For the quarter ended March 2025, Coursera (COUR) reported revenue of $179.3 million, up 6.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.12, compared to $0.07 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.58% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $174.79 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.08, the EPS surprise was +50.00%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Coursera performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Paid Enterprise Customers: 1,651 compared to the 1,665 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Total registered learners: 175.3 million versus 174.2 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenues- Consumer: $117.60 million versus $99.19 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +21.6% change.
- Revenues- Degrees: $15.50 million versus $14.19 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +4.7% change.
- Revenues- Enterprise: $61.70 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $61.30 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +7.3%.
- Gross Profit- Consumer: $72.40 million versus $53.48 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Gross Profit- Degrees: $15.50 million compared to the $14.18 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Gross Profit- Enterprise: $43.20 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $42.20 million.
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Shares of Coursera have returned +4.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -5.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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