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Pearson plc ADR (NYSE: PSO) closed the day trading at $15.92 up 0.19% from the previous closing price of $15.89. In other words, the price has increased by $0.19 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.79 million shares were traded. PSO stock price reached its highest trading level at $15.935 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $15.83.
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 15.90 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 9.31. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.80 and its Current Ratio is at 1.85. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.36 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.29.
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 10587182080 and an Enterprise Value of 11598132224. As of this moment, Pearson’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 19.58, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.65. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.88. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.38 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.09. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.265 whereas that against EBITDA is 17.926.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PSO is 0.41, which has changed by 0.21762455 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.10063088 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 $11.78. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.64%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 8.56%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, PSO traded about 467.91K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, PSO traded about 561570 shares per day. A total of 679.27M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 679.22M. Insiders hold about 0.01% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 2.74% stake in the company. Shares short for PSO as of 1741910400 were 722880 with a Short Ratio of 1.54, compared to 1739491200 on 1043277. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 722880 and a Short% of Float of 0.11999999.
Dividends & Splits
PSO’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.31, up from 0.24 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.015103838The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.59.
Earnings Estimates
The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0, with high estimates of $0 and low estimates of $0.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.84 and $0.84 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.84. EPS for the following year is $0.93, with 1.0 analysts recommending between $0.93 and $0.93.
Revenue Estimates
A total of 8 analysts have provided revenue estimates for PSO’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $3.81B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $3.67B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $3.73B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $3.55BBased on 9 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.93B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $4.18B and the low estimate is $3.84B.
