Coursera, Inc.

NYSE:COUR Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.3b

Coursera Valuation

Is COUR undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of COUR when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: COUR ($8.31) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($15.49)

Significantly Below Fair Value: COUR is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for COUR?

Key metric: As COUR is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for COUR. This is calculated by dividing COUR's market cap by their current revenue.
What is COUR's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio1.9x
SalesUS$684.37m
Market CapUS$1.32b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does COUR's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for COUR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.7x
AFYA Afya
2.7x9.7%US$1.4b
UTI Universal Technical Institute
1.9x8.8%US$1.4b
UDMY Udemy
1.5x6.4%US$1.2b
CNGO Cengage Learning Holdings II
0.8xn/aUS$1.2b
COUR Coursera
1.9x6.6%US$1.3b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: COUR is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.9x) compared to the peer average (1.7x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does COUR's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Consumer Services Industry?

16 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
WW WW International
0.1x-3.7%US$107.02m
QSG QuantaSing Group
0.2x-0.5%US$99.16m
MYND Mynd.ai
0.2xn/aUS$85.82m
BEDU Bright Scholar Education Holdings
0.2xn/aUS$54.99m
COUR 1.9xIndustry Avg. 1.2xNo. of Companies16PS012345+
16 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: COUR is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.9x) compared to the US Consumer Services industry average (1.2x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is COUR's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

COUR PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.9x
Fair PS Ratio1.2x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: COUR is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.2x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst COUR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$8.31
US$10.44
+25.7%
22.6%US$15.00US$7.25n/a13
Dec ’25US$7.95
US$10.48
+31.8%
23.4%US$15.00US$7.25n/a12
Nov ’25US$6.95
US$12.07
+73.6%
49.9%US$30.00US$7.25n/a11
Oct ’25US$7.60
US$15.92
+109.4%
36.7%US$30.00US$9.00n/a12
Sep ’25US$8.10
US$16.36
+102.0%
36.0%US$30.00US$9.00n/a11
Aug ’25US$8.76
US$16.36
+86.8%
36.0%US$30.00US$9.00n/a11
Jul ’25US$7.07
US$16.54
+134.0%
31.2%US$30.00US$10.50n/a12
Jun ’25US$7.60
US$16.54
+117.7%
31.2%US$30.00US$10.50n/a12
May ’25US$9.77
US$17.14
+75.4%
31.3%US$30.00US$10.50n/a13
Apr ’25US$13.90
US$23.64
+70.1%
14.3%US$30.00US$15.00n/a13
Mar ’25US$15.93
US$23.58
+48.0%
14.9%US$30.00US$15.00n/a12
Feb ’25US$19.14
US$22.25
+16.2%
18.0%US$30.00US$14.00n/a12
Jan ’25US$19.37
US$22.58
+16.6%
15.2%US$30.00US$17.00n/a12
Dec ’24US$20.21
US$22.31
+10.4%
14.5%US$30.00US$17.00US$7.9513
Nov ’24US$17.83
US$22.31
+25.1%
14.5%US$30.00US$17.00US$6.9513
Oct ’24US$18.69
US$18.75
+0.3%
20.6%US$30.00US$15.00US$7.6012
Sep ’24US$17.42
US$18.75
+7.6%
20.6%US$30.00US$15.00US$8.1012
Aug ’24US$15.76
US$18.75
+19.0%
20.6%US$30.00US$15.00US$8.7612
Jul ’24US$13.02
US$17.58
+35.0%
26.2%US$30.00US$12.00US$7.0712
Jun ’24US$12.85
US$17.58
+36.8%
26.2%US$30.00US$12.00US$7.6012
May ’24US$11.82
US$17.58
+48.8%
26.2%US$30.00US$12.00US$9.7712
Apr ’24US$11.52
US$17.92
+55.5%
24.9%US$30.00US$12.00US$13.9012
Mar ’24US$11.03
US$18.25
+65.5%
23.4%US$30.00US$12.00US$15.9312
Feb ’24US$16.24
US$19.00
+17.0%
34.7%US$40.00US$14.00US$19.1412
Jan ’24US$11.83
US$19.25
+62.7%
34.0%US$40.00US$14.00US$19.3712
Dec ’23US$13.77
US$19.25
+39.8%
34.0%US$40.00US$14.00US$20.2112

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 10:22
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Coursera, Inc. is covered by 26 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Phillip LeytesBerenberg
Brett KnoblauchBerenberg