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The price of Pearson plc ADR (NYSE: PSO) closed at $14.68 in the last session, down -0.61% from day before closing price of $14.77. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.61 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.61 million shares were traded. PSO stock price reached its highest trading level at $14.82 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $14.615.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at PSO’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 20.97 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 7.45. 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 9523444736 and an Enterprise Value of 10881819648. As of this moment, Pearson’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 17.45, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.60. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.65. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.19 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.98. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.091 whereas that against EBITDA is 16.871.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PSO is 0.57, which has changed by 0.07075131 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15624678 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 $13.27. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.99%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -6.09%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, PSO traded on average about 687.11K shares per day over the past 3-months and 497310 shares per day over the past 10 days. 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 3.18% stake in the company. Shares short for PSO as of 1755216000 were 698296 with a Short Ratio of 0.65, compared to 1752537600 on 1119833. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 698296 and a Short% of Float of 0.11999999.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for PSO is 0.30, which was 0.244 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.016519973The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.45.
