Coursera (COUR) Competitors $6.96 +0.12 (+1.68%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$6.84 -0.13 (-1.87%) As of 05:34 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock COUR vs. GDS, TENB, DJT, WK, FRSH, GRND, YOU, RUM, FROG, and ASANShould you be buying Coursera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coursera include GDS (GDS), Tenable (TENB), Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), Workiva (WK), Freshworks (FRSH), Grindr (GRND), Clear Secure (YOU), Rumble (RUM), JFrog (FROG), and Asana (ASAN). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry. Coursera vs. GDS Tenable Trump Media & Technology Group Workiva Freshworks Grindr Clear Secure Rumble JFrog Asana GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) and Coursera (NYSE:COUR) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations. Does the media prefer GDS or COUR? In the previous week, GDS had 18 more articles in the media than Coursera. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for GDS and 18 mentions for Coursera. Coursera's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat GDS's score of 0.22 indicating that Coursera is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment GDS 3 Very Positive mention(s) 9 Positive mention(s) 18 Neutral mention(s) 4 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Coursera 9 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GDS or COUR? GDS received 257 more outperform votes than Coursera when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.99% of users gave Coursera an outperform vote while only 63.99% of users gave GDS an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGDSOutperform Votes36663.99% Underperform Votes20636.01% CourseraOutperform Votes10968.99% Underperform Votes4931.01% Is GDS or COUR more profitable? Coursera has a net margin of -11.45% compared to GDS's net margin of -35.97%. GDS's return on equity of -8.22% beat Coursera's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets GDS-35.97% -8.22% -1.99% Coursera -11.45%-9.42%-6.15% Do analysts rate GDS or COUR? GDS currently has a consensus target price of $39.48, suggesting a potential upside of 93.53%. Coursera has a consensus target price of $9.75, suggesting a potential upside of 42.34%. Given GDS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe GDS is more favorable than Coursera.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score GDS 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 3 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.22Coursera 2 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.38 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GDS or COUR? 33.7% of GDS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Coursera shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of GDS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of Coursera shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has preferable valuation & earnings, GDS or COUR? Coursera has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GDS. Coursera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GDS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGDS$10.32B0.38-$606.18M$2.518.13Coursera$694.67M1.59-$79.53M-$0.52-13.17 Which has more risk and volatility, GDS or COUR? GDS has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coursera has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryGDS beats Coursera on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Coursera News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for COUR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart COUR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCourseraPrepackaged software IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.09B$22.54B$7.02B$18.51BDividend YieldN/A2.07%2.71%4.24%P/E Ratio-13.17103.7829.8431.06Price / Sales1.5916.91148.3026.47Price / CashN/A86.0631.6117.54Price / Book1.707.804.554.29Net Income-$79.53M$438.39M$196.25M$1.02B7 Day Performance11.47%7.53%5.15%6.64%1 Month Performance-1.92%-5.81%-6.23%-6.86%1 Year Performance-44.76%5.92%3.06%1.20% Coursera Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)COURCoursera3.4197 of 5 stars$6.97+1.7%$9.75+40.0%-47.7%$1.12B$694.67M-13.391,400News CoverageGap DownGDSGDS2.9801 of 5 stars$20.64-3.9%$39.48+91.3%+233.9%$3.93B$10.32B-6.772,345High Trading VolumeTENBTenable4.7369 of 5 stars$31.88-0.5%$47.76+49.8%-31.9%$3.84B$900.02M-106.271,900Analyst ForecastDJTTrump Media & Technology GroupN/A$17.32+1.3%N/A-41.9%$3.81B$3.62M0.002Gap DownWKWorkiva4.5898 of 5 stars$65.93-2.4%$115.78+75.6%-12.6%$3.70B$738.68M-71.662,526Short Interest ↓High Trading VolumeFRSHFreshworks3.4325 of 5 stars$12.13-1.3%$21.14+74.4%-29.4%$3.66B$720.42M-37.895,400GRNDGrindr1.7691 of 5 stars$17.01-1.0%$20.00+17.6%+77.4%$3.54B$344.64M-48.59112Short Interest ↑Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeYOUClear Secure3.3288 of 5 stars$24.57-1.3%$34.00+38.4%+41.1%$3.36B$770.49M28.563,060Positive NewsRUMRumble1.7787 of 5 stars$7.62+0.8%$15.00+96.9%+16.5%$3.31B$95.49M-12.1070Analyst ForecastFROGJFrog3.5611 of 5 stars$28.49-2.0%$41.06+44.1%-19.0%$3.26B$428.49M-45.221,300Analyst ForecastInsider TradeShort Interest ↑News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownASANAsana1.8124 of 5 stars$13.71-3.1%$15.67+14.3%+7.4%$3.19B$723.88M-12.241,670 Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GDS Competitors Tenable Competitors Trump Media & Technology Group Competitors Workiva Competitors Freshworks Competitors Grindr Competitors Clear Secure Competitors Rumble Competitors JFrog Competitors Asana Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:COUR) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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