PSOPearson Plc
−1.0% today · +27.9% over a year
9/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 75% of the instruments we score
Stability: among the best of its peers. Dividend yield 2.01%.
Pearson Plc (PSO) dividends: trailing yield 2.01%, Dividend Safety 52/100, not lowered for 4 years, 5-year growth 4.5% a year.
Yield after tax (estimate)
Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom
- Last 12 months
- 2.01% → 1.96%
- Forward
- 1.28% → 1.25%
Of every 100 paid out
- Withheld at source (United Kingdom)
- 0.00%
- Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
- 0.00%
- Cyprus GeSY health contribution
- 2.65%
- You keep
- 97.35%
- Source country assumed: United Kingdom (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
- GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.
Cyprus resident, domiciled: 1.86%
Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax
Next payment
No upcoming payment has been announced yet.
Dividend profile
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- +4.5%
- Years without a lower dividend
- 4
- Years without a cut of over 10 %
- 8
- Payout ratio (earnings)
- 68%
Dividends per share by year
Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.
Payment history
Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.
| Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Aug 2026 | — | $0.11 | Regular | Single source | 1 |
| 20 Mar 2026 | — | $0.235 | Regular | Single source | 1 |
| 15 Aug 2025 | — | $0.089 | Regular | Single source | 1 |
| 21 Mar 2025 | — | $0.209 | Regular | Single source | 1 |
Each payment is checked against 1 data feed. Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.
What dividend safety is made of
0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
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