COUR vs. BILL, FROG, BOX, SOUN, FRSH, PONY, GRND, TENB, DJT, and PYCR
Should you be buying Coursera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coursera include BILL (BILL), JFrog (FROG), BOX (BOX), SoundHound AI (SOUN), Freshworks (FRSH), Pony AI (PONY), Grindr (GRND), Tenable (TENB), Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), and Paycor HCM (PYCR). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Coursera vs. Its Competitors
Coursera (NYSE:COUR) and BILL (NYSE:BILL) are both computer software companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
89.6% of Coursera shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of BILL shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Coursera shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of BILL shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Coursera has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BILL has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Coursera currently has a consensus target price of $9.40, indicating a potential upside of 16.43%. BILL has a consensus target price of $62.75, indicating a potential upside of 40.13%. Given BILL's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BILL is more favorable than Coursera.
BILL has a net margin of 2.70% compared to Coursera's net margin of -9.37%. BILL's return on equity of 1.21% beat Coursera's return on equity.
In the previous week, BILL had 36 more articles in the media than Coursera. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for BILL and 5 mentions for Coursera. BILL's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Coursera's score of 0.17 indicating that BILL is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BILL has higher revenue and earnings than Coursera. BILL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coursera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BILL beats Coursera on 13 of the 16 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 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
