Couchbase’s (BASE) “Outperform” Rating Reaffirmed at Royal Bank of Canada

Royal Bank of Canada reiterated their outperform rating on shares of Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASEFree Report) in a research note published on Wednesday morning,Benzinga reports. Royal Bank of Canada currently has a $25.00 price objective on the stock.

Other equities research analysts have also issued reports about the company. Oppenheimer decreased their target price on Couchbase from $25.00 to $23.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, September 5th. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on Couchbase from $27.00 to $25.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. UBS Group reduced their target price on Couchbase from $24.00 to $19.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, September 5th. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on Couchbase from $27.00 to $25.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on Couchbase from $30.00 to $23.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, September 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and twelve have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $23.27.

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Couchbase Trading Down 21.9 %

Shares of NASDAQ:BASE opened at $16.49 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $17.50 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $18.20. Couchbase has a 1-year low of $13.53 and a 1-year high of $32.00. The stock has a market cap of $846.27 million, a PE ratio of -10.43 and a beta of 0.71.

Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASEGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, September 4th. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.09) by $0.03. Couchbase had a negative return on equity of 54.84% and a negative net margin of 39.51%. The business had revenue of $51.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $51.11 million. During the same period last year, the business earned ($0.44) EPS. The business’s revenue was up 19.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Couchbase will post -1.51 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Couchbase news, SVP Huw Owen sold 6,736 shares of Couchbase stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.07, for a total value of $101,511.52. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 373,647 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,630,860.29. The trade was a 1.77 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Edward T. Anderson purchased 21,080 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 19th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $14.16 per share, for a total transaction of $298,492.80. Following the completion of the purchase, the director now directly owns 85,902 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,216,372.32. This trade represents a 32.52 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders sold 10,548 shares of company stock worth $163,390 in the last quarter. 16.10% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Couchbase

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of BASE. Portolan Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Couchbase by 77.8% during the third quarter. Portolan Capital Management LLC now owns 874,795 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,102,000 after buying an additional 382,851 shares during the period. Wasatch Advisors LP increased its stake in shares of Couchbase by 56.4% during the third quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 990,331 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,964,000 after buying an additional 357,169 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. increased its stake in shares of Couchbase by 27.3% during the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 1,647,334 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,379,000 after buying an additional 353,233 shares during the period. EVR Research LP increased its stake in shares of Couchbase by 9.4% during the second quarter. EVR Research LP now owns 2,081,585 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,010,000 after buying an additional 179,585 shares during the period. Finally, Pembroke Management LTD increased its stake in shares of Couchbase by 18.1% during the second quarter. Pembroke Management LTD now owns 809,876 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,788,000 after buying an additional 123,927 shares during the period. 96.07% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Couchbase

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Couchbase, Inc provides cloud database platform for enterprise applications in the United States and internationally. Its database works in multiple configurations, ranging from cloud to multi- or hybrid-cloud to on-premise environments to the edge. The company offers Couchbase Capella, an automated and secure Database-as-a-Service that simplifies database management by deploying, managing, and operating Couchbase Server across cloud environments; and Couchbase Server, a multi-service NoSQL database, which provides SQL-compatible query language and SQL++ that allows for a various array of data manipulation functions.

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