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How Coursera, Inc. stacks up
COUR · against 820 other Consumer Defensive companies
Profitability
0/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #811 of 821 · scores higher than 0% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score78 peers with a profitability score of 0–9, including COUR · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 0?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its return on invested capital, operating margin and return on assets, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 99% of peers. Return on invested capital: -42.2% vs peer median 7.7%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 97% of peers. Operating margin: -17.8% vs peer median 7.6%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 97% of peers. Return on assets: -7.0% vs peer median 4.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 761 reported | -42.2% | 7.7% | 1% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 817 reported | -17.8% | 7.6% | 3% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 784 reported | -7.0% | 4.0% | 3% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 770 reported | -15.2% | 8.3% | 7% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 824 reported | 55.9% | 32.0% | 86% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around COUR| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 235.8B INR (≈$2.8B) | 100 | 67 | |
| 1 | 229.1B INR (≈$2.7B) | 100 | 70 | |
| 3 | 398.9B JPY (≈$2.7B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 3 | 4.0B MYR (≈$881M) | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 162.4B CNY (≈$22.7B) | 99 | 81 | |
| 811 | 355M SAR (≈$96M) | 0 | 9 | |
| 811 | 238M SAR (≈$64M) | 0 | 3 | |
| 811 | 11M CAD (≈$8M) | 0 | 26 | |
| 811 | 125M USD | 0 | 3 | |
| 811 | 1.1B USD | 0 | 31 | |
| 811 | 436M USD | 0 | 24 | |
| 811 | 549M NOK (≈$52M) | 0 | 26 | |
| 811 | 244M USD | 0 | 21 | |
| 811 | 364M USD | 0 | 26 |
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