Insider Selling: Coursera (NYSE:COUR) CFO Sells $298,000.00 in Stock

Coursera, Inc. (NYSE:COUR) CFO Kenneth Hahn sold 25,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.92, for a total value of $298,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 1,050,853 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,526,167.76. This represents a 2.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Coursera Stock Down 1.2%

COUR opened at $11.3450 on Thursday. Coursera, Inc. has a 52 week low of $5.76 and a 52 week high of $13.56. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $9.89 and a 200-day simple moving average of $8.56. The firm has a market cap of $1.83 billion, a P/E ratio of -34.38 and a beta of 1.40.

Coursera (NYSE:COUR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The company reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.03. Coursera had a negative return on equity of 5.16% and a negative net margin of 7.05%.The business had revenue of $187.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $180.52 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.09 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 9.9% on a year-over-year basis. Coursera has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Coursera, Inc. will post -0.28 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Quarry LP raised its stake in Coursera by 1,848.6% in the first quarter. Quarry LP now owns 4,131 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 3,919 shares in the last quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in Coursera by 102.9% in the second quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,652 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 1,852 shares in the last quarter. State of Wyoming raised its stake in Coursera by 959.1% in the fourth quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 3,887 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 3,520 shares in the last quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. raised its stake in Coursera by 163.7% in the second quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 7,330 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,000 after buying an additional 4,550 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pale Fire Capital SE acquired a new stake in Coursera in the first quarter valued at $67,000. 89.55% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently commented on the company. Loop Capital raised their price target on Coursera from $12.00 to $15.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 25th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $11.00 target price on shares of Coursera in a report on Monday, July 21st. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on Coursera from $10.00 to $13.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, July 25th. Telsey Advisory Group reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $14.00 target price on shares of Coursera in a report on Friday, August 15th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered Coursera from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $11.40.

About Coursera

Coursera, Inc operates an online educational content platform in the United States, Europe, Africa, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Consumer, Enterprise, and Degrees. The company offers guided projects, courses, and specializations, as well as online degrees; and certificates for entry-level professional, non-entry level professional, university, and MasterTrack.