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How Pearson plc stacks up
PSO · against 146 other Communication Services companies listed in US-listed
Growth
27/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #119 of 147 · scores higher than 19% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score13 peers with a growth score of 20–29, including PSO · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 27?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Mainly because of its earnings per share growth, 3-year revenue growth and revenue growth, which are weaker than most Communication Services peers.
- slower growth in earnings per share: weaker than 75% of peers. Earnings per share growth: -19.1% vs peer median 8.8%
- slower revenue growth over three years: weaker than 74% of peers. 3-year revenue growth: -2.3% vs peer median 3.0%
- slower revenue growth over the last year: weaker than 61% of peers. Revenue growth: 0.7% vs peer median 3.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = PSO, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | PSO | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 149 reported | 0.7% | 5.8% | 31% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 78 reported | -19.1% | 9.4% | 22% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 145 reported | -2.3% | 4.7% | 18% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around PSO| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18.5B USD | 100 | 81 | |
| 2 | 1.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 2 | 35.4B USD | 99 | 55 | |
| 4 | 648M USD | 98 | 26 | |
| 4 | 639M USD | 98 | 46 | |
| 115 | 52.9B USD | 31 | 49 | |
| 116 | 767M USD | 29 | 28 | |
| 116 | 1.2B USD | 29 | 56 | |
| 118 | 972M USD | 28 | 35 | |
| 119 | 10.3B USD | 27 | 50 | |
| 120 | 630M USD | 26 | 27 | |
| 120 | 457M USD | 26 | 39 | |
| 120 | 10.3B USD | 26 | 65 | |
| 123 | 84.0B USD | 25 | 51 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score