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  • Pearson integration of AI appears to excite investors as share price rises

    Pearson

    Educational publisher Pearson is embedding AI across its products as the AI race heats up and the technology encroaches on the edtech sector. The London-based publisher said on Tuesday that projects to embed generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology — meaning tools which can create new content from large data sets — were already “well underway.” [...]

  • Pearson shares slump after ChatGPT hits rival US online education firm

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    Shares in London-listed educational publisher Pearson fell today after US rival Chegg warned that ChatGPT was having a negative impact on its business. The California-based online learning platform said today that ChatGPT was starting to have a negative impact on the number of students using the platform, as it reported a seven per cent slump [...]

  • Pearson reports strong quarter as it announces £300m share buyback

    Pearson

    Educational publisher Pearson said the start of the year has been strong, with results ahead of expectations in the initial months. The company reported sales had grown by 2 per cent across the business, but excluding a unit that it has agreed to sell and the hit from running a strategic review, sales were up 6 per [...]

  • FTSE 100’s winners and losers in 2022

    December 19, 2022

    The Christmas lull is setting in. Investors are bracing to turn off their screens and get away from the daily City grind. Trading volumes on the FTSE 100 are thinning. It’s also that time of year when financial journalists pick through the UK’s worst (and best) performing stocks over the past 12 months.   Without further [...]

  • Pearson shares surge after jump in sales

    October 24, 2022

    Publishing group Pearson said underlying sales had jumped seven per cent in the past quarter as it doubled down on profits expectations for the year.

  • Pearson goes back to normal after Covid and announces higher sales and operating profit 

    August 1, 2022

    Pearson announced stronger sales growth and operating profit for the first half of 2022 as it reaffirms expectations for the full year. The education company’s underlying sales growth grew 6 per cent to £1.8bn as British and international examinations normalised after Covid disruptions.  The company’s adjusted operating profit rose by £33m to £160m due to [...]

  • Education group Pearson rakes in over £160m from EU deals

    June 7, 2022

    Education group Pearson is set to sell its K12 Courseware businesses in Italy and Germany for £163m, after several years of intermittent online learning. The deal, cut with Finland-based Sanoma Corporation, will also see Pearson share its English language teaching products in Italy.   The disposals are hoped to have unlocked around £15m to £20m for Pearson’s adjusted operating profit. [...]

  • Activist investor Cevian amps up pressure on Pearson, one year in to new CEO’s overhaul

    October 31, 2021

    Activist investor Cevian Capital has built up its stake in the world’s largest education company Pearson, a year after new chief executive Andy Bird joined with a promise of a “new era” for the beleaguered group. The Swedish investor is now Pearson’s second largest shareholder, indicating it plans to heat up pressure on the publisher [...]

  • The Analyst: Pearsona non grata after third quarter update

    October 30, 2021

    Ian Whittaker has been a City analyst for more than two decades, and what he doesn’t know about media, advertising and the creative services industry isn’t worth knowing. Here’s the next instalment of his monthly column for City A.M.  Pearson’s shares fell nearly 15 per cent after its third quarter trading update.  While the headline [...]

  • Pearson on track to hit £377m profit despite drop in US university students

    October 15, 2021

    Publisher Pearson said it is on track to hit expectations this year, despite a drop-off in US university students. The business said revenue from its US higher education segment had decreased 9%, pushing down its overall higher education portfolio. But it is still on track to reach an operating profit of around £377m in the [...]

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