How Pearson plc stacks up

PSO · against 72 other Communication Services companies of similar size

Overall

50/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #48 of 73 · scores higher than 31% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the overall score

20 peers with an overall score of 50–59, including PSO · Click a bar to see the companies

The four scores behind it

Overall = average of valuation, growth, profitability and safety percentile (categories without data are skipped)

Valuation#50 of 72Score 44 / 100 · beats 31%Growth#63 of 72Score 27 / 100 · beats 13%Profitability#46 of 73Score 63 / 100 · beats 36%Risk#15 of 73Moderate relative risk · safety 65 · beats 81%

Ranking by overall score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around PSO

Rank	Company	Market cap	Overall	Valuation	Growth	Profitability	Risk
1	Zhejiang Century Huatong Group Co.,Ltd002602.SZ · China	94.7B CNY (≈$13.3B)	84	71	100	93	0 / 2
2	Kanzhun LimitedBZ · US-listed	7.5B USD	83	71	85	87	0 / 2
3	Reddit, Inc.RDDT · US-listed	18.5B USD	81	39	100	96	0 / 2
4	Capcom Co., Ltd.9697.T · Japan	1.62T JPY (≈$11.0B)	79	39	76	100	0 / 2
5	TIM S.A.TIMB · US-listed	8.4B USD	77	92	63	85	0 / 2
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47	Koninklijke KPN N.V.KPN.AS · Europe	16.3B EUR (≈$17.9B)	51	60	46	79	2 / 2
48	Charter Communications, Inc.CHTR · US-listed	14.8B USD	50	92	35	68	2 / 2
48	PT Indoritel Makmur Internasional Tbk.DNET.JK · Southeast Asia	139.36T IDR (≈$8.6B)	50	18	78	46	1 / 2
48	Informa plcINF.L · United Kingdom	10.4B GBP (≈$13.6B)	50	41	60	63	1 / 2
48	Pearson plcPSO · US-listed	10.3B USD	50	44	27	63	1 / 2
52	HKT Trust and HKT Limited6823.HK · Hong Kong	91.9B HKD (≈$11.8B)	48	53	49	68	2 / 2
52	News CorporationNWS · US-listed	17.3B USD	48	46	36	61	1 / 2
54	RTL Group S.A.RRTL.DE · Europe	4.8B EUR (≈$5.3B)	47	38	61	38	1 / 2
55	JCDecaux SEDEC.PA · Europe	5.3B EUR (≈$5.8B)	46	63	47	54	2 / 2

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

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