William Blair Has Positive View of Couchbase FY2025 Earnings

Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASE) – Investment analysts at William Blair increased their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Couchbase in a report released on Wednesday, December 4th. William Blair analyst J. Ader now expects that the company will earn ($1.53) per share for the year, up from their previous estimate 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.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $21.00 target price on shares of Couchbase in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Couchbase from $20.00 to $22.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $25.00 target price on shares of Couchbase in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on Couchbase from $30.00 to $23.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, September 5th. Finally, Oppenheimer cut their price target on Couchbase from $25.00 to $23.00 and set an “outperform” 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 issued a hold rating and twelve have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Couchbase currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $23.27.

Couchbase Price Performance

NASDAQ BASE opened at $15.87 on Monday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $17.60 and a 200 day simple moving average of $17.81. Couchbase has a one year low of $13.53 and a one year high of $32.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $830.76 million, a P/E ratio of -9.92 and a beta of 0.71.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Edward T. Anderson purchased 21,080 shares of Couchbase stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the director now owns 85,902 shares in the company, valued at $1,216,372.32. This trade represents a 32.52 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, SVP Huw Owen sold 6,736 shares of Couchbase stock in a transaction on Friday, September 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.07, for a total value of $101,511.52. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 373,647 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,630,860.29. This trade represents a 1.77 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 10,548 shares of company stock worth $163,390 over the last 90 days. 16.10% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Couchbase

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd bought a new stake in Couchbase during the third quarter worth about $772,000. 272 Capital LP bought a new stake in Couchbase during the third quarter worth about $1,566,000. Horrell Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in Couchbase by 64.3% during the third quarter. Horrell Capital Management Inc. now owns 230,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,708,000 after purchasing an additional 90,000 shares during the last quarter. EVR Research LP lifted its stake in Couchbase by 9.4% during the second quarter. EVR Research LP now owns 2,081,585 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,010,000 after purchasing an additional 179,585 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its stake in Couchbase by 34.9% during the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 164,149 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,997,000 after purchasing an additional 42,434 shares during the last quarter. 96.07% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.