Coursera (NYSE:COUR) CEO Gregory Hart Sells 10,305 Shares of Stock

Coursera, Inc. (NYSE:COUR) CEO Gregory Hart sold 10,305 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $3.59, for a total value of $36,994.95. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,528,698 shares in the company, valued at $5,488,025.82. This trade represents a 0.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website.

Coursera Stock Down 1.7%

NYSE COUR opened at $3.73 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $984.89 million, a PE ratio of -5.17, a P/E/G ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.26. Coursera, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $3.45 and a fifty-two week high of $8.89. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $5.18 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $5.67.

Coursera (NYSE:COUR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 29th. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $376.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $368.52 million. Coursera had a negative net margin of 14.35% and a positive return on equity of 3.47%. Coursera’s revenue for the quarter was up 94.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.10 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Coursera, Inc. will post 0.16 EPS for the current fiscal year.

More Coursera News

Here are the key news stories impacting Coursera this week:

• Positive Sentiment: A market roundup reported that Coursera shares “skyrocketed,” although it did not specify the reason for the move. Read the article
• Neutral Sentiment: KeyCorp maintained a “Sector Weight” rating. Its forecasts point to a small profit for FY2026 but a loss for FY2027, suggesting a weaker earnings outlook than the current-year consensus estimate cited in the reports.
• Negative Sentiment: Coursera’s consensus price target was cut by 29.92% to $5.67. The lower target reflects reduced analyst expectations, even though it remains above the share price cited in the background information. Read the article
• Negative Sentiment: Recent headlines also reported a JPMorgan downgrade to Neutral and price-target cuts from Scotiabank, Goldman Sachs, and RBC, adding to analyst-side pressure. JPMorgan downgrade
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Gregory Hart sold 10,305 shares for about $37,000. The sale was modest—0.67% of his direct holdings—and he retained more than 1.5 million shares, but insider selling can still weigh on sentiment. SEC filing

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Coursera

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in COUR. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Coursera during the 2nd quarter valued at about $116,245,000. Pale Fire Capital SE lifted its holdings in Coursera by 94.4% in the second quarter. Pale Fire Capital SE now owns 20,432,950 shares of the company’s stock worth $115,242,000 after acquiring an additional 9,921,347 shares during the last quarter. Caledonia Private Investments Pty Ltd bought a new position in Coursera in the second quarter worth about $114,918,000. Readystate Asset Management LP lifted its holdings in Coursera by 259.2% in the second quarter. Readystate Asset Management LP now owns 4,027,181 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,713,000 after acquiring an additional 2,906,101 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG acquired a new position in Coursera in the second quarter valued at approximately $9,848,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.55% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

COUR has been the topic of several analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price target on shares of Coursera from $6.50 to $5.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 30th. Scotiabank decreased their price objective on shares of Coursera from $7.00 to $4.50 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 30th. Needham & Company LLC decreased their price objective on shares of Coursera from $10.00 to $6.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. Weiss Ratings upgraded Coursera from a “sell (e+)” rating to a “sell (d-)” rating in a research note on Monday. Finally, BMO Capital Markets dropped their target price on Coursera from $8.00 to $6.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, October 5th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Coursera presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $6.36.

About Coursera

Coursera, Inc is an online learning platform that provides access to courses, professional certificates, guided projects, and degree programs. The company works with universities, colleges, and industry partners to offer content in areas such as business, technology, data science, computer science, and personal development.

Coursera serves individual learners, businesses, governments, and academic institutions in countries around the world. Its enterprise and government offerings support employee training, workforce development, and large-scale education initiatives, while its consumer platform allows learners to enroll in individual courses or broader credential and degree programs.

Coursera was founded in 2012 by computer-science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller.