Pearson plc (LON:PSON) Insider Buys £3,772.55 in Stock

Pearson plc (LON:PSON) insider Annette Thomas bought 383 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, June 28th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 985 ($12.46) per share, for a total transaction of £3,772.55 ($4,771.76).

Pearson Trading Down 0.7 %

LON:PSON opened at GBX 983.60 ($12.44) on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average is GBX 968.05 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 977.48. The firm has a market capitalization of £6.61 billion, a PE ratio of 1,855.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.83 and a beta of 0.32. Pearson plc has a 12 month low of GBX 809.60 ($10.24) and a 12 month high of GBX 1,046.50 ($13.24). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 30.19, a current ratio of 1.73 and a quick ratio of 1.07.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have weighed in on PSON. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Pearson from GBX 1,200 ($15.18) to GBX 1,220 ($15.43) and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 20th. Shore Capital reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Pearson in a research note on Friday, April 26th.

Pearson Company Profile

Pearson plc offers educational courseware, assessments, and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, other European countries, and internationally. The company operates through five segments: Assessment & Qualifications, Virtual Learning, English Language Learning, Workforce Skills, and Higher Education.