What is Wedbush's Estimate for Couchbase Q1 Earnings?

Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASE - Free Report) - Wedbush issued their Q1 2027 earnings per share estimates for Couchbase in a report released on Wednesday, February 26th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives expects that the company will post earnings of ($0.31) per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Couchbase's current full-year earnings is ($1.48) per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Couchbase's Q2 2027 earnings at ($0.32) EPS.

Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASE - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly 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 return on equity of 57.22% and a negative net margin of 39.31%. The company had revenue of $54.92 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $53.25 million.

Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on BASE. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of Couchbase from $20.00 to $22.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. UBS Group dropped their target price on shares of Couchbase from $19.00 to $18.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. DA Davidson reissued a "buy" rating and set a $25.00 price target on shares of Couchbase in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Guggenheim cut their price objective on Couchbase from $30.00 to $26.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their target price on Couchbase from $18.00 to $16.00 and set a "sell" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 27th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and thirteen have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Couchbase presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $22.19.

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Couchbase Stock Up 2.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ BASE traded up $0.36 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $17.45. The stock had a trading volume of 663,644 shares, compared to its average volume of 497,408. The company has a market cap of $913.47 million, a P/E ratio of -10.91 and a beta of 0.81. The business's 50 day moving average is $17.09 and its 200-day moving average is $17.02. Couchbase has a 52 week low of $13.53 and a 52 week high of $32.00.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in BASE. Quarry LP bought a new position in Couchbase during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Couchbase by 22.2% during the 4th 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. Summit Investment Advisors Inc. boosted its position in shares of Couchbase by 24.1% during the 4th quarter. Summit Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 4,161 shares of the company's stock valued at $65,000 after acquiring an additional 807 shares during the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. grew its holdings 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 valued at $112,000 after purchasing an additional 956 shares in the last quarter. Finally, KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS bought a new stake in Couchbase in the fourth quarter worth $112,000. Institutional investors own 96.07% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, SVP Huw Owen sold 14,742 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, January 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $18.05, for a total transaction of $266,093.10. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 311,251 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $5,618,080.55. This trade represents a 4.52 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, SVP Margaret Chow sold 15,000 shares of Couchbase stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $18.31, for a total transaction of $274,650.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 133,067 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,436,456.77. This represents a 10.13 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 54,883 shares of company stock valued at $950,915. Corporate insiders own 16.10% 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.