Pearson reported revenue growth of 1.74% and asset growth of -2.89% for the quarter ended Dec 2025. These growth metrics cover 17 quarters of results from Dec 2010 through Dec 2025, standardized by Business Quant from the company’s SEC filings.
| Growth Metrics | Dec2010 | Dec2011 | Dec2012 | Dec2013 | Dec2014 | Dec2015 | Dec2016 | Dec2017 | Dec2018 | Dec2019 | Jul2020 | Dec2020 | Dec2021 | Dec2022 | Dec2023 | Dec2024 | Dec2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth Ratios | |||||||||||||||||
| Assets Growth (1y) | 7.88% | 6.55% | 3.13% | -2.88% | 2.03% | -2.22% | -29.12% | -16.31% | -2.87% | -3.30% | 0.03% | 0.61% | -13.21% | -2.81% | 5.95% | -2.89% | |
| Assets Growth (3y) | 5.83% | 2.19% | 0.72% | -1.05% | -10.91% | -16.61% | -16.79% | -7.71% | -2.06% | -0.90% | -4.41% | -5.32% | -3.68% | 0.00% | |||
| Assets Growth (5y) | 3.27% | 1.26% | -6.67% | -10.49% | -10.49% | -11.44% | -11.14% | -11.04% | -4.58% | -3.88% | -3.87% | -2.10% | -2.68% | ||||
| Capital Expenditures Growth (1y)Capex Growth (1y) | -69.20% | 8.78% | -0.44% | -131.18% | 503.93% | -117.77% | -2.41% | 24.06% | 3.08% | -18.65% | 18.92% | -5.49% | 41.06% | 19.38% | -16.34% | 19.39% | |
| Capital Expenditures Growth (3y)Capex Growth (3y) | -30.65% | -32.72% | 7.83% | -30.53% | 9.75% | -28.83% | 8.99% | 4.41% | 2.31% | -0.49% | 20.41% | 20.56% | 17.93% | 8.90% | |||
| Capital Expenditures Growth (5y)Capex Growth (5y) | -15.93% | -17.53% | -17.38% | -16.80% | 11.56% | -16.64% | 6.23% | 5.67% | 10.33% | 13.57% | 13.91% | 14.01% | |||||
| Cash & Equivalents Growth (1y)Cash & Equiv. Growth (1y) | -645.14% | 96.35% | 3,522.13% | -62.08% | 6.27% | -23.13% | 24.79% | -104.61% | 2,123.02% | -40.83% | 79.98% | -36.44% | |||||
| Cash & Equivalents Growth (3y)Cash & Equiv. Growth (3y) | 144.38% | -32.34% | 0.65% | -26.91% | 5.22% | -17.95% | 186.60% | -12.20% | |||||||||
| Cash & Equivalents Growth (5y)Cash & Equiv. Growth (5y) | 17.02% | 186.89% | 69.53% | -15.07% | -0.99% | -11.93% | 4.40% | -8.78% | |||||||||
| Cash from Investing Activities Growth (1y)Cash from Investing Growth (1y) | -19.06% | -94.61% | 44.52% | 6.02% | 62.95% | 85.27% | -43.37% | -240.72% | 270.69% | -284.60% | -65.32% | -69.86% | 65.67% | 69.29% | |||
| Cash from Investing Activities Growth (3y)Cash from Investing Growth (3y) | -8.73% | -0.49% | 42.19% | 62.84% | 57.22% | 10.38% | 117.85% | -120.60% | -39.42% | 14.00% | 1.21% | 43.64% | |||||
| Cash from Investing Activities Growth (5y)Cash from Investing Growth (5y) | 14.85% | 43.93% | 47.26% | 24.18% | 19.68% | -17.80% | -32.80% | -14.92% | -31.91% | 17.99% | |||||||
| Cash from Operations Growth (1y)Cash from Ops. Growth (1y) | 55.20% | -13.43% | -87.61% | -32.78% | -0.84% | -17.83% | 29.25% | 0.81% | 44.11% | 3.55% | 12.06% | 46.46% | 61.71% | 141.69% | 496.61% | 165.31% | |
| Cash from Operations Growth (3y)Cash from Ops. Growth (3y) | 1.58% | -41.38% | -35.94% | -16.42% | 5.62% | 6.14% | 26.80% | 18.83% | 22.03% | 23.13% | 43.51% | 27.76% | 43.45% | 104.87% | |||
| Cash from Operations Growth (5y)Cash from Ops. Growth (5y) | -5.00% | -27.41% | -15.93% | -2.06% | 14.16% | 14.92% | 19.76% | 24.11% | 37.26% | 15.69% | 19.61% | 27.37% | |||||
| Dividend Coverage Ratio Growth (1y)Div. Cover Growth (1y) | -42.48% | -99.55% | 772.64% | 17,447.54% | -49.10% | -100.13% | -2,858.23% | 99.27% | 662.62% | 38.05% | -16.38% | 1.61% | |||||
| Dividend Coverage Ratio Growth (3y)Div. Cover Growth (3y) | -71.77% | 90.02% | 820.27% | -28.31% | -26.39% | -26.00% | 106.49% | 5.46% | |||||||||
| Dividend Coverage Ratio Growth (5y)Div. Cover Growth (5y) | 14.97% | -14.92% | -98.69% | -15.15% | 15.10% | 86.74% | |||||||||||
| Dividends Paid - Common Growth (1y)Div. Paid (Common) Growth (1y) | 16.16% | -2,855.06% | 88.10% | 95.80% | 2.14% | -26,430.17% | 18.07% | -6.79% | 67.46% | -8.51% | -2.70% | -3.10% | 8.72% | -4.83% | -4.39% | -6.54% | |
| Dividends Paid - Common Growth (3y)Div. Paid (Common) Growth (3y) | -43.41% | 47.13% | 83.02% | -121.77% | -496.93% | -514.56% | 34.22% | 27.75% | 28.69% | -4.74% | 1.13% | 0.45% | 0.04% | -5.25% | |||
| Dividends Paid - Common Growth (5y)Div. Paid (Common) Growth (5y) | 34.43% | -107.39% | -1.24% | -57.01% | -136.45% | -141.39% | 20.51% | 16.78% | 19.35% | -1.91% | -1.13% | -1.87% | |||||
| EBITDA Margin Growth (1y) | 379.00 | 2,805.00 | 10,096.00 | -11153.00 | -26241.00 | ||||||||||||
| EBITDA Margin Growth (3y) | -943.00 | 6,348.00 | -27298.00 | ||||||||||||||
| EBITDA Margin Growth (5y) | 9,532.00 | -2001.00 | -31046.00 | 30,171.00 | |||||||||||||
| EBIT Growth (1y) | -4.30% | 43.65% | 394.74% | -105.67% | -1,485.81% | -66.55% | 56.58% | 3.41% | 13.57% | ||||||||
| EBIT Growth (3y) | -19.57% | 21.46% | -86.13% | -18.49% | 22.52% | ||||||||||||
| EBIT Growth (5y) | 19.76% | -16.50% | -29.28% | 16.73% | |||||||||||||
| EBIT Margin Growth (1y) | 333.00 | 3,216.00 | 9,733.00 | -11291.00 | -12736.00 | -1583.00 | 338.00 | 83.00 | 145.00 | ||||||||
| EBIT Margin Growth (3y) | -947.00 | 5,570.00 | -14293.00 | -1162.00 | 566.00 | ||||||||||||
| EBIT Margin Growth (5y) | 9,119.00 | -2505.00 | -18456.00 | 15,792.00 | |||||||||||||
| EBT Growth (1y) | -17.98% | 105.27% | -109.84% | -251.18% | -1,487.01% | 3,924.30% | 34.99% | -7.10% | 6.57% | ||||||||
| EBT Growth (3y) | -13.13% | -26.65% | -95.61% | 269.54% | 10.15% | ||||||||||||
| EBT Growth (5y) | -15.47% | -17.36% | -30.27% | 14.89% | |||||||||||||
| EBT Margin Growth (1y) | 52.00 | 3,555.00 | -933.00 | -485.00 | -13042.00 | 1,010.00 | 221.00 | -47.00 | 57.00 | ||||||||
| EBT Margin Growth (3y) | -468.00 | -4956.00 | -14460.00 | 1,184.00 | 231.00 | ||||||||||||
| EBT Margin Growth (5y) | -1349.00 | -1887.00 | -18484.00 | 13,728.00 | |||||||||||||
| EPS (Basic) Growth (1y) | -86.74% | 3.36% | 633.97% | -50.38% | -133.23% | -2,319.10% | 99.22% | 611.18% | 50.13% | -7.72% | 11.86% | ||||||
| EPS (Basic) Growth (3y) | 0.19% | 55.55% | -47.52% | -81.60% | -27.29% | 114.38% | 15.72% | ||||||||||
| EPS (Basic) Growth (5y) | -16.71% | -100.32% | -17.38% | 14.97% | 57.81% | ||||||||||||
| EPS (Diluted) Growth (1y) | -86.74% | 3.41% | 634.15% | -50.38% | -133.27% | -2,319.10% | 99.22% | 612.14% | 49.70% | -8.46% | 12.14% | ||||||
| EPS (Diluted) Growth (3y) | 0.22% | 55.60% | -47.55% | -81.66% | -27.29% | 113.70% | 15.40% | ||||||||||
| EPS (Diluted) Growth (5y) | -16.72% | -100.40% | -17.38% | 14.97% | 57.69% | ||||||||||||
| FCF Margin Growth (1y) | 661.00 | -604.00 | -1908.00 | 740.00 | 203.00 | 208.00 | 221.00 | 376.00 | 666.00 | ||||||||
| FCF Margin Growth (3y) | 22.00 | -1282.00 | -965.00 | 806.00 | 1,263.00 | ||||||||||||
| FCF Margin Growth (5y) | -1226.00 | -1146.00 | -339.00 | 1,214.00 | |||||||||||||
| FCF Payout Ratio Growth (1y)FCF Cover Growth (1y) | -68.52% | -53.59% | |||||||||||||||
| Free Cash Flow Growth (1y)FCF Growth (1y) | 64.44% | -10.77% | -38.20% | 33.50% | -96.51% | 34.99% | 32.62% | -2.95% | 49.01% | 8.58% | 10.04% | 60.25% | 76.27% | 355.72% | 231.63% | 129.56% | |
| Free Cash Flow Growth (3y)FCF Growth (3y) | 18.35% | -0.60% | -21.78% | 5.29% | 4.88% | 23.32% | 29.28% | 21.71% | 25.15% | 31.11% | 56.06% | 30.87% | 58.91% | 177.93% | |||
| Free Cash Flow Growth (5y)FCF Growth (5y) | 6.58% | -5.40% | 4.58% | 10.04% | 14.69% | 26.80% | 21.88% | 29.71% | 47.59% | 17.06% | 22.15% | 30.85% | |||||
| Gross Margin Growth (1y) | 710.00 | 2,742.00 | -2662.00 | -55.00 | -45.00 | -139.00 | 277.00 | 121.00 | 93.00 | ||||||||
| Gross Margin Growth (3y) | 5,206.00 | -197.00 | -2762.00 | 259.00 | 490.00 | ||||||||||||
| Gross Margin Growth (5y) | 3,255.00 | 2,490.00 | -297.00 | -360.00 | |||||||||||||
| Gross Profit Growth (1y) | 7.04% | 6.70% | -71.95% | -7.54% | -24.12% | -5.42% | 17.87% | -1.09% | 3.64% | ||||||||
| Gross Profit Growth (3y) | 46.30% | -6.29% | -41.84% | 3.31% | 6.51% | ||||||||||||
| Gross Profit Growth (5y) | -1.23% | -4.08% | -10.40% | -2.91% | |||||||||||||
| Interest Coverage Ratio Growth (1y)Interest Cover Growth (1y) | 11.80% | 231.77% | 297.23% | -121.81% | -855.26% | -9.86% | 19.20% | -36.84% | 32.91% | ||||||||
| Interest Coverage Ratio Growth (3y)Interest Cover Growth (3y) | -20.72% | -15.81% | -117.41% | -12.12% | 0.02% | ||||||||||||
| Interest Coverage Ratio Growth (5y)Interest Cover Growth (5y) | 17.22% | -19.45% | -26.53% | 16.81% | |||||||||||||
| Net Cash Flow Growth (1y)NCF Growth (1y) | 57.99% | -1,917.10% | 68.68% | -54.25% | 45.15% | 59.27% | -452.36% | -17.81% | 66.71% | 63.33% | -191.84% | -38.91% | -12.14% | 67.79% | 117.05% | -656.18% | |
| Net Cash Flow Growth (3y)NCF Growth (3y) | -38.46% | -113.60% | 35.77% | 29.89% | -7.26% | -38.39% | -29.39% | 47.61% | 29.11% | -14.13% | -65.66% | 20.54% | 27.27% | 32.66% | |||
| Net Cash Flow Growth (5y)NCF Growth (5y) | -17.56% | -16.84% | 9.83% | -17.53% | 13.51% | 20.20% | -18.31% | 10.23% | 11.11% | 11.70% | 17.60% | 13.81% | |||||
| Net Income Growth (1y) | -20.93% | 82.25% | -95.40% | 637.16% | -40.10% | -155.78% | -1,261.83% | 2,136.08% | 28.88% | -3.48% | 5.19% | ||||||
| Net Income Growth (3y) | -59.52% | -14.80% | -41.20% | -64.64% | -87.11% | 201.21% | 9.38% | ||||||||||
| Net Income Growth (5y) | -21.77% | -17.15% | -28.80% | 66.69% | |||||||||||||
| Net Income towards Common Stockholders Growth (1y)Net Income Growth (1y) | -51.78% | -86.76% | 3.89% | 637.16% | -50.19% | -133.33% | -2,323.56% | 99.22% | 596.09% | 44.72% | -12.71% | 8.26% | |||||
| Net Income towards Common Stockholders Growth (3y)Net Income Growth (3y) | -59.52% | 0.47% | 56.24% | -47.73% | -81.95% | -27.30% | 106.40% | 11.00% | |||||||||
| Net Income towards Common Stockholders Growth (5y)Net Income Growth (5y) | -24.61% | -16.74% | -101.01% | -17.40% | 14.96% | 55.42% | |||||||||||
| Net Margin Growth (1y) | -620.00 | -739.00 | 166.00 | -1505.00 | -12129.00 | 654.00 | 229.00 | -95.00 | 57.00 | ||||||||
| Net Margin Growth (3y) | -44.00 | 861.00 | -13467.00 | 789.00 | 192.00 | ||||||||||||
| Net Margin Growth (5y) | -498.00 | -1383.00 | -12772.00 | 12,631.00 | |||||||||||||
| Operating Income Growth (1y)Op. Inc Growth (1y) | -4.30% | 43.65% | 394.74% | -105.67% | -1,485.81% | -66.55% | 56.58% | 3.41% | 13.57% | ||||||||
| Operating Income Growth (3y)Op. Inc Growth (3y) | -19.57% | 21.46% | -86.13% | -18.49% | 22.52% | ||||||||||||
| Operating Income Growth (5y)Op. Inc Growth (5y) | 19.76% | -16.50% | -29.28% | 16.73% | |||||||||||||
| Operating Margin Growth (1y) | 333.00 | 3,216.00 | 9,733.00 | -11291.00 | -12736.00 | -1583.00 | 338.00 | 83.00 | 145.00 | ||||||||
| Operating Margin Growth (3y) | -947.00 | 5,570.00 | -14293.00 | -1162.00 | 566.00 | ||||||||||||
| Operating Margin Growth (5y) | 9,119.00 | -2505.00 | -18456.00 | 15,792.00 | |||||||||||||
| Profit After Tax Growth (1y)PAT Growth (1y) | -41.49% | -88.69% | 338.17% | 7.60% | -17.73% | -138.82% | -1,979.32% | 557.42% | 45.50% | -12.63% | 8.88% | ||||||
| Profit After Tax Growth (3y)PAT Growth (3y) | -33.82% | -18.92% | 57.12% | -32.83% | -105.20% | 102.94% | 11.45% | ||||||||||
| Profit After Tax Growth (5y)PAT Growth (5y) | -23.82% | -16.76% | -101.61% | 14.97% | |||||||||||||
| Property, Plant & Equipment (Net) Growth (1y)PP&E (Net) Growth (1y) | -9.62% | 5.08% | -100.80% | -1,311.51% | 878.21% | -8.24% | -12.19% | -12.51% | 127.99% | -6.58% | -14.42% | -27.45% | -40.57% | -8.15% | 2.94% | 0.76% | |
| Property, Plant & Equipment (Net) Growth (3y)PP&E (Net) Growth (3y) | -26.15% | -28.44% | -4.20% | 368.45% | 102.23% | -11.00% | 20.54% | 23.05% | 22.16% | -16.60% | -28.27% | -26.56% | -17.48% | -1.61% | |||
| Property, Plant & Equipment (Net) Growth (5y)PP&E (Net) Growth (5y) | -3.54% | -3.25% | -6.66% | 139.89% | 70.73% | 8.47% | 10.06% | 6.97% | 2.96% | -4.70% | -20.55% | -18.99% | -16.30% | ||||
| Return on Assets [ROA] Growth (1y)ROA Growth (1y) | 1,009.00 | -936.00 | -422.00 | -400.00 | -1306.00 | -2158.00 | -384.00 | 379.00 | 4,266.00 | 412.00 | |||||||
| Return on Assets [ROA] Growth (3y)ROA Growth (3y) | -349.00 | -1759.00 | -2128.00 | -3864.00 | 4,262.00 | 5,057.00 | |||||||||||
| Return on Assets [ROA] Growth (5y)ROA Growth (5y) | -2055.00 | -5222.00 | -1577.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] Growth (1y)ROCE Growth (1y) | 779.00 | 1,161.00 | -719.00 | -2429.00 | -2934.00 | 280.00 | 3,282.00 | -168.00 | |||||||||
| Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] Growth (3y)ROCE Growth (3y) | 377.00 | 759.00 | -1986.00 | 627.00 | 3,394.00 | ||||||||||||
| Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] Growth (5y)ROCE Growth (5y) | 819.00 | -2388.00 | 73.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Return on Equity [ROE] Growth (1y)ROE Growth (1y) | 1,729.00 | 3,661.00 | -7224.00 | -4249.00 | 5,947.00 | 692.00 | 7,158.00 | 754.00 | |||||||||
| Return on Equity [ROE] Growth (3y)ROE Growth (3y) | 1,449.00 | -9436.00 | 13,798.00 | 8,605.00 | |||||||||||||
| Return on Equity [ROE] Growth (5y)ROE Growth (5y) | -4046.00 | -10024.00 | -8781.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] Growth (1y)ROIC Growth (1y) | -5054.00 | 420.00 | 5,035.00 | 247.00 | |||||||||||||
| Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] Growth (3y)ROIC Growth (3y) | 402.00 | 5,702.00 | |||||||||||||||
| Return on Sales [ROS] Growth (1y)ROS Growth (1y) | 333.00 | 3,216.00 | 9,733.00 | -11291.00 | -12736.00 | -1583.00 | 338.00 | 83.00 | 145.00 | ||||||||
| Return on Sales [ROS] Growth (3y)ROS Growth (3y) | -947.00 | 5,570.00 | -14293.00 | -1162.00 | 566.00 | ||||||||||||
| Return on Sales [ROS] Growth (5y)ROS Growth (5y) | 9,119.00 | -2505.00 | -18456.00 | 15,792.00 | |||||||||||||
| Revenue Growth (1y) | -21.46% | -47.37% | -57.63% | -6.56% | -23.45% | -2.58% | 11.20% | -3.47% | 1.74% | ||||||||
| Revenue Growth (3y) | 1.99% | -5.12% | -32.83% | 1.50% | 2.98% | ||||||||||||
| Revenue Growth (5y) | -18.80% | -15.93% | -9.38% | -1.48% | |||||||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Growth (1y)Stock Comp. Growth (1y) | -4.19% | -9.63% | -14.85% | 41.15% | -2.14% | -4.22% | -37.58% | -2.11% | 11.70% | 25.18% | -0.87% | ||||||
| Share-based Compensation Growth (3y)Stock Comp. Growth (3y) | -9.66% | 2.80% | 5.56% | 9.78% | -16.36% | -3.28% | 5.46% | 11.03% | 11.50% | ||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Growth (5y)Stock Comp. Growth (5y) | 0.37% | 0.36% | -6.80% | -11.56% | 1.63% | 10.40% | |||||||||||
| Tax Rate Growth (1y) | 416.00 | 861.00 | 18,014.00 | -18586.00 | 2,694.00 | -37649.00 | 572.00 | -471.00 | 162.00 | ||||||||
| Tax Rate Growth (3y) | 126.00 | 17,278.00 | 2,122.00 | -37547.00 | 263.00 | ||||||||||||
| Tax Rate Growth (5y) | 18,556.00 | -446.00 | 1,387.00 | 35,336.00 | |||||||||||||
| Total Debt Growth (1y) | 2,533.40% | -35.68% | 130.92% | 1.90% | -13.43% | -23.55% | -0.12% | 31.11% | -204.76% | ||||||||
| Total Debt Growth (3y) | 239.44% | 14.81% | 26.76% | -12.31% | -12.89% | 0.04% | -49.95% | ||||||||||
| Total Debt Growth (5y) | 103.03% | 0.03% | 9.24% | -2.46% | -23.80% |
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