Free cash flow · 2015–2021

Pearson free cash flow

$360M−16.4% · FY2021

Pearson (PSO) reported $360M in free cash flow for fiscal 2021, −16.4% year on year.

$191M2015$435M2016$278M2017$523M2018$400M2019$431M2020$360M2021
Pearson — Free cash flow, 2015–2021
Fiscal yearFree cash flowChangeFiling
FY2021$360M−16.4%Derived
FY2020$431M+7.7%Derived
FY2019$400M−23.5%Derived
FY2018$523M+88.0%Derived
FY2017$278M−36.0%Derived
FY2016$435M+127.6%Derived
FY2015$191M—Derived

Free cash flow — Free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditure: what is left once the company has paid to maintain and expand its asset base. We calculate it from two lines in the same filing, and a company is only ranked here if it reported both.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2015–2021 compound annual growth +11.2%

Figures are reported under IFRS in GBP and converted to US dollars at ECB reference rates — fiscal 2025 average 0.758 GBP/$ for income items, year-end 0.743 GBP/$ for balance-sheet items.

Calculated from two reported figures, so it has no single filing of its own.

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