Wedbush Comments on Couchbase's Q1 Earnings (NASDAQ:BASE)

Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASE - Free Report) - Analysts at Wedbush cut their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Couchbase in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 26th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.34) for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of ($0.32). The consensus estimate for Couchbase's current full-year earnings is ($1.48) per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Couchbase's Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.32) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at ($0.31) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.29) EPS, FY2026 earnings at ($1.25) EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at ($0.32) EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at ($0.31) EPS and FY2027 earnings at ($1.25) EPS.

Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASE - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The company reported ($0.30) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.08) by ($0.22). Couchbase had a negative net margin of 39.31% and a negative return on equity of 57.22%. The company had revenue of $54.92 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $53.25 million.

Several other analysts have also recently commented on the company. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price target on Couchbase from $25.00 to $22.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. Barclays reduced their target price on shares of Couchbase from $23.00 to $22.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. UBS Group lowered their price target on shares of Couchbase from $19.00 to $18.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of Couchbase from $25.00 to $23.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on Couchbase from $20.00 to $22.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and thirteen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $22.19.

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Couchbase Price Performance

BASE stock traded down $0.85 during trading on Monday, hitting $16.67. The stock had a trading volume of 512,553 shares, compared to its average volume of 496,357. The company's 50-day moving average price is $17.16 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $17.02. Couchbase has a twelve month low of $13.53 and a twelve month high of $29.69. The stock has a market capitalization of $872.38 million, a P/E ratio of -10.43 and a beta of 0.81.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, SVP Margaret Chow sold 15,000 shares of Couchbase stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $18.31, for a total value of $274,650.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 133,067 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,436,456.77. The trade was a 10.13 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Huw Owen sold 2,993 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $16.02, for a total value of $47,947.86. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 325,993 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,222,407.86. The trade was a 0.91 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 54,883 shares of company stock valued at $950,915. 16.10% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Couchbase

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Quarry LP purchased a new position in shares of Couchbase in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Summit Investment Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in Couchbase by 24.1% during the 4th quarter. Summit Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 4,161 shares of the company's stock worth $65,000 after buying an additional 807 shares in the last quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Couchbase by 22.2% in the fourth quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 4,181 shares of the company's stock worth $65,000 after acquiring an additional 759 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of Couchbase by 15.9% in the third quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 6,968 shares of the company's stock worth $112,000 after acquiring an additional 956 shares in the last quarter. Finally, KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS purchased a new stake in shares of Couchbase during the fourth quarter worth $112,000. 96.07% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Couchbase Company Profile

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.