Pearson plc ADR (NYSE: PSO) is -0.12% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $11.69 and a high of $16.43 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The PSO stock was last observed hovering at around $16.34 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.24%.
Currently trading at $16.10, the stock is 0.31% and 3.32% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.48 million and changing -1.47% at the moment leaves the stock 18.34% off its SMA200. PSO registered 28.70% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 24.71%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $15.5828 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $13.6048.
The stock witnessed a 1.26% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 20.69%, and is -0.12% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.11% over the week and 1.07% over the month.
Pearson plc ADR (PSO) has around 17612 employees, a market worth around $10.94B and $4.47B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 25.76 and Fwd P/E is 18.41. Profit margin for the company is 9.83%. Distance from 52-week low is 37.78% and -2.01% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.82%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 7.97% this year
188.0 institutions hold shares in Pearson plc ADR (PSO), with institutional investors hold 2.97% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 679.27M, and float is at 679.22M with Short Float at 0.10%. Institutions hold 2.97% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is MORGAN STANLEY with over 2.81 million shares valued at $35.12 million. The investor’s holdings represent 0.3955 of the PSO Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC with 2.11 million shares valued at $26.37 million to account for 0.297 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 1.99 million shares representing 0.2795 and valued at over $24.82 million, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 0.2678 of the shares totaling 1.91 million with a market value of $23.78 million.
