PearsonPSON:LSE

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1,151
1.00 / 0.09%
1.98m
0.35%
0.6228
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As of May 16 2012 16:57 BST.Data delayed by at least 15 minutes.
Overview
Balance sheet
Cash flow
Income statement

Income statment in GBP

Year on year Pearson had net income fall 26.21% from 1.30bn to 957.00m despite a 3.51% increase in revenues from 5.66bn to 5.86bn. An increase in the selling, general and administrative costs as a percentage of sales from 43.93% to 44.61% was a component in the falling net income despite rising revenues. View full income statement

REVENUE
Gross margin55.24%
Net profit margin16.31%
Operating margin20.91%
NET INCOME
Return on assets8.73%
Return on equity16.67%
Return on investment10.93%

Growth Rates in GBP

Year on year, both dividends per share and earnings per share excluding extraordinary items growth increased 8.53% and 83.94%, respectively. The positive trend in dividend payments is noteworthy since very few companies in the Printing & Publishing industry pay a dividend. Additionally when measured on a five year annualized basis, dividend per share growth is in-line with the industry average relative to its peers, while earnings per share growth is the highest in its industry.

DIVIDEND PER SHARE
Div yield(5 year avg)0.00%
Div growth rate (5 year)7.47%
Payout ratio (TTM)45.04%
EARNINGS PER SHARE
EPS growth(5 years)17.79
EPS (TTM) vs
TTM 1 year ago		83.39

Cash flow in GBP

In 2011, cash reserves at Pearson fell by 373.00m. However, the company earned 872.00m from its operations for a Cash Flow Margin of 14.88%. In addition the company used 395.00m on investing activities and also paid 790.00m in financing cash flows. View full cash flow statement

CASH FLOW
Cash flow per share1.51
Price/Cash flow per share7.75
CASH
Book value per share7.42
Tangible book value per share-0.4982

Balance sheet in GBP

Pearson has a Debt to Total Capital ratio of 25.60%. View full balance sheet

TOTAL ASSETS
Current ratio1.83
Quick ratio1.63
TOTAL DEBT
Total debt/total equity0.3451
Total debt/total capital0.256
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