Capital expenditure · 2015–2021

Pearson capital expenditure

$88.1M+29.4% · FY2021

Pearson (PSO) reported $88.1M in capital expenditure for fiscal 2021, +29.4% year on year.

$131M2015$119M2016$106M2017$93.4M2018$70.1M2019$68.0M2020$88.1M2021
Pearson — Capital expenditure, 2015–2021
Fiscal yearCapital expenditureChangeFiling
FY20212021-12-31$88.1M+29.4%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$68.0M−3.0%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$70.1M−24.9%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$93.4M−11.6%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$106M−11.1%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$119M−9.6%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$131M—Open →

Capital expenditure — Capital expenditure is the cash the company spent during the year on property, plant and equipment — factories, stores, servers, vehicles. It appears in the investing section of the cash-flow statement as an outflow and is shown here as a positive amount. Operating cash flow minus this figure is free cash flow.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2015–2021 compound annual growth −6.5%

Figures are reported under IFRS in GBP and converted to US dollars at ECB reference rates — fiscal 2025 average 0.758 GBP/$ for income items, year-end 0.743 GBP/$ for balance-sheet items.

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