Pearson (FRA:PES) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.29 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Pearson's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €78 Mil. Pearson's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €1,270 Mil. Pearson's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €4,613 Mil. Pearson's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.29.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Pearson's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:PES' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.16 Med: 0.35 Max: 0.57
Current: 0.29

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Pearson was 0.57. The lowest was 0.16. And the median was 0.35.

FRA:PES's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
50.53% of 843 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 0.28 vs FRA:PES: 0.29

Pearson Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pearson's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Pearson Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

0.39

0.40

0.33

0.28

0.29

Pearson Semi-Annual Data
	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																0.33	0.29	0.28	0.33	0.29

Competitive Comparison

For the Publishing subindustry, Pearson's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Pearson Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Pearson's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pearson's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Pearson Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Pearson's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(77.771	+	1269.871)	/	4612.858
	=	0.29

Pearson's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(77.771	+	1269.871)	/	4612.858
	=	0.29

Pearson (FRA:PES) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Pearson (FRA:PES) Business Description

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Address

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Website

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U.K.-listed Pearson is the world's largest educational provider. The company has been disposing of noncore businesses such as the Financial Times, The Economist, and publishing house Penguin, and is now focused on being an educational resource and testing provider. While Pearson's primary activity centres on higher-level education, the firm also has significant operations in providing clinical assessments, professional certification and testing.

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