Pearson Plc (PSON:LN) Consumer Discretionary/Publishing Price: 710.00 GBX Report Date: September 28, 2021 Business Description and Key Statistics Pearson is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is a Current YTY % Chg provider of educational courseware, assessment and digital services. Co.'s primary segments for management and reporting Revenue LFY (M) 3,397 -12.2 are geographical as follows: North America, comprising the EPS Diluted LFY 0.41 20.6 courseware, assessment and services businesses in the United States and Canada; Core, comprising the courseware, assessment Market Value (M) 5,342 and services businesses in more mature markets outside North America, including the UK, Australia and Italy; and Growth, Shares Outstanding LFY (000) 752,355 comprising the courseware, assessment and services businesses Book Value Per Share 5.48 in emerging markets, including Brazil, China, India and South Africa. EBITDA Margin % 21.30 Net Margin % 9.3 Website: www.pearson.com Long-Term Debt / Capital % 16.0 ICB Industry: Consumer Discretionary Dividends and Yield TTM 0.20 - 2.75% ICB Subsector: Publishing Payout Ratio TTM % 47.6 Address: 80 Strand London 60-Day Average Volume (000) 1,569 GBR 52-Week High & Low 869.40 - 499.60 Employees: 21,335 Price / 52-Week High & Low 0.82 - 1.42 Price, Moving Averages & Volume 887.9 887.9 Pearson Plc is currently trading at 710.00 which is 8.4% below its 50 day moving 837.0 837.0 average price of 775.23 and 9.1% below its 200 day 786.2 786.2 moving average price of 781.06. 735.3 735.3 PSON:LN is currently 18.3% below its 52-week high price of 869.40 and is 42.1% above its 684.5 684.5 52-week low price of 499.60. Over the past 52-weeks, 633.7 633.7 PSON:LN is up 27.4% while on a calendar year-to-date basis it is up 4.4%. 582.8 582.8 The Relative Strength Index (RSI) indicator for PSON:LN is 532.0 532.0 currently 31.6. An RSI value of 70 and above is considered 481.1 481.1 overbought and 30 and below 10/20 11/20 12/20 1/21 2/21 3/21 4/21 5/21 6/21 7/21 8/21 9/21 oversold. Volume (000) 16,888 16,888 12,666 12,666 8,444 8,444 4,222 4,222 Mean (2172.71) 0 0 10/20 11/20 12/20 1/21 2/21 3/21 4/21 5/21 6/21 7/21 8/21 9/21 Price Price (50-Day Simple Moving Average) Price (200-Day Simple Moving Average) Copyright © 2021 FTSE Russell 1 www.ftserussell.com Pearson Plc (PSON:LN) Consumer Discretionary/Publishing Price: 710.00 GBX Report Date: September 28, 2021 Price Performance, Technical Indicators & Risk Metrics Difference Price Performance % Change vs FTSE 350 Technical Indicators 1-Day % 1.25 2.03 50-Day Average Price 775.23 1-Week % 0.00 -1.25 Price / 50-Day Average 0.92 4-Week % -7.50 -5.42 200-Day Average Price 781.06 52-Week % 27.38 6.34 Price / 200-Day Average 0.91 RSI - Relative Strength Index 31.60 Quarter-to-Date % -14.46 -14.94 Year-to-Date % 4.35 -5.16 Risk Metrics Last Month % -11.71 -13.63 Price Volatility 24.21 Last Quarter % 7.57 2.90 Sharpe Ratio 0.02 Last Calendar Year % 6.81 19.80 Sortino Ratio 0.03 5-Year Price Performance vs. FTSE 350 Pearson Plc Current: 0.94 CAGR: -1.2% Over the past five years, FTSE 350 Index Current: 1.18 CAGR: 3.3% Pearson Plc's stock price is down 5.7% which is 23.4% 1.4 1.4 below the FTSE 350 Index performance of 17.6% over the same period. Pearson Plc's 1.3 1.3 cumulative annualized growth rate (CAGR) over the five year 1.3 1.3 period has been -1.2% while that of the FTSE 350 Index has been 3.3%. 1.2 ^NMX:LN 1.2 Over the past year, Pearson Plc's stock price performance 1.1 1.1 of 27.4% has outperformed that of the FTSE 350 Index by 1.0 1.0 6.3%. On a year-to-date basis, Pearson Plc's stock price performance of 4.4% has 1.0 1.0 PSON:LN outperformed the FTSE 350 Index by 5.2%. 0.9 0.9 Over the past week, Pearson Plc's stock price performance 0.8 0.8 of 0.0% has underperformed that of the FTSE 350 Index by 1.3%. 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Copyright © 2021 FTSE Russell 2 www.ftserussell.com Pearson Plc (PSON:LN) Consumer Discretionary/Publishing Price: 710.00 GBX Report Date: September 28, 2021 Growth and Profitability Metrics 5-Year 10-Year Historical Growth 3-Year 5-Year 10-Year Profitability Current Average Average Revenues % -9.0 -5.3 -5.0 Gross Margin % 48.0 52.6 53.9 Revenues Per Share % -7.4 -4.4 -4.6 EBITDA Margin % 21.3 15.4 15.7 EBITDA % 1.8 -0.6 -2.7 Pre-Tax Margin % 10.3 -4.1 -0.3 EPS Diluted % -6.3 -16.5 -12.8 Net Margin % 9.3 -1.0 4.7 Free Cash Flow % 18.0 23.1 -9.3 Return on Equity % 7.4 0.2 4.8 Cash from Operations % 9.3 13.0 -9.1 Return on Capital % 5.6 0.6 3.8 Book Value % 3.1 -7.0 -2.3 Return on Assets % 4.2 0.2 2.5 Revenue (M) Pearson Plc's cumulative annualized revenue growth Current: 3397.00 Median: 4129.00 High: 4552.00 Low: 3397.00 CAGR: -7.1% rate over the charted period is 4,783.0 4,783.0 4,552.0 4,513.0 -7.1%. This compares to cumulatative annualized 4,301.8 4,129.0 4,301.8 growth of -9.0% over the past 3,869.0 3 years. 3,820.5 3,820.5 3,397.0 3,339.3 3,339.3 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Pearson Plc's cumulative EPS Diluted annualized EPS growth rate Current: 0.41 Median: 0.41 High: 0.76 Low: -3.23 CAGR: 0.1% over the charted period is 1.56 1.56 0.1%. This compares to 0.76 0.50 0.34 0.41 cumulatative annualized -0.11 -0.11 growth of -6.3% over the past 3 years. -1.77 -1.77 -2.87 -3.43 -3.43 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Net Profit Margin % Pearson Plc's net profit margin of 9.3% is 10.3% above the Current: 9.32 Median: 8.73 High: 14.71 Low: -51.27 CAGR: 2.1% period's mean net margin of 18.0 18.0 -1.0%. During the charted Mean (-0.96) period, the observed net profit -6.2 -6.2 margin high and low were 14.7% and -51.3% respectively. -30.4 -30.4 -54.6 -54.6 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Pearson Plc's return on equity Return on Equity % of 7.4% is 7.2% above the Current: 7.40 Median: 7.25 High: 14.50 Low: -39.60 CAGR: 1.7% period's mean return on equity 17.2 17.2 of 0.2%. During the charted period, the observed ROE Mean (0.18) -2.6 -2.6 high and low were 14.5% and -39.6% respectively. -22.5 -22.5 -42.3 -42.3 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Copyright © 2021 FTSE Russell 3 www.ftserussell.com Pearson Plc (PSON:LN) Consumer Discretionary/Publishing Price: 710.00 GBX Report Date: September 28, 2021 Valuation Metrics 5-Year 10-Year 5-Year 10-Year Current Median Median Current Median Median Price / EPS TTM 17.3 16.0 17.3 Earnings Yield % 5.01 6.38 5.96 Price / Sales 1.6 1.4 1.7 Free Cash Flow Yield % 6.13 5.40 5.09 Price / Operating Cash Flow 8.7 8.3 8.7 Dividend Yield % 2.75 3.30 3.67 Price / Book Value 1.3 1.3 1.5 Enterprise Value / EBITDA 7.3 9.4 11.2 Price / EPS TTM Pearson Plc is trading at 17.32 times its EPS generated Current: 17.32 Median: 16.01 High: 99.90 Low: 10.83 CAGR: -29.6% during the latest fiscal year. 104.4 104.4 This multiple is above the historically observed median 71.7 71.7 of 16.01, while high and low observations have been 99.90 and 10.83. 39.0 39.0 Median (16.01) 6.4 6.4 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Price / Sales Pearson Plc is trading at a Price to Sales ratio of 1.61 Current: 1.61 Median: 1.41 High: 2.00 Low: 0.88 CAGR: 3.4% based on sales generated 2.06 2.06 during the latest fiscal year. This ratio is above the 1.65 1.65 historically observed median Median (1.41) ratio of 1.41, while high and low observations have been 1.23 1.23 2.00 and 0.88. 0.82 0.82 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Pearson Plc is trading at a Price / Book Value Price to Book ratio of 1.29 Current: 1.29 Median: 1.34 High: 1.93 Low: 0.77 CAGR: 6.1% based on book value at the 2.0 2.0 latest fiscal year end.