Coursera, Inc. operates an online learning platform that provides education and skills training in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through Consumer and Enterprise segments. The company offers guided projects, courses, and specializations; online bachelor's and master's degrees; postgraduate diplomas; and certificates for entry-level professional, non-entry level professional, university, and MasterTrack …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Cash Generation ConsistentCash generation is consistent (score 0.74), indicating reliable business model.
Consistent Cash GenerationCash generation is strong and consistent (score 0.74).
Key risks
ROIC Below WACC or PeersROIC at 35.1th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
Below-Peer Operating EfficiencyOperating margin at 34.2th percentile indicates below-peer efficiency.
The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks
against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.
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Coursera, Inc. ranks #21 of 42
scored companies in Education & Training Services by moat score — the top 50%.
The widest moat in the group is Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE)
at 83/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near COUR in Education & Training Services
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 36
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 66
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 34
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 48
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 62
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Coursera, Inc. (COUR) scores 46 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #21 of 42 scored companies in Education & Training Services, the top 50%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 41 companies in Education & Training Services. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (66/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (34/100).
How does Coursera, Inc. compare with other Education & Training Services companies?
Coursera, Inc. ranks #21 of 42 scored companies in Education & Training Services by moat score. The widest moat in Education & Training Services is Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE) at 82/100. The companies ranked closest are Four Seasons Education (Cayman) (FEDU) at 47 just above it and 51Talk Online Education Group (COE) at 44 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 41 companies in Education & Training Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Coursera, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Coursera, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and COUR scores: Pricing Power (34), Cost Advantage (36), Customer Stickiness (66), Capital Efficiency (34), Resilience (48), Scale & Market Position (62). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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