Pearson Share Discussion Threads

[eringael] 15/3/2022 12:31

So will successful bidders run the business as is or would we expect changes - vested interest as friend works there and he's wondering what happens his various share option schemes which have not reached maturity

[ch1ck] 15/3/2022 12:02

Big institutional investing. Time to hold.

[netcurtains] 15/3/2022 10:03

looks like its approaching bid price... So perhaps new bid on the table?

[netcurtains] 15/3/2022 09:32

spiked into the 800s for s second or two.

[netcurtains] 15/3/2022 08:02

Wilmington (business education) - TRADING UPDATE. Going to be MILES BETTER THAN EXPECTED:

[netcurtains] 14/3/2022 16:24

any weakness in pound should be good for #PSON. Pretty sure the bulk of Pearson's money is in USA.

[netcurtains] 14/3/2022 12:09

Is that a million buy?

[netcurtains] 12/3/2022 09:24

Pearson takeover, my view. DONT SELL BUT IF YOU DO:
Pearson over past 5yrs was over 8.50 for about 3 of those 5yrs. So any price has to be MILES over 8.50.... Should not get out of bed for anything less than 10 pounds probably a lot more.

[netcurtains] 12/3/2022 07:59

Pearson goes ex-dividend on the 24th March (just over a weeks time)

[ch1ck] 11/3/2022 15:20

WTF. THE BOARD RECEIVED TWO OFFERS IN NOV 21 and they don't tell the share holders The Board of Pearson confirms that, on 5 November 2021, it received an unsolicited, preliminary and highly conditional proposal from Apollo regarding a possible cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the Company at 800 pence per share (the "First Proposal"). The Board of Pearson considered the First Proposal, together with its financial and legal advisers, and concluded that it significantly undervalued the Company and its future prospects, and accordingly unanimously rejected the First Proposal. On 7 March 2022, Pearson received a second unsolicited, preliminary and highly conditional proposal from Apollo regarding a possible cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the Company at 854.2 pence per share (including the FY 2021 dividend of 14.2 pence per share which has been announced but not yet paid) (the "Second Proposal"). The Board of Pearson considered the Second Proposal, together with its financial and legal advisers, and concluded that it significantly undervalued the Company and its future prospects. Accordingly, the Board of Pearson unanimously rejected the Second Proposal.

[john09] 11/3/2022 13:32

854p rejected

[john09] 11/3/2022 11:58

Anyone find anything on the price?

[mansell59] 11/3/2022 11:57

Totally agree with the comments below..this stock should be valued way above £10.00

[netcurtains] 11/3/2022 11:51

DONT ACCEPT THE OFFER PEARSON - WE'VE LOST MILES TOO MANY BRITISH COMPANIES. HANG ON TO WHAT YOU HAVE. ITS A GOLD MINE. DONT SELL.

[netcurtains] 11/3/2022 11:49

I like the:
a) recovery play
b) Big in USA
c) online education

This is miles too cheap

[undervaluedassets] 11/3/2022 11:46

the day trader wills start taking profits about now

[netcurtains] 10/3/2022 12:03

I like the:
a) recovery play
b) Big in USA
c) online education

[peterbill] 25/2/2022 14:14

Pearson was up 8.5% after the education materials publisher launched a share buyback programme, as it said 2021 brought a strong financial performance.

Pearson posted pretax profit of £157 million, more than halved from £354 million in 2020, on total sales that rose marginally to £3.43 billion from £3.40 billion.

Pearson declared a total dividend of 20.5 pence, up 5.1% from 19.5p in 2020. In addition, the publisher said it intends to start a share buyback of £350 million in 2022.

Looking ahead, Pearson said it was confident of further group revenue growth, with adjusted operating profit before interest and tax expected to be in line with current market expectations.

‘We are pleased to note the positive momentum (both operationally and from a trading / financial perspective). More broadly, we like Pearson's financial strength, growing exposure to and substantial sunk investment in digital products, and its status as a beneficiary of a positive medium-term outlook for global learning spend,’ said Shore Capital's Roddy Davidson.

[netcurtains] 25/2/2022 11:58

In results these look pretty neat:

* Direct to Consumer: Launched direct to consumer
strategy led by new digital learning service,
Pearson+, which continues to make good progress with
2.75m registered users at the end of 2021, reflecting
a strong uptake from MyLab and Mastering users, 133k
paid subscriptions, and a latest app store rating of
4.8.


* Higher Education: Pearson's flagship Higher Education
product, Revel, completed the move to incorporate the
Pearson Learning Platform's capabilities, providing
enhanced features, and a new visual design for
mobile.


* Workforce Skills: Acquired Faethm, the workforce AI
and predictive analytics company in September 2021,
and in January 2022, Credly, the market leader in
digital workforce credentialing, to further enhance
Pearson's Workforce Skills capabilities.


* Simplification: The disposal of Pearson's Brazilian
K12 Sistemas business completed on 1 October 2021.
Marketing is progressing well with other businesses
under strategic review.


* Today, we are announcing the acquisition of Clutch
Prep, an online video-based learning service that
will rapidly fuel Pearson+ with quality original
video tutorials.

[netcurtains] 25/2/2022 11:55

With the 10% holding popped up this morning could that be a prelude for a takeover of some sort?
That does appear to be a big slice of the company.