No Bad News Is Good News for Narrow-Moat Pearson
For investors in narrow-moat Pearson, no news is good news, and another quarterly update that doesn’t contain a profit warning is something to be sanguine about. Underlying revenue growth of 1% was in line with our expectations for the period, and the iteration of the full-year guidance laid out earlier in the year means we will not be making any changes to our forecasts on the back of these results. We maintain our GBX 740 fair value estimate and see modest upside from the current share price....
Pearson is engaged as a learning company. Co. provides content, assessment and digital services to schools, colleges and universities, as well as professional and vocational education to learners to help increase their skills and employability prospects. Co.'s content includes: Bug Club, a school phonics reading programme for children; and enVisionMATH2:0, a maths curriculum. Co.'s assessment includes its U.K. qualifications, which is an awarding body, offering both academic and vocational qualifications. Co.'s services include its online programme management, which partner with colleges and universities to extend the reach of their degree programmes by scaling online.
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