Financial Contrast: American International (OTCMKTS:AMIH) vs. Coursera (NYSE:COUR)

Coursera (NYSE:COUR) and American International (OTCMKTS:AMIH) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

89.5% of Coursera shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.0% of American International shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.3% of Coursera shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of American International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Coursera and American International, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coursera	1	3	7	1	2.67
American International	0	0	0	0	0.00

Coursera currently has a consensus price target of $8.55, suggesting a potential upside of 38.39%. Given Coursera’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Coursera is more favorable than American International.

Profitability

This table compares Coursera and American International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coursera	-15.39%	-1.72%	-1.07%
American International	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Coursera and American International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coursera	$757.50 million	2.16	-$51.00 million	($0.67)	-9.22
American International	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.21)	-0.01

American International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coursera. Coursera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

About Coursera

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. It offers its products to individuals, enterprise, business, campus, and government. The company was formerly known as Dkandu, Inc. and changed its name to Coursera, Inc. in April 2012. Coursera, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

About American International

American International Holdings Corp., through its subsidiaries, operates as an investor, developer, and asset manager with various assets in the energy supply chain. Its portfolio includes cycle energy that owns and operates cycle oil, cycle services, and cycle technologies. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Electra, Texas.