Pearson plc PSON
Dividend Summary
The next Pearson plc dividend is expected to go ex in 1 month and to be paid in 2 months.
The previous Pearson plc dividend was 16.6p and it went ex 4 months ago and it was paid 2 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 | Final | Interim |
| Per share | 16.6p | Sign Up Required |
| Declaration date | 28 Feb 2025 (Fri) | 28 Jul 2025 (Mon) |
| Ex-div date | 20 Mar 2025 (Thu) | 07 Aug 2025 (Thu) |
| Pay date | 09 May 2025 (Fri) | 15 Sep 2025 (Mon) |
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Paid on 09 May 2025 (Fri)
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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 | 01 Mar 2030 | 14 Mar 2030 | 03 May 2030 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | 23 Jul 2029 | 02 Aug 2029 | 07 Sep 2029 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Final | 02 Mar 2029 | 15 Mar 2029 | 04 May 2029 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | 24 Jul 2028 | 03 Aug 2028 | 08 Sep 2028 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Final | 25 Feb 2028 | 16 Mar 2028 | 05 May 2028 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | 26 Jul 2027 | 05 Aug 2027 | 13 Sep 2027 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Final | 26 Feb 2027 | 18 Mar 2027 | 07 May 2027 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | 27 Jul 2026 | 06 Aug 2026 | 14 Sep 2026 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Final | 27 Feb 2026 | 19 Mar 2026 | 08 May 2026 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | 28 Jul 2025 | 07 Aug 2025 | 15 Sep 2025 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Paid | Final | 28 Feb 2025 | 20 Mar 2025 | 09 May 2025 | GBP | 16.6p | 16.6p | 😄 |
| Paid | Interim | 29 Jul 2024 | 08 Aug 2024 | 16 Sep 2024 | GBP | 7.37p | 7.4p | 😄 |
| Paid | Final | 01 Mar 2024 | 21 Mar 2024 | 03 May 2024 | GBP | 15.8p | 15.7p | 😄 |
| Paid | Interim | 31 Jul 2023 | 10 Aug 2023 | 18 Sep 2023 | GBP | 6.93p | 7p | 😃 |
| Paid | Final | 03 Mar 2023 | 23 Mar 2023 | 05 May 2023 | GBP | 14.9p | 14.9p | 😄 |
| Paid | Interim | 01 Aug 2022 | 11 Aug 2022 | 20 Sep 2022 | GBP | 6.46p | 6.6p | 😃 |
| Paid | Final | 25 Feb 2022 | 24 Mar 2022 | 06 May 2022 | GBP | 14.2p | 14.2p | 😄 |
| Paid | Interim | 30 Jul 2021 | 12 Aug 2021 | 20 Sep 2021 | GBP | 6.16p | 6.3p | 😃 |
| Paid | Final | 08 Mar 2021 | 25 Mar 2021 | 07 May 2021 | GBP | 13.5p | 13.5p | 😄 |
| 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 | 20.5p | 5.1% |
| 2022 | 21.5p | 4.9% |
| 2023 | 22.7p | 5.6% |
| 2024 | 24.0p | 5.7% |
| 2025 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2026 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2027 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2028 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2029 | Sign Up Required | |
Pearson plc Optimized Dividend Chart
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- Dividend Yield Today
- 2.4%
- Optimized Yield
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- 52 Week High
- 3.3% on 18 March 2025
- 52 Week Low
- 1.9% on 19 March 2025
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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
- £10.66 (yesterday's closing price)
- Shares in Issue
- 653 million
- Market Cap
- £7.0bn
- 2.8
- 4
- 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 plc announce a full year dividend per share up 6% to 24.0p
The Pearson plc announce a dividend accounted for in their 2024 financial statements totalling £156m represents the final dividend in respect of 2023 (15.7p) and the interim dividend for 2024 (7.4p). They are proposing a final dividend for 2024 of 16.6p bringing the total paid and payable in respect of 2024 to 24.0p.This final 2024 dividend, which was approved by the Board in February 2025, is subject to approval at the forthcoming AGM. For 2024, the dividend is covered 2.6 times by adjusted earnings.
Pearson Plc have declared an interim dividend for 2024 of 7.4p in July 2024
Pearson Plc have declared an interim dividend for 2024 of 7.4p in July 2024 and will be accounted for in the second half of 2024.
Pearson Plc have proposed a final dividend of 15.7p
The dividend accounted for in the Pearson Plc 2023 financial statements totalling £155m represents the final dividend in respect of 2022 (14.9p) and the interim dividend for 2023 (7.0p). They are proposing a final dividend for 2023 of 15.7p bringing the total paid and payable in respect of 2023 to 22.7p. This final 2023 dividend which was approved by the Board in February 2024, is subject to approval at the forthcoming AGM. For 2023, the dividend is covered 2.6 times by adjusted earnings.
Pearson plc announce a proposed interim dividend of 7.0p
An interim dividend for 2023 of 7p was declared by the Pearson plc Board in July 2023 and will be accounted for in the second half of 2023.
Pearson PLC announce a proposed final dividend of 14.9p
Pearson PLC have announced the dividend accounted for in their 2022 financial statements totalling £156m represents the final dividend in respect of 2021 (14.2p) and the interim dividend for 2022 (6.6p). They are proposing a final dividend for 2022 of 14.9p bringing the total paid and payable in respect of 2022 to 21.5p. This final 2022 dividend which was approved by the Board in March 2023, is subject to approval at the forthcoming AGM. For 2022, the dividend is covered 2.4 times by adjusted earnings.
Pearson Plc has declared an interim dividend of 6.6p per equity share
Pearson Plc has declared an interim dividend of 6.6p per equity share, payable on 19 September 2022 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 12 August 2022. This interim dividend, which will absorb an estimated £49m of shareholders' funds, has not been included as a liability as at 30 June 2022.
Pearson PLC announce an Interim dividend of 6.3p declared, an increase of 5%
Pearson PLC announces that the dividend accounted for in the six months to 30 June 2021 is the final dividend in respect of 2020 of 13.5p. An interim dividend for 2021 of 6.3p was declared by the Board in July 2021 and will be accounted for in the second half of 2021.
Pearson PLC announces 13.5pence per share final dividend
Pearson PLC announces a proposed final dividend of 13.5p (2019: 13.5p), which equates to a full year dividend of 19.5p (2019: 19.5p).
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.
