Growth Metrics

Coursera (COUR) FCF Margin (2020 - 2026)

On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin fell 1105.0% to 7.36% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 11.14%, a 330.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 13.83%, up 42.0% from a year prior.

Coursera (COUR) has 7 years of FCF Margin data on record, last reported at 7.36% in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin reached 7.36% in Q1 2026 per COUR's latest filing, up from 2.39% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Margin for COUR hit a ceiling of 18.76% in Q2 2025 and a floor of 32.1% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 5.97% and a median of 7.36% in 2026 define the central range for FCF Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: plummeted -2683bps in 2022, then skyrocketed 3507bps in 2023.
  • Tracing COUR's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 3.96% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 275bps to 6.92% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 66bps to 11.5% in 2024, then tumbled by -79bps to 2.39% in 2025, then surged by 208bps to 7.36% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for COUR at 7.36% in Q1 2026, 2.39% in Q4 2025, and 16.48% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 9.59 Bn 9.55 Bn 22.18 Mn -
2 Graham Holdings 4.73 Bn 3.72 Bn 841.00 Mn 3.93%
3 Laureate Education 4.69 Bn 4.53 Bn -16.39 Mn 19.66%
4 Grand Canyon Education 4.19 Bn 3.94 Bn 244.77 Mn 28.01%
5 Stride 3.77 Bn 2.96 Bn 231.57 Mn 29.13%
6 Perdoceo Education 2.11 Bn 1.43 Bn 174.68 Mn 30.51%
7 Universal Technical Institute 2.01 Bn 1.84 Bn 103.97 Mn -11.94%
8 Strategic Education 1.71 Bn 1.55 Bn - 25.27%
9 Lincoln Educational Services 1.46 Bn 1.44 Bn 120.06 Mn -6.99%
10 Coursera 881.46 Mn 91.66 Mn 108.60 Mn 7.36%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 7.36%
Dec 31, 2025 2.39%
Sep 30, 2025 16.48%
Jun 30, 2025 18.76%
Mar 31, 2025 18.40%
Dec 31, 2024 11.50%
Sep 30, 2024 15.28%
Jun 30, 2024 12.51%
Mar 31, 2024 14.43%
Dec 31, 2023 6.92%
Sep 30, 2023 11.54%
Jun 30, 2023 -4.42%
Mar 31, 2023 2.98%
Dec 31, 2022 -3.96%
Sep 30, 2022 3.02%
Jun 30, 2022 0.43%
Mar 31, 2022 -32.10%
Dec 31, 2021 0.42%
Sep 30, 2021 9.33%
Jun 30, 2021 -5.76%
Mar 31, 2021 -5.27%
Dec 31, 2020 -24.78%
Sep 30, 2020 0.52%
Jun 30, 2020 13.87%
Mar 31, 2020 -15.08%