Is PSO halal?
Pearson, Plc
Halal
Pearson, Plc passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 15 October 2026
Exchange
NYSE
Price
17.86
Day
+3.18%
Market cap
$10.75B
Industry
Publishing
Sector
Communication Services
What the company does
Pearson (UK) is an education company: textbooks and digital courses, assessments (PTE English test, Pearson VUE certification centers) and virtual schools. Its money comes from course, test and content sales.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $2.33B ÷ 36-month average market cap $9.37B = 24.9%
24.9%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $481.52M ÷ 36-month average market cap $9.37B = 5.1%
5.1%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $55.71M ÷ annual revenue $4.74B (2025) = 1.2%
1.2%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $10.75B.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- Not in the S&P 500
- Among halal stocks
- 0.02% · #408 of 1454
- Held by funds
- Not held by any tracked fund
- Dividend
- 1.47% · purify 1.2% · net 1.45%
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