Advisors Capital Management LLC Invests $147,000 in Coursera, Inc. $COUR

Advisors Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Coursera, Inc. (NYSE:COUR) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 16,773 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $147,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in Coursera in the first quarter valued at approximately $7,764,000. Acadian Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Coursera by 125.4% in the second quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 1,466,353 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,833,000 after purchasing an additional 815,745 shares during the period. Pacer Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in Coursera during the 1st quarter valued at $4,132,000. Federated Hermes Inc. increased its stake in Coursera by 125.3% during the 1st quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 1,076,727 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,171,000 after buying an additional 598,726 shares during the period. Finally, Ieq Capital LLC lifted its holdings in Coursera by 715.4% in the 1st quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 560,945 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,736,000 after buying an additional 492,155 shares in the last quarter. 89.55% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Kenneth R. Hahn sold 29,636 shares of Coursera stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.97, for a total value of $354,742.92. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 954,047 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,419,942.59. This trade represents a 3.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Michele M. Meyers sold 3,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.27, for a total transaction of $35,945.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 234,295 shares in the company, valued at $2,406,209.65. This represents a 1.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 81,631 shares of company stock worth $938,034 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 16.80% of the company’s stock.

Coursera Stock Performance

NYSE COUR opened at $8.49 on Monday. Coursera, Inc. has a 1 year low of $5.76 and a 1 year high of $13.56. The business’s fifty day moving average is $10.14 and its two-hundred day moving average is $9.86. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.41 billion, a P/E ratio of -29.26 and a beta of 1.37.

Coursera (NYSE:COUR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The company reported $0.10 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $194.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $190.33 million. Coursera had a negative return on equity of 4.75% and a negative net margin of 6.19%.Coursera’s quarterly revenue was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.10 earnings per share. Coursera has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Coursera, Inc. will post -0.28 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the company. KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $12.00 target price (up from $11.00) on shares of Coursera in a research note on Friday, July 25th. Bank of America raised shares of Coursera from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $7.00 to $12.00 in a research report on Friday, July 25th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $13.00 target price on shares of Coursera in a research note on Friday, October 24th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on Coursera from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 25th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $14.00 price objective on shares of Coursera in a report on Monday, October 20th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $12.36.

Coursera Profile

Coursera, Inc operates an online educational content platform in the United States, Europe, Africa, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Consumer, Enterprise, and Degrees. The company offers guided projects, courses, and specializations, as well as online degrees; and certificates for entry-level professional, non-entry level professional, university, and MasterTrack.