Pearson meets market expectations with 6% profit rise for 2025
27/02/2026 07:14
LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - British education company Pearson PSON.L met market expectations with a 6% rise in adjusted operating profit for 2025, as it scaled AI across its products, and said it expected profit to increase by as much as 11%, at the top end of its range, in 2026. The company on Friday reported profit of 614 million pounds ($830 million) on sales of 3.58 billon pounds for 2025, representing an expansion in its margin to 17.2%. ($1 = 0.7401 pounds) (Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by Susan Fenton) ((paul.sandle@thomsonreuters.com; +44 20 7542 6843; Reuters Messaging: paul.sandle.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))