Pearson plc ADR (PSO)

NYSE · Communication Services · Publishing · United Kingdom

Pearson plc ADR is a large cap company (market value between $10 billion and $200 billion) in the Publishing industry.

Intrinsic value, DCF valuation, financial health and value investing analysis for the Pearson plc ADR stock.

Our verdict on PSO

Overvalued: intrinsic value $8.90 per share, market price $17.37, margin of safety -95.2% (as of 2026-10-30).

Discounting its cash flows at 7.7% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $8.90; the price of $17.37 is 95% above that value, and 80% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score: 63/100 on 12 of 12 signals (Faint Leak).

ETFs with the most weight in PSO

• Leuthold Select Industries ETF (LST): 0.6% of the fund

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Peers in Publishing

• New York Times Co (NYT)
• John Wiley & Sons Inc (WLY)
• USA TODAY Co Inc (TDAY)
• Scholastic Corp (SCHL)
• Lee Enterprises Inc (LEE)
• Educational Development Corp (EDUC)
• TNL Mediagene (TNMG)

Cheaper than PSO in Publishing

• USA TODAY Co Inc (TDAY): undervalued, 50% margin of safety
• John Wiley & Sons Inc (WLY): slightly overvalued, -6% margin of safety
• New York Times Co (NYT): overvalued, -53% margin of safety

Is PSO undervalued or overvalued?

PSO is overvalued (as of the 2026-10-30 close). Discounting its cash flows at 7.7% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $8.90; the price of $17.37 is 95% above that value, and 80% of that value comes from beyond year five.

What is the intrinsic value of PSO?

$8.90 per share (as of the 2026-10-30 close), against a market price of $17.37. That is a margin of safety of -95.2%. The value is the average of the valuation methods that apply to this company, recomputed every night after the US close.

What is Pearson plc ADR's Leak Score?

63 out of 100, which we rate "Faint Leak", on 12 of 12 value investing signals.