Coursera (COUR) Share-based Compensation (2020 - 2026)

Coursera (COUR) reported Share-based Compensation of $20.3 million for Q1 2026, down 16.12% year-over-year from $24.2 million in Q1 2025, and down 15.77% quarter-over-quarter from $24.1 million in Q4 2025.

Coursera (COUR) Share-based Compensation (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Coursera (COUR) has 7 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $20.3 million in Q1 2026.

  • Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 came in at $20.3 million, down 16.12% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $91.2 million (down 12.64% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $95.1 million, down 12.03% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation fell to $20.3 million in Q1 2026 per COUR's latest filing, from $24.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Share-based Compensation peaked at $34.9 million in Q4 2022 and troughed at $20.3 million in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of $26.1 million and a median of $25.2 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
  • On a YoY basis, Share-based Compensation climbed as much as 315.93% in 2022 and fell as far as 29.79% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $34.9 million in 2022, then decreased by 20.71% to $27.7 million in 2023, then retreated by 9.74% to $25.0 million in 2024, then declined by 3.6% to $24.1 million in 2025, then decreased by 15.77% to $20.3 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows COUR's Share-based Compensation at $20.3 million in Q1 2026, $24.1 million in Q4 2025, and $23.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 7.03 Bn 6.99 Bn 22.18 Mn -
2 Laureate Education 5.22 Bn 5.06 Bn -16.39 Mn 2.62 Mn
3 Graham Holdings 5.09 Bn 4.08 Bn 841.00 Mn 1.50 Mn
4 Covista 4.40 Bn 4.40 Bn 276.31 Mn 9.57 Mn
5 Stride 4.17 Bn 3.36 Bn 231.57 Mn 5.40 Mn
6 Grand Canyon Education 3.94 Bn 3.69 Bn 244.77 Mn 3.60 Mn
7 McGraw Hill 2.19 Bn 1.94 Bn 388.89 Mn 1.99 Mn
8 Universal Technical Institute 2.14 Bn 1.97 Bn 103.97 Mn 3.90 Mn
9 Perdoceo Education 2.13 Bn 1.45 Bn 174.68 Mn 3.20 Mn
10 Coursera 901.70 Mn 111.90 Mn 108.60 Mn 20.30 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 20.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 20.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 24.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 24.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 23.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 23.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 23.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 23.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 24.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 24.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 25.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 25.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 25.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 25.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 30.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 30.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 27.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 27.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 27.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 27.70 Mn