Q3 Earnings Estimate for Couchbase Issued By DA Davidson

Key Points

• DA Davidson predicts Couchbase will report a Q3 2026 earnings per share of ($0.32), maintaining a "Hold" rating with a price target of $24.50.
• Couchbase recently reported quarterly earnings of ($0.02) EPS, surpassing expectations and achieving revenue of $57.57 million, an 11.6% increase from the previous year.
• Institutional investors hold 96.07% of Couchbase’s stock, with recent transactions indicating significant institutional activity, including large purchases by AlphaQuest LLC and CWM LLC.

Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASE - Free Report) - Stock analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q3 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Couchbase in a report issued on Thursday, September 4th. DA Davidson analyst R. Kessinger expects that the company will earn ($0.32) per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a "Hold" rating and a $24.50 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Couchbase's current full-year earnings is ($1.48) per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Couchbase's FY2026 earnings at ($1.15) EPS and FY2027 earnings at ($1.01) EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently weighed in on BASE. Wells Fargo & Company downgraded shares of Couchbase from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $20.00 to $24.50 in a research report on Friday, June 20th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on Couchbase from $18.00 to $19.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Wednesday, June 4th. Rosenblatt Securities downgraded Couchbase from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating and increased their price target for the stock from $22.00 to $24.50 in a research report on Friday, June 20th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $24.50 price objective on shares of Couchbase and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 24th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada cut Couchbase from a "moderate buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, June 20th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $23.47.

Couchbase Price Performance

BASE opened at $24.44 on Monday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $24.34 and a 200 day moving average price of $19.73. Couchbase has a 1 year low of $12.78 and a 1 year high of $25.16. The stock has a market cap of $1.35 billion, a P/E ratio of -17.33 and a beta of 0.93.

Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASE - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September 3rd. The company reported ($0.02) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.06) by $0.04. The company had revenue of $57.57 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $55.15 million. Couchbase had a negative return on equity of 52.42% and a negative net margin of 34.10%.The firm's revenue was up 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.06) EPS.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Couchbase

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. AlphaQuest LLC increased its position in shares of Couchbase by 20.5% in the 1st quarter. AlphaQuest LLC now owns 3,631 shares of the company's stock valued at $57,000 after purchasing an additional 617 shares during the last quarter. CWM LLC lifted its position in Couchbase by 272.9% in the first quarter. CWM LLC now owns 4,191 shares of the company's stock valued at $66,000 after acquiring an additional 3,067 shares during the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC lifted its holdings in shares of Couchbase by 723.0% in the 2nd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 6,230 shares of the company's stock valued at $152,000 after purchasing an additional 5,473 shares during the last quarter. State of Wyoming purchased a new position in Couchbase during the 1st quarter worth approximately $100,000. Finally, Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. increased its position in Couchbase by 33.3% during the first quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 8,972 shares of the company's stock worth $141,000 after buying an additional 2,240 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.07% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Couchbase news, CFO William Robert Carey sold 1,321 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $25.00, for a total transaction of $33,025.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 92,443 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,311,075. This trade represents a 1.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Huw Owen sold 15,873 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $24.28, for a total transaction of $385,396.44. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 377,820 shares in the company, valued at $9,173,469.60. This trade represents a 4.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 166,452 shares of company stock valued at $3,978,795. 16.10% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.

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