Wedbush Issues Pessimistic Forecast for Couchbase Earnings

Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASE) – Investment analysts at Wedbush decreased their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Couchbase in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, December 4th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now anticipates that the company will post earnings of ($1.45) per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of ($1.40). Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $26.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Couchbase’s current full-year earnings is ($1.48) per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Couchbase’s Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.34) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.32) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.33) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at ($0.35) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.34) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($1.34) EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on BASE. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and issued a $30.00 price objective on shares of Couchbase in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Barclays raised their price target on shares of Couchbase from $19.00 to $23.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Oppenheimer dropped their price objective on shares of Couchbase from $25.00 to $23.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, September 5th. Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on shares of Couchbase from $27.00 to $25.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on Couchbase from $30.00 to $23.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, September 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $23.27.

Couchbase Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:BASE opened at $15.90 on Monday. Couchbase has a 1 year low of $13.53 and a 1 year high of $32.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $832.37 million, a PE ratio of -9.94 and a beta of 0.71. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $17.59 and its 200-day moving average price is $17.89.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Edward T. Anderson purchased 21,080 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 19th. The shares were 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,216,372.32. This trade represents a 32.52 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, SVP Huw Owen sold 6,736 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 owns 373,647 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,630,860.29. This represents a 1.77 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 10,548 shares of company stock valued at $163,390 over the last quarter. 16.10% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Couchbase

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. EVR Research LP grew its position in Couchbase by 9.4% in the 2nd quarter. EVR Research LP now owns 2,081,585 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,010,000 after acquiring an additional 179,585 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Couchbase by 27.3% in the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 1,647,334 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,379,000 after purchasing an additional 353,233 shares during the period. Hood River Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Couchbase by 7.8% in the second quarter. Hood River Capital Management LLC now owns 1,629,893 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,762,000 after purchasing an additional 118,372 shares in the last quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP increased its stake in Couchbase by 56.4% during the 3rd quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 990,331 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,964,000 after buying an additional 357,169 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Couchbase by 10.3% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 944,447 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,228,000 after buying an additional 88,068 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.07% of the company’s stock.

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.