Shareholders' equity · 2016–2025

Pearson shareholders' equity

$4.9B−2.9% · FY2025

Pearson (PSO) reported $4.9B in shareholders' equity for fiscal 2025, −2.9% year on year.

$5.3B2016$5.4B2017$5.8B2018$5.7B2019$5.6B2020$5.8B2021$5.3B2022$5.1B2023$5.1B2024$4.9B2025
Pearson — Shareholders' equity, 2016–2025
Fiscal yearShareholders' equityChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$4.9B−2.9%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$5.1B+0.1%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$5.1B−4.5%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$5.3B−8.0%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$5.8B+2.2%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$5.6B−1.1%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$5.7B−1.5%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$5.8B+6.6%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$5.4B+1.4%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$5.3B—Open →

Shareholders' equity — Shareholders' equity is what remains after subtracting liabilities from assets — the accounting book value of the company, not its market value.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2016–2025 compound annual growth −0.9%

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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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Pearson shareholders' equity}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/pearson/shareholders-equity}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 20-F · 0001193125-26-104945 · March 13, 2026

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