Oct 12 close
This week's movement centers on BMO Capital cutting its price target on Coursera from $8.00 to $6.00 per share, reflecting a revised outlook on the company's valuation. An investment adviser also filed an amended ownership report disclosing 0 common shares held in Coursera as of September 30, 2026.
Coursera closed at $5.07, down 1.7%, sitting below both its 50-day average of $5.53 and 200-day average of $5.85, with the 50-day itself below the 200-day. Shares have fallen 11.2% over three months and 50.2% over the past year, trading within a 52-week range of $4.53 to $10.77. The GekkoIndex reads 61.3, placing Coursera in the Accumulation zone, while the price sits 47.3% below the Gekko Fair Value of $9.62.
Coursera's next earnings report is scheduled for 22 October 2026 after close, nine days away and inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior report saw a 9.9% reaction following an EPS beat, with average absolute reactions around 15% across past quarters. Over the last 90 days, there have been 2 open-market insider purchases totaling $11,355,072. Analyst consensus across 8 firms stands at 5 buy and 3 hold ratings, with a consensus target of $7.94. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 1% return over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Coursera scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed2 headwinds
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $5.07 is below the 50-day ($5.53) and 200-day ($5.85) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart61.3, Accumulation
Reading 61.3 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex47.3% below
Price is 47.3% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair valueLeans bullish
Last 90 days: 2 open-market insider purchases.
See smart moneyReports in 10 days
Reports on Oct 22, 2026, 10 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings+1.0% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +1% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
See seasonalityA description of current data, not a recommendation. How this page works
Coursera closed at $5.07 on Oct 12, 2026, −50.2% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $4.53 to $10.77.
Use the left and right arrow keys to read daily values.
Put COUR on a Gekko watchlist and see its GekkoIndex, Gekko Fair Value and smart money signals update on the chart as they change.
Coursera runs an online platform for learning and skill-building, reaching people in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and other regions around the world. Its catalog spans guided projects, individual courses, and multi-course specializations, along with full bachelor's and master's degrees, postgraduate diplomas, and certificate programs covering business, computer science, technology, and data science. These offerings are delivered under names such as Coursera.org for Individuals, Coursera Plus, and MasterTrack.
The company organizes its work into two segments, Consumer and Enterprise, and serves a wide mix of customers including individual learners, companies, colleges and universities, other institutions, and government bodies. Products aimed at organizations include Coursera for Business, Coursera for Campus, and Coursera for Government, alongside the direct-to-learner offerings sold to individuals.
Coursera was incorporated in 2011, originally under the name Dkandu, Inc., before adopting its current name in April 2012. It is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and its shares trade on the NYSE under the ticker COUR.
Coursera’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 61.3, in the Accumulation zone, up 0.2 points over five sessions.
Up 0.2 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 121 | −1.9% | −8.9% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 258 | −0.1% | −1.2% | ||
| Neutral | 283 | −0.2% | −1.2% | ||
| Distribution | 14 | −8.1% | −8.9% | ||
| Selling | 6 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average COUR share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
Coursera trades 47.3% below Gekko Fair Value of $9.62, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Coursera shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$9.62
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
47.3% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 42.5% below the estimate.
Insiders filed 2 open-market purchases in Coursera worth $11.36M, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
$11.36Min 2 open-market purchases
| Filed | Insider | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 | Pale Fire Capital SE 10 percent owner | Purchase | $6.75M |
| Sep 29 | Pale Fire Capital SE 10 percent owner | Purchase | $4.61M |
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in COUR were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Coursera has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
Coursera reports on Oct 22, 2026, after the close (10 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Oct 22, 2026
Expected after the close, 10 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.07 est −$0.03 | $298.6M est $293.6M | −9.9% |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $0.07 est $0.08 | $195.7M est $195.1M | −14.6% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $0.06 est $0.06 | $196.9M est $191.8M | −2.6% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $0.10 est $0.08 | $194.2M est $191.8M | −12.0% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | −$0.05 est −$0.08 | $187.1M est $188.9M | +38.1% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $0.12 est $0.08 | $179.3M est $175.4M | +15.1% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $0.08 est $0.05 | $179.2M est $176.5M | −19.5% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $0.10 est $0.02 | $176.1M est $178.2M | −8.1% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Coursera is $7.94, +56.6% from the last close, from 8 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 8 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | BMO Capital | $6 | +18.3% |
| Aug 3 | Goldman Sachs | $6.50 | +28.2% |
| Jul 30 | RBC Capital | $7 | +38.1% |
| Jul 30 | BMO Capital | $8 | +57.8% |
| Jul 30 | Bank of America Securities | — | — |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Coursera averaged +1.0% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +3.7% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +0.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +1.4% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +1.0% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | 0.0% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, COUR’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 9.5%.
Coursera’s market cap is $930.9M and revenue of $885.4M over the last twelve months.
2 headlines about Coursera from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
Coursera’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| GOOGLAlphabet | Neutral | 9.6% above |
| GOOGAlphabet | Neutral | 10.2% above |
| METAMeta Platforms | Neutral | 25.5% above |
| NFLXNetflix | Accumulation | 25.2% below |
| SPOTSpotify Technology | Neutral | 18.3% above |
| MSTRStrategy | Neutral | 11.6% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Coursera’s market cap is $930.9M at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $5.07, with 286.4M shares outstanding.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Coursera is $7.94, +56.6% from the last close. Of the 8 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 5 rate it a buy, 3 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Coursera is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $5.07 is 47.3% below Gekko Fair Value of $9.62. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Coursera is expected to report on Oct 22, 2026, after the market closes (10 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.18 per share on revenue of $368.6M. Coursera beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 15% on average across the report.
Coursera’s 52-week high is $10.77 and its 52-week low is $4.53; it closed at $5.07 on Oct 12, 2026, −50.2% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $37.75 on Nov 1, 2021.
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and smart money), 1 as mixed (seasonality) and 2 as headwinds (trend and earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
During US trading hours the price at the top of the page is a delayed quote, refreshed every 15 minutes; everything else is rebuilt after each US market close. The GekkoIndex, Gekko Fair Value and the checklist are Gekko’s own, and the Gekko Brief is written by AI from this page’s data and checked against it before it is published. How Gekko’s data works →
Every GekkoIndex reading, insider trade, options bet and Congress disclosure plotted on the chart, plus the 5,800-name screener and trade planning tools.
Join 1,408 other traders using Gekko
Start Your FREE 7 Day Trial → Every feature unlocked. No credit card required.Type a ticker or company name. Press Esc to close.