BASE vs. PYCR, RUM, SOUN, CLBT, TENB, AVPT, WK, KC, BL, and YOU
Should you be buying Couchbase stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Couchbase include Paycor HCM (PYCR), Rumble (RUM), SoundHound AI (SOUN), Cellebrite DI (CLBT), Tenable (TENB), AvePoint (AVPT), Workiva (WK), Kingsoft Cloud (KC), BlackLine (BL), and Clear Secure (YOU). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Couchbase vs.
Paycor HCM (NASDAQ:PYCR) and Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Paycor HCM has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Couchbase has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Couchbase had 45 more articles in the media than Paycor HCM. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Couchbase and 0 mentions for Paycor HCM. Couchbase's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Paycor HCM's score of 0.00 indicating that Couchbase is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Paycor HCM currently has a consensus price target of $21.70, indicating a potential downside of 3.51%. Couchbase has a consensus price target of $21.65, indicating a potential upside of 11.01%. Given Couchbase's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Couchbase is more favorable than Paycor HCM.
36.8% of Paycor HCM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Couchbase shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Paycor HCM shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of Couchbase shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Couchbase received 43 more outperform votes than Paycor HCM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.05% of users gave Couchbase an outperform vote while only 33.83% of users gave Paycor HCM an outperform vote.
Paycor HCM has a net margin of -3.06% compared to Couchbase's net margin of -39.31%. Paycor HCM's return on equity of 4.28% beat Couchbase's return on equity.
Paycor HCM has higher revenue and earnings than Couchbase. Paycor HCM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Couchbase, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Couchbase beats Paycor HCM on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BASE) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff