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Coursera (Coursera) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -9.05% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Coursera Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Coursera's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1,484.7 Mil. Coursera's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-134.3 Mil. Coursera's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -9.05%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Coursera's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

COUR' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -22.84   Med: -8.66   Max: -2.26
Current: -19.01

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Coursera was -2.26%. The lowest was -22.84%. And the median was -8.66%.

COUR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
89.85% of 266 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 5.59 vs COUR: -19.01

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Coursera's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Coursera Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Coursera's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Coursera Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Coursera Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - -5.36 -17.01 -6.60

Coursera Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -18.15 -13.33 -7.91 -6.60 -9.05

Competitive Comparison of Coursera's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Coursera's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Coursera's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Coursera's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Coursera's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Coursera Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Courseras Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-151.402/2293.09677
=-6.60 %

Coursera's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-134.3 Mil.



Coursera  (NYSE:COUR) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Coursera (Coursera) Business Description

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Address
381 E. Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA, 94041
Coursera Inc is an online learning platform that connects learners, educators, and institutions with the goal of providing world-class educational content that is affordable, accessible, and relevant. It combines content, data, and technology into a single, unified platform that is customizable and extensible to both individual learners and institutions. The platform will contain a catalog of high-quality content and credentials, content developed by university and industry partners, data and machine learning drive personalized Learning, effective marketing, and skills Benchmarking and others. The company operates through three reporting segments: Consumer, Enterprise, and Degrees. Majority of revenue is generated from Consumer segment.
Executives
Jeffrey Nacey Maggioncalda director, officer: See Remarks 1804 EMBARCADERO ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94303
Andrew Y. Ng director 381 E. EVELYN AVE., MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Shravan Goli officer: See Remarks 1040 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10016
Kenneth R Hahn officer: See Remarks C/O BORLAND SOFTWARE CORP, 100 ENTERPRISE WAY, SCOTTS VALLEY CA 95066-3249
Michele M Meyers officer: See Remarks 601 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32207
Richard J Jacquet officer: See Remarks BELL MICRO, 1941 RINGWOOD AVE., SAN JOSE CA 95131
Alan B Cardenas officer: SVP, General Counsel 381 E. EVELYN AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Leah F. Belsky officer: See Remarks 381 E. EVELYN AVE., MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Amanda Clark director PO BOX 99900, LOUISVILLE KY 40269
Susan W. Muigai director C/O TRANSUNION, 555 WEST ADAMS STREET, CHICAGO IL 60661
Sabrina Simmons director GAP INC., 2 FOLSOM STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Carmen Chang director 2855 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Christopher D. Mccarthy director 381 E. EVELYYN AVE., MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Mustafa S. Furniturewala officer: SVP, Engineering 381 E. EVELYN AVE., MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Xueyan Wang officer: See Remarks 381 E. EVELYN AVE., MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041