Coursera (COUR) Gross Margin (2020 - 2026)

Coursera (COUR) reported Gross Margin of 55.49% for Q1 2026, up 89.0% year-over-year from 29.36% in Q1 2025, and up 2.31% quarter-over-quarter from 54.24% in Q4 2025.

Coursera (COUR) Gross Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Coursera (COUR) has 7 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 55.49% in Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 55.49%, up 89.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 54.8% (up 92.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 54.57%, up 111.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin grew to 55.49% in Q1 2026 per COUR's latest filing, from 54.24% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 64.46% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 50.3% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 55.79% and a median of 54.58% in 2025 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Gross Margin surged 840 bps in 2022, then slumped 1390 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 61.81% in 2022, then retreated by 14 bps to 52.9% in 2023, then increased by 1 bps to 53.29% in 2024, then rose by 2 bps to 54.24% in 2025, then gained by 2 bps to 55.49% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows COUR's Gross Margin at 55.49% in Q1 2026, 54.24% in Q4 2025, and 54.58% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

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1 51Talk Online Education 7.03 Bn 6.99 Bn 22.18 Mn 72.43%
2 Laureate Education 5.22 Bn 5.06 Bn -16.39 Mn -6.01%
3 Graham Holdings 5.09 Bn 4.08 Bn 841.00 Mn 68.04%
4 Covista 4.40 Bn 4.40 Bn 276.31 Mn 56.73%
5 Stride 4.17 Bn 3.36 Bn 231.57 Mn 36.76%
6 Grand Canyon Education 3.94 Bn 3.69 Bn 244.77 Mn 79.28%
7 McGraw Hill 2.19 Bn 1.94 Bn 388.89 Mn 83.86%
8 Universal Technical Institute 2.14 Bn 1.97 Bn 103.97 Mn 46.96%
9 Perdoceo Education 2.13 Bn 1.45 Bn 174.68 Mn 78.77%
10 Coursera 901.70 Mn 111.90 Mn 108.60 Mn 55.49%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 55.49%
Dec 31, 2025 54.24%
Sep 30, 2025 54.58%
Jun 30, 2025 54.89%
Mar 31, 2025 54.60%
Dec 31, 2024 53.29%
Sep 30, 2024 54.63%
Jun 30, 2024 52.97%
Mar 31, 2024 52.93%
Dec 31, 2023 52.90%
Sep 30, 2023 50.30%
Jun 30, 2023 51.85%
Mar 31, 2023 52.47%
Dec 31, 2022 61.81%
Sep 30, 2022 64.20%
Jun 30, 2022 62.85%
Mar 31, 2022 64.46%
Dec 31, 2021 62.01%
Sep 30, 2021 61.63%
Jun 30, 2021 59.68%