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How Coursera, Inc. stacks up
COUR · against 252 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Valuation
17/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #208 of 253 · scores higher than 17% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score25 peers with a valuation score of 10–19, including COUR · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 17?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its earnings yield and free cash flow yield, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- Cash exceeds market value plus debt, so EBITDA yield is not meaningful and is left out.
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Earnings yield: -13.9% vs peer median 4.5%
- less free cash flow for the price paid: weaker than 83% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 3.4% vs peer median 6.2%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = COUR, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | COUR | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 243 reported | -19.1% | 4.6% | 2% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 256 reported | -18.5% | 8.9% | 1% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 86 reported | 1.0% | 6.4% | 15% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 243 reported | 114.6% | 56.7% | 89% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around COUR| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.6B MYR (≈$796M) | 100 | 82 | |
| 2 | 87.0B INR (≈$1.0B) | 98 | 76 | |
| 2 | 29.73T IDR (≈$1.8B) | 98 | 60 | |
| 4 | 933M USD | 97 | 84 | |
| 5 | 945M EUR (≈$1.0B) | 96 | 60 | |
| 206 | 9.3B CNY (≈$1.3B) | 18 | 54 | |
| 208 | 3.9B CNY (≈$543M) | 17 | 23 | |
| 208 | 2.74T KRW (≈$2.0B) | 17 | 49 | |
| 208 | 963M USD | 17 | 29 | |
| 208 | 1.1B USD | 17 | 31 | |
| 212 | 5.8B CNY (≈$816M) | 16 | 38 | |
| 212 | 10.4B CNY (≈$1.5B) | 16 | 21 | |
| 214 | 5.2B CNY (≈$735M) | 15 | 31 | |
| 214 | 5.4B CNY (≈$760M) | 15 | 22 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score