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PEARSON PLC
NYSE· Books: Publishing or Publishing & Printing· Inc. X0· CIK 0000938323 Media & Telecom
$18.30 +0.06 (+0.33%)
Oct 26 4:00 PM ET · prev $18.24
Market cap
$11.1B
Large cap
Consensus
Hold
6% Buy or better · 17 analysts
Median target
$16.15
−12% · range $14.00–18.30
1 year
+23.9%
from $14.77 · Oct 27
30 days
+14.8%
from $15.94
52-week range
$12.06–18.39
−0% from high · low Feb 5
Avg volume 20D
710.1K
shares / day
Short interest
🔒 Subscribers only
New fund stakes
0
Q2 2026 13F · 0 exits
Filing reports
20
analyzed by SecBot
SecBot read MIXED 12 reports · 90 days
Balance 0 bearish · 1 bullish · 11 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 12/12
Strongest NEUTRAL Pearson reported a 6% Q3 underlying revenue acceleration (5% YTD), in line with expectations, and narrowed…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InstitutionsBULLISH

    Q2 2026: 27 added (0 new), 4 trimmed or exited.

  • AnalystsMIXED

    1 of 17 rate it Buy or better. Median target $16.15 (−12%).

  • TrendUPTREND

    11% above its 50-day average. New closing high $18.39 on Oct 22.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
0
new positions
0
exits
FundMoveSharesValue
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.ADD675,775$10.7M
BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETSADD663,777$10.5M
Quantinno Capital Management LPADD644,378$10.2M
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIPTRIM513,204$8.2M
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.ADD467,571$7.4M
Creative PlanningADD384,989$6.1M
Optiver Holding B.V.TRIM308,966$4.9M
UBS Group AGDOUBLED295,130$4.7M

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

17 analysts
Hold 6% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy0Buy1Hold10Sell4Strong Sell2
12-month targets · 2 analysts

Price is inside the target range. Median implies −12%.Targets as of Oct 27, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Oct 8, 2026UBS
DOWNGRADE
DOWNGRADENeutral
Sep 2, 2026Citigroup
DOWNGRADE
DOWNGRADENeutral
Jul 14, 2026JP Morgan
DOWNGRADE
DOWNGRADENeutral

Earnings setup

Estimates
PeriodEPS est.Range30D rev.Revenue
Current Q———$0.00
Next Q———$0.00
Current FY🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Next FY🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Recent
Sep 30, 2026
Short interest
Short Interest: PSO up 21% to 4.2M shares
Settlement 2026-09-30 | Days to cover: 6.17 | ≈0.69% of shares outstanding (est.)
Aug 31, 2026
Short interest
Short Interest: PSO down 39% to 2.5M shares
Settlement 2026-08-31 | Days to cover: 5.69 | ≈0.42% of shares outstanding (est.)
Aug 14, 2026
Short interest
Short Interest: PSO up 56% to 4.2M shares
Settlement 2026-08-14 | Days to cover: 5.16 | ≈0.65% of shares outstanding (est.)
May 6, 2026
Short interest
FTD: PSO — 40,644 shares ($0.6M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260506, Price: $15.15, FTD Value: $615,756.6, PEARSON PLC ADR(RP 1ORD25PEN)
Apr 17, 2026
Short interest
FTD: PSO — 68,185 shares ($1.0M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260417, Price: $14.60, FTD Value: $995,501, PEARSON PLC ADR(RP 1ORD25PEN)

Short side

FINRA· Oct 15, 2026
🔒 Subscribers only
shares short
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 22, 2026 SEC
Pearson reported a 6% Q3 underlying revenue acceleration (5% YTD), in line with expectations, and narrowed its FY2026…
6-K — Impact 5/10
Oct 13, 2026 SEC
Pearson filed a routine director declaration confirming that Non-Executive Director Annette Thomas ceased to be a…
6-K — Impact 1/10
Oct 1, 2026 SEC
Pearson issued 74,167 ordinary shares under its Save for Shares Plan to satisfy vesting of employee awards. The…
6-K — Impact 1/10
Sep 30, 2026 Short interest report
Short Interest: PSO up 21% to 4.2M shares
Settlement 2026-09-30 | Days to cover: 6.17 | ≈0.69% of shares outstanding (est.)
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
Connor, Clark & Lunn — ADD
675,775 shares ($10.7M)
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS — ADD
663,777 shares ($10.5M)

SecBot reports

20 filings · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 mixed · 16 neutral
All PSO filing & press-release reports (20)