Share buybacks · 2015–2020

Pearson share buybacks

$7.7M−88.4% · FY2020

Pearson (PSO) reported $7.7M in share buybacks for fiscal 2020, −88.4% year on year.

$35.2M2015$36.5M2016$66.3M2019$7.7M2020
Pearson — Share buybacks, 2015–2020
Fiscal yearShare buybacksChangeFiling
FY20202020-12-31$7.7M−88.4%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$66.3M+81.8%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$36.5M+3.7%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$35.2M—Open →

Share buybacks — Share buybacks are the cash a company spent during the year repurchasing its own stock, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. Most companies buy back nothing at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the minority that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2015–2020 compound annual growth −26.2%

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.

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