Coursera (COUR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Coursera, Inc. operates an online educational content platform in the United States, Europe, Africa, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Consumer, Enterprise, and Degrees. The company offers guided projects, courses, and specializations, as well as online degrees; and certificates for entry-level professional, non-entry level professional, university, and MasterTrack. It offers its products to individuals, enterprise, business, campus, and government. The company was formerly known as Dkandu, Inc. and changed its name to Coursera, Inc. in April 2012. Coursera, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $7.53 to $7.78
• 50-Day Range: $6.15 to $8.42
• 52-Week Range: $5.76 to $12.20
• Volume: 3.44 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.34 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.24 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $9.44
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Coursera Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Coursera scored higher than 54% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 127th out of 321 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Coursera has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.38, and is based on 7 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Coursera has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Coursera are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.28) to ($0.18) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Coursera is -14.77, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Coursera is -14.77, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Coursera has a P/B Ratio of 1.90. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.85% of the float of Coursera has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Coursera has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Coursera has recently increased by 8.25%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Coursera does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Coursera does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.85% of the float of Coursera has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Coursera has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Coursera has recently increased by 8.25%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.49

News Sentiment

Coursera has a news sentiment score of 0.49. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.76 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 16 news articles for Coursera this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

4 people have searched for COUR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Coursera insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $46,363.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

16.80% of the stock of Coursera is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

89.55% of the stock of Coursera is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

COUR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have COUR shares performed this year?

Coursera's stock was trading at $8.50 at the beginning of the year. Since then, COUR stock has decreased by 9.6% and is now trading at $7.68.
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How were Coursera's earnings last quarter?

Coursera, Inc. (NYSE:COUR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 24th. The company reported ($0.04) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.12. Coursera had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.42% and a negative net margin of 11.45%.
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When did Coursera IPO?

Coursera (COUR) raised $495 million in an initial public offering on Wednesday, March 31st 2021. The company issued 15,700,000 shares at a price of $30.00-$33.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, UBS Investment Bank, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Raymond James, Stifel, Truist Securities, William Blair, D.A. Davidson, Needham & Co., Loop Capital Markets and Telsey Advisory Group acted as the underwriters for the IPO.

Who are Coursera's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Coursera include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.53%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.12%), SG Americas Securities LLC (0.09%) and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.07%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew Y Ng, Jeffrey Nacey Maggioncalda, Leah F Belsky, Shravan Goli, Kenneth R Hahn, Mustafa S Furniturewala, Xueyan Wang, Richard J Jacquet, Michele M Meyers, Alan B Cardenas, Amanda Clark and Carmen Chang.
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How do I buy shares of Coursera?

Shares of COUR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Coursera own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Coursera investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Tesla (TSLA), Netflix (NFLX) and Palo Alto Networks (PANW).

Company Calendar

• Today: 4/24/2025
• Last Earnings: 4/24/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 4/24/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Prepackaged software
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NYSE:COUR
• CIK: 1651562
• Web: www.coursera.org
• Phone: 650-963-9884
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,400
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $9.44
• High Stock Price Target: $12.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $7.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +22.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.38
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($0.52)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $-79,530,000.00
• Net Margins: -11.45%
• Pretax Margin: -10.76%
• Return on Equity: -9.42%
• Return on Assets: -6.15%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.61
• Quick Ratio: 2.61

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $694.67 million
• Price / Sales: 1.78
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $4.04 per share
• Price / Book: 1.90

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 161,176,000
• Free Float: 132,581,000
• Market Cap: $1.24 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.42