Pearson PLC

Pearson Plc engages in the business of education, business information, and consumer publishing markets. It operates through the following segments: Global Online Learning, Global Assessment, North American Courseware, and International. The Global Online Learning segment offers virtual schools and online program management. The Global Assessment Learning segment includes Pearson VUE, US student assessment and clinical assessment. The North America Courseware segment provides courseware and services businesses in the US and Canada. The International segment offers courseware and other businesses outside North America and including UK Qualifications and English. The company was founded by Pearson Samuel in 1844 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Pearson Plc engages in the business of education, business information, and consumer publishing markets. It operates through the following segments: Assessment and Qualifications, Virtual Learning, English Language Learning, Workforce Skills, Higher Education, and Strategic Review. The Assessment and Qualifications segment includes Pearson VUE, US school assessment, clinical assessment, UK GCSE, A levels and international academic qualifications, and associated courseware including the English-speaking Canadian and Australian K-12 businesses and PDRI. The Virtual Learning segment is involved in virtual schools and online program management. The English Language Learning segment focuses on Pearson test of English, institutional courseware, and English online solutions. The Workforce Skills segment offers BTEC, GED, TalentLens, Faethm, Credly, Pearson college, and apprenticeships. The Higher Education segment provides US, Canadian, and international higher education courseware businesses. The company was founded by Pearson Samuel in 1844 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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Pearson PLC (LSE:PSON), the London-listed educational publishing house with a market cap of more than £5.5bn, is due to release its interim results for the first half of 2022 on Monday. The broker consensus is that the educational and textbook publisher will outperform the market.

Pearson could surprise the market after several "painful" years

Pearson has received a hefty target price and investment, stance upgrade, with Deutsche Bank now rating the online learning specialist as a buy after several ‘painful' years. “After a period of decline driven by structural issues in the US courseware market, we think Pearson is now back on the path to sustainable growth as it recaptures the second-hand textbook market and innovates its offering.

Pearson gets rare upgrade as Deutsche Bank turns positive

Pearson PLC (LSE:PSON) said it agreed to sell its local K12 (NYSE:LRN) courseware businesses in Italy and Germany to Sanoma Corporation for £163mln in cash.  In addition, it will enter into an agreement for Sanoma to distribute Pearson's English Language Teaching products in Italy.

Pearson agrees £163mln sale of courseware businesses in Italy and Germany

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Educational provider Pearson reported underwhelming annual results.

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Pearson PLC (LSE:PSON) (Pearson PLC (LSE:PSON)) has rejected a third takeover offer from US investment group Apollo worth 884p per share leading the US private equity firm to admit defeat and walk away. Apollo said early Wednesday that it does now plan to make an offer for as it could not reach an agreement on price, which also means it can't return for six months u less another bidder emerges.

Pearson takeover deal abandoned after third Apollo bid is rejected

Pearson plc (LON: PSON) shares closed roughly 20% up on Friday after the British multinational rejected a £7.0 billion ($9.16 billion) takeover proposal from Apollo Global Management Inc. Apollo's offer translated to 854.2 pence a share According to Pearson, the private equity firm's 854.2 pence a share offer significantly undervalued it. The publishing and education […] The post Pearson shares closed 20% up on Friday: what fuelled the stock?

Pearson shares closed 20% up on Friday: what fuelled the stock?

U.K. education publishing group Pearson PLC (NYSE: PSO) refused Apollo Global Management Inc's (NYSE: APO) March 7 takeover proposal for 854.2 pence per share which valued Pearson at £6.5 billion, Bloomberg reports. Previously, Pearson rejected Apollo's.

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The company received an offer, rejected it, and then got a higher one. It looks like this publisher is in play.

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Education publisher Pearson on Friday said it's turned away two takeover approaches from private-equity giant Apollo Global Management.

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LONDON (Reuters) -Global education group Pearson said it would launch a 350 million pound ($470 million) share buyback after demand for assessment and qualification services enabled it to hit 2021 targets and set out medium-term growth goals.

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Education group Pearson has agreed to buy the certification company Credly to expand its offering to businesses looking to train and retain workers at a time of tight labour markets and rapid technological innovation.

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Pearson PLC (NYSE: PSO) bumped up its full-year profit guidance for 2021 after significant gains in testing and qualification services. The London-based education and training group's full-year adjusted operating profit would increase by about a third from 2020 to ~385 million pounds and ahead of consensus expectations.

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Pearson PLC (LSE:PSON) raised its sales and profit forecast for 2021 following a “strong” financial performance. Full-year adjusted operating profit is now expected to come in around £385mln, a rise of 33% on the previous year and above the market consensus of £376mln, while sales are forecast to grow by 8%, the media group said in a trading update.

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Pearson is well-positioned for changing educational, training and assessment needs. That should help it grow. Its share price fall means I now see it as fairly priced. There is a decent dividend and some potential for share price increase in the coming year in my view.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bridge Growth Partners, a leading technology investment firm, announced today that it has appointed Jonathan Harber as Senior Advisor. Mr. Harber will bring his expertise, insights and relationships from more than 30 years as a pioneer in education technology to work with Bridge Growth to identify and evaluate investment opportunities. Mr. Harber was the CEO and Co-Founder of SchoolNet, a company that helped school systems use data to increase academic achievement. In

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Analysts re-rated education provider Pearson PLC (NYSE:PSO), lowering their price targets. Berenberg analyst Sarah Simon upgraded Pearson to Hold from Sell with an unchanged price target of 590 GBP, implying a 4.1% downside.

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Pearson PLC (LSE:PSON) was sent to the corner by scribes in the City as the coursework and e-learning group's latest trading update was graded as distinctly underwhelming. UBS said Pearson missed targets all through the quarter, with the nine-month sales improvement of 10% implying a third-quarter drop of 2% against expectations of 7% growth.

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