PEARSON PLC vs THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION, two Commercial Printing stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Pearson is an education publisher and assessment provider; Thomson Reuters sells professional information and analytics. Thomson Reuters earns the fatter margin, 20.09% against Pearson's 9.39%, and a higher return, 12.61% against 9.17%, and trades dearer, 25.13 times earnings against 23.88, and at 3.16 times book against 2.18. This contrasts an education publisher with a professional-information provider: Thomson Reuters earns richer margins on legal and tax data, Pearson trades at a similar multiple on its slower shift toward digital learning and certification.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | PSO | TRI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $16.91 | $89.61 |
| Market cap | $11.0B | $40.2B |
| Sector | Commercial Printing | Commercial Printing |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +2.7% | +8.9% |
| P/E | 26.0 | 26.8 |
| P/B | 2.38 | 3.38 |
| P/S | 2.43 | 5.38 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.4 | 18.6 |
| Revenue growth | +1.3% | +4.2% |
| Gross margin | 52.0% | — |
| Operating margin | 14.2% | 28.5% |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 20.1% |
| Return on equity | 9.2% | 12.6% |
| Return on assets | 5.2% | 8.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.2% | 14.1% |
| FCF yield | 7.5% | 5.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | — | 0.64 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.82 | 5.45 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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