Sharemaestro company-news research for Pearson plc (PES), showing current tone, evidence confidence, direct company coverage, sector and industry context, completed price response and the source headlines used on the page. Scores describe published news evidence. Confidence describes the amount, freshness, source breadth and direct company relevance of that evidence. Price context is shown separately.

GER Germany Provisional evidence

Company news sentiment

PES news sentiment

Pearson plc

Company headlines from the last 30 days, weighted by freshness, relevance, publisher quality and the strength of the wording. Price is shown separately.

Full chart Weekly report Factor research RSS feed
30-day score50Neutral is 50
Early balanced news score 20/100 evidence confidence 100% direct company focus 12 current stories across 6 publishers
Latest weekly closeEUR 14.30week of 7 Aug 2026
Main news subjectMarket update80/100 share of current news
News data statusHealthy0 duplicate stories removed

Current company news

Early balanced news score

12 company-specific stories are available, but there are not yet enough fresh stories from separate publishers for a firm reading.

Observed headline tone50/100 Published 30-day score50/100

Older, less relevant and less reliable stories count for less. Confidence is shown separately.

Latest source headline Pearson (PSO) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript nasdaq.com · 08 Aug 2026 02:44

What supports the score

Direct evidence

12 current stories are mapped specifically to PES.

Source breadth

The score uses 6 publishers rather than depending on one outlet.

What limits the score

Too little evidence

The stories agree, but freshness-weighted evidence is only 0.072.

Confidence

Confidence is 20/100, below the threshold for a firm score.

50/100
News scoreEarly balanced news score
20/100
Confidencethin evidence
100%/100
Company news12 company stories
100/100
Story agreement0/100 difference

News history

Daily score and story count over 30 days

Daily weighted evidence
15 Jul: 1 stories17 Jul: 2 stories20 Jul: 1 stories22 Jul: 2 stories23 Jul: 1 stories27 Jul: 1 stories31 Jul: 1 stories04 Aug: 2 stories08 Aug: 1 stories 15 Jul: tone 50, 1 stories17 Jul: tone 50, 2 stories20 Jul: tone 50, 1 stories22 Jul: tone 50, 2 stories23 Jul: tone 50, 1 stories27 Jul: tone 50, 1 stories31 Jul: tone 50, 1 stories04 Aug: tone 50, 2 stories08 Aug: tone 50, 1 stories 95505
15 Jul30 Jul13 Aug
News scoreStory count50 baseline

Confidence

How reliable the score is

Separate from direction

Confidence uses the amount of news, separate publishers, direct company relevance, freshness and agreement. A high or low score is not automatically reliable.

Amount of evidence1
0.072 after freshness weighting
Source breadth100
6 independent publishers
Company relevance100
share tied directly to this company
Freshness26
recency-weighted evidence
Agreement100
how closely stories agree
Publisher mix59
less reliance on one publisher

Price and news history

News score and weekly price over 26 weeks

Early company-news score

Company-specific news is present, but the evidence has not yet earned enough independent, fresh information weight for price confirmation to be treated as a firm signal.

One scoring method across the chart.Stored company headlines are recalculated at each weekly point with the current 30-day freshness weighting. Old published snapshots are left unchanged.
13 Feb 2026: close 10.42, indexed 100.020 Feb 2026: close 10.51, indexed 100.927 Feb 2026: close 10.36, indexed 99.406 Mar 2026: close 11.11, indexed 106.713 Mar 2026: close 11.28, indexed 108.320 Mar 2026: close 11.08, indexed 106.327 Mar 2026: close 11.04, indexed 106.003 Apr 2026: close 11.59, indexed 111.210 Apr 2026: close 11.45, indexed 109.917 Apr 2026: close 12.09, indexed 116.024 Apr 2026: close 12.37, indexed 118.701 May 2026: close 12.54, indexed 120.308 May 2026: close 12.63, indexed 121.215 May 2026: close 12.58, indexed 120.722 May 2026: close 13.12, indexed 125.929 May 2026: close 12.87, indexed 123.505 Jun 2026: close 12.89, indexed 123.712 Jun 2026: close 13.32, indexed 127.819 Jun 2026: close 13.03, indexed 125.026 Jun 2026: close 13.64, indexed 130.903 Jul 2026: close 14.28, indexed 137.010 Jul 2026: close 14.89, indexed 142.917 Jul 2026: close 14.77, indexed 141.724 Jul 2026: close 14.38, indexed 138.031 Jul 2026: close 15.11, indexed 145.007 Aug 2026: close 14.3, indexed 137.2 26 Jun 2026: news score 50, close 13.64, 2 stories5003 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 14.28, 4 stories5010 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 14.89, 6 stories5017 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 14.77, 9 stories5024 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 14.38, 11 stories5031 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 15.11, 12 stories5007 Aug 2026: news score 50, close 14.3, 12 stories50
13 Feb15 May07 Aug
Weekly close, indexedSentiment score
26-week price+37.2%latest close 14.3
News score change+0first to latest comparable week
One-week response-5.4%Price reacting lower
Fair-value position+18.0%Near fair-value range
WeekNews scoreCloseWeekly move
07 Aug 202650EUR 14.3-5.4%
31 Jul 202650EUR 15.11+5.1%
24 Jul 202650EUR 14.38-2.6%
17 Jul 202650EUR 14.77-0.8%
10 Jul 202650EUR 14.89+4.3%
03 Jul 202650EUR 14.28+4.7%
26 Jun 202650EUR 13.64+4.7%
Provisional evidence

News subjects

What is shaping the score

Market update
Market update507 stories · 58%
Earnings503 stories · 25%
Analyst action501 stories · 8%
Deals and strategy501 stories · 8%

Source mix

Where the evidence comes from

59/100 independence
Stock Titan503 stories · 25%
Investing.com Canada502 stories · 17%
MarketBeat502 stories · 17%
ad-hoc-news.de502 stories · 17%
nasdaq.com501 stories · 8%
Ad-hoc-news.de501 stories · 8%
World Construction Network501 stories · 8%

Recurring subjects

Subjects appearing most often

Current evidence
Free Cash Flow1Financial Results1Earnings Per Share1Earnings1Dividends1Balance Sheet1

Earlier readings

How the score has changed

16 comparable readings · 53 days
Past and present use the same method.Each point recalculates the previous 30 days of stored company headlines with today's scoring rules. The original stored snapshots remain unchanged.
Comparable move+150 to 51 · Broadly stable
Observed range50–5250 is the neutral baseline
Evidence depth12stories at latest stored reading · +11
Confidence21/100Provisional · -4
21 Jun50 neutral13 Aug 20:06
ConstructiveBalanced or withheldCautious

Changes in the stored score

Scores are rebuilt from stored headlines with the current 30-day method. Days with no change are collapsed.

ObservedScoreMoveConfidenceStoriesStatus
13 Aug 20:0651-121/100 (-7)12 (0)Provisional
08 Aug 23:5952+228/100 (+2)12 (-1)Provisional
04 Aug 23:5950+026/100 (+4)13 (+1)Provisional
31 Jul 23:5950+022/100 (-3)12 (0)Provisional
27 Jul 23:5950+025/100 (-2)12 (+1)Provisional
23 Jul 23:5950+027/100 (-1)11 (0)Provisional
22 Jul 23:5950+028/100 (+2)11 (+1)Provisional
20 Jul 23:5950+026/100 (-2)10 (+1)Provisional

Source headlines

The news behind the score

Showing 1-12 of 12

Only company-specific stories enter this score. The latest 30 days are shown newest first, with newer stories weighted more heavily and duplicate coverage combined.

#150Tone
nasdaq.comDirect company coverage

Pearson (PSO) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Image source: The Motley Fool. DATE Friday, July 31, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Investor Relations - Alex ShoreChief Executive Officer - Omar AbboshChief Financial Officer - Simon RobsonPresident, Assessments & Qualifications - Arthur ValentinePresident, Higher Education & Virtual Learning - Tom Simon TAKEAWAYS Adjusted Operating Profit -- £226 million, representing a 14% underlying increase driven by operating leverage and cost efficiencies.Adjusted EPS -- 28.9p, an 19% increase at constant exchange rates reflecting higher operating profit and a reduced share count.Adjusted Operat

Balance SheetDividendsEarningsEarnings Per ShareFinancial ResultsFree Cash Flow
Published
08 Aug 2026 02:44
News subject
Earnings
Why this score
Operating growth
Company focus
Main company · 100%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
High · 60% · 5.7d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated
#250Tone
Investing.com CanadaDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Goldman Sachs downgrades Pearson stock rating on valuation concerns By Investing.com

Published
04 Aug 2026 07:34
News subject
Analyst action
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
Company focus
Main company · 100%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Medium · 15.9% · 9.5d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated
#350Tone
Stock TitanDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO) confirms 601.4M voting shares in issue

Published
04 Aug 2026 04:34
News subject
Market update
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
Company focus
Main company · 100%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · 3% · 9.6d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated
#450Tone
Stock TitanDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Pearson's Microsoft Office contest welcomed 135 finalists from 36 countries

Published
31 Jul 2026 02:37
News subject
Market update
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
Company focus
Main company · 100%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · 0.7% · 13.7d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated
#650Tone
MarketBeatDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Pearson, PLC (NYSE:PSO) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" by Brokerages

Published
23 Jul 2026 11:25
News subject
Market update
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
Company focus
Main company · 100%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · <0.1% · 21.4d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated
#750Tone
World Construction NetworkDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Toronto Pearson Airport awards contract for $1bn terminal revamp

Published
22 Jul 2026 10:31
News subject
Deals and strategy
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
Company focus
Main company · 100%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Medium · 12.8% · 22.4d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated
#950Tone
ad-hoc-news.deDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Pearson stock trades steadily as assessment revenue supports 2025 outlook

Published
20 Jul 2026 02:16
News subject
Earnings
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
Company focus
Main company · 100%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · 4.2% · 24.7d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated
#1250Tone
Investing.com CanadaDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Why is Pearson stock sliding today? By Investing.com

Published
15 Jul 2026 03:55
News subject
Market update
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
Company focus
Main company · 100%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · <0.1% · 29.7d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated

Earlier company news

PES news archive

6 older headlines

Stored newest first for historical research. It starts after the newest three pages above and then continues through older news. Each archive page is loaded only when it is opened.

Older news is kept in the archive

There are 6 older PES headlines. Open one page at a time when you need them.

Open older archive

How the page works

How to read the score

The score shows direction

It describes the weighted balance of qualifying headlines. A score of 50 can mean balanced news or that there is not enough evidence; the status label explains which.

Confidence is separate

Confidence measures depth, source breadth, direct relevance, freshness and agreement. It does not rise merely because the tone is extreme.

Price is confirmation

Weekly price response, trend and fair-value position test whether the market is accepting or rejecting the news. They never rewrite the news score.

What the page does

It measures news already published. It is not a forecast, recommendation or price target.

Evidence context