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Pearson plc ADR (NYSE: PSO) closed the day trading at $12.91 down -0.62% from the previous closing price of $12.99. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.62 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.96 million shares were traded. PSO stock price reached its highest trading level at $13.2994 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $12.9.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of PSO, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 17.19 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 6.11. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.24 and its Current Ratio is at 2.31. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.41 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.40.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PSO now has a Market Capitalization of 8256956416 and an Enterprise Value of 9710964736. As of this moment, Pearson’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 15.35, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 13.97. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.34. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.80 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.74. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.759 whereas that against EBITDA is 15.056.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PSO is 0.36, which has changed by -0.17523807 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15507638 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PSO has reached a high of $17.90, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $12.85. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.97%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -11.26%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, PSO traded about 754.57K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, PSO traded about 875410 shares per day. A total of 663.62M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 633.12M. Insiders hold about 0.01% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 3.30% stake in the company. Shares short for PSO as of 1767139200 were 2253581 with a Short Ratio of 2.99, compared to 1764288000 on 2095818. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2253581 and a Short% of Float of 0.41000000000000003.
Dividends & Splits
PSO’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.32, up from 0.244 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.018783681. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.39.
Earnings Estimates
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.84 and $0.78 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.81. EPS for the following year is $0.88, with 2.0 analysts recommending between $0.93 and $0.83.
Revenue Estimates
A total of 9 analysts have provided revenue estimates for PSO’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $3.63B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $3.58B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $3.6B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $3.55BBased on 9 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.77B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3.83B and the low estimate is $3.72B.
