Coursera (COUR) Research & Development (2020 - 2026)

Coursera (COUR) reported Research & Development of $31.3 million for Q1 2026, up 6.1% year-over-year from $29.5 million in Q1 2025, and down 4.57% quarter-over-quarter from $32.8 million in Q4 2025.

Coursera (COUR) Research & Development (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Coursera (COUR) has 7 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $31.3 million in Q1 2026.

  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $31.3 million, up 6.1% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $123.4 million (down 2.83% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $121.6 million, down 7.95% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development fell to $31.3 million in Q1 2026 per COUR's latest filing, from $32.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Research & Development peaked at $44.9 million in Q2 2022 and troughed at $29.3 million in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $35.9 million and a median of $34.6 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Research & Development surged 71.43% in 2022, then dropped 21.02% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $42.8 million in 2022, then declined by 12.71% to $37.4 million in 2023, then slipped by 13.88% to $32.2 million in 2024, then grew by 1.86% to $32.8 million in 2025, then dropped by 4.57% to $31.3 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows COUR's Research & Development at $31.3 million in Q1 2026, $32.8 million in Q4 2025, and $30.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 7.03 Bn 6.99 Bn 22.18 Mn -1.61 Mn
2 Laureate Education 5.22 Bn 5.06 Bn -16.39 Mn -
3 Graham Holdings 5.09 Bn 4.08 Bn 841.00 Mn -
4 Covista 4.40 Bn 4.40 Bn 276.31 Mn -
5 Stride 4.17 Bn 3.36 Bn 231.57 Mn -
6 Grand Canyon Education 3.94 Bn 3.69 Bn 244.77 Mn -
7 McGraw Hill 2.19 Bn 1.94 Bn 388.89 Mn -
8 Universal Technical Institute 2.14 Bn 1.97 Bn 103.97 Mn -
9 Perdoceo Education 2.13 Bn 1.45 Bn 174.68 Mn -
10 Coursera 901.70 Mn 111.90 Mn 108.60 Mn 31.30 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 31.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 32.80 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 30.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 29.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 29.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 32.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 31.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 33.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 34.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 37.39 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 37.62 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 41.29 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 43.81 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 42.84 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 39.42 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 44.93 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 37.96 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 38.33 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 33.94 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 41.00 Mn