Couchbase (BASE) Competitors

Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASE) and Cerence (NASDAQ:CRNC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BASE or CRNC?

68.6% of Couchbase shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Cerence shares are held by institutional investors. 22.5% of Couchbase shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Cerence shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, BASE or CRNC?

Couchbase has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cerence has a beta of 2.53, indicating that its stock price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BASE or CRNC?

Cerence received 50 more outperform votes than Couchbase when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.19% of users gave Cerence an outperform vote while only 39.02% of users gave Couchbase an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Couchbase	Outperform Votes 32 39.02%	Underperform Votes 50 60.98%
Cerence	Outperform Votes 82 61.19%	Underperform Votes 52 38.81%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BASE or CRNC?

Couchbase has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cerence. Couchbase is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cerence, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Couchbase	$154.82M	5.31	-$68.49M	-$1.66	-10.51
Cerence	$271.86M	3.09	-$310.83M	-$6.95	-3.00

Do analysts recommend BASE or CRNC?

Couchbase presently has a consensus price target of $20.78, suggesting a potential upside of 19.07%. Cerence has a consensus price target of $33.50, suggesting a potential upside of 60.83%. Given Cerence's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cerence is more favorable than Couchbase.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Couchbase	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Cerence	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is BASE or CRNC more profitable?

Couchbase has a net margin of -46.14% compared to Cerence's net margin of -101.09%. Cerence's return on equity of -4.15% beat Couchbase's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Couchbase	-46.14%	-50.50%	-29.88%
Cerence	-101.09%	-4.15%	-2.22%

Does the media refer more to BASE or CRNC?

In the previous week, Couchbase had 12 more articles in the media than Cerence. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Couchbase and 0 mentions for Cerence. Cerence's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Couchbase's score of -0.72 indicating that Cerence is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Couchbase	Negative
Cerence	Neutral

Summary

Cerence beats Couchbase on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.