COUR vs. VERX, SAIC, FROG, BOX, BILL, PONY, GRND, FRSH, SOUN, and INTA
Should you be buying Coursera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coursera include Vertex (VERX), Science Applications International (SAIC), JFrog (FROG), BOX (BOX), BILL (BILL), Pony AI (PONY), Grindr (GRND), Freshworks (FRSH), SoundHound AI (SOUN), and Intapp (INTA). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Coursera vs. Its Competitors
Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX) and Coursera (NYSE:COUR) are both computer software companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Vertex has a net margin of -6.45% compared to Coursera's net margin of -9.37%. Vertex's return on equity of 28.14% beat Coursera's return on equity.
70.3% of Vertex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Coursera shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.3% of Vertex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Coursera shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vertex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Coursera. Vertex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coursera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vertex has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coursera has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vertex had 3 more articles in the media than Coursera. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Vertex and 2 mentions for Coursera. Vertex's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Coursera's score of 0.15 indicating that Vertex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vertex currently has a consensus price target of $50.50, indicating a potential upside of 39.70%. Coursera has a consensus price target of $9.40, indicating a potential upside of 10.28%. Given Vertex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Vertex is more favorable than Coursera.
Summary
Vertex beats Coursera on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (NYSE:COUR) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
