quarter) 271.37%166.76%-31.67%-27.18%-41.09%271.91%141.14%39.86%-14.66%-82.73%-57.65%-46.58%185.08%22.40%
EBIT Growth (5y) (Quarter) -23.52%-24.31%-76.16%-3.31%-9.32%110.14%62.12%14.91%-43.05%-34.93%-34.23%-29.25%
EBIT Margin Growth (1y) (Quarter) 356.00-321.009,747.00854.00-11007.00-465.00-12736.0024,046.00-857.00-91.00-574.00-9086.00771.00338.0083.00145.00
EBIT Margin Growth (3y) (Quarter) 9,781.0010,280.00-406.00-10618.00-24208.0010,845.0010,453.0023,097.00-1522.00-9751.00-8888.00-7977.001,192.00566.00
EBIT Margin Growth (5y) (Quarter) -372.00-1193.00-13607.00692.00-1020.009,896.009,788.0013,438.00-9837.00-8641.00-8467.00-7748.00
EBT Growth (1y) (Quarter) 1,398.79%-13.22%2,705.04%2.84%-101.53%-251.18%-1,487.01%195.77%-18.85%-3.15%-19.87%-99.72%3,924.30%36.39%-8.06%6.57%
EBT Growth (3y) (Quarter) 582.66%192.52%-34.67%-27.15%-41.87%281.15%142.92%40.15%-14.28%-87.03%-55.07%-46.36%269.54%10.04%
EBT Growth (5y) (Quarter) -37.91%-27.34%-92.84%-3.38%-7.85%113.10%63.18%14.89%-41.04%-34.58%-35.26%-31.46%
EBT Margin Growth (1y) (Quarter) 434.00-261.0010,369.00-25.00-10660.00-485.00-13042.0024,905.00-907.00-120.00-443.00-9707.001,010.00221.00-47.0057.00
EBT Margin Growth (3y) (Quarter) 10,541.0010,083.00-316.00-11170.00-24187.0011,378.0010,956.0023,878.00-1470.00-10270.00-9140.00-8476.001,184.00231.00
EBT Margin Growth (5y) (Quarter) -143.00-1062.00-13843.00693.00-189.0010,351.0010,393.0013,728.00-10167.00-9039.00-8966.00-8466.00
Enterprise Value Growth (1y) (Quarter) -133.44%-230.51%50.40%25.39%-311.71%123.18%87.78%-159.79%25.81%-33.23%-700.79%95.93%-26.73%77.66%-3,986.74%40.67%
Enterprise Value Growth (3y) (Quarter) -36.59%-6.95%-15.07%39.45%55.94%36.16%-41.50%-37.35%-99.29%24.28%25.53%77.41%-126.18%-75.62%
Enterprise Value Growth (5y) (Quarter) -29.80%25.93%21.64%4.38%4.49%23.78%-37.21%-61.20%-17.00%16.41%34.25%-30.40%22.51%
EPS (Basic) Growth (1y) (Quarter) 12,443.59%-42.54%426.95%-102.58%2,866.12%-133.23%-2,319.10%205.56%-19.68%-99.12%1,114.83%-90.55%611.18%51.69%-8.66%84.17%
EPS (Basic) Growth (3y) (Quarter) 624.19%-27.61%55.55%-30.79%-505.85%103.97%182.35%26.15%-55.95%-78.42%101.35%0.64%114.38%36.52%
EPS (Basic) Growth (5y) (Quarter) 206.68%-22.14%-100.32%43.39%185.76%-43.09%33.13%14.97%-43.53%-35.87%62.44%11.38%
EPS (Diluted) Growth (1y) (Quarter) 12,427.99%-42.53%427.21%-102.58%2,866.48%-133.27%-2,319.10%205.52%-19.72%-99.12%1,115.61%-90.61%612.14%51.25%-9.40%84.62%
EPS (Diluted) Growth (3y) (Quarter) 624.04%-27.61%55.60%-30.80%-506.13%104.03%182.28%26.15%-55.95%-78.46%101.04%0.37%113.70%36.14%
EPS (Diluted) Growth (5y) (Quarter) 206.67%-22.16%-100.40%43.43%185.79%-43.08%33.13%14.97%-43.59%-35.97%61.93%11.08%
FCF Margin Growth (1y) (Quarter) 569.00-108.00-365.00-133.00-408.00-269.0012.00271.00383.0099.00-151.001,272.00-275.00235.00508.0016.00
FCF Margin Growth (3y) (Quarter) 96.00-606.00-906.00-809.00-664.0015.00666.00752.00330.001,220.00846.001,232.00469.00759.00
FCF Margin Growth (5y) (Quarter) -444.00-1282.00-1162.00-526.00-10.00496.00614.001,873.001,327.001,180.001,589.001,756.00
FCF Payout Ratio Growth (1y) (Quarter) 91.14%-10,779.12%100.03%-27.19%-40.00%-28,003.77%-170.21%38.15%-23.46%-68.34%-54.12%174.93%-10.08%-46.15%-42.66%-133.30%
FCF Payout Ratio Growth (3y) (Quarter) 26.06%26.52%26.00%-398.52%-668.79%-676.59%-27.31%-8.73%-47.41%58.00%44.84%33.19%-34.76%-28.11%
FCF Payout Ratio Growth (5y) (Quarter) 14.89%-33.22%36.38%-190.17%-222.24%-295.79%-39.87%28.36%32.98%24.08%18.34%41.37%
Free Cash Flow Growth (1y) (Quarter) 118.60%-164.66%-552.40%-38.48%-63.10%-20.48%24.24%9.64%48.69%20.27%-13.10%229.08%-41.46%76.26%70.31%3.13%
Free Cash Flow Growth (3y) (Quarter) 7.77%-98.67%-145.16%-39.61%-14.18%6.22%29.44%28.23%22.65%46.81%41.86%49.36%20.67%45.61%
Free Cash Flow Growth (5y) (Quarter) -12.12%-68.24%-68.16%-13.25%7.15%19.53%20.54%20.49%18.63%26.20%35.49%34.11%
Gross Margin Growth (1y) (Quarter) 129.00-3022.00-2440.005,621.00-198.00-55.00-45.00-5205.00-325.00260.004,475.00436.00-139.00277.00121.0093.00
Gross Margin Growth (3y) (Quarter) -5333.00159.002,983.005,368.00-298.00-5305.00-5576.00-5271.004,409.005,171.004,773.00575.00259.00490.00
Gross Margin Growth (5y) (Quarter) 89.00-94.002,883.00117.00-5829.00-5371.00-841.00-360.004,707.005,309.005,170.00788.00
Gross Profit Growth (1y) (Quarter) 8.05%5.70%-103.52%2,754.98%-11.89%-7.54%-24.12%-102.13%-297.88%62.85%2,380.67%20.32%-5.42%19.09%-2.10%3.64%
Gross Profit Growth (3y) (Quarter) -26.83%-0.42%-6.29%186.96%-14.81%-26.30%-27.33%-26.65%229.31%130.17%203.49%10.66%3.31%6.41%
Gross Profit Growth (5y) (Quarter) -1.23%-4.26%-10.40%18.98%-15.46%-15.12%-11.46%-2.91%109.50%68.25%100.32%6.58%
Interest Coverage Ratio Growth (1y) (Quarter) 306.28%-7.06%-1,239.76%270.20%-101.26%890.84%718.17%-177.09%-1.28%-5.25%26.73%98.13%-1,277.78%-52.08%36.84%-32.91%
Interest Coverage Ratio Growth (3y) (Quarter) -255.79%162.22%-30.92%29.45%-6.62%-268.11%-103.18%-41.31%7.91%75.65%42.60%26.78%-136.54%-8.48%
Interest Coverage Ratio Growth (5y) (Quarter) -23.92%12.40%73.66%-1.33%-21.39%-121.38%-47.27%-15.00%27.41%21.26%28.91%19.91%
Net Cash Flow Growth (1y) (Quarter) 139.95%-5,681.02%75.27%-57.49%49.25%86.71%-2,176.98%-15.40%68.29%75.46%-362.15%-0.47%-43.71%81.42%261.00%-222.14%
Net Cash Flow Growth (3y) (Quarter) -76.67%-187.39%41.75%52.64%-15.37%-51.72%-102.74%55.22%28.88%-4.45%-88.26%35.50%34.44%28.57%
Net Cash Flow Growth (5y) (Quarter) -34.53%-28.22%9.77%-22.79%10.88%22.94%-56.71%16.05%12.28%21.17%31.93%12.00%
Net Income Growth (1y) (Quarter) 1,059.12%-32.29%2,913.76%-3.57%-88.39%-95.41%-17,613.30%188.62%-23.17%-99.13%1,081.06%-63.94%-50.47%723.52%-4.47%5.19%
Net Income Growth (3y) (Quarter) 482.57%169.98%49.97%-82.74%-43.16%92.47%392.19%26.12%-57.03%-66.60%28.25%13.73%57.36%102.08%
Net Income Growth (5y) (Quarter) 88.67%-36.29%-96.29%-4.41%-8.66%-45.54%65.23%15.16%-57.31%-31.40%75.39%8.13%
Net Income towards Common Stockholders Growth (1y) (Quarter) 12,473.40%-42.61%429.65%-102.59%2,876.74%-133.33%-2,323.56%205.38%-23.17%-99.13%1,081.06%-90.57%596.09%46.22%-13.61%78.23%
Net Income towards Common Stockholders Growth (3y) (Quarter) 625.70%-27.63%56.24%-30.84%-507.60%104.18%178.59%26.14%-57.03%-78.64%97.93%-1.35%106.40%30.94%
Net Income towards Common Stockholders Growth (5y) (Quarter) 207.57%-22.24%-101.01%43.71%183.65%-43.57%32.13%14.96%-44.62%-37.01%57.84%8.13%
Net Margin Growth (1y) (Quarter) 440.00-342.001,350.00-1488.001,145.00-1505.00-12129.0023,789.00-1464.00-9714.001,146.00-1127.00654.00229.00-95.00673.00
Net Margin Growth (3y) (Quarter) 1,448.00-481.001,007.00-1848.00-12488.0010,156.0010,197.0012,612.00-10032.00-9695.00673.00-243.00789.00807.00
Net Margin Growth (5y) (Quarter) 1,105.00-840.00-12626.009,813.009,838.00-1021.001,629.0012,631.00-10505.00-8812.00808.00335.00
Operating Income Growth (1y) (Quarter) 201.95%2.58%1,553.50%11.91%-101.53%-233.92%-1,485.81%193.36%-18.80%-2.92%-21.17%-99.33%1,330.86%58.20%2.35%13.57%
Operating Income Growth (3y) (Quarter) 271.37%166.76%-31.67%-27.18%-41.09%271.91%141.14%39.86%-14.66%-82.73%-57.65%-46.58%185.08%22.40%
Operating Income Growth (5y) (Quarter) -23.52%-24.31%-76.16%-3.31%-9.32%110.14%62.12%14.91%-43.05%-34.93%-34.23%-29.25%
Operating Margin Growth (1y) (Quarter) 356.00-321.009,747.00854.00-11007.00-465.00-12736.0024,046.00-857.00-91.00-574.00-9086.00771.00338.0083.00145.00
Operating Margin Growth (3y) (Quarter) 9,781.0010,280.00-406.00-10618.00-24208.0010,845.0010,453.0023,097.00-1522.00-9751.00-8888.00-7977.001,192.00566.00
Operating Margin Growth (5y) (Quarter) -372.00-1193.00-13607.00692.00-1020.009,896.009,788.0013,438.00-9837.00-8641.00-8467.00-7748.00
Profit After Tax Growth (1y) (Quarter) 36.07%62.66%-62.91%-5.60%-108.65%-238.90%-1,979.32%205.47%-23.17%-0.14%-19.11%-100.71%1,570.50%80.30%-37.51%-3.51%
Profit After Tax Growth (3y) (Quarter) -6.36%-17.11%-26.63%-31.56%-100.82%324.18%166.13%41.10%-14.70%-26.11%-56.14%-42.70%164.80%2.73%
Profit After Tax Growth (5y) (Quarter) -15.63%-16.73%-32.83%43.44%37.65%126.05%73.25%65.85%-42.16%-31.40%-37.54%-35.30%
Property, Plant & Equipment (Net) Growth (1y) (Quarter) 3,833.22%4.09%-100.80%-1,311.51%878.21%-8.24%-12.19%-12.51%127.99%-6.58%-14.42%-90.49%-80.06%-51.40%85,138.20%2.99%
Property, Plant & Equipment (Net) Growth (3y) (Quarter) -32.53%-28.41%-4.20%368.45%102.23%-11.00%20.54%23.05%22.16%-57.63%-74.68%-79.03%335.50%652.80%
Property, Plant & Equipment (Net) Growth (5y) (Quarter) 104.76%-3.43%-6.66%139.89%70.73%8.47%10.06%6.97%-31.42%-48.98%-62.54%46.40%51.93%
Return on Assets Growth (1y) (Quarter) 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Return on Assets Growth (3y) (Quarter) 0.000.000.000.00-1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.001.000.00
Return on Assets Growth (5y) (Quarter) 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.001.000.00
Return on Capital Employed Growth (1y) (Quarter) 19.001,872.001,361.00-62.00-76.00-3022.00-871.002,840.003,134.006,921.00-4066.00-2649.00-2339.00-2250.00-78.00
Return on Capital Employed Growth (3y) (Quarter) 3,252.003,171.001,223.00-3159.00-3968.00-1052.005,103.0012,895.005,989.00206.00-9054.00-7237.00-4661.00
Return on Capital Employed Growth (5y) (Quarter) 3,114.0074.00-2669.00-1190.002,006.009,003.007,958.006,181.001,001.00-4382.00-11380.00
Return on Invested Capital Growth (1y) (Quarter) 0.000.000.000.000.001.000.001.000.002.00-1.001.00-2.00-1.000.00
Return on Invested Capital Growth (3y) (Quarter) -1.00-1.000.001.000.001.000.003.002.002.00-1.00-1.00-2.00
Return on Invested Capital Growth (5y) (Quarter) -1.000.000.001.001.003.002.003.001.000.00-2.00
Return on Sales Growth (1y) (Quarter) 0.000.001.000.00-1.000.00-1.003.000.00-1.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Return on Sales Growth (3y) (Quarter) 1.001.000.00-1.00-3.001.001.001.00-1.00-1.000.000.000.000.00
Return on Sales Growth (5y) (Quarter) 0.000.00-2.000.000.000.000.002.00-1.00-1.000.000.00
Revenue Growth (1y) (Quarter) 5.40%148.98%-62.66%3.08%-8.53%-6.56%-23.45%17.15%-11.70%-2.01%-16.22%9.27%-2.58%12.35%-4.46%1.74%
Revenue Growth (3y) (Quarter) -0.67%-1.41%-29.39%-4.14%-13.19%-5.72%-7.48%0.45%-10.17%-3.56%-3.74%6.15%1.50%2.89%
Revenue Growth (5y) (Quarter) -1.57%-3.91%-24.10%-4.60%-7.51%-6.23%-8.25%-1.48%-5.05%-0.37%-0.87%3.06%
Share-based Compensation Growth (1y) (Quarter) -47.72%98.95%-18.25%16.58%-15.37%-2.11%12.85%23.90%-0.87%
Share-based Compensation Growth (3y) (Quarter) -5.26%23.77%-6.92%11.03%11.39%
Share-based Compensation Growth (5y) (Quarter) -3.45%
Tax Rate Growth (1y) (Quarter) 4,483.00-145.002,192.00661.00-2826.00-253.002,162.00812.00536.00-296.00-93.0034,910.00-37649.00572.00-471.00162.00
Tax Rate Growth (3y) (Quarter) 6,530.002,707.0027.00-2417.00-916.002,721.003,509.001,051.00146.0034,521.00-2831.00-2166.00-37547.00263.00
Tax Rate Growth (5y) (Quarter) 4,365.00-371.001,937.00556.00431.002,960.003,120.0035,868.00-2592.00-2555.00-2730.00-2475.00
Total Debt Growth (1y) (Quarter) 4.58%-2.39%-4.58%15.08%-8.84%-4.17%101.76%2,533.40%-35.68%130.92%1.90%-13.43%-23.55%0.92%29.77%4.27%
Total Debt Growth (3y) (Quarter) -0.72%3.12%1.13%1.25%26.41%35.41%31.96%239.44%14.81%26.76%-12.31%-12.59%0.04%10.94%
Total Debt Growth (5y) (Quarter) 1.14%-0.61%15.07%19.59%18.51%22.13%8.32%21.99%103.03%0.03%9.46%-2.46%-2.01%