William Blair Issues Positive Outlook for Couchbase Earnings

Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASE) – Equities researchers at William Blair raised their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Couchbase in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, December 4th. William Blair analyst J. Ader now forecasts that the company will earn ($1.53) per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of ($1.61). The consensus estimate for Couchbase’s current full-year earnings is ($1.48) per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Couchbase’s Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.41) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($1.42) EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on BASE. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $22.00 price objective on shares of Couchbase in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. UBS Group reduced their price target on Couchbase from $24.00 to $19.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, September 5th. Barclays raised their price objective on Couchbase from $19.00 to $23.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Robert W. Baird cut their price objective on Couchbase from $27.00 to $25.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and set a $25.00 target price on shares of Couchbase in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $23.27.

Couchbase Trading Down 2.9 %

Shares of NASDAQ BASE opened at $15.90 on Monday. Couchbase has a 12-month low of $13.53 and a 12-month high of $32.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $832.37 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.94 and a beta of 0.71. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $17.59 and a 200 day moving average of $17.89.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Couchbase

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Couchbase in the 2nd quarter valued at about $47,000. Point72 Hong Kong Ltd bought a new stake in Couchbase during the second quarter worth approximately $67,000. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. raised its position in Couchbase by 15.9% during the third quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 6,968 shares of the company’s stock valued at $112,000 after purchasing an additional 956 shares during the period. Arizona State Retirement System boosted its holdings in shares of Couchbase by 28.5% in the 2nd quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 11,032 shares of the company’s stock worth $201,000 after purchasing an additional 2,445 shares during the period. Finally, Point72 Asset Management L.P. boosted its holdings in shares of Couchbase by 5.7% in the 2nd quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. now owns 13,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $237,000 after purchasing an additional 700 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 96.07% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

About Couchbase

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.