Coursera (COUR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Coursera is an online learning platform founded in 2012 by Stanford University professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller. It works with universities and companies to offer digital learning programs to individuals, businesses, governments and educational institutions around the world.

Its offerings include individual courses, multi-course Specializations, professional certificates, guided projects and online degree programs. The platform also provides learning and workforce-development services for organizations through Coursera for Business and other institutional offerings.

Coursera serves learners globally, with courses and programs from a broad range of academic and industry partners. Its offerings are intended to support personal learning, career development and employee training.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $3.49 to $3.63
• 50-Day Range: $3.49 to $5.78
• 52-Week Range: $3.45 to $8.89
• Volume: 4.73 million shs
• Average Volume: 9.02 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $887.82 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $6.36
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Coursera Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Coursera scored higher than 86% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 119th out of 480 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Coursera has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.46, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 5 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Coursera has a consensus price target of $6.36, representing about 81.6% upside from its current price of $3.51.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Coursera has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -41.18%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Coursera are expected to decrease by -41.18% in the coming year, from $0.17 to $0.10 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Coursera is -4.87, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Coursera is -4.87, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Coursera has a PEG Ratio of 1.07. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Coursera has a P/B Ratio of 0.84. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

10.31% of the float of Coursera has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Coursera has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Coursera has recently decreased by 7.76%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Coursera does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Coursera does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.40

News Sentiment

Coursera has a news sentiment score of 0.40. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.52 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Coursera this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 5 people have searched for COUR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -29% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Coursera to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $42,644,147.00 in company stock, which represents 4.8033% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Coursera insiders have bought 30,062.21% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $42,786,000.00 in company stock and sold $141,853.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

16.30% of the stock of Coursera is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

89.55% of the stock of Coursera is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/29/2026
• Today: 11/15/2026
• RBC Global Technology, Internet, Media and Telecommunications Conference: 11/17/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Diversified Consumer Services
• Sub-Industry: Education Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:COUR
• CIK: 1651562
• Web: www.coursera.org
• Phone: 650-963-9884
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,307
• Year Founded: 2012

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Coursera: $6.36
• High Price Target: $10.00
• Low Price Target: $4.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +81.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.46
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.72)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 35.05
• P/E Growth: 1.07
• Net Income: -$51 million
• Net Margins: -14.35%
• Pretax Margin: -13.60%
• Return on Equity: 3.23%
• Return on Assets: 1.96%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.37
• Quick Ratio: 1.37

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $757.50 million
• Price / Sales: 1.17
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $4.17 per share
• Price / Book: 0.84

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 253,300,000
• Free Float: 212,012,000
• Market Cap: $887.82 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.26