Coursera (COUR) Operating Income (2020 - 2026)

Coursera (COUR) posted quarterly Operating Income of -$25.3 million for Q1 2026, down 75.69% year-over-year from -$104.1 million in Q1 2025, and up 21.67% quarter-over-quarter from -$32.3 million in Q4 2025.

Coursera (COUR) Operating Income (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Coursera (COUR) has reported Operating Income for 7 consecutive years, with -$25.3 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Income fell 75.69% year-over-year to -$25.3 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$88.3 million (up 9.71% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$77.4 million, up 31.63% from the prior year.
  • Operating Income rose to -$25.3 million in Q1 2026 per COUR's latest filing, from -$32.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Income topped out at -$14.4 million in Q1 2025 and bottomed at -$56.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Operating Income has averaged -$31.7 million across 5 years, with a median of -$31.2 million in 2024.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Income plunged 102.44% — and 2025, when it surged 51.68%.
  • Coursera's Operating Income stood at -$56.0 million in 2022, then surged by 49.02% to -$28.6 million in 2023, then slipped by 6.78% to -$30.5 million in 2024, then slipped by 5.9% to -$32.3 million in 2025, then increased by 21.67% to -$25.3 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows COUR's Operating Income at -$25.3 million in Q1 2026, -$32.3 million in Q4 2025, and -$15.6 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Op. Inc (Qtr)
1 New Oriental Education & Technology 82.68 Bn 81.02 Bn 812.22 Mn 85.80 Mn
2 Laureate Education 5.15 Bn 4.99 Bn 237.67 Mn 223.42 Mn
3 Graham Holdings 5.00 Bn 3.79 Bn 777.03 Mn 83.63 Mn
4 Covista 4.48 Bn 4.48 Bn 284.63 Mn 95.44 Mn
5 Youdao 4.15 Bn 4.08 Bn 87.31 Mn 8.34 Mn
6 Grand Canyon Education 3.81 Bn 3.54 Bn 204.08 Mn 58.15 Mn
7 Stride 3.47 Bn 2.51 Bn 217.28 Mn 105.85 Mn
8 McGraw Hill 2.59 Bn 2.34 Bn 388.89 Mn -6.36 Mn
9 TAL Education 2.14 Bn -1,233.59 Bn 227.32 Mn -44.42 Mn
10 Coursera 1.59 Bn 607.15 Mn 173.40 Mn -84.70 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 -84.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -25.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -32.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -15.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -15.10 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -14.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -30.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -21.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -31.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -29.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -28.56 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -39.58 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -38.38 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -39.08 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -56.03 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -36.35 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -47.84 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -37.17 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -47.49 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -31.43 Mn