PSO dividend history (2026)
Pearson Plc (PSO) paid $0.20 a share over its last year of payments, semi-annual. The payment has grown +2.9% a year compounded (CAGR) over the past five. Dividends take 48% of net income. The last ex-dividend date was Aug 14, 2026. Not investment advice.
Price and yield as of market close, Oct 16, 2026; the dividend record runs from 1995.
What a holding earns#
At the current rate of $0.20 a share a year, shares priced at the last close ($18.24). Before tax; the rate can change at any payment.
| Holding | Shares | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 100 shares | 100 | $19.90 |
| 500 shares | 500 | $99.50 |
| 1,000 shares | 1,000 | $199 |
| $10,000 at the last close | 548.2 | $109 |
Dividends by year#
Regular payments that went ex in each calendar year, per share, newest first. A special dividend or a spin-off distribution is counted separately and left out of the total and the change.
| Year | Paid / share | vs prior yr |
|---|---|---|
| 2026YTD | $0.35 | — |
| 2025 | $0.30 | +1.5% |
| 2024 | $0.29 | +8.1% |
| 2023 | $0.27 | +6.4% |
| 2022 | $0.26 | -6.9% |
| 2021 | $0.27 | +12.6% |
| 2020 | $0.24 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | $0.24 | +4.0% |
| 2018 | $0.23 | -53.6% |
| 2017 | $0.50 | -30.6% |
| 2016 | $0.73 | -8.5% |
| 2015 | $0.79 | -2.4% |
| 2014 | $0.81 | +13.5% |
| 2013 | $0.72 | +3.3% |
| 2012 | $0.69 | +8.3% |
| 2011 | $0.64 | +18.4% |
| 2010 | $0.54 | +2.5% |
| 2009 | $0.53 | -13.7% |
| 2008 | $0.61 | +2.9% |
| 2007 | $0.59 | +15.8% |
| 2006 | $0.51 | +8.2% |
| 2005 | $0.47 | +8.3% |
| 2004 | $0.44 | +13.9% |
| 2003 | $0.38 | +13.4% |
| 2002 | $0.34 | +9.2% |
| 2001 | $0.31 | -3.6% |
| 2000 | $0.32 | +61.3% |
| 1999 | $0.20 | 0.0% |
| 1998 | $0.20 | -37.7% |
| 1997 | $0.32 | +4.4% |
| 1996 | $0.31 | +26.1% |
| 1995 | $0.24 | — |
Recent payments#
The last 16 ex-dividend dates. Amounts are split-adjusted, as paid on today's share count.
| Ex-date | Per share |
|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | $0.24 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | $0.21 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | $0.09 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | $0.20 |
| Aug 10, 2023 | $0.09 |
| Mar 23, 2023 | $0.18 |
| Aug 11, 2022 | $0.08 |
| Mar 24, 2022 | $0.17 |
| Aug 12, 2021 | $0.09 |
| Mar 25, 2021 | $0.19 |
| Aug 13, 2020 | $0.08 |
| Mar 26, 2020 | $0.17 |
| Aug 15, 2019 | $0.07 |
| Apr 4, 2019 | $0.17 |
About this data#
Payments come from ChartRow's own dividend record, one row per ex-date, split-adjusted. A payment more than 2.5 times the year's median is treated as a special dividend or a distribution and left out of the annual total, the run-rate and the streak. The annual dividend is the latest regular payment times the number of payments a year; the yield divides it by the last close. Years of raises counts consecutive complete calendar years in which that payment rose over the prior year's — a cut, a flat year or a gap ends the count, and the current year is not counted until it is over. Where the run reaches the start of our record (1995 for many long-lived payers) it is shown with a plus sign, because it may be longer. The payout ratio is dividends paid over net income, both trailing twelve months from the company's SEC filings, and is blank where earnings are negative. Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How much does PSO pay in dividends?
- PSO paid $0.20 a share over its last year of payments, which vary in size.
- How often does PSO pay dividends?
- Pearson Plc pays semi-annual (2 payments a year); the most recent ex-dividend date was Aug 14, 2026.
- How many years has PSO raised its dividend?
- PSO has not raised its dividend in each of the last complete years on our record: the most recent complete year's payment was not above the year before's.
- What is PSO's payout ratio?
- About 48%: over the trailing twelve months PSO paid $211,228,455 in dividends against $443,579,756 of net income, both from its SEC filings.
- Can I see PSO's dividends reinvested?
- Yes, as a total-return view: the Growth of $1,000 page for this ticker shows what an investment became with dividends reinvested against price only, from any starting month.