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Coursera, Inc. COUR

· Technology · Services-Prepackaged Software

FY2025 10-K, filed 2026-02-23
SEC EDGAR

Filing evidence summary

Mixed evidenceCoverage 4/5 core metrics

Flagged areas: Solvency & liquidity, Dilution.

Backward-looking filed evidence under visible rules - not a rating, forecast or investment advice. Missing data is never scored.

Evidence signals

  • 3 filing risk checks flagged

    Flagged areas: Solvency & liquidity, Dilution.

    Why this surfaced

    The full financial analysis shows each value, threshold, and sector limitation.

  • Revenue expanded

    Latest reported annual revenue changed +9.0% from the prior reported annual observation.

    Why this surfaced

    Direction threshold: above +2% constructive; below -2% caution; otherwise monitor. This is not labeled one-year growth when filing periods have a gap. Period end 2025-12-31.

  • Operating margin improved

    Operating margin changed +6.1 percentage points from the prior annual period.

    Why this surfaced

    Direction threshold: more than +1 percentage point constructive; below -1 point caution. Period end 2025-12-31.

  • Free cash flow was positive

    Latest reported free cash flow was $107M.

    Why this surfaced

    Free cash flow = operating cash flow minus capital expenditures; positive is supporting evidence, not a valuation conclusion. Period end 2025-12-31.

Core trend metrics

Latest annual revenue growth
+9.0%
as of 2025-12-31
Latest annual operating margin
-10.2%
as of 2025-12-31
Free cash flow
$107M
as of 2025-12-31
ROIC snapshot
-5.2%
period varies

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Where to look next

Risk checks

3of 9 rule-based checks flagged
  • Solvency & liquidity
  • Dilution

Financial movement

  • Cash→ flat
  • Long-term debt→ flat
  • Inventory→ flat
  • Receivables→ flat
  • Current assets→ flat

Source & freshness

Source
SEC EDGAR XBRL
Fetched
2026-09-06
Latest period end
2025-12-31
Filings
EDGAR ↗

Reported segment mix

figures as filed · share of the filed sum · change vs the prior period in the same filing
Fiscal year ending 2025-12-3110-K filed 2026-02-23prior period 2024-12-31 from the same filingView filing
By geography
Revenue
  • United States$385M
    50.8%
    +4.4% yoy
  • EMEA$186M
    24.5%
    +11.8% yoy
  • Asia Pacific$109M
    14.4%
    +21.4% yoy
  • Other$78M
    10.3%
    +11.3% yoy

Members sum to the consolidated $758M for this period.

Latest quarter
Quarter ending 2026-03-3110-Q filed 2026-04-30prior period 2025-03-31 from the same filingView filing
  • United States$95.9M
    49.0%
    +3.1% yoy
  • EMEA$47.9M
    24.5%
    +10.4% yoy
  • Asia Pacific$31.6M
    16.1%
    +27.4% yoy
  • Other$20.3M
    10.4%
    +12.2% yoy

Change is against the same quarter a year earlier, as reported in the same 10-Q.

Source: SEC DERA Financial Statement and Notes data sets. Dimensional XBRL facts on the business-segment, product/service and geographic axes; the engine keeps the accession of every figure. Descriptive and educational, not advice.

Peer percentiles

latest fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 · among 3,990 US-listed filers · 809 in Technology
MetricValuevs all filersvs sector
Revenue
latest fiscal-year revenue as filed
$758M
51stof 3,301
middle third
50thof 777
middle third
Revenue growth
latest fiscal-year revenue vs the prior fiscal year
9.0%
59thof 3,137
middle third
50thof 743
middle third
Gross margin
gross profit ÷ revenue
54.6%
70thof 1,603
top third
62ndof 554
middle third
Operating margin
operating income ÷ revenue
-10.2%
31stof 2,819
bottom third
30thof 751
bottom third
Net margin
net income ÷ revenue
-6.7%
32ndof 3,263
bottom third
33rdof 769
middle third
Free-cash-flow margin
(operating cash flow − |capex|) ÷ revenue
14.2%
75thof 2,679
top third
64thof 701
middle third
Return on equity
net income ÷ stockholders' equity (positive equity only)
-8.0%
35thof 3,576
middle third
33rdof 719
bottom third
Stock comp ÷ revenue
stock-based compensation ÷ revenue · lower is ranked higher
12.6%
22ndof 2,895
bottom third
24thof 728
bottom third
Days sales outstanding
receivables ÷ revenue × 365 · lower is ranked higher
32 days
72ndof 2,398
top third
83rdof 711
top third

Each filer's latest fiscal year as stored by the nightly crawl; fiscal year ends differ across the universe. A metric ranks only filers for which it is computable from filed facts. Ties split; a rank reads "better than N% of filers" in the metric's own direction. Descriptive and educational, not a rating.

Earnings quality

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Point-in-time ledger

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Notes by disclosure type

debt, leases, revenue, segments, contingencies, taxes and more · the filer's own words
Latest quarterly report10-Q FY2026 Q1 · filed 20260430View filing
Commitments and contingencies · 2,679 characters as filed

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Purchase Obligations Our purchase obligations primarily relate to a third-party cloud infrastructure agreement, subscription arrangements, and service agreements used to facilitate our operations. As of March 31, 2026, we had approximately $8.4 million in future minimum payments due under our non-cancelable purchase obligations with a remaining term in excess of one year. These are expected to be paid through 2028. Legal Proceedings From time to time, we may be subject to legal proceedings, as well as demands, claims, and threatened litigation. The outcomes of legal proceedings and other contingencies are inherently unpredictable, subject to significant uncertainties, and could be material to our operating results and cash flows for a particular period. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on our business because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors. We are not currently party to any legal proceeding that we believe, as of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, cash flows, or financial condition should such litigation or claim be resolved unfavorably. We regularly review the status of each significant matter and assess its potential likelihood of loss or exposure. We record an accrual for loss contingencies for legal proceedings when we believe that an unfavorable outcome is both (i) prob

CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Employee benefit plans · 5,828 characters as filed

10. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS Stock Incentive Plans As of March 31, 2026, 18.6 million shares and 7.7 million shares of our common stock were reserved for future issuance under our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (the 2021 Plan) and 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the ESPP). Shares issuable under the 2021 Plan and the ESPP may be drawn from authorized but unissued shares or from treasury stock. In 2024, we began settling stock option exercises, vesting of RSUs, and ESPP purchases by reissuing shares of our common stock from treasury stock. In September 2025, we reissued all of our remaining treasury stock. Stock Options We grant stock options at prices equal to the grant date fair value. Typically, these stock options expire ten years from the grant date and vest ratably over a four-year service period. Stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was as follows: Number of Shares Weighted- Average Exercise Price Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in Years) Aggregate Intrinsic Value BalanceDecember 31, 2025 11.1 $ 8.63 6.54 $ 6.1 Exercised (0.1) 2.48 BalanceMarch 31, 2026 11.0 $ 8.67 6.31 $ 2.5 Options vested 6.2 $ 9.16 4.46 $ 2.5 RSUs and PSUs RSUs have a service-based vesting condition, which is satisfied generally either (i) over four years with a 25% cliff vesting period after one year and 6.25% vesting each quarter thereafter for new hires, or (ii) over four years with 6.25% vesting each quarter for new grants to existing employees. The related sto

CompensationAndEmployeeBenefitPlansTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Income taxes · 1,105 characters as filed

INCOME TAXES Income tax expense or benefit for interim periods is determined using an estimate of our annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, if any, that are considered in the relevant period. Each quarter, we update the estimate of the annual effective tax rate, and if the estimated tax rate changes, we record a cumulative adjustment. Our effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 was (7.3%) and (23.1%). The difference between the effective tax rate and the U.S. federal statutory rate is primarily due to a valuation allowance for our federal and state net deferred tax assets, income taxes on foreign operations, United States (U.S.) state income taxes, and stock-based compensation expense. As of March 31, 2026, we continued to have a full valuation allowance against our U.S. federal and state deferred tax assets. Management regularly evaluates the realizability of our deferred tax assets. Adjustments are recorded to income during the period in which management makes the determination a deferred tax asset is more likely than not to be realized.

IncomeTaxDisclosureTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Leases · 216 characters as filed

LEASES We have entered into various non-cancelable office space operating leases with lease periods expiring through June 2030. These leases do not contain residual value guarantees, covenants, or other restrictions.

LesseeOperatingLeasesTextBlock

New accounting pronouncements · 3,145 characters as filed

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income StatementReporting Comprehensive IncomeExpense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40), which requires disclosure, on an annual and interim basis, of specified disaggregated information about certain costs and expenses. Additionally, in January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01, Income StatementReporting Comprehensive IncomeExpense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40) , to clarify the effective date of ASU 2024-03. ASU 2024-03 will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning with our fiscal year ending December 31, 2027 and for interim reporting periods beginning with our fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2028, with early adoption permitted. The amendments may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. We are currently evaluating the impact ASU 2024-03 will have on our financial statement disclosures. In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial InstrumentsCredit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets , which provides a practical expedient for estimating expected credit losses on current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from transactions accounted for under Accounting Standards Codification 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers . The practical expedient allows entities to assume that current conditions as of the balan

NewAccountingPronouncementsPolicyPolicyTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Related parties · 684 characters as filed

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS We have an ongoing content sourcing agreement with DeepLearning.AI Corp (DeepLearning.AI), which is owned by our chairman and co-founder, Dr. Andrew Ng. This agreement was entered into in the ordinary course of business and subject to standard commercial terms. Fees associated with this agreement are included within cost of revenue in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss. We recognized content fees under this agreement of $1.9 million and $2.2 million during the three months ended March31, 2026 and 2025. Related content liabilities were $1.9 million and $4.1 million as of March31, 2026 and December31, 2025.

RelatedPartyTransactionsDisclosureTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Restructuring · 669 characters as filed

RESTRUCTURING RELATED CHARGESIn October 2024, we announced a commitment to reduce overall expenses, focus our efforts, and prioritize future investments in key initiatives that we expect will drive long-term, sustainable growth. This initiative resulted in a reduction of our global workforce by approximately 9%, creating capacity for targeted investments, as well as incremental profitability. As a result, we recognized restructuring related charges of $0.7 million, made cash payments of $5.2million, and recognized a reversal of stock-based compensation of $1.6million due to the forfeiture of RSUs and stock options during the three months ended March31, 2025.

RestructuringAndRelatedActivitiesDisclosureTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

Revenue recognition · 1,350 characters as filed

REVENUE RECOGNITION Deferred Revenue Revenue recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, which was included in the corresponding deferred revenue balance at the beginning of each year, was $90.8 million and $82.1 million. Remaining Performance Obligations Remaining performance obligations represent contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized, which includes deferred revenue in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and unbilled amounts that will be recognized as revenue in future periods. As of March 31, 2026, we had remaining performance obligations of $355.1 million and expect to recognize approximately 74% as revenue over the next 12 months and the remainder thereafter. Costs to Obtain and Fulfill Contracts The following table presents our capitalization and amortization of commissions and related payroll tax expenditures recorded within sales and marketing in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss: Three Months Ended March 31, Commissions and related payroll tax expenditures: 2026 2025 Capitalization $ 3.1 $ 1.7 Amortization $ 3.8 $ 3.9 Deferred commissions and related payroll tax expenditures, which are included in deferred costs and other assets, were as follows: March 31, 2026 December 31, 2025 Deferred costs, net $ 12.7 $ 12.8 Other assets $ 11.3 $ 11.9

RevenueFromContractWithCustomerTextBlock

Segment reporting · 2,781 characters as filed

SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION Segment Information Our chief operating decision maker (CODM) is our Chief Executive Officer. Based on how our CODM assesses performance and allocates resources, we have identified two reporting segments: Consumer and Enterprise. This is also consistent with how we disaggregate revenue. Our CODM primarily measures each segments performance based on revenue and gross profit. Segment gross profit, as presented below, is defined as segment revenue less segment content costs within cost of revenue. These costs are considered significant segment expenses that are regularly reviewed by our CODM. Other costs of revenue, including platform operation and maintenance costs, amortization of internal-use software and intangible assets, and stock-based compensation expense, are managed on an enterprise-wide basis and not reported by segment. In addition, we do not report operating expenses, other income (expense), net, or income tax expense (benefit) by segment because our CODM reviews this financial information on a consolidated basis. Our CODM does not use segment-level asset information to assess performance or allocate resources. Therefore, we do not track our long-lived assets by segment. The geographic identification of these assets is provided below. Financial information for each reportable segment was as follows: Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 2025 Consumer Enterprise Consolidated Consumer Enterprise Consolidated Revenue $ 129.5 $ 66.2 $ 195.

SegmentReportingDisclosureTextBlock · excerpt; the full note is in the filing

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