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Pearson plc ADR (NYSE: PSO) closed the day trading at $14.94 down -0.27% from the previous closing price of $14.98. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.27 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.55 million shares were traded. PSO stock price reached its highest trading level at $14.995 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $14.86.
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 14.92 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 8.74. 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 9800894464 and an Enterprise Value of 10945857536. As of this moment, Pearson’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 18.37, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.88. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.75. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.24 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.96. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.082 whereas that against EBITDA is 16.918.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PSO is 0.59, which has changed by 0.24189532 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11730647 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 $11.93. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -5.57%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -3.09%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, PSO traded about 793.44K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, PSO traded about 697210 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 2.81% stake in the company. Shares short for PSO as of 1747267200 were 1691244 with a Short Ratio of 2.13, compared to 1744675200 on 2006152. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1691244 and a Short% of Float of 0.3.
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 0.016010674The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.49.
