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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

Coursera (NYSE:COUR) and Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX) are both computer software companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Coursera currently has a consensus price target of $9.40, suggesting a potential upside of 9.64%. Vertex has a consensus price target of $50.50, suggesting a potential upside of 42.41%. Given Vertex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vertex is more favorable than Coursera.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Coursera
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Vertex
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Coursera-9.37% -7.22% -4.65%
Vertex -6.45%28.14%5.41%

Vertex has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Coursera$694.67M1.99-$79.53M-$0.43-19.93
Vertex$666.78M8.43-$52.73M-$0.29-122.28

In the previous week, Vertex had 1 more articles in the media than Coursera. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Vertex and 6 mentions for Coursera. Vertex's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Coursera's score of 0.69 indicating that Vertex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Coursera
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vertex
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Coursera has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertex has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

89.6% of Coursera shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Vertex shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Coursera shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.3% of Vertex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Vertex beats Coursera on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding COUR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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COUR vs. The Competition

MetricCourseraTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.38B$2.41B$13.13B$20.73B
Dividend YieldN/A1.37%2.54%3.72%
P/E Ratio-19.9331.4428.7928.09
Price / Sales1.9936.6141.1438.31
Price / CashN/A43.4826.6522.53
Price / Book2.275.876.284.58
Net Income-$79.53M$32.32M$188.91M$986.06M
7 Day Performance-2.11%5.99%3.62%2.79%
1 Month Performance-8.44%7.19%4.21%5.42%
1 Year Performance21.56%32.79%28.02%14.63%

Coursera Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COUR
Coursera
1.5619 of 5 stars
$8.57
+1.4%
$9.40
+9.6%
+21.5%$1.38B$694.67M-19.931,260
VERX
Vertex
3.6466 of 5 stars
$35.33
+2.4%
$50.50
+42.9%
+0.0%$5.60B$666.78M-121.821,900High Trading Volume
SAIC
Science Applications International
3.6075 of 5 stars
$112.61
+3.1%
$124.73
+10.8%
+1.9%$5.28B$7.51B18.9926,000Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
FROG
JFrog
3.0458 of 5 stars
$43.88
0.0%
$41.44
-5.6%
+17.7%$5.03B$428.49M-61.801,600Analyst Forecast
BOX
BOX
4.5618 of 5 stars
$34.13
+0.4%
$38.50
+12.8%
+27.5%$4.91B$1.09B26.462,810Insider Trade
BILL
BILL
4.4974 of 5 stars
$46.28
+1.6%
$62.75
+35.6%
-9.6%$4.77B$1.29B-385.632,187Trending News
PONY
Pony AI
N/A$13.20
-3.4%
$19.20
+45.5%
N/A$4.62B$75.03M0.001,460
GRND
Grindr
2.0884 of 5 stars
$22.70
+2.3%
$24.60
+8.4%
+89.7%$4.45B$344.64M-34.92112
FRSH
Freshworks
3.7167 of 5 stars
$14.91
+0.6%
$20.07
+34.6%
+20.4%$4.40B$720.42M-62.124,400Trending News
Insider Trade
SOUN
SoundHound AI
0.4711 of 5 stars
$10.73
+9.2%
$10.50
-2.1%
+181.3%$4.31B$84.69M-19.51200
INTA
Intapp
3.6149 of 5 stars
$51.62
+1.0%
$65.22
+26.4%
+30.2%$4.18B$430.52M-215.081,235

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This page (NYSE:COUR) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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