Pearson plc (PSO) Stock Forecast and Price Target (2026)
Last updated July 2026
Short answer
There is no meaningful analyst consensus for Pearson plc (PSO): too few analysts publish estimates on it for an average target to mean anything. That is normal for smaller and newer companies and says nothing about the business. What is left is the setup, the drivers and the risks below, which you assess yourself rather than starting from someone else's model. Walnut is not an investment adviser.
Why PSO has no consensus price target
Sell-side coverage follows trading volume and banking relationships, so smaller companies, recent listings, and names outside the major indices often carry little or none. That is the situation with PSO. It says nothing about the quality of the business, but it does mean there is no informed average to anchor to, and that any single target you find elsewhere is one analyst's model rather than a consensus.
These figures are approximate, stamped to August 2026, and drawn from Pearson's 2025 Form 20-F, the 2025 annual report and the 31 July 2026 interim results filed on Form 6-K, so check live data before acting on any of them. The single most common error with PSO is treating a screener's dollar figure as something Pearson reported: the company keeps its books in pounds sterling under IFRS, and at least one widely used screen has published the ~£3.63 billion trailing revenue figure with a dollar sign in front of it, which understates the business by roughly a third. The other thing worth holding in mind is the gap between statutory and adjusted profit, which for 2025 was ~£505 million of statutory operating profit against ~£614 million adjusted, mostly product development impairment and intangible amortisation, so the trailing multiple looks very different depending on which line you use.
What could move PSO from here
In short: the drivers cited most often are Reskilling and enterprise as the intended growth engine, Virtual Learning compounding while Assessment stabilises, AI as product, as licensing claim, and as the central threat. The risk cited most often against it is the revenue line is the problem the profit line masks: trailing twelve-month revenue of ~£3,634 million is below what Pearson booked in 2022 and 2023, and English Language Learning declined ~3% in the first half as the Pearson Test of English met tougher study-abroad demand, tighter migration policy and geopolitical disruption that management expects to persist near term.
Both sides are worked through properly, with the high and low targets used as the bull and bear anchors, on the PSO is it a buy page. This page deliberately stops at the numbers.
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FAQ
What is the price target for Pearson plc (PSO)?
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There is no meaningful consensus price target for PSO, because too few analysts publish on it. That is common for smaller and newer companies. Where only one or two analysts cover a stock, an "average target" is really one person's model, so we do not print a number that would imply more agreement than exists. Check your broker's research tab for whatever individual coverage exists.
Why does PSO have no analyst forecast?
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Sell-side coverage follows trading volume and banking relationships, so small caps, recent listings, and companies outside the major indices often carry little or none. A lack of coverage says nothing about the business itself. It does mean you are doing the analysis yourself rather than starting from someone else's model.
What could move PSO?
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The drivers and the risks are laid out on this page and in more depth on the PSO "is it a buy" page. Without analyst estimates to anchor to, the honest framing is scenarios rather than a number.
Walnut is informational, not investment advice, and does not publish price targets of its own. The analyst figures on this page come from a August 2026 data pull of published third-party research, are approximate, and change constantly. Verify current figures with your broker before acting on them.