Pearson PLC (#PSON) Stock Price, Live Chart & Analysis | Trade #PSON

Pearson PLC is a British publishing and education company headquartered in London, UK. Pearson is considered the largest education company in the world. Its brands include Prentice Hall, Longman, Penguin, Addison Wesley, Scott Foresman.

Pearson's stock price largely depends on the company's ability to adapt to the latest trends of the education industry. The company has successfully evolved distance learning technologies through its Pearson's Online & Blended Learning division. Pearson also launched its own alumni social network, with the help of which students can find jobs and access Pearson's educational and research materials. New developments are often targeted at a wider customer base, which may lead to increased profits. The PSON stock price may rise as a consequence.

It is also important for traders to follow the company's news and financial performance when trading the PSON stock. Pearson selling its divisions (for example, it sold FT Group, which included the Financial Times business daily to Japanese group Nikkei in 2015) and acquiring new companies will have an impact on the PSON stock price. Positive financial reports may lead to the PSON price going up. However, controversies involving Pearson, such as the tax avoidance schemes its US division was involved in 2015, have a negative impact on the stock price.