Pearson plc PSON
Dividend Summary
The next Pearson plc dividend is expected to go ex in 2 months and to be paid in 3 months.
The previous Pearson plc dividend was 6p and it went ex 6 months ago and it was paid 4 months ago.
There are typically 2 dividends per year (excluding specials), and the dividend cover is approximately 2.8.
Latest Dividends
| Summary | Previous dividend | Next dividend |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Paid | Forecast |
| Type | Interim | Final |
| Per share | 6p | Sign Up Required |
| Declaration date | 24 Jul 2020 (Fri) | 19 Feb 2021 (Fri) |
| Ex-div date | 13 Aug 2020 (Thu) | 25 Mar 2021 (Thu) |
| Pay date | 21 Sep 2020 (Mon) | 06 May 2021 (Thu) |
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£6.00
Paid on 21 Sep 2020 (Mon)
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The table below shows the full dividend history for Pearson plc
| Status | Type | Decl. date | Ex-div date | Pay date | Decl. Currency | Forecast amount | Decl. amount | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forecast | Final | 14 Feb 2025 | 20 Mar 2025 | 01 May 2025 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | 26 Jul 2024 | 15 Aug 2024 | 13 Sep 2024 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Final | 16 Feb 2024 | 21 Mar 2024 | 02 May 2024 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | 28 Jul 2023 | 17 Aug 2023 | 15 Sep 2023 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Final | 17 Feb 2023 | 23 Mar 2023 | 04 May 2023 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | 29 Jul 2022 | 18 Aug 2022 | 16 Sep 2022 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Final | 18 Feb 2022 | 24 Mar 2022 | 05 May 2022 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | 30 Jul 2021 | 19 Aug 2021 | 17 Sep 2021 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Final | 19 Feb 2021 | 25 Mar 2021 | 06 May 2021 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Paid | Interim | 24 Jul 2020 | 13 Aug 2020 | 21 Sep 2020 | GBP | 6.43p | 6p | 😊 |
| Paid | Final | 21 Feb 2020 | 26 Mar 2020 | 07 May 2020 | GBP | 15p | 13.5p | 😏 |
| Paid | Interim | 26 Jul 2019 | 15 Aug 2019 | 13 Sep 2019 | GBP | 6p | 6p | 😄 |
| Paid | Final | 22 Feb 2019 | 04 Apr 2019 | 10 May 2019 | GBP | 14p | 13p | 😊 |
| Paid | Interim | 27 Jul 2018 | 16 Aug 2018 | 14 Sep 2018 | GBP | 11p | 5.5p | 😖 |
| Paid | Final | 23 Feb 2018 | 05 Apr 2018 | 11 May 2018 | GBP | 20p | 12p | 😓 |
| Paid | Interim | 04 Aug 2017 | 17 Aug 2017 | 15 Sep 2017 | GBP | 10p | 5p | 😖 |
| Paid | Final | 18 Jan 2017 | 06 Apr 2017 | 12 May 2017 | GBP | 34p | 34p | 😄 |
| Paid | Interim | 29 Jul 2016 | 18 Aug 2016 | 16 Sep 2016 | GBP | 18p | 18p | 😄 |
| Paid | Final | 26 Feb 2016 | 07 Apr 2016 | 06 May 2016 | GBP | — | 34p | |
| Paid | Interim | 24 Jul 2015 | 13 Aug 2015 | 11 Sep 2015 | GBP | — | 18p | |
| Paid | Final | 27 Feb 2015 | 02 Apr 2015 | 01 May 2015 | GBP | — | 34p | |
| Paid | Interim | 25 Jul 2014 | 13 Aug 2014 | 12 Sep 2014 | GBP | — | 17p | |
| Paid | Final | 28 Feb 2014 | 02 Apr 2014 | 02 May 2014 | GBP | — | 32p | |
| Paid | Interim | – | 14 Aug 2013 | 13 Sep 2013 | GBP | — | 16p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 03 Apr 2013 | 03 May 2013 | GBP | — | 30p | |
| Paid | Interim | – | 15 Aug 2012 | 14 Sep 2012 | GBP | — | 15p | |
| Paid | Interim | – | 17 Aug 2011 | 16 Sep 2011 | GBP | — | 14p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 06 Apr 2011 | 06 May 2011 | GBP | — | 25.7p | |
| Paid | Interim | – | 18 Aug 2010 | 17 Sep 2010 | GBP | — | 13p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 31 Dec 2009 | 31 Dec 2009 | GBP | — | 35.5p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 31 Dec 2008 | 31 Dec 2008 | GBP | — | 33.8p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 31 Dec 2007 | 31 Dec 2007 | GBP | — | 31.6p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 31 Dec 2006 | 31 Dec 2006 | GBP | — | 29.3p |
| Year | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 29.3p | — |
| 2007 | 31.6p | 7.8% |
| 2008 | 33.8p | 7.0% |
| 2009 | 35.5p | 5.0% |
| 2010 | 38.7p | 9.0% |
| 2011 | 14.0p | -63.8% |
| 2012 | 45.0p | 221.4% |
| 2013 | 48.0p | 6.7% |
| 2014 | 51.0p | 6.3% |
| 2015 | 52.0p | 2.0% |
| 2016 | 52.0p | 0% |
| 2017 | 17.0p | -67.3% |
| 2018 | 18.5p | 8.8% |
| 2019 | 19.5p | 5.4% |
| 2020 | 19.5p | 0% |
| 2021 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2022 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2023 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2024 | Sign Up Required | |
Pearson plc Optimized Dividend Chart
The chart below shows the optimized dividends for this security over a rolling 12-month period.
- Dividend Yield Today
- 2.6%
- Optimized Yield
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- 52 Week High
- 7.5% on 23 March 2020
- 52 Week Low
- 3.3% on 13 August 2020
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About Pearson plc
Originally established as a construction company, Pearson PLC is now the largest book publisher and education company in the world. With 35’000 employees across 70 countries, the organisation works closely with all manner of education professionals.
- Sector
- Media
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Share Price
- £7.61 (yesterday's closing price)
- Shares in Issue
- 815 million
- Market Cap
- £6.2bn
- 2.8
- 2
- Market Indices
- STOXX600, FTSE 350, FTSE 100, CBOE 350, CBOE 100
- Dividend History URL
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- Financial Calendar URL
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- Home Page URL
- https://www.pearson.com/uk/
- Investor Relations URL
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Pearson have proposed a final dividend of 13.5p, an increase of 4%, which equates to a full year dividend of 19.5p.
Pearson plc are proposing a final dividend for 2019 of 13.5p bringing the total paid and payable in respect of 2019 to 19.5p. This final 2019 dividend which was approved by the Board in February 2020, is subject to approval at the forthcoming AGM and will be charged against 2020 profits. For 2019, the dividend is covered 3.0 times by adjusted earnings.