Pearson (PSON)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 100

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1,151.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -1.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,255.00
  • 52 Week Low: 1,038.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 815.99m
  • Volume: 1,959,433
  • Market Cap: £9,392m
  • RiskGrade: 101
  • Beta: 0.82

Latest ShareCast News

Pearson Financial Director ups his stake

Date: Wednesday 16 May 2012

A round-up of the biggest director deals today so far.

Pearson ShareCast News

Pearson snaps up American IT examining firm 16-May-2012 ShareCast
London close: Footsie finishes week strongly, Ma... 27-Apr-2012 ShareCast
London midday: Stocks rise as markets await US G... 27-Apr-2012 ShareCast
Pearson sees underlying sales growth in tough qu... 27-Apr-2012 ShareCast
London open: Spanish downgrade weighs on sentiment 27-Apr-2012 ShareCast

Pearson Regulatory News

Acquisition 16-May-2012 14:44 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 16-May-2012 12:08 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 16-May-2012 11:39 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 15-May-2012 11:58 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 14-May-2012 10:41 RNS

Pearson Newspaper Links

Pearson sells £450m stake in FTSE to London Stoc... 13-Dec-2011 Telegraph
PEARSON’S FTSE SALE 13-Dec-2011 Express & Star
Takeover gives Pearson new scale in China 22-Nov-2011 The Independent
Pearson makes new $400m connection in US 16-Sep-2011 The Independent
Pearson deal gives it strong Connections 16-Sep-2011 The Scotsman

Pearson Tips & Analysis

Questor:Pearson 14-Dec-2011 Telegraph
Investment Column:Pearson 10-Aug-2011 The Independent
Questor : Pearson 28-Apr-2011 Telegraph
FTSE Close: Pearson & Mitie up; Banks fall back 23-Nov-2010 Daily Mail
Questor : Pearson 27-Oct-2010 Telegraph

Pearson News Wires

NCSBN Selects First Three Countries to Offer NCL... 01-Jun-2004 Market Wire

Other Pearson News

FTSE close: Whitbread up; SABMiller down 21-Jun-2011 This Is Money

Sunridge Gold Corp (TSX-V: SGC) signed a memo...

11-Jun-2011 Proactive Investors
FTSE close: US blow; Kingfisher down 02-Jun-2011 This Is Money
Gooding engineers move to Premier Farnell 26-May-2011 This Is Money
Newspaper and magazine share tips 27-Apr-2011 This Is Money

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

 

Pearson Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 1,151.00p
Change Today -1.00p
% Change -0.09 %
52 Week High 1,255.00
52 Week Low 1,038.00
Volume 1,959,433
Shares Issued 815.99m
Market Cap £9,392m
Beta 0.82
RiskGrade 101

Pearson Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
57.74% below the market average57.74% below the market average57.74% below the market average57.74% below the market average57.74% below the market average
72.41% below the sector average72.41% below the sector average72.41% below the sector average72.41% below the sector average72.41% below the sector average
Price Trend
50.57% above the market average50.57% above the market average50.57% above the market average50.57% above the market average50.57% above the market average
28.71% above the sector average28.71% above the sector average28.71% above the sector average28.71% above the sector average28.71% above the sector average
Income
35.15% above the market average35.15% above the market average35.15% above the market average35.15% above the market average35.15% above the market average
20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average
Growth
46.84% above the market average46.84% above the market average46.84% above the market average46.84% above the market average46.84% above the market average
52.69% above the sector average52.69% above the sector average52.69% above the sector average52.69% above the sector average52.69% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 8
Buy 5
Neutral 9
Sell 3
Strong Sell 1
Total 26
buy
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Pearson Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 04-Apr-12 17-Aug-11
Paid 04-May-12 16-Sep-11
Amount 28.00p 14.00p

Trades for 16-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
16:46 815 @ 1,155.00p
16:46 527 @ 1,151.00p
16:46 367 @ 1,149.00p
16:46 1,017 @ 1,152.00p
16:46 42,817 @ 1,145.99p

Pearson Key Personnel

CEO Marjorie Scardino
Chair Glen Moreno
CFO Robin Freestone

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