Coursera (COUR) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)
Coursera (COUR) reported Return on Capital Employed of 13.84% for Q1 2026, up 229.0% year-over-year from 4.21% in Q1 2025, and down 14.42% quarter-over-quarter from 12.1% in Q4 2025.
Coursera (COUR) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Coursera (COUR) has 6 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 13.84% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 13.84%, up 229.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 13.84% (up 229.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 12.75%, up 619.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed retreated to 13.84% in Q1 2026 per COUR's latest filing, from 12.1% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 11.85% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 27.87% in Q3 2023.
- A 5-year average of 20.29% and a median of 21.73% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed slumped 774 bps in 2022, then soared 916 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 25.0% in 2022, then climbed by 6 bps to 23.52% in 2023, then increased by 19 bps to 19.03% in 2024, then jumped by 36 bps to 12.1% in 2025, then retreated by 14 bps to 13.84% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows COUR's Return on Capital Employed at 13.84% in Q1 2026, 12.1% in Q4 2025, and 11.85% in Q3 2025.
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| 1 | 51Talk Online Education | 7.03 Bn | 6.99 Bn | 22.18 Mn | 46.13% |
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| 8 | Universal Technical Institute | 2.14 Bn | 1.97 Bn | 103.97 Mn | 8.69% |
| 9 | Perdoceo Education | 2.13 Bn | 1.45 Bn | 174.68 Mn | 18.63% |
| 10 | Coursera | 901.70 Mn | 111.90 Mn | 108.60 Mn | -13.84% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -13.84% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -12.10% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -11.85% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -13.19% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -16.13% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -19.03% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -18.72% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -21.73% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -22.14% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -23.52% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -27.87% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -25.86% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -26.29% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -25.00% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -23.50% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -22.60% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -21.61% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -18.93% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -15.76% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -20.16% |