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New York Times vs Pearson: Fair Value & Quality

Both stocks run through our valuation models. Here is how New York Times (NYT) and Pearson (PSON) compare, as of Sep 5, 2026.

As of Sep 5, 2026, Fair Value Calculator sees Pearson as the less overvalued of the two: New York Times trades at $67.06 versus a fair value of $41.95 (-37%), while Pearson trades at £11.79 versus £10.96 (-7%).
New York Times
NYT · USD · Communication Services
-37%
upside to fair value
overvalued
Price$67.06
Fair Value$41.95
Quality79/100
Pearson
PSON.LSE · GBX · Communication Services
-7%
upside to fair value
fairly valued
Price£11.79
Fair Value£10.96
Quality72/100
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Head-to-head numbers

Green value = the better side for that row (for valuation multiples: lower = cheaper).

New York TimesPearson
Valuation
28.6×P/E (TTM)24.6×
4.24×P/S (TTM)2.85×
5.96×P/B2.80×
22.3×EV/EBITDA18.6×
3.79×PEG2.16×
−37.4%Fair value upside−7.0%
1.1%Dividend yield2.1%
$0.77Dividend per share£0.25
Profitability
13%Operating margin14%
1.62×EBIT margin trend (5Y)1.71×
20%Return on equity9%
10%Return on assets5%
Growth
12%Revenue growth (YoY)3%
7.0%Avg. growth/yr (3Y)-2.3%
9.6%Avg. growth/yr (5Y)1.0%
+24.1%Value creation/yr+10.5%
Balance & size
386.2×Interest coverage (EBIT/interest)7.2×
—Debt / equity0.28×
$12BMarket cap$10B
healthyGrowth qualityweak

Pearson leads: 6 to 9 metric wins.

Dash = not meaningfully computable, for example with negative equity.

Quality in detail

The quality score, broken down into the same factor families as on the stock page, 0 to 100 per family.

New York Timesof which business quality 77 · market factors 47 Pearsonof which business quality 71 · market factors 67
ProfitabilityMargins and returns on capital today
69
43
Quality GrowthAre margins and returns improving?
60
46
CashflowEarnings quality: real cash, not paper profit
83
87
Fin. StrengthBalance sheet, leverage, solvency risk
85
65
InvestmentDisciplined investing over empire-building
76
100
Low VolatilityCalm price path (market factor)
67
89
MomentumPrice trend over the last 3–12 months (market factor)
33
58
52W MomentumDistance to the 52-week high (market factor)
48
60
Net IssuanceBuybacks instead of dilution
87
100

What the models say

How far the median fair value (base case) per model family sits from the current price, in percent. The amount in the currency of the trading venue is shown underneath.

above the price, more than 15% above close to the price, 85% to 115% of the price below the price, more than 15% below

Model familyNew York TimesPrice $67.06PearsonPrice £11.79
DCF Models-36%below the price$43.20+3%close to the price£12.12
Earnings-Based-63%below the price$25.06-52%below the price£5.71
Dividend Discount-88%below the price$8.21-76%below the price£2.86
Multiples-40%below the price$40.11-6%close to the price£11.09
Asset-Based-87%below the price$8.49-65%below the price£4.07
Growth DCF-32%below the price$45.30+2%close to the price£11.97
Economic Profit-67%below the price$22.32-52%below the price£5.66
Growth Earnings-47%below the price$35.48-21%below the price£9.27
Minimum-88%below the price$8.21-76%below the price£2.86
Maximum-32%below the price$45.30+3%close to the price£12.12
Median-55%below the price$30.27-36%below the price£7.49
Geometric mean-64%below the price$23.96-41%below the price£6.97

Minimum, maximum, median and geometric mean refer to the family values in this table. Geometric because deviations are ratios: half the price and twice the price average to 100%, not 125%.

New York Times: 24 of 24 models see the stock below the current price.

Pearson: 16 of 24 models see the stock below the current price.

Scenario ranges

From our cautious bear case to the optimistic bull case. The white tick is the current price: left of fair value means room to run.

New York Times
Bear $31.78Fair Value $41.95Bull $52.11
$67.06 = current price (white tick)
Pearson
Bear £7.57Fair Value £10.96Bull £14.35
£11.79 = current price (white tick)

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Ranked within their sector

Where each stock sits within its sector peer group. Band = middle 50% of peers, tick = median, dot = this stock.

New York Times · Communication Services

Quality score79 · Top 25%
Fair value upside-37% · below median

Pearson · Communication Services

Quality score72 · Top 25%
Fair value upside-7% · above median

Bottom line

As of Sep 5, 2026, Fair Value Calculator sees Pearson as the less overvalued of the two: New York Times trades at $67.06 versus a fair value of $41.95 (-37%), while Pearson trades at £11.79 versus £10.96 (-7%).

New York Times has the higher quality score (79/100).

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A model-based valuation snapshot from 26 models. Values change with price and fundamentals; the date shown above applies.