Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services
Coursera, Inc. COUR
$5.02 -1.18% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $921.8M
Strong growthWeak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 22, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 23.8% in a year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -55.1%, behind the S&P 500 by 70.2 percentage points.
- The stock is 55% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 10%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 11%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 13%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 3%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 6%
- Gross marginTop 18%
- Operating marginBottom 6%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 26%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 16%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 26%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 1%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 12%
- 6-month returnBottom 33%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 8%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 15%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 34%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 38%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 45%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 21%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 11%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 14%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 12%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 9.8% | 22.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 54.4% | 55.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -11.3% | -17.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 14.6% | 3.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 22.7% | 9.8% | ↑ | Top 10% |
| Gross margin | 55.9% | 54.4% | ↑ | Top 18% |
| Operating margin | -17.8% | -11.3% | ↓ | Bottom 6% |
| Net margin | -15.4% | -7.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.2% | 14.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -13.4% | — | Bottom 6% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 13.1% | — | Top 13% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 7.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +113.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 7.70%
- Shareholder yield
- 7.70%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +23.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +10.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +12.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $7.60
- Target vs current price
- +51.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 17
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 53%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +62.8% | +5.6% | +4.3% | +5.8% | — |
| Apr 23, 2026 | -22.2% | -3.4% | -1.1% | -15.0% | -11.7% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | -0.1% | -1.5% | -5.4% | +1.6% | +1.3% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | +11.1% | +1.1% | -19.1% | -22.5% | -39.2% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | +33.3% | +1.3% | +33.5% | +26.8% | +12.6% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | +50.0% | +1.3% | +10.8% | +12.1% | +17.5% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | +100.0% | -11.7% | -19.8% | -16.7% | -8.7% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | +354.5% | +1.7% | -5.9% | -7.1% | +10.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.10 | +62.8% | $298.6M |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $0.07 | $0.09 | -22.2% | $195.7M |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $0.06 | $0.06 | -0.1% | $196.9M |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $0.10 | $0.09 | +11.1% | $194.2M |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $0.12 | $0.09 | +33.3% | $187.1M |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $0.12 | $0.08 | +50.0% | $179.3M |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $0.08 | $0.04 | +100.0% | $179.2M |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $0.10 | $0.02 | +354.5% | $176.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 7.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 0.07× | — | — | Top 1% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.10% | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| Earnings yield | -14.19% | — | — | Bottom 16% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -10.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -15.4%
- RSI (14)
- 42.4
- Relative volume
- 0.96×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 60.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 66th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.35
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -55.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -77.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2021 | Sep 28, 2026 | -92.0% | 1375 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $921.8M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.71
- Revenue (TTM)
- $885.4M
- 52-week range
- $4.53 – $11.28
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $415.3M | $523.8M | $635.8M | $694.7M | $757.5M |
| Gross profit | $249.5M | $331.5M | $329.8M | $371.4M | $413.4M |
| Operating income | -$143.1M | -$177.4M | -$145.6M | -$113.2M | -$78.3M |
| Net income | -$145.2M | -$175.4M | -$116.6M | -$79.5M | -$51.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.28 | -$1.21 | -$0.77 | -$0.51 | -$0.31 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $176.1M | $179.2M | $179.3M | $187.1M | $194.2M | $196.9M | $195.7M | $298.6M |
| Net income | -$13.7M | -$21.6M | -$7.8M | -$7.8M | -$8.6M | -$26.8M | -$20.5M | -$80.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.09 | -$0.14 | -$0.05 | -$0.05 | -$0.05 | -$0.16 | -$0.12 | -$0.38 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.7M | -$38.1M | $29.6M | $95.4M | $108.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$13.6M | -$13.9M | -$16.4M | -$1.6M | -$1.5M |
| Free cash flow | -$11.9M | -$51.9M | $13.2M | $93.8M | $107.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $525.3M | $17.3M | -$31.1M | -$21.7M | $14.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $982.2M
- Total assets
- $1.95B
- Total liabilities
- $780.8M
- Total debt
- $9.7M
- Net debt
- -$862.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.17B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 24,121,644
- Days to cover
- 5.52
- Change vs previous report
- +17.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.