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How Pearson plc stacks up
PSO · against 495 other Communication Services companies
Growth
27/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #360 of 496 · scores higher than 27% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score50 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 · 502 reported | 0.7% | 3.0% | 39% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 278 reported | -19.1% | 8.8% | 25% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 491 reported | -2.3% | 3.0% | 26% | 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 | 35.4B CNY (≈$5.0B) | 100 | 65 | |
| 1 | 18.5B USD | 100 | 81 | |
| 4 | 15.2B HKD (≈$1.9B) | 99 | 64 | |
| 4 | 17.62T IDR (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 76 | |
| 355 | 10.9B THB (≈$307M) | 28 | 49 | |
| 360 | 13.8B CNY (≈$1.9B) | 27 | 42 | |
| 360 | 24.7B CNY (≈$3.5B) | 27 | 43 | |
| 360 | 10.3B TWD (≈$319M) | 27 | 50 | |
| 360 | 10.3B USD | 27 | 50 | |
| 360 | 107.9B INR (≈$1.3B) | 27 | 52 | |
| 365 | 11.0B CNY (≈$1.5B) | 26 | 35 | |
| 365 | 630M USD | 26 | 27 | |
| 365 | 457M USD | 26 | 39 |
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