William Blair Has Positive View of Couchbase FY2025 Earnings

Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASE) – Stock analysts at William Blair raised their FY2025 earnings per share 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 post earnings of ($1.53) per share for the year, up from their prior 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 research analysts also recently weighed in on BASE. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $21.00 target price on shares of Couchbase in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on Couchbase from $20.00 to $22.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Oppenheimer cut their price target on Couchbase from $25.00 to $23.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, September 5th. Wedbush started coverage on Couchbase in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $26.00 price target on the stock. Finally, UBS Group cut their price target on Couchbase from $24.00 to $19.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, September 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and twelve have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $23.27.

Couchbase Stock Performance

BASE stock opened at $15.87 on Monday. Couchbase has a fifty-two week low of $13.53 and a fifty-two week high of $32.00. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $17.60 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $17.81. The company has a market capitalization of $830.76 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.92 and a beta of 0.71.

Insider Activity at Couchbase

In other news, Director Edward T. Anderson purchased 21,080 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 19th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $14.16 per share, with a total value of $298,492.80. Following the acquisition, the director now directly owns 85,902 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,216,372.32. This represents a 32.52 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, SVP Huw Owen sold 6,736 shares of the 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 transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 373,647 shares in the company, valued at $5,630,860.29. The trade was a 1.77 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 10,548 shares of company stock valued at $163,390. 16.10% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Couchbase

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of BASE. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Couchbase in the 3rd quarter worth $772,000. 272 Capital LP purchased a new stake in Couchbase in the 3rd quarter worth $1,566,000. Horrell Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in Couchbase by 64.3% in the 3rd quarter. Horrell Capital Management Inc. now owns 230,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,708,000 after buying an additional 90,000 shares in the last quarter. EVR Research LP grew its position in shares of Couchbase by 9.4% during the second quarter. EVR Research LP now owns 2,081,585 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,010,000 after purchasing an additional 179,585 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in shares of Couchbase by 34.9% during the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 164,149 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,997,000 after purchasing an additional 42,434 shares in the last quarter. 96.07% of the stock is owned by 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.