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The closing price of Coursera Inc (NYSE: COUR) was $8.63 for the day, down -0.80% from the previous closing price of $8.70. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.80 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.12 million shares were traded. COUR stock price reached its highest trading level at $8.78 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $8.505.
Ratios:
Our analysis of COUR’s different ratios will help us gain a deeper understanding of the company. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 1.90 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 19.61. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.53 and its Current Ratio is at 2.53. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.01 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.01.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Scotiabank on December 05, 2024, initiated with a Sector Perform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $9.
On November 25, 2024, JP Morgan started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $8.
Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Outperform rating for the stock on October 25, 2024, while the target price for the stock was revised from $18 to $15.
Insider Transactions:
Also, insider trades can serve as a great indicator of what management thinks about the future direction of a stock’s price. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jan 15 ’25 when Ng Andrew Y. bought 25,000 shares for $8.65 per share.
Ng Andrew Y. sold 25,000 shares of COUR for $218,655 on Dec 18 ’24. The Director now owns 7,271,671 shares after completing the transaction at $8.75 per share. On Dec 17 ’24, another insider, Ng Andrew Y., who serves as the Director of the company, sold 1,000 shares for $8.78 each. As a result, the insider received 8,781 and left with 7,296,671 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, COUR now has a Market Capitalization of 1366992000 and an Enterprise Value of 651278400. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.00 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.30. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.952 whereas that against EBITDA is -6.664.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for COUR is 1.44, which has changed by -0.5045558 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.22677135 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, COUR has reached a high of $20.73, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $6.29. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 7.56%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 3.34%.
Shares Statistics:
COUR traded an average of 2.53M shares per day over the past three months and 1069910 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 158.37M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 132.75M. Insiders hold about 16.20% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 70.18% stake in the company. Shares short for COUR as of 1735603200 were 8993507 with a Short Ratio of 3.55, compared to 1732838400 on 8654775. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8993507 and a Short% of Float of 8.290000000000001.
