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Pearson plc (PSO)On Nov 25: 14.09  Up 0.04 (0.28%)  
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PSOPvt1NWSPvt2Industry
Market Cap:11.26BN/AN/AN/A951.00M
Employ­ees:34,000N/AN/A5,76417.60K
Qtrly Rev Growth (yoy):22.00%N/AN/AN/A9.50%
Revenue (ttm):8.70BN/AN/A2.65B11.89B
Gross Margin (ttm):54.79%N/AN/AN/A53.46%
EBITDA (ttm):1.42BN/AN/AN/A287.62M
Oper Margins (ttm):12.61%N/AN/AN/A14.33%
Net Income (ttm):637.24MN/AN/AN/AN/A
EPS (ttm):0.79N/AN/AN/A0.79
P/E (ttm):17.84N/AN/AN/A18.15
PEG (5 yr expected):1.64N/AN/AN/A1.52
P/S (ttm):1.29N/AN/AN/A1.29
Pvt1 = Editis (privately held)
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Pvt2 = Random House, Inc. (privately held)
Industry = Publishing - Books
1 = As of 2007  

NEWSPAPER & PERIODICAL PUBLISHERS RANKED BY SALES 
CompanySymbolPriceChangeMarket CapP/E
Gannett Co., Inc.GCI10.621.63%2.51BN/A
Tribune CompanyPrivate - View Profile
Time Inc.Private - View Profile
Advance Publications, Inc.Private - View Profile
The Asahi Shimbun CompanyPrivate - View Profile
WTKWY.PK22.451.17%N/AN/A
The New York Times CompanyNYT8.991.24%1.30BN/A
Reed Elsevier Group plcPrivate - View Profile
International Data Group, Inc.Private - View Profile
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.MHP31.231.26%9.83B14.39
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BOOK PUBLISHERS RANKED BY SALES 
CompanySymbolPriceChangeMarket CapP/E
Random House, Inc.Private - View Profile
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing CompanyPrivate - View Profile
Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbHPrivate - View Profile
Scholastic CorporationSCHL26.10-0.53%950.98M81.82
Pearson plcPSO14.090.28%11.26B17.84
Houghton Mifflin Holding Company Inc.Private - View Profile
HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.Private - View Profile
JW.AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Simon & Schuster, Inc.Private - View Profile
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