PearsonPSON:LSE

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1,202
2.00 / 0.17%
2.52m
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0.6011
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As of May 17 2013 16:44 BST.Data delayed by at least 15 minutes.
Overview
Balance sheet
Cash flow
Income statement

Income statement in GBP

Year on year Pearson had net income fall 65.94% from 957.00m to 326.00m despite a 5.02% increase in revenues from 4.82bn to 5.06bn. An increase in the cost of goods sold as a percentage of sales from 43.01% to 43.96% was a component in the falling net income despite rising revenues. View full income statement

REVENUE
Gross margin56.04%
Net profit margin5.65%
Operating margin10.18%
NET INCOME
Return on assets2.53%
Return on equity4.87%
Return on investment3.12%

Growth rates in GBP

Year on year, growth in dividends per share increased 7.14% while earnings per share excluding extraordinary items fell by 68.21%. The positive trend in dividend payments is noteworthy since only some companies in the Printing & Publishing industry pay a dividend. Additionally when measured on a five year annualized basis, dividend per share growth ranked highest relative to its industry peers, while earnings per share growth is in-line with the industry average.

DIVIDEND PER SHARE
Div yield(5 year avg)0.00%
Div growth rate (5 year)7.33%
Payout ratio (TTM)129.33%
EARNINGS PER SHARE
EPS growth(5 years)-2.0529
EPS (TTM) vs
TTM 1 year ago		-70.5642

Cash flow in GBP

In 2012, cash reserves at Pearson fell by 154.00m. However, the company earned 776.00m from its operations for a Cash Flow Margin of 15.34%. In addition the company used 883.00m on investing activities and also paid 23.00m in financing cash flows. View full cash flow statement

CASH FLOW
Cash flow per share0.7496
Price/Cash flow per share16.30
CASH
Book value per share7.05
Tangible book value per share-0.6593

Balance sheet in GBP

Pearson has a Debt to Total Capital ratio of 28.46%, a lower figure than the previous year's 33.05%. View full balance sheet

TOTAL ASSETS
Current ratio1.45
Quick ratio1.32
TOTAL DEBT
Total debt/total equity0.3996
Total debt/total capital0.2846
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