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How Pearson plc stacks up
PSO · against 71 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Growth
27/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #63 of 72 · scores higher than 13% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score6 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 · 73 reported | 0.7% | 5.4% | 26% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 57 reported | -19.1% | 11.7% | 25% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 72 reported | -2.3% | 6.1% | 6% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around PSO| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 94.7B CNY (≈$13.3B) | 100 | 84 | |
| 1 | 18.5B USD | 100 | 81 | |
| 3 | 18.0B USD | 97 | 71 | |
| 4 | 46.5B CNY (≈$6.5B) | 96 | 42 | |
| 5 | 12.74T KRW (≈$9.2B) | 94 | 70 | |
| 59 | 17.3B USD | 36 | 48 | |
| 60 | 14.8B USD | 35 | 50 | |
| 61 | 5.5B USD | 32 | 37 | |
| 61 | 11.0B USD | 32 | 36 | |
| 63 | 10.3B USD | 27 | 50 | |
| 64 | 12.1B EUR (≈$13.4B) | 26 | 40 | |
| 64 | 10.3B USD | 26 | 65 | |
| 66 | 1.08T JPY (≈$7.4B) | 25 | 67 | |
| 67 | 179.1B NOK (≈$17.0B) | 21 | 52 |
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