ALthough Apollo's bid for Pearson at $8.8 Billion could very well be an undervaluation of the company, the issue raised in the article cites Pearson as neeeding to work on the shift to digital. I could absolutely see how the potential for Pearson to improve in that area exists, but the $64 question is can Pearson do the work to get to where they could be. It has been my overall experience as a required, at times, user of Pearson e-textbooks, that there is a lot of room for improvement. I would absolutely like to see them get that right.
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There is so silence on this stock which will move up fast in next 3 months with it's revised online strategy and new clients and partnerships. I have bought good amount of stocks at low value in last 1 week. I'm betting high on this stock and hope my analysis is correct... :-)
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It's very sad to see that Pearson management is not doing any press release to update on their progress, strategy and projections.
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I worked at Pearson for about 20 years, in the first US acquisition with Addison Wesley, their crown jewel. We built a company that dominated education...17 Billion. Senior management under Marjorie and Peter was outatanding. The new Pearson is clueless and rudderless, no mission and a flawed vision.
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Can anyone tell me why it is up? I mean... who am I asking anyway, it is just me and YF Insights bot.. Hey bot, any ideas???
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A giant waking up?...
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The company is rebuilding its business by making all its learning resources "digital first". Penguin Random House from NY has bought major stake in Pearson.
I haven’t seen the stock since I own this hunk of junk 20 years ago. I just saw some ad for online earning on it underneath it said Pearson. I checked the stock and lo and behold it’s in the same stinking place it was. Probably worse. Is there a finally a reason to buy this dog?
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Why did Pearson jump so much today??
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Pearson is down 5.26% to 8.11
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Good to see PSO finally moving up... I have high hopes from its digital offering!
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They still have some fairytale vision of being a technology company and getting 70% margins, but it remains content quality, delivery, structure and sequence....curriculum. They don't understand this. They sold Powerschool which was their strongest tech play....so their mission and vision are both disingenuous!
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We use the homeschooling product. It works surprisingly well. I attribute that to the Commonwealth education mindset. I am concerned Apollo will woke things up. Just stay independent and reap the benefits. (Even Goldman Sachs can't get its staff to come back--not until cargo shorts and slide sandals are business attire.)
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Nothing seems to stop this company from continuing to be a laggard. New CEO with a great pedigree - no real progress, just lots of hype. Dissident shareholder with a 10% stake - no real impact on share price Takeover attempts - rejected three times, so the stock will probably drift back down again. Heck, just look at this board- almost, no posts except the yahoo robot. This stock is dead money.
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I would like to ask, if anyone in here followed the IPO of Coursera? I think, this stock did well for the last 12 months. Just the chart for the last 10 years looks horrible. What are the reasons for sales/revenues do go down for almost 10 years?
https://twitter.com/aktienboersen/status/1519965224132038662
https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cl86m2gm2w8t/pearson
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200416005135/en/PMI-Pearson-VUE-Offer-Online-Testing-Option
New CEO with a great pedigree - no real progress, just lots of hype.
Dissident shareholder with a 10% stake - no real impact on share price
Takeover attempts - rejected three times, so the stock will probably drift back down again.
Heck, just look at this board- almost, no posts except the yahoo robot.
This stock is dead money.
I think, this stock did well for the last 12 months.
Just the chart for the last 10 years looks horrible.
What are the reasons for sales/revenues do go down for almost 10 years?